Melanie M Guerra Photographer
"In the right light,
at the right time,
everything is extraordinary"
I have been a photographer for most of my life. I purchased my first SLR as a teenager and have been documenting the details of life and our beautiful world ever since. I earned a degree in Communications from Emerson College in Boston, where my concentration was Film and Television production. I went on to a career in marketing and promotions, but always kept a camera in hand as I lived in the American west and traveled around the world.
I see the world around me in terms of light and captured moments – and often the tiniest details become the focus of a larger story. I frame images of such details and moments in larger-format mats and frames to both draw the viewer into the detail while simultaneously letting these details "take up space", both physically and visually. In addition to photography, I am an accomplished jewelry designer, and I think that perhaps this attention to minuscule detail stems from this work. Another result of this work with metal, gems, and other natural materials is my obsession with texture, both visual and tactile. In recent years I have gone beyond the visual texture of my photographs to the tangible textures created by printing to various surfaces. My favorites at present are linen, wood, and metal.
Galleries, Shows and Exhibitions:
Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO
* 31st Juried National Photography Show & Sale May 23-June 1, 2025
Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
* Chiaroscuro: The Art of Light and Shadow, April - June 2025
Praxis Gallery Minneapolis, MN
* "Journeys: People, Passage and Place" May-June 2025
* "Animal Life" June-July 2024
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
* "A Sense of Place" June-July 2024
HVMC Gallery, NYC
* "Moments 2" April, 2025 - Awarded Second Place
* "May Flowers" May, 2024
Las Lagunas Gallery, Launa Beach, CA
*"Botanical" May-June 2024
Cape Cod Center for the Arts Barnstable, MA
* "An Artist's Vision" February-March 2021
* "All About The Light" February-March 2021 Awarded Second Place
* "Through Your Eyes" February-March 2020
* "Color Is Key" January 2020
* "Bay State Open" May - June, 2019
* "Red", February 2018
Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
* "Holiday Exhibition & Sale" December 2021 - January 2022 (Invitational)
* "Holiday Exhibition & Sale" November 2020 - January 2021 (Invitational)
* "26th Annual Juried Exhibition" September-November 2020
* "20th Annual Juried Exhibition" September - November, 2014
* "19th Annual Juried Exhibition" September - November, 2013
* “18th Annual Juried Exhibition” September - November, 2012
* “Outwitting History” May-June, 2012
* “17th Annual Juried Exhibition” September - November, 2011
Westwood Artists, Westwood, MA
* Group Show, February 2020
* Group Show, December, 2019
* Group Show, March, 2019
* Group Show, March 2018
Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA "Art By The Bay", Aug-Sep, 2019*
Arts Affair At Marina Bay, Quincy, MA
* August 2019
* August, 2013 Awarded 3rd Place
ArtsFest Juried Exhibition, Akillian Gallery, Canton, MA
* May 2019 Awarded Honorable Mention*
* May 2013
Annemarie Art Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate Gallery Dowell, MD
* "Escape: Art on Vacation" May 26- August 27 2017
Westwood Public Library, Main Branch, Westwood, MA
*"Simplicity" - Solo show, June 1-30, 2014.
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Sharon, MA
*“Open To Interpretation” – January – March 2014
* "Untamed" - Juried Exhibition, September, 2013 - January 2014
Boston Camera Club
* Member's Exhibition - The Center For Arts, Natick, MA May 2012
* Member's Exhibition - Calumet Photographic Store, Cambridge, MA. Nov-Dec 2013.
Milton Arts Center, Milton, MA
* "Art In Bloom"April–June, 2013*
UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
* “Landscape” – November, 2013
* “Grayscale” – March, 2013
* "Texture" - January, 2013
* “Spectrum” July, 2012
* “Elements” - February, 2012*
Dedham Square Artist Guild, Dedham, MA
* Artist Challenge Series:
* "Pop" - Jan/Feb 2014
* “Making Waves” – Sept/Oct, 2013
* “Guild Spotlight” – August, 2013
* “Nature” – June/July, 2013
* “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” – April/May 2013
* “Sail Away” – March, 2013
*”Cape Cod” – September, 2012
* Roving Galleries:
* Timothy’s Café, Chestnut Hill, MA Spring, 2012
* Kouzina, Dedham, MA
*May-July 2013,
* Sept- Nov, 2012 (“Six Photos On Metal”)
* Isabella, Dedham, MA November 2012-2013
* Endicott Library, Dedham, MA Spring 2013 (“Six Photos On Metal”)
* Deli After Dark, Dedham, MA Feb 2013 – April 2013 (“Big Fun”)
* Roslindale Open Studios, Roslindale, MA.
* 2014
* 2013
* 2012
Dedham Open Studios, Dedham, MA.
* October 2013
* May, 2012