Northport Photo Exhibit Photographers 2026
Paul Anderson
My love of photography started over 70 years ago when my Dad gave me his old Argus C3 camera. Finding patterns in nature and capturing moments in life that stop you in your tracks….that’s what I aim for. I love shooting people, especially in my travels around the world. Photos that draw you in, make you smile, and make you wonder about the world around us. Photos open us to dream, imagine, and transform.
Amber Bingham
Amber settled in Leelanau County in 2005 and enjoys being creative in all aspects of her life. As with most things you give time and attention to, photography is one interest that she continues to develop and over the last several years it has grown into a rewarding hobby.
Finding her most joy when immersed in nature, her photos focus on that inspiration attempting to capture the beauty of the present moment.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it”.. Confucius. You can follow her on Instagram, under the handle "Ambovison".
Tracey Bos
Tracey is a self-taught film and alternative processes photographer who lives in mid Michigan.
She shoots with a variety of cameras ranging from lo-fi to more complex models.
Curiosity drives her exploration into manipulating the interaction of film with chemistry to get unique results.
Scott Cain
Ursula advised me
Share one’s true name never
You may call me Scott it’s not so clever
And here I bring these photos in hand
Each one just as silly, nothing to grand
As for why I do
It’s just me trying to be true
I was either seeking solitude
Or trying to get paid by some dude.
Lisa Flaska Erickson
Lisa’s eye responds to the grace and allure of Northern Michigan. Her unique view has been capturing the soul of the moment and captivating her audience. The Traverse City native is one of the most sought after landscape photographers in the area and has been published in a number of national publications. Through her lens, she defines the soul of the Great Lakes and their environs.
To see more of her work go to LFEpictures.com
Marjorie Farrell
Marjorie Farrell remembers posing for Polaroid, Brownie and Box cameras as a child. The results always seemed magical to her. She began taking photographs in 1984 in a class at Duchess Community College in
Poughkeepsie, NY. This led to an interest in black and white photos which have garnered many awards. She has been in shows in New York and Michigan. Over the decades she has embraced innovations and
advancements in photography including digital photography, cameras in phones, computer manipulations, and printing on computers.
She enjoys photographing landscapes, light and shadow, flowers, and abstracts of architecture. She recently spent several weeks in the American Southwest which resulted in the series of photographs in this show.
Walt Farrell
Walt has been a photographer for about 40 years now, and is often attracted to scenes that exhibit strong interplay between light & shadow, reflections, surface patterns, and intense color. He also looks for interesting architectural details, and works with extreme closeup shots and sometimes strongly-altered color (though not in this show).
Jo Gringas
When I was in my 20s, I dabbled a little with photography, buying myself an Olympus OM-1. I learned how to use a hand-held light meter, and I learned how challenging it was for a broke student to shoot a roll of 36 exposures and possibly only end up with one decent shot. I put photography aside and went on to finish my education and pursue my career, neither of which had anything at all to do with using a camera.
Years later, as I approached retirement, I realized I needed to find something to do that would challenge me and hold my interest. I started thinking about photography again, and since the digital age had blossomed, I wasn’t worried about wasted rolls of film. That gave me the confidence to try again.
I started with a Nikon D7100 and an inexpensive walking-around lens that had a little reach to it. I read a lot. I watched online tutorials. I admired the photography of others that I found on FB and other places. Slowly, I learned how to shoot in manual, and eventually moved to shooting in RAW, which of course, led to learning how to use Lightroom for post processing.
I still have so very much to learn, but I’ve met many photographers who are generous with their time and knowledge, and in the TACC, I found a comfortable place to get feedback on my work. I’m grateful I found my way back to this endeavor; it’s been very enriching for me.
Mike Haynes
Mike is a Northport resident and a self-taught photographer. He is a contributing photographer for Pixabay, Pexels, and iStock by Getty Images. Mike also dabbles in writing, painting, and rock art.
Mike uses photography to tell stories and to help others see the world in different ways. Mike’s goal is to demonstrate that even the simplest objects in front of a lens can stimulate curiosity and evoke emotion.
The works on display represent Mike’s attempt to use balance, rhythm and overall composition in order to trigger a response from viewers.
Marilyn Hoogstraten
Photography began as a hobby for me, photographing my young daughters, their friends, their activities, and the landscape around me. I bought used darkroom equipment and spent hours printing my parents' old negatives. When my daughter’s best friend said, “But you are going to photograph my wedding, aren’t you?” I bought a digital camera and took a workshop. I loved wedding photography, and when I had an opportunity to retire from my “real” job, I started an “encore career” in photography. I found over the years, even in wedding photography, that it was capturing the details, the essence of a place, or the emotion of a person, that I enjoyed most. Now I shoot for myself, celebrating the shape, the form, the design of the space around me, and collecting through photography things that delight me.
