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Thursday July 24, 2008
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GAIL NOGLE PHOTOGRAPHY
13619 Inwood Road
Suite 330
Dallas, Texas 75244
972 233-7437
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Born in Troy, New York, Gail Nogle was eight years old when she was given her first camera. As a teenager she did baby-sitting for neighbors, Carol and George Skarshinki, who had a darkroom in their basement, taught Gail to use a 4x5 view camera and encouraged her blossoming interest in photography.
Beginning a Career and Life in Photography
A graduate of the prestigious Rochester Institute of Technology, Gail spent more than 14 years with Gittings Portrait Studio in Dallas, Texas where she learned to capture the extraordinary in ordinary people. She also had her share of nervous brides, stiff executives, undisciplined youngsters, and quarrelsome family groups. Pushing the right buttons on their psyches and on her camera creates exhibit-quality portraits year after year. Gail earned the degrees of Master of Photography in 1981 and Photographic Craftsman in 1996 from The Professional Photographers of America. In 1998, she became one of a very few women in the world awarded a Fellowship from the American Society of Photographers.
Combining Artistic Vision, Whimsy, and Technical Mastery
Whimsy and boundless enthusiasm are as much a part of GAIL NOGLE'S stock-in-trade as her RZ67 camera. She uses costume outfits, unusual jewelry, staged backgrounds, and a collection of over 300 hats to coax her subjects into relaxing as they prepare for their portraits. Highly regarded by both critics and collectors, Gail has the exceptional talent of capturing the extraordinary in ordinary people. This talent provides her a much-deserved reputation for both artistic vision, as well as a mastery of the technical aspects of her craft.
Expanding Her Photographic Horizons..
Over the past few years, she has expanded her photographic range by studying with Jay Stock, renowned for his "impressionistic style" portraiture. She has traveled around the country and abroad, giving lectures and searching out exciting, unusual locations. On one such location, Gail photographed "African Sunset" which was accepted in the Masters Loan Collection.
Premier Childrens Photography Innovator
Children's photography remains Gail's first love and forte. Her Dallas photography studio, opened in 1990, is a paradise for the young and the young-at-heart. There, they poke about, trying on this and that, responding to her antics and chatter, unaware of her eye searching for that look, attitude or expression, which has become her trademark. Gail Nogle is widely considered as the premier innovator in children's portraiture and in photography as a fine art.
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Dear Gail..
You probably don't remem-ber us, but Steve and I were married ten years ago today. Our wedding was in the morning and soon after-ward we went to your studio for portraits. (Not the norm!) Just wanted you to know that we walk past those por-traits everyday and love them just as much now as we did in the beginning. Especially since we've added a few wrinkles-and five kids.
Take care, Carol
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Dear Gail..
Thank you so much for the lovely portraits received a few days ago. You have really flattered us. I can now see why you are considered to be one of the top professional photographers in the U.S.! Sara and I can't stop looking at them and showing them to our friends.
What a wonderful memory we also have of being able to spend a fascinating few hours with you and to see an artist at work and also see some of your work. You were such stimulating company! The sadness is that we live so far apart! Hopefully our paths will cross soon again.
With thanks and love,
Basil & Sara
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