Artist’s Bio
Marianna Winterdale was born and raised in the former Yugoslavia. She spent hours gazing at old, faded family photos as a child. These barely recognizable family portraits peppered with “flowers” created by water damage found in such ephemera inspired her to imagine new narratives from the mysterious images. On her 14th birthday, her father gifted her a Zorki-4 Camera, an exceptional camera made in the USSR around 1970. That camera and an old photo of her beloved grandfather, Jovan Kanuric, delicately stained with the aforementioned “flowers” on his jacket and the background, are her only two possessions from the old country.
Marianna Winterdale was mentored by New York City photographer Flash Light and took classes at Cooper Union and the NY Institute of Photography.
An active member of New York’s artistic community, her work has been exhibited in numerous group shows throughout New York City, Croatia, and Japan.
About
Artist's Stetment
Taking photographs, for me, is to tell a story about observed manifested reality in front of me, captured through an eye of camera.
The world we are in, the best of all possible worlds, majestic and wretched, always changing, abundant in surprising accounts is my unceasing inspiration.
I am an observer and a humble, visual story teller.