Zoe Wiseman Photography

I’m a former model. Now a photographer. Fine art photography is my outlet. For me, it is a way of speaking about that which has no words. Sometimes a photograph is more beautiful, or more terrifying, or more languishing than language. Do you think eyes have their own language that touches something in your heart or mind that words cannot? In one glance you visualize an entire book, thesis, outrage, poem or statement. Visualization is powerful.

With that in mind, I try my best to represent those who participate in my work as powerful subjects so that no one can visualize them as someone meek or submissive.

I live and work in California. I love it here. My life has taken me to several countries and cities, from Rome to Sydney and from Gas City, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana. I have befriended all walks of life, from the homeless to the politician, to the small town shop owner and the corporate tycoon, to the private and the general, from the celebrity to the average factory worker, from the stripper to the musician and the gallery owner to the artist begging to be seen. I understand them all and see myself in each of them. What they have all taught me is to be open to all possibilities and to see humanity in everyone. I try.

This is me.

This is my photography.

My experiences shape my visualization.

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Both my modeling and photography work has been published in books, magazines and I’ve exhibited in galleries and I have been interviewed by ABC News about my work.

The greatest compliment I’ve been given about my photography was when Bruce Davidson stopped by my booth at the Palm Springs Photo Festival and stayed to look at each and every print I had to show (35 of them). And then when I was finished he asked me how much I wanted for a print. I didn’t know what to say. It was a great honor just to show my work with him, but that was very touching.

Leonard Nimoy photographed me in 2003. It was fun working for someone I grew up watching on television. He also thanked me in his book, The Full Body Project. An unexpected smile. The best. He was a joy to work with.

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I work with cameras that are older than I am.  Film, Polaroid (what I have left of it) and tools that don’t need a computer to manipulate. My human touch, my flaws, my imperfections are what I rely on to make pictures. Things that are too perfect don’t reflect where I’ve come from. I sometimes work with a Rolleicord, it is sometimes too perfect, but it is still dependent upon my human touch.

If you want to know more, just ask.

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