Elaine Mayes

I studied art history, painting, first at Stanford University and then at the California School of Fine Arts where I also discovered photography. Since 1963 I having been working as a photographic artist, and my primary approach has been in engagement with the idea of "seeing." This has meant ongoing candid responses to the world with my camera, mind, feelings, eyes, and experience with the medium. I also taught photography for thirty-seven years, and this context helped develop a number of conceptual efforts, many of which have been ongoing for more than forty years. Now retired from teaching, I have been making pictures and working on my projects full time. Currently I am having shows and making books from various of my efforts.