artist bios

Juliane Eirich

Juliane Eirich was born in Munich in 1979. After finishing high school she interned with a fashion photographer in Miami. At the end of the internship, she knew she did not want to be a fashion photographer, but left certain that she wanted to pursue photography. Juliane went on to attend the Academy of Photographic Design in Munich and graduated in 2003.

Like many young photographers, she moved to New York City immediately after graduation. Also like many young photographers, she did not have an easy time in New York and a year later she moved to Hawaii, working at a vacation rental during the day and taking photographs at night. Later, she received a scholarship to show her work at Fotofest 2006 in Houston.

Since then, her work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Syria, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. It has been featured in publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Stern Magazine, and European Photography. She received many awards for her work, such as Flash Forward 2007 and 2008 and the Voiglaender New Talent Award 2007. In 2007, she received a scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to live and work in Seoul, South Korea for one year, where she is currently working on a project about a German village in South Korea.

Derek Henderson

Derek Henderson was born in the rural town of Napier, New Zealand. In Napier it was difficult to study photography, so he moved to Auckland, New Zealand to become an assistant for an advertising photographer. He then worked in London for magazines such as ID, Arena Homme Plus, The Observer Magazine, and Exit, amongst others. Wanting to spend more time on personal projects, Derek moved back to New Zealand and is currently working on his second book, which will be published by Michael Lett in November 2008.

Kate Orne

Kate Orne was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but is now based in New York City. For almost ten years she has largely focused on issues surrounding women and children in developing countries. From 1992-94 she was an editor at Interview magazine and since then has been a commercial photographer, specializing in portraiture and fashion.

In 2002, Orne established myfarawayfamily.com, an organization providing Afghan refugee children with access to education and their widowed mothers with micro loans and guidance on how to start their own businesses. It also provides food distributions in Kabul and Peshawar among refugees. Her work has been included in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Interview, Artnet.com, Arena, Vibe, Spin, Marie Claire, Dansk, Harpers Bazaar, Glamour, Tokion, +81, and Dune, among others. She has exhibited in the United States and abroad, in such venues and events as the Chelsea Art Museum and Review Santa Fe.

Colleen Plumb

Colleen Plumb attended the University of Illinois in Urbana and studied drawing before transferring to Northern Illinois University, earning a BFA in Visual Communication in 1992. Plumb holds an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (1999), where she is currently an adjunct faculty member. Prior to earning her MFA, Plumb worked as a graphic designer until one day while driving home she saw the most beautiful light on the side of a brick building in Chicago and decided to follow her heart and start making pictures.

Plumb’s work is in the permanent collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography; the Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago; and the Beijing Natural Cultural Center in China. Her photographs are part of the Midwest Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Chicago Project at Catherine Edelman Gallery. Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibit at the Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago; group shows at Santa Monica Art Studios, California; Humble Arts Foundation, New York; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago; Evanston Biennial, Evanston, Illinois; Chicago Cultural Center; and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C.

Currently, Plumb’s photographs are on display in Beyond the Backyard at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and will be featured on Photo-Eye’s website as a Photographer’s Showcase. Her work has been published in Photography Now: 100 Portfolios, published by Wright State University; SHOTS 2005 Portfolio Issue; Nature, 6x6 Series published by Columbia College Chicago; CITY 2000, published by the Comer Foundation; A Field Guide to the American Family, by Garth Risk Hallberg; and Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, by Robert Hirsch, 2007.

Plumb lives in Chicago with her husband, two daughters and, of course, Jack the dog.

Roc Herms Pont

Although the name Roc Herms Pont sounds German, it is in fact Catalan; three monosyllables and three vowels is all he needs.

Borne of the Spanish constitution in 1978, he later discovered the world of photography when it became, thanks to digital cameras, the most mainstream form of artistic expression. He left his job as an art director at an advertising agency in order to pursue advertising photography, personal projects, and something akin to photojournalism.

He currently works as a freelancer within the world of design, advertising photography, and photojournalism.