Turhan Von Brandon's recent photos http://tvbphoto.smugmug.com/ Began formal art studies at the age of eight at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY, studied art and photography while attending Howard University in Washington, DC. Continued the study of photography and print making in Wurzburg, Germany. Studied Commercial Photography at the New York Institute of Photography in New York City. I try to create images that draw the viewer in, begins a dialog, or asks a visual question. You will either like, dislike, or question my images. The images that I create are only half the story. The viewer completes the story by what the viewer brings to the image. I am now creating paintings by converting photographs to abstract impressionistic and/or expressionist images. Has exhibited art and/or photography in Wurzburg, Washington, the Art On Main Street, The Art Barn, The Gallery At St. Cabrini, Yonkers Piblic Library, the Rye Public Library, Eastchester Public Library, New Rochelle Public Library, Yonkers Friends Of The Arts, Westchester Land Trust, the Upstream Gallery, the Westchester Arts Council, Hudson Valley Hospital Center, The Blue Door Art Association, Evolution Arts Exhibitation, The Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers Arts Fest, and the Greenburg Nature Center. Has also participated in the production of the historical photographic book "Yonkers: Then & Now". Have received Best of Show, First, Second, & Third Palce Awards with the Westchester Professional Photographers Association quarterly print competitions; Blue Ribbons and Gold Distinguished Print Ribbons with the Professional Photographers Society of New York's annual print competition; and Blue Ribbons with the Professional Photographers of America's international print competition. Member of the Westchester Photographic Society (http://wpsphoto.org/index.html); past member of the Westchester Professional Photographers Association (www.westchesterppa.org); the Professional Photographers Society of New York State (www.ppsnys.com); member of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers (http://panoramicassociation.org); the International Freelance Photographers Organization (www.aipress.com); the Digital Imaging Association (http://digitalassociation.org); the Mount Vernon Art Association; the New Rochelle Art Association, and The Scarsdale Art Association. I am listed in the Westchester Arts Council Artists Registry as a Visual Artist. Past member of the Professional Photographers of America (http://www.ppa.com) and The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (http://www.oscars.org/). I am located in Westchester County in lower New York State. All images can be purchased. I can be reached by e-mail Tvbphoto@aol.com, or phone at 914-261-8975. Links: Blue Door Artist Association - www.bluedoorart.org The Blue Door Gallery - www.bluedoorgallery.org Yonkers Arts Blog - www.yonkersarts.blogspot.com New Rochells Art Association - www.nraaonline.org Rivertowns Arts Council - http://www.riverarts.org/ Art Times - www.arttimesjournal.com Westchester Arts Council - www.westarts.com Rivertowns Online - http://www.design-site.net/rivertowns/art.htm ( Art Galleries & Museums in the Hudson River Villages US Library of Congress Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/ Video Clips - http://www.youtube.com/terrybrandon League of Creative Infrared Photographers - http://www.irleague.com/Site/Home.html Yoho Artists Studios, art studio rentals in Yonkers - www.yohoartists.com GigaPan System - http://www.gigapansystems.com/ and images - http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=1758 Photosynth - http://livelabs.com/blog/welcome-to-photosynth/ Plug-In Experience - http://www.pluginexperience.com/Home.html Tips & Lessons: Lexar - http://www.lexar.com/dp/ New York Institute of Photography - http://www.nyip.com/ Better Photo - http://www.betterphoto.com/home.asp New York Web Photo School - http://ny.webphotoschool.com/ Web Photo School - http://www.webphotoschool.com/ Luminous Landscape - http://luminous-landscape.com/ Tamron Photographic Mini-Course - www.tamron.com Learn software at your own pace - http://www.lynda.com/ Adorama Learning Center - http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy B&H Photo/Video - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/EventSpace.jsp Rick Sammon's Photo Tips - http://www.youtube.com/user/pixelmagic -http://www.ricksammon.com/Articles.html Free Adobe Tutorials - http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials/photoshop Kelby Training - http://www.kelbytraining.com/ Digital Imaging Association - www.DigitalAssociation.org Native American and Pow Wow Info: Pow Wow Calendar - http://www.powwows.com/ and http://www.powwow-power.com/powwows/index.php National Museum of The American Indian - http://www.nmai.si.edu/ Institute of American Indian Arts - http://www.nmai.si.edu/ Red Hawk Native American Arts Council - http://www.redhawkcouncil.org/ Shinnecock Indian Nation - http://www.shinnecocknation.com/ Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation - http://www.cherokee-nc.com/ Indian Country Diaries - http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/challenges/powwow2.html Black Indian & Intertribal Native American Assoc. - http://www.blackindians.com/ Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) - http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index Nimham Mountain Singers - http://www.nimham.com/ http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:34:18 -0700 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:49:24 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. 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