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Alison Shaw is a fine art and editorial
photographer who lives and works on Martha's Vineyard. She has a profound
understanding of natural light. Often using very long exposures, she creates
lush, almost abstract images taken from the shoreline are taken with
traditional film cameras and using transparency or slide film.
Alison first moved to
the island in 1975 after graduating from Smith College, and took a job at
the weekly newspaper the Vineyard Gazette, where she worked as a
photographer and graphic designer for nearly 25 years. The island has
provided the inspiration and subject matter for much of her color and
black-and-white photography.
Over 5000 original fine
art prints are in public and private collections. Several books of Alison's
work have been published —
Vineyard Summer (Little Brown 1994),
Remembrance and Light: Images of Martha's Vineyard
(Harvard Common Press 1984) and
Until I Saw the Sea (Henry Holt 1995).
Vineyard Harvest (2005)with chef Tina
Miller, The Artistry of Stone with stonemason Lew French, and
Finding Martha's Vineyard by island summer resident Jill Nelson.
Alison's work appears regularly in Yankee Magazine, Martha's Vineyard
Magazine and Cape Cod Life.
Ms. Shaw has exhibited her photographs in one-woman shows
at more than 15 galleries throughout the United States. Over 4,000 of her
photographs are in corporate and private collections throughout the U. S.
and Europe.
She teaches photography
workshops for the
Maine Photographic Workshops and
Santa Fe Workshops. Alison works with her
partner Sue Dawson, the designer of Alison's books and other publications,
and Claire Cain, who manages
the studio. Alison Shaw Photography is
based in an upstairs loft space at 73 Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs. Alison
lives with her family in Oak Bluffs.
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