What Lies Within:the Eclectic Collections of Andrea M. Noel

• Photographer
  Dale Niles
• Prize
  Bronze in Book / Fine Art
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.dalenilesphotography.com

Sometimes the world presents you with an unexpected gift. Eight years ago, I entered the collector’s world of Andrea M. Noel after a friend suggested that I might be interested in photographing Andrea's expansive and unusual collections. After approaching her about potential of examining her assortments photographically, I was presented with a list of over sixty collecting categories, ranging from kitchen utensils to bedpans and urinals. I arrived at Andrea's beautiful, home complete with a wraparound porch festooned with wisteria, I was unprepared for the surprises that lay within.

• Biography
  Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Niles formative years were spent living in small, southern towns in Virginia and North Carolina. Inspired by the heritage of these locales, she developed deep-seated southern roots that richly inform her photography practice with visual storytelling. Niles celebrates the diverseness of the human spirit, appreciating those qualities that make us delightfully unique, yet connected in many ways, particularly through shared experiences and preserved visual memories.
• Awards
  -Prix de la Photographie de Paris-silver for 'Fading Memories' series -Top 200 Critical Mass -Solo exhibit at Slow Exposures of What Lies Within -Color It Red-chosen for a ten page portfolio in Light and Shadow Magazine -Center for Fine Art Photography-'30 over 50: In Context, Fort Collins, CO -LA Photo Curator-'This Land is Your Land' exhibit-honorable mention -SXSE Magazine-Feb/Mar Issue-Curator's Choice -PX3 (Prix De La Photographie Paris)-Gold in fine Art/Collage and second place winner in Fine Art. Also an honorable mention in Fine Art. -A Smith Gallery-Johnson City, TX-Vista Exhibit-honorable mention -Griffin Photography Museum-26th annual exhibit-honorable mention-Winchester, MA -Photo Place Gallery-'Trees'-honorable mention-Middlebury, VT -Chromatic Awards-honorable mention in Fine Art -Exhibit at Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville, FL -Slow Exposures-Strickland Building-Concord, GA-1st place-awarded solo show -Solo show-Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, Georgia ?-PX3 Prix DeLa Photographie Paris- Honorable mention in Fine Art/Collage for 'Animal in Redux' series -Tokyo International Foto Awards-Bronze Award for series 'Animal Lives Redux" -Top 10 to watch-Atlanta, GA -Critical Mass Top 200-Animals Lives Redux ?-Chromatic Awards-2nd place Fish Plates and Bourbon, honorable mention -Virginia Twainam Smith purchase award for MOCA GA permanent collection -The Fence-"Animal Lives Revisited"-exhibiting in 8 cities -Solo Show of "Solidifying Roots" series at Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, NC -Solo Show at Art Clayton-Jonesborough, GA -L.A Photo Curator-'The Animal Kingdom-honorable mention -Solo show at Brickworks Gallery-Atlanta GA -Portraits Yes-A Smith Gallery-Director's Choice-Johnson City, TX -Atlanta Photography Group Portfolio 2018-APG Gallery -Santa Fe Workshops-"Celebration" exhibition-honorable -NYC4PA-"One"-Honorable mention Her book, What Lies With, received recognition from Elizabeth Avedon as best photography book of 2021