REBECCA ROTHEY | SMALL INTIMATE MOMENTS

REBECCA ROTHEY | SMALL INTIMATE MOMENTS

“Photography offers me the opportunity to be in the world while I also floating outside it.
When I am immersed in making candid photographs, I slow down and enjoy moments that I would otherwise miss.”
-Rebecca Rothey

REBECCA ROTHEY

Rebecca Rothey studied photography under Geoff Delanoy while working towards her undergraduate degree in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Maryland. She was an adult, part-time student, and photography allowed her a much-needed creative respite from the pressures of work and school. She learned photography by developing film and making gelatin silver prints using traditional darkroom techniques.
She has continued making images since her graduation in 2007, now working solely with digitally captured and processed images. Her images are inspired by traditional French and American street photographers as well as by other mid-20th Century photographers. Attending Peter Turnley’s Street Photography workshop in 2006 and several Vision Quest workshops with Doug Beasley further focused her image-making approach.
Rothey’s mother was a commercial artist and watercolorist and her first artistic influence. She is recently returning to drawing and painting, enjoyed throughout her school years; she studies with Diana Marta and explores ideas for combining photography, painting, and other media.

“Photography offers the opportunity to fully immerse myself in the world around me. When I am making photographs, I slow down and observe moments that I would otherwise miss. Time stops, my mind frees while my eyes roam, and my finger clicks as if on impulse. Working in black and white removes distractions and allows me to focus on the emotion and geometry of a scene. I enjoy making images with people I don’t know, creating momentary connections with them.
There is a unique intimacy in those shared moments.”

“Time stops, my mind frees while my eyes roam, and my finger clicks, almost on impulse. I enjoy finding playful or ironic situations while also seeking classic moments and settings.
I make photographs because there are endless large and small dramas to enjoy when my mind quiets down enough to listen.” -Rebecca Rothey

International Awards

■ 2021 Men Moving Mirror, Second Place, “Street Scene 2020”, Digital Photography Magazine
■ 2021 Jim in Waldorf, Honorable Mention, “The Portrait” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MD
■ 2019 Men Moving Mirror, Honorable Mention “Let Us Inspire You!
Photo Contest” Photography Workshops, Santa Barbara, CA
■ 2019 Woman in Steam, Honorable Mention, “Women at Work” PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
■ 2013 Comfy in Their Skin, Honorable Mention, “Chair”, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
■ 2011 Comfy in Their Skin, Honorable Mention, Women in Photography International, Inactive Website
■ 2011 Parisian with Poodle, Gold Medal, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Portraits and People, York, England
■ 2008 Flower Mart Joy and Old Friends, Honorable Mention, Celebration of Life Photography Contest, Louisville, KY

See the full article in Lens Magazine Issue #86