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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
