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Myrtie Cope

Myrtie Cope is an Atlanta photographer with a focus on architecture and nature. Her photography education was at Rocky Mountain School of Photography where she completed the  Summer Intensive and Advanced Intensive certificate programs.  She is pleased to have both architectural and nature photos in several private and public collections around Atlanta including the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, Emory University Hospital, Broadstone Yards, the Huntley on Park Avenue, and Asbury Cafe at Emory University Hospital.

 

Her ongoing project photographing historic theaters in the Southeast - “Second Act” -was exhibited at the Spalding Nix Fine Art Gallery in September-November 2021. Other recent exhibits include “My South" at A Novel Experience; "The Poetry of Trees" at Smyrna Public Library Art Gallery, and "Okefenokee" at Judie Jacobs Gallery as well as numerous group exhibits throughout the United States and in the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers in Barcelona, Spain. Ms. Cope was honored to receive the Denis Diderot Scholarship to Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency in Orquevaux, France, in October 2021.

 

A recent portfolio of nature and landscape photographs features embroidery on the image to create accents and texture. These unique one-of-a-kind images incorporate Ms. Cope’s skills in embroidery with her passion for photography.

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"Second Act" Exhibition at APG Gallery
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Installation of photos at Emory Cancer Center in the patient rooms.
Photo by David Kresses.
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"The Poetry of Trees" Exhibition at Smyrna Public Library
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"Path to Silver Run" was selected for the "Family Roots" book cover.
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"Gilli in Pink" from Still Life at SouthxSoutheast Photo Gallery

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Feature Article in SXSE PhotoMagazine April/May 2021

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Honorable Mention: Tennessee Magazine, May 2021

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"Second Act" at Spalding Nix Fine Art, September 2021
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Embroidered Nature at Spalding Nix Fine Art, September 2022
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Marietta Arts Council M2R Fence Gallery 2022

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2014 - Architectural photos published in SouthXSoutheast Photo Magazine, January/February 2014

  • 2016 - "Saint Simons Pier" selected for Georgia Budgetary Compliance Report Cover

  • 2018 -   “Path to Silver Run” selected for book cover for "Family Roots" by Shannon Lord

  • 2021 April/May Issue of SXSE Photo Magazine, "Second Act: Historic Theatres and Opera Houses" Feature Article. 

  • 2021 Honorable Mention, State Natural Areas, Tennessee Magazine, May 2021

  • 2022 Arts Atlanta Article about August: Osage County, Performance Photos. August 2022

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  • Emory University Hospital Cancer Center Patient Rooms, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

  • “Picturing Georgia “ Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Airport, International Concourse, Atlanta, Georgia, 

  • Wilma Lofts - Missoula, Montana

  • Working Buildings, LLC - Atlanta, Georgia

  • Broadstone Yards - Atlanta, Georgia

  • The Huntley on Park Avenue - Atlanta, Georgia

  • Asbury Cafe At Emory University Hospital - Atlanta, Georgia

  • Permanent Collection at Chateau Orquevaux, France

  • Private Collections

AWARDS

  • Your Daily Photograph, March 16, 2023, "Tuscany at Dusk"

  • Third Place, "Low Tide at Ruby Beach", Atlanta Photography Group, Hybrid Exhibition: The Narrative of Black and White, Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch

  • Winner, Nature Category - Nonprofessional, 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, "Plains Tree Composite"; Honorable Mention, Nature Category; Honorable Mention, Architecture Category.

  • First Place, Architecture/Travel, "Chateau Kitchen"; Honorable Mention for "Opera Garnier Staircase"; Honorable Mention, Nature for "Acadia Lily Pond" Roswell Photographic Society Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Tony Casadonte, Juror. October 2022

  • Second Place, Plants, GNPA/Sierra Club Okefenokee Photo Contest, "Hooded Pitcher Plants 2", Amy Gulick, Juror. July 2022

  • Honorable Mention, Architecture Division of the 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Women in Photography Awards, May 2022, Jurors: KK de Paul, Isabela Pacini and N.A.Vague 

  • The Denis Diderot Artist-in-Residence Grant at Chateau Orquevaux, France, October 2021

  • Honorable Mention, "Tuscany at Dusk", "Landscape" Exhibition, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Juror: Wendi Schneider.  March 2022

