AnnMarie Tornabene is a New York – born photographer, now residing in France.  She has spent more than 27 years exploring self-portraiture and her images deal with physical and psychological aspects of her life as it evolves - turning toward the narrative, which is often reminiscent of fairy-tales and also with the use of symbolism for creating visual metaphors.  

 

As an artist and her long-time career as a professional artists' model, AnnMarie is able to physically express herself, playing with her poses for the camera either within the confines of her studio or in isolated outside locations. Technically speaking, she alternates between  traditional photographic materials and modern technology to aid in her exploration.

 

Her influences are mainly based on the paintings and sculptures of the Old Masters, such as Botticelli, Caravaggio, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Rodin. In photography, her influences include, among others, Julia Margaret-Cameron, Anne Brigman, the Pictoralists, Francesca Woodman and Imogen Cunningham. And while music plays an important role in her creation process, it is also in the forest where there are only the sounds of nature that giver AnnMarie further inspiration.

 

AnnMarie graduated from Long Island University in New York with a BFA in Photography, magna cum laude. She has won several awards and exhibits internationally. She has been reviewed and published numerous times in magazines such as The Eye of Photography, OpenEye, Corridor Elephant as well as in The New York Times, Newsday, and other fine art online and print magazines/blogs. She has spoken about her work at universities and artists’ groups and her images have invoked essays and prose. Her photography is included in several personal and institutional collections in the US, Canada, UK, Hungary and Japan.