MARY ANN GLASS
ARTIST
Mary Ann Glass
Artist Statement
My work has been described as spiritual and sensual, serious and elegant. I shoot exclusively with my iPhone and use the powerful phone apps to add depth, emotion and a sense of time to my images.
I grew up in a village in Ohio, attended Ohio State University and the American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, AZ and moved to Manhattan to pursue not only a career, but the dream of big-city sophistication. Eventually, much to my surprise, I built up a career at Chase Manhattan Bank, becoming a Vice President and Manager of Employee Communications. After 13 years there, I took a leave of absence and attended the Summer Intensive Program at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Montana. In 1999, I left my corporate job and settled in the Hudson Valley with my cats and cameras as a professional photographer.
I’ve studied with such photographers as Eric Lindbloom, Joel Meyerowitz, Joyce Tenneson, Dan Burkholder, and Dan McCormack. I was one of the founding owners of RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, which featured Hudson Valley artists for 17 years.
I am a member of the Women Photographers Collective of the Hudson Valley along with the Rhinebeck Fine Art group. Currently the co-curator of Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, I also market and curate a group of 20 Hudson Valley artists on social media and organize several IRL popups a year. As an instructor with the Digital Photography Academy, I teach cell phone workshops throughout the area -- in groups or one-on-one, in galleries, in arboretums, in homes, and in senior centers.
In addition, I’ve taught photography workshops in Australia and Italy as well as attended international residencies in Poland and in Beacon. Since moving to the Hudson Valley, I have curated more than 200 exhibits, and my images have been exhibited in galleries and residences throughout the tri-state area.