  • Honorable Mention, "Rialto Trees at Sunset", Southeastern Photography Society Exhibition, "Art of the Capture", Jurors: Dale Niles and Peter Essick, October 2021

  • Honorable Mention, Bowen Art Center Photography Exhibition 2021, "Tuscany at Dusk", David Akoubian, Juror

  • Second Place, RPS Open Juried Exhibition 2020. "Spring Awakening", Kathryn Kolb, Juror

  • Second Place, "Tuscany at Dusk", SPS Celebrates Photography Exhibition at the Tucker Library, Jurors: Michael Maiao and Parish Kohanim

  • Fourth Place, "Canal Jam" in What a Wonderful World Exhibition at Emory Midtown Hospital, Jurors: Tony Casadonte and Patrick Heagney

  • Second Place Architectural for "Umbrellas", Open Juried RPS Exhibition 2017, Juror: Barbara Griffin 

  • Second Place in Wildlife for “Ladybug on Ferns” and Norcross Cultural Arts Award for “Storm over the Blue Ridge”, Georgia Natural Photography Association, Juror: Rob Knight

  • Sponsor's Award for “Singing in the Rain”, Johns Creek Summer Serendipity Art Show

  • Third Place for “Seen Better Days”, Southeastern Flower Show - All Things Musical  

 

SOLO  AND DUO EXHIBITIONS​​

  • 2019 "My South" and "For the Birds" Joint Exhibit at A Novel Experience, Zebulon, Georgia

  • 2017  “Second Act - Inside the Fox Theatre and the Tivoli  Theatre” - Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia​

  • 2017 “Pixels and Patchwork” - A Novel Experience, Zebulon, Georgia​

  • 2016 “The Poetry of Trees” - Smyrna Public Library, Smyrna, Georgia​

  • 2011   “Okefenokee” - Dual Exhibit with Doug Powell, Judie Jacobs Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia​

  • 2009 “Two Views” - Dual Exhibit with Ledra Woodlee, Unitarian Universalist Church, Atlanta, Georgia​

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Montgomery Photo Festival, Two images selected for Manipulated photo category. Juror: Richard McCabe

  • Exhibizone "Gardenia 2023" International Online Exhibition

  • Atlanta Photography Group, Alternative Process and the Handmade Photograph, Two images, Juror: Adam Finkelston

  • Atlanta Photography Group, Hybrid Exhibition: The Narrative Power of Black & White, Two images. Third Place for "Low Tide at Ruby Beach." Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch

  • Atlanta Photography Group, Choice 2023, Juror: Crista Dix

2022

  • Spalding Nix Fine Arts "Ensemble" Show, Embroidered Photographs

  • "Botanical" at ASmith Gallery, Juror: Wendi Schneider

  • Annual Open Juried RPS Exhibition 2022 for ACP Fest 22, Roswell, Georgia, Four Images at Roswell Visual Arts Center. Juror: Tony Casadonte

  • Atlanta Photography Group "Tell Me a Story", Juror: Henry Horenstein 

  • Southeastern Photographic Society, "In the Absence of Color", Two Images at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Jurors: Gary Gruby and Teri Darnell

  • Roswell FIne Arts Alliance & GNPA Double Vision, "Okefenokee", Amy Gulick, Juror

  • SlowExposures 2022, "Rural South", Three images. Jurors: Maria Kelly and Michael Pannier

  • Bowen Center for the Arts "All Those who Wander are Not Lost" Photography Exhibition, Four Images, Juror: Mike Ramy

  • 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, November 2022

  • "Trees" at ASmith Gallery, Juror: Kevin Tully

  • Marietta Arts Council for M2R Trail Fence Gallery, Two images

  • Member's Choice at Southeastern Photographic Society

  • Atlanta Photography Group Members Choice, Juror: Paula Tognarelli

  • "Rumors of Spring" at SXSE Photo Gallery, Juror: Peter Essick

2021

  • "Ensemble" Show at Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia

  • "Landscape" Exhibition, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Juror: Wendi Schneider

  • "Second Act" is included in "Elemental" at Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Atlanta Photography Group Members Choice, Jurors: Judith Pishnery and Beth Lilly

