noraodendahl.com: About

The advent of digital technology has opened up incredibly exciting possibilities. After years in the darkroom, I'm now able to experiment more freely--a great benefit, as I enjoy printing as much as shooting. Printing with pigmented inks on watercolor paper brings my work closer to that of the painters who have influenced it.

What I value most about photography is its power to make us see the world in a different way--with heightened attention to the details and the vistas, the hues and the geometries, and the significance of all that surrounds us.

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

[Juried Group Exhibitions]

12 12 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition, Richmond, VA: 2007

Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image, Philadelphia, PA: Photo Image 2006

Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA:
1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012
Best Landscape Award 2005

Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA: "Tree-mendous" Exhibit 2007

Somerset Art Association Juried Photography Exhibition, Bedminster, NJ: 2006

Churchville Photography Club Annual Competition, Churchville, PA:
Creative Achievement Award 2002
Tony DiMattio Nature Award 2002, 2003
Director's Award 2005
Best of Show 2006

Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Jenkintown, PA:
2004, 2005, 2006
Honorable Mention 2005
Jim Bachman Memorial Award 2006

Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX: "Viewpoint" Exhibition 2007
Purchase Award

Mercer County Photography Exhibition, Ewing, NJ:
1992, 1993, 1995, 1998
Juror Merit Award 1995

[Juried Solo Photography Exhibits]

Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, NJ, 2007: "Into the Woods"

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
1997: "Photographs"
2003: "In Bloom: Flower Photographs"
2005: "Outdoors: Photographs of Nature and Architecture"

Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, 2003: "Images of Fall"

Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA, 2004: "Leaf and Flower"

[Publication]

Cover of Peters Valley Craft Center catalogue, 1998 (original photo purchased for their collection)
In “The Santa Fe Workshops” by Paul Slaughter, Rangefinder Magazine January 2007
In “Montco Artists Reign at Center’s Exhibit” by Victoria Donohoe, The Philadelphia Inquirer 31 December 2006