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| About Allison > Biography | |
 Allison Rose was born in 1976 in Toronto, Canada. At a young age, she showed a love and aptitude for the arts. In her first year of high school, Allison found her niche in the art world while taking a course on photography. From that point onward, it wasn't unusual to find Allison with a camera in her hand. Since 1990, Allison has begun to find her own style of photography. Her early photographs are predominately black and white landscapes. The style of abstracting everyday objects is evident in some of her early work. Throughout high school, Allison explored darkroom techniques while learning the fundamentals of good photography. In University, Allison's style began to fully emerge. She was exposed to new techniques,different styles of photography and new experiences. Her first trip to Europe opened up her eyes to photographing architectural details and city scapes, and she returned home with an expanded style of photography.  After 7 years of photographing natural scenes and landscapes, Allison began to realize that she could use man-made creations to create similar images as found in nature. Instead of using water for reflections, the windows of buildings could be substituted. Textures from bark could be supplemented by the textures and patterns created by a railing.It was also during this time that Allison was exposed to other facets of photography including colour, digital and the historical techniques used by early photographers. During the past 18 years Allison has allowed her style of photography to mature and grow, and will continue to do so in the future. |
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