  • "Southern Landscapes" at SXSE Photo Gallery, Juror: Nancy McCrary

  • "Black and White" at ASmith Gallery, Juror: Eric Kunsman

  • Member's Choice at Southeastern Photographic Society

  • Marietta Arts Council for M2R Trail Fence Gallery, Four images

  • Bowen Center for the Arts "Still" Photography Exhibition, Juror: David Akoubian

  • "You Are Here" - Atlanta Photography Group Satellite Exhibit at SlowExposures 2021, Juror: Brian Piper

  • SPS Exhibition - "The Art of the Capture: Photographing our World" at Emory Midtown Hospital, Jurors: Peter Essick and Dale Niles

  • "Endless Summer" - Atlanta Photography Group Exhibition, Juror: Jean Dykstra

2020

  • Artist's Choice for Southeastern Photographic Society 

  • Choice at Atlanta Photography Group

  • Still Life Exhibit at SXSE Photography, Juror:  Nancy McCrary

  • Marietta Arts Council for M2R Trail Fence Gallery

  • Francis Thompson SELECTS at Atlanta Photography Group

  • 24th Annual Open Juried RPS Exhibition 2020 for ACP 22, Roswell, Georgia, Juror: Kathryn Kolb 

  • 2020 Ensemble Show at Spalding Nix Fine Art, Curated by Spalding Nix.

2019 

  • 2019 Ensemble Show at Spalding Nix Fine Art, Curated by Spalding Nix

  • Director's Cut 2019 - Atlanta Photography Group, Curated by Judith Pishnery

  • In the Absence of Color: Visions in Black and White, Callanwolde Art Center, Michael James O'Brien, Juror

  • Southern Currents - Atlanta Photography Group Exhibition, Jurors: Beth Lily and Judith Pishnery

  • Trees: Life in the Slow Lane, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. Juror: Kat Kiernan

  • Botanicals Exhibition, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, Juror: Wendi Schneider

  • Summertime Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group, Jurors: Scott Speakes and Genie Gaither Jones,  okra magazine

  • Flora at Southeastern Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina, Kate Breakey, Juror

2018  

  • Southeastern Photographic Society Exhibition at Tucker Public Library, Jurors: Michael Maio and Parish Kohanim

  • SPS Exhibition - What a Wonderful World at Emory Midtown Hospital, Jurors: Tony Cassadonte and Patrick Heagney

  • Trees Exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT,  Juror: Michael Pannier 

  • Water Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror, Ann Jastrab

  • Open Call Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery Online, Juror: Douglas Beasley

  • Appalachian Treasures at the Bowen Center for the Arts, Dawsonville, Georgia, Jurors: Larry Winslett, Peter McIntosh, Horace Hamilton

  • Travel: Places and Faces, PhotoPlace online gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Krista Rossow

  • 22nd Annual Open Juried RPS Exhibition 2018 for ACP 20, Roswell, Georgia, Juror: Judy Host

2017

  • Trees Exhibition, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, Juror: Michael Kenna

  • SlowExposures 2017, Concord, Georgia, Jurors: Arnika Dawkins and John Wall​

  • Open Juried RPS Exhibition 2017 for ACP 19, Roswell, Georgia, Juror: Barbara Griffin

2016

  • In Celebration of Trees Exhibition,  Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, for the exhibit, Juror: Tom Zetterstrom.

  • Art of Georgia II: Portraits of a Community, Georgia Council for the Arts, selected to hang in the Governor's offices in the Georgia State Capital and also used as the cover photo for Georgia Budgetary Compliance Report, Juror: Karen Paty

 2015 

  • Northeast Atlanta GNPA, Norcross, Georgia, Juror: Rob Knight

  • Johns Creek Summer Serendipity Art Show, Alpharetta, Georgia

  • Women in Focus XXI, Mason Fine Art, Juror: Fay Gold

2014

  • SlowExposures 2014, Concord, Georgia, Jurors: Aline Smithson and Alexa Dilworth

  • Multiple images, Women in Focus XX at Mason-Murer Gallery, Jane Jackson, Juror

2013

  • The Art of Georgia-Celebrating Georgia's Landscapes and People, Georgia Council for the Arts to hang in Governor's offices in the Georgia State Capitol, Karen Paty, Juror

  • Women in Focus XIX at Mason-Murer Gallery, Brett Abbott, Juror

  • Women in Focus Portfolio Show at Seen Gallery, Decatur, Georgia, Jerry Cullom, Juror

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