I am a 6th generation North Carolinian. Although I have lived other places in my life and enjoyed those places while living there, I always felt like an outsider. The South- and North Carolina, in particular- just feels achingly familiar to me and very much like home. I understand and value the people, the myriad accents, the story-telling, the humor, and our shared history. I live in Raleigh now, but growing up, I lived in a small town 90 miles west of Raleigh, where the undulating landscape, rural and green, and still dotted with aging tobacco barns, seems unchanged from what I remember and see in my mind’s eye. There’s a timelessness to the landscape, and the photographs I’ve made here are tangible reminders— memories put to paper— of what I know so well and remember to be true. Cane River Tubing is a found scene that, when I first laid eyes on it, instantly took me back in time, and yet is very much of the moment.
Bio
Diana H. Bloomfield
A visual storyteller for 40 years, Diana specializes in 19th century photographic printing techniques and handmade artist books. She has received numerous awards for her imagery and was a 4-time Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist. She was also honored with Rfotofolio’s 2021 Denis Roussel Award, juried by Christopher James, based on her one-of-a-kind artist books.
Diana’s work has been internationally exhibited and widely published. Her work is in public and private collections, including in the Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach, Florida; The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, located in the Bronx, New York; the New Mexico History Museum, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and in North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A native North Carolinian, Diana lives in Raleigh and teaches workshops throughout the United States and in Norway. She is represented by The Cardinal Gallery, located in Toronto, Canada, and by photo-eye gallery (Photographer’s Showcase), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
