1. 2008 Biennial: Paper ®
Marilyn Szabo, Phoenix
Marilyn Szabo has been working as a commercial and fine art photographer for more than 20 years. She
became interested in photography at age 10 when she got a Brownie camera and photographed her family
and friends. She studied photography and art history at the Virginia Commonwealth University and re-
ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree. She has continued her education by taking additional courses in a wide
range of subjects including cartography, conservation, math, printing and Photoshop.
Szabo’s works present a personal connection between the object and subject. She photographs people,
objects, architecture and landscapes with focus on light, shadow, form and texture. She has been the
recipient of numerous grants and awards, including two artist commissions from the Phoenix Office of Arts
and Culture and purchase awards from Mesa Contemporary Arts Gallery and SRP’s Permanent Collection.
She is currently represented by the Victoria Boyce Gallery in Scottsdale and Pravus in Phoenix.
“I call attention to physical and temporal gaps between representation and perception of space sometimes
referred to as ‘liminal.’ These images are a reference to the level of consciousness between subliminal
thinking and critical concentration. Liminal awareness is the state of awareness in which we do most of
our everyday thinking and conversation. In liminal awareness we are mindful of what we do but we are not
self-consciously concentrating on our thoughts. These pieces are the quick instance of total awareness of
intellect and emotion.”
www.szabofoto.com