AnnMarie Tornabene is a New York – born photographer, now residing in France.  She has spent more than 25 years exploring self-portraiture and her images deal with physical and psychological aspects of her life as it evolves - turning toward the narrative, which is often reminiscent of fairy-tales and also with the use of symbolism for creating visual metaphors.  

 

As an artist and her long-time career as a life model, AnnMarie is able to physically express herself, playing with her poses for the camera either within the confines of her studio or in isolated outside locations. Technically speaking, she has moved from traditional photographic materials to modern technology to aid in her exploration.

 

Her influences are focused on the paintings and sculptures of the Old Masters, such as Botticelli, Caravaggio, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Rodin. In photography, her influences include, among others, Julia Margaret-Cameron, Anne Brigman, the Pictoralists, Francesca Woodman and Imogen Cunningham.

 

AnnMarie graduated from Long Island University in New York with a BFA in Photography, magna cum laude. She has won several awards and is exhibited internationally. She has been reviewed and published numerous times in The Eye of Photography, OpenEye, Corridor Elephant as well as The New York Times, Newsday, and other fine art online and print magazines/blogs and other publications. She has spoken about her work at universities and artists’ groups and her images have invoked essays and prose. Her photography is included in several personal and institutional collections in the US, Canada, UK, Hungary and Japan.