Judith Vejvoda began her photographic career at the Art Institute of Boston in 1982. While there she worked as a performance photographer for The New England Foundation for The Arts. She photographed jazz musicians and performance pieces that were published in the Boston Globe Magazine.
In 1988 she left Boston and pursued her graduate degree in photography at The University of New Mexico. Its prestigious roster of faculty members included Van Deren Coke, Tom Barrow, Patrick Nagatani, and Betty Hahn. At the same time she began to teach at a Community College nearby. She has also taught Digital Photography at workshops in the City of Santa Fe. Her work is represented in major collections in this country and abroad.
Judith Vejvoda has a Master of Arts Degree in Studio Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography, with an emphasis on Alternative Processes.
She has been teaching Photography in New Mexico for over fifteen years at Northern New Mexico College, where she founded and developed that school's Art Photography Department.
Judith's photographic work includes: Traditional Black & White Infrared Panoramic Landscapes, Traditional Black & White Photo Montage, Mixed Media using digital images, and experimental photographic Alternative Processes using digitally composed negatives.
Vejvoda's work is Nationally Exhibited and Collected and is in such collections as the National Association of Women Artists, Zimmerman in New York City, and the Smithsonian. In fact, she is the first woman in the Smithsonian's Panoramic Collection. Also, Vejvoda's photography is featured in numerous magazines, including Shutterbug Magazine, Photography Quarterly, The Photo Review, Viewfinder, and others.
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