Bio

J. M. Golding is a fine art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay area. J. M. chooses the Holga and other plastic cameras for the playfulness and spontaneity they promote and their capacity to create dreamlike images, and pinhole cameras for their simplicity and their contemplative quality. J. M.’s photographs have been shown internationally in numerous juried group exhibitions, such as the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Shows and 3rd Annual Juried Pinhole Show (RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA), Krappy Kamera XIII (Soho Photo, New York), 2010 and 2011 Open Juried Exhibitions (Photomedia Center, Erie, PA), Low Fidelity (Lúz Gallery, Victoria, BC), and Bending the Light (Oakland Museum of California at Oakland International Airport). Her work is included in the 2012 Bay Area Visual Artists' Network registry. J.M. is the recipient of the Lúz Gallery Curator’s Choice Award and of Honorable Mentions in Imagination (A Smith Gallery), the 4th Annual Curious Camera Competition (Arts Eye Gallery), and Processes, Techniques, and Exploration (RayKo Gallery), and a winner of Square magazine's Pinhole Sténoflex competition.