Ana has been involved in photography for
over 25 years. Mainly self-taught, she uses the camera as a tool to
portray the world as it can still be found in some corners of the planet.
A love for the natural world, its wild creatures and spaces, has taken Ana to Africa on four separate occasions. There, she captured on film the day-to-day activities of numerous species of animals living free and unrestrained. Closer to home, she finds spectacular images in her travels throughout the United States and Canada.
Ana is a Polaroid/Daylab Creative Use Consultant and conducts workshops on the Polaroid Emulsion and Image Transfer, both for children and for adults.
In early 2002, Ana was awarded a Special Opportunity Stipend grant by the New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Council for the Arts, administered in the Mid-Hudson region by the Garrison Arts Center, in support for her solo exhibition of Polaroid Emulsion Transfers at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. She won the Phillip Isenberg Memorial Award, 1st prize in photography, at the Fall 2000 Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit and 2nd prize in photography at the Summer 2002 Housatonic Art League Art Show.
One of the premier stock agencies for nature photographers, Animals Animals/Earth Scenes, has represented her work since 1989, Photri Inc. since 1982. Her images have been used in the Velvet Claw Portfolio of BBC Wildlife Magazine, by Hallmark Cards on the cover of their Untamed Africa calendar, on the video cover for Predator: Polar Bears from Time & Life Videos, and by other educational and promotional firms.
The Piermont Flywheel Gallery in Piermont, NY and The Flat Iron Gallery in Peekskill, NY, are currently representing her work. Her images have been part of numerous solo and group exhibits in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area. Locally, Ana has participated in various fine arts and crafts fairs. Nationally and internationally, her images have earned medals and acceptances in photographic salons. “A Visit to Etosha National Park, Namibia”, her article introducing that part of the world to other travelers and photographers was published in the PSA Journal.