Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show
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Shades of Gray
Shades of Gray 2025 Judges
Shades of Gray is New Mexico's premier Black and White photography show.
We usually receive over 200 entries from over 100 artists.
With this type of turn out we need qualified experts to judge such a field.
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This years judges are:
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Pam Dorner
Pam Dorner is an award-winning wildlife/landscape photographer from New Mexico with a BBA in Marketing from Texas Tech University. Her work comprises a love of wildlife such as the coastal brown bears of Alaska, the birds of Bosque del Apache as well as the allure of the Southwest landscape. One of her favorite subjects to photograph is the landscape of the Sandia Mountains along with the Rio Grande/bosque and the wildlife that call the area home. Pam has won international, national and local awards from Nature Photographer of the Year, National Wildlife Federation, Lake Clark National Park, New Mexico Magazine, Albuquerque the Magazine and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. In 2024, she won the Grand Prize in New Mexico Magazine’s Annual Photo Contest for a photo of a great horned owl in the bosque, First in Wildlife for a photo of a sandhill crane and Honorable Mention in Landscape for a photo of the Rio Rancho bosque. She also made it to the judging round for Bird Photographer of the Year as well as the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Pam’s work can be seen in publications such as New Mexico Magazine, Journal of Wildlife Photography, New Mexico True Adventure Guide, Guest-life New Mexico, Albuquerque the Magazine and Overland’s New Mexico Addition.
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Larry Stoiser
Mark Werner
My photographic journey began in 1972 when I purchased my first camera and sold my first image. For the next 40 years, I took lots of pictures. In 2014, we moved to Albuquerque and I joined the Enchanted Lens Camera Club (ELCC). I then sold my second image. After a couple of years of exhibitions, casual critiques and mentorship programs, my skills improved to the point that I began to think of myself as a photographer.
As a member of the ELCC I was chair of the Mentorship committee for 4 years, hosted Casual Critique with LeRoy Perea and Emily Mount for 7 years, participated in the portfolio project for 8 years and have been a portfolio reviewer for 5 years. My images have been on display at ANMPAS, Shades of Gray, InSight, New Mexico Art League, Corrales Old Church Art Show, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis and the PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont.
My photographic subject matter interests include old buildings, churches, street scenes, flowers and plants, geometric shapes and Sandia Mountain from my backyard. I use Infrared photography, close-up photography, intentional camera motion (ICM), in camera multiple exposures, artistic filters and image blending in Photoshop to create my images. My current interest is creating abstract images.
John Gilbert
Art means something.
It doesn't have to be pretty or glamours, but it should cause the viewer a reaction, whether it be a wow factor or something deeper.
I want my work to make people think.
Since 1985, working as a portrait photographer, I now devotes most of his time helping other photographers as Director of the Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Shows, which include InSight and Shades of Gray.
A graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art and Art Institute of Pittsburgh, I have a degree in Advertising design. I use my artistic skills to create props and backgrounds for stunning images. I like to use live models and sets and Photoshop to convey my vision of an ever changing world.