Image: Reflections of the Ottaway
Ted Lacey
Ted Lacey does fine art photography and sculpture in Traverse City. He moved to TC full time after having had a career in photography in Chicago. He has a BA Degree--and did post graduate work--in English. After taking a college course in experimental techniques, he taught black-and-white darkroom photography classes in his studio.
Diane Lather Belfour
Leelanau 5th Generation Photography, Works of Light… the Imagery of diane lather belfour Born in a darkroom on the shores of Lake Michigan, diane has been a photographer for most of her life; it seems genetic, influenced by generations of photographers in her family living in Leelanau County. She cherishes her wealth of spectacular images from their decades in the county and hope to share those soon! A passion for capturing the emotion of weddings and portraits kept her busy and away for many years, but her heart is in fine art photography and her family home… Leelanau County. Loving traditional photography, diane will never abandon that art form. She seeks to capture compelling images and sometimes sends them on a grand adventure of their own, creating dramatic or whimsical art pieces with her computer. This is just a small glimpse into diane’s photographic journey! Enjoy!
Image: Memories of the Bay
leelanau5thgenphoto@gmail.com
Bill Lindemann
Bill Lindemann explores perception as both subject and method. His work often emerges from quiet encounters with overlooked places; abandoned structures, transitional spaces, and edges where
human presence recedes into the natural world. Through the use of reflection, transparency, and
layered planes, he compresses interior and exterior into a single visual field, dissolving fixed boundaries
of space and time.
Structure and disorder exist in constant dialogue as architectural lines and subtle geometries anchor compositions that might otherwise drift into organic complexity. Rather than seeking resolution,
the work sustains ambiguity, inviting prolonged looking and a heightened awareness of how we
construct what we see.
At its core, Lindemann's practice is less about documentation than about attention; an attempt to hold fleeting alignments of light, surface, and memory. The resulting images carry a quiet psychological weight, where absence feels present and the ordinary becomes a site of reflection.
Esther Send
I am married to a cherry farmer with 3 married kids and 5 grand kids. I have had a camera since I was 11 years old, at a time when you usually didn't give a kid a camera. While I mostly tend to focus on nature shots, I'm inclined to take photos of many other things that catch my eye.
My other interests include machine embroidery and sewing. There are times when I can combine photography with one or both of the other interests.
As a life long resident of Leelanau County, I find plenty of picturesque settings that demand being photographed.
Don Spezia
Influenced by the elements of nature...
I have been interested in photography, since acquiring my first 35mm camera. Photographs usually include nature, wildlife, architecture, moments in time, motion, and landscapes. My favorite photographs are outdoors, influenced by the elements of nature. A photograph of something unplanned will will find me, instead of me finding a photograph of something I was hoping to capture.
I shoot 35mm digital with a Canon 90D, a number of lenses; and an occasional iPhone 8 photograph. I had been a member of the West Shore Camera Club (Muskegon, MI), from 2003 to 2010. I served on the Board as Secretary/Newsletter Editor most of those years.
I have had photographs accepted for showing at various juried Art Exhibits, including a Purchase award at the Muskegon Museum of Art, and various Honorable Mentions at a number of exhibits. Among the latest are an Honorable Mention for “Abstract Matters” category at 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC, and an Honorable Mention for the 2023 Plein Air Photo Shoot for the Northport Arts Association (NAA), and an Honorable Mention at the 2024 NAA Photo Contest. I have had a photograph accepted for publication in the Walloon Writers Review 9th Edition, slated for publication in 2025.
I have worked as an Architect as my career and retired in 2017. Other activities include playing and writing original guitar instrumentals. My photography has been used in the CD case design in all of my 9 different music CD's. More information can be found on my website:
Sheri Strpko
I have always had a passion for photography starting at a young age. helping my father develop pictures in his dark room. I am mostly self taught and started my photography journey by photographing my kids during their sporting events. Once they moved on from sports, I found a fondness for wildlife, astro and landscape photography. I enjoy the challenge wildlife and landscapes photography present. I try to capture scenes where even if someone has never been there, they feel as if they have.
Currently I am retired from the construction industry and enjoy travelling with my husband and photographing landscapes, bears and owls. my husbadn and I live in Big Rapids with our Golden Retriever, Gunner, and one needy cat.
“Nature teaches us patience”
Tim Wade
I have been working with photography for over 40 years, beginning in the mid/late seventies. In the early years, I worked primarily with black and white and branched into color later on. At the time I exhibited in various art shows and galleries around Michigan, most frequently in Ann Arbor.
Having retired, I have the luxury of spending more time with photography. I work in both color and black and white; my artistic side prefers black and white. I have converted to completely digital work and do my own printing. All the work you see here is archivally produced.
Sheen Watkins
Sheen is a landscape, bird, nature, and adventure photographer who thrives on capturing the beauty of the outdoors in all its forms. As a Part 107 FAA certified drone pilot, she also brings perspectives from above, showcasing nature from angles most people never get to see.
She feels most at home in the outdoors, on the road, anywhere surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature. Based in Michigan, Sