BONNIE SCHUPP

About the Artist

http://bonnieschupp.com • Bachelor of Arts, Frostburg State University • Master of Liberal Arts, The Johns Hopkins University • Doctor of Communications Design, University of Baltimore Published writing • Past weekly photography columns: Baltimore Evening Sun, Prescott (Arizona) Courier, South Bend (Indiana) Tribune • Articles appeared in: Petersen’s Photographic, Darkroom Magazine, PSA Journal • Published photos (numerous), through iStock and Getty Images   Awards/recognition • Second place winner KINSA (Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards) • Bodine Contest (honorable mention) • WIPI (Women in Photography International) juried exhibits • Baltimore Museum of Art, Through the Lens, Community digital response • PSA Who’s Who • Interviewed on WYPR The Signal • Two images selected for Baltimore Museum of Industry 2012 calendar • Grunwald Gallery of Art 2011 juried exhibit • Part of permanent collection of the Kinsey Institute • Part of the Then & Now collection at the Baltimore Museum of Industry Exhibits • Numerous local and national group shows • One-woman exhibits: Defining Ourselves, shown in Baltimore, Annapolis, Rockville, and Fairfax, Va. • City Arts building gallery, collaboration with Ellen Cherry, 2019 Past projects: Defining Ourselves, Dog Tag Poetry, 365 Gifts, and six self-published books  

Artist's Statement

Bonnie Schupp does not always see what others see. An ordinary green plant might evolve into an origami-like photo creation. Maybe her mind was warped from teaching middle school students for many years, or perhaps after her Fulbright Memorial Teachers Fund visit to Japan, she began seeing in new ways. Ever since she was a child, though, she has looked at life through a lens—real or imagined. Over the years, her vision has resulted in many awards, including second place In Kodak’s international KINSA competition. She has had numerous solo and group exhibits and written about photography for magazines and newspapers. She interviewed and photographed Lotte Jacobi, who had photographed Albert Einstein. With an eclectic eye that sees images as stock, journalism, art and more, one of her pieces is part of the permanent collection of The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and another hangs in a lobby of The Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital administration building in Baltimore. Her biggest project was “Defining Ourselves,” portraits of people representing 15 countries (including Singapore), ages 4-100, who completed the sentence, “I am…”. Her most satisfying photo was the first picture of her daughter, which Bonnie took while giving birth to her.