Carolyn Johnson, recently of
Oklahoma City
, worked as a photographer in
Washington
,
D.C.
, over the last fifteen years. She has studied photography both in the
U.S.
and abroad, including at the Corcoran School of Art and the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington
,
D.C.
, at
Glen
Echo
Park
in
Maryland
, and independently with
Washington
,
D.C.
, photographer Charles Rumph.
Her early photographic work was in black and white, and included theatre photography which was published in The Washington Post. When Ms. Johnson began to work in color, she also developed a strong interest in architectural images and these have dominated her exhibited work.
As part of the Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, two of her new images, “Illuminations – 1” and “Illuminations – 2,” were recently selected by the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait to be exhibited in the American Embassy Residence in Kuwait. In addition, five images from her work in
Greece
were recently selected by the new U.S. Ambassador to
Greece
to be exhibited in the American Embassy Residence in Athens.
Ms. Johnson’s work is in numerous private collections, and in the permanent collections of the American Institute of Architects, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Georgetown
Hospital
, all of
Washington
,
D.C.
, the
New York
law offices of Kozusko Lahey Harris LLP, and the office of Dr. Dana Price of
Oklahoma City
. She has received numerous awards in
Washington
and international photography competitions, and she has presented and judged at local camera club activities and in photo salon critiques.
Ms. Johnson currently serves on the Oklahoma Board of Directors of the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF), located in
Oklahoma City
,
Oklahoma
. She is a member of the IPHF Exhibition Committee.
Ms. Johnson’s work from
Greece
has been accepted for archive at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in
Washignton,
D.C.
Her book, Light Forms, Architectural Images of Greece, is available from her directly or from www.amazon.com. She is a member of the Photographic Society of America, Inc., the International Photographic Society of Washington, D.C., secondsight of
Bethesda
,
MD
, and Individual Artists of Oklahoma. Her web site is www.carolynjohnson.com
Ms. Johnson is represented by the Touchstone Gallery in
Washington
,
D.C.
, located at
406 – 7th Street, N.W.
,
Washignton,
D.C.
20004; Telephone: 202-347-2787: www.touchstonegallery.com
Where to see the work
Ms. Johnson has exhibited all major bodies of her work in solo exhibitions. In addition, she has exhibited her work in group shows -- both juried and by-invitation -- at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Touchstone Gallery in
Washington
,
D.C.
; the
Glenview
Mansion
Art
Gallery
in
Rockville
,
Maryland
; the
Fraser
Gallery
in
Bethesda
,
Maryland
; the
Ellipse
Arts
Center
in
Arlington
,
Virginia
; and BGH Gallery in
Santa Monica
,
California
. She also has had ten solo exhibitions in corporate gallery space in the
Washington
,
D.C.
, area.
2008 Touchstone Gallery