For those of you who like to support local artists, here is one for you:
Meg Ojala is a professor of art at St. Olaf College. She teaches Foundation Photography, Intermediate Photography, Senior Studies in Studio Art, and A History of Photography.
Ojala received her BA from the University of Minnesota and her MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Ojala’s recent work involves closely observing and photographing the banks of the Cannon River near her studio in Dundas, Minnesota.
You can check out Ojala’s website here: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/ojala/
“Ojala is a recipient of the 2005 University of Minnesota/McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship for Photographers. Other earned grants include Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Assistance Grants, Film in the Cities/McKnight Photography Fellowships and Faculty Development Grants from St. Olaf College including “Place and Landscape” and “Photographing the Undine Region: Mapmaker Joseph N. Nicollet's 1838 expedition route through southern Minnesota.” (http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/faculty/ojala.html)
Here are some examples of her work:
Prairie Burn
Twigonometry
Scotch Pines
Nice find.
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