Elizabeth Opalenik

Elizabeth Opalenik                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Elizabeth Opalenik is photographic artist who believes that all good photographs are self portraits that lie somewhere between imagination and reams.  From her earliest days doing advertising and editorial assignments she has been hired for the sense of poetic grace and movement she brings to her images.  Today her voice is primarily as a fine art photographer, educator and lecturer. Elizabeth privately conducts photography workshops internationally and in partnership with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, the Maine Photographic Workshops, the British Guild of Portrait Photographers, National Geographic Expeditions, The Recontre d’Arles,  and others.   With coaching through the F. Holland Day Center for Creativity and Healing, Elizabeth uses photography to facilitate the healing process for women with cancer by finding their inner beauty and strength. For the past 20 years she has returned to Provence and Tuscany conducting workshops on the figure, travel and alternative processes.   Currently she is collaborating with “Siena Danza” capturing their fluid movement through images which also express her childhood dreams of becoming a dancer. Elizabeth’s heart is in her Oakland California darkroom where she creates many one of a kind images in the Mordanç ;age process, handpainting, toning and working with Polaroid and other  transfer processes.  Today she bridges technology, working digitally when appropriate, utilizing Photoshop and its creative possibilities. * John Field Nocturne No. 1 in E flat major/ Miceal O'Rourke, piano *