TACHP Student Wins International Photography Award

The Art Center Highland Park Student Wins International Photography Award

In View Exhibit opens Friday, January 10, 2019, 5:30 PM Reception

Amy Perlman of Riverwoods, Illinois, who often takes photography classes at TACHP has been busy creating a unique portfolio of wildlife photography (https://www.amyperlmanphotography.com/), full of active, one of a kind and compelling images. After years of honing her craft, with collections covering African wildlife, bears, whales, canyons and more, she’s really grown as an artist. Taking a chance on one inspired photo, she entered the National Wildlife Federation photo contest – and won 2nd place in the ‘Mammals’ category against an international field of 23,000 applicants.

“The scene of the photograph was a totally chance encounter, a great ‘accident’ of when you’re in the absolutely right place at the right time.” That is if your idea of ‘totally chance’ is being out in a small boat off the cost of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Says Perlman, “It was an ‘aha’ moment for me as a photographer. I knew I’d captured a truly meaningful moment in nature.”

The picture captured a mother walrus with her baby, as she gently persuades, or nudges, the young calf to dive off the iceberg where they’d been resting. “He then did a perfect little cannonball and she soon followed – a moment conveying that wildlife is not only precious, but fragile”. The picture was unique enough for her to be awarded second place in this large field of nature photography.

Since then she has also won third place in the Art4Apes Endangered Fine Arts Contest for a picture of a mother and three polar bear cubs taken in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at Alaska’s Barter Island. She also included her image in their Miami exhibit this December, but The Art Center Highland Park is much closer to home. Visitors can see Amy’s prized walrus and baby photo first hand, along with some ninety works by other artists in various mediums, starting this Friday in TACHP’s new exhibit.

In View, TACHP’s faculty and member show takes place every January, and has been growing in number of participants and skill level every year. The exhibit opens Friday, January 10, at 5:30, with a wine and cheese reception that is free and open to the public. Most of the artwork is for sale and the artists will be on hand to discuss their work.

For more information please call The Art Center Highland Park at 847-432-1888, or visit www.theartcenterhp.org.

The Art Center Highland Park (TACHP) is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to education in the contemporary visual arts through classes, outreach programs, gallery exhibitions and events. Our vibrant arts community delivers on our promise “Making Art Available” to all.

TACHP is located at 1957 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, at the corner of Park Avenue and Sheridan Road, offers street parking, and is a short walk from the Central Avenue Metra Station.