Christy lee rogers biography

Artist Biography Christy Lee Rogers is a.
Christy Lee Rogers is an underwater fine art photographer.
Christy Lee Rogers is an underwater fine art photographer.

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CHRISTY LEE ROGERS

Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led to her work being compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio. Boisterous in color and complexity, Rogers applies her cunning technique to a barrage of bodies submerged in water during the night, and creates her effects using the refraction of light. Through a fragile process of experimentation, she builds elaborate scenes of coalesced colors and entangled bodies that exalt the human character as one of vigor and warmth, while also capturing the beauty and vulnerability of the tragic experience that is the human condition.

2019

Open Photographer of the Year, Sony World Photography Awards 2018, The World Photography Organization “Harmony”

Silver Award, Moscow International Foto Awards 2019, Portfolio Fine Art “Muses”

Honorable Mention, London International Creative Competition 2018, Video & Film, Professional Category, “A Conversation with Angels”

Honorable Mention

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Christy Lee Rogers

Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Growing up in the island paradise's beautiful surroundings and sparkling waves, Rogers developed a profound love for the sea that would eventually serve as the inspiration for her artistic works.

Rogers stood out from the crowd from an early age due to her natural creativity and curiosity. She sought inspiration and comfort under the surface, where the colourful aquatic life and constantly changing currents sparked her imagination, while her contemporaries played on sandy beaches.

Rogers' passion for art started to take shape as she made her way through the turbulent waters of adolescence. With little more than a camera and a never-ending pool of ideas, she entered the field of photography and used her lens to capture the magic and beauty of the undersea world that had won her heart.

Rogers continued in her exploration of artistic expression despite the doubt and disapproval she encountered from everyone around her. She refined her talents and established a unique style that would set her apart in t

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Christy Lee Rogers: Baroque Water Worlds

May 8, 2020 - September 6, 2020

Hawaii-born Christy Lee Rogers creates beautiful, complex, and colorful photographs of individuals and groups underwater. The fluid compositions, choreography, costumes, dramatic lighting, and bold colors Rogers employs in her large-scale digital images are reminiscent of 17th century Baroque paintings by European masters such as Caravaggio and Rubens. Her work is exhibited globally and she is the winner of the 2019 Sony World Photographer of the Year award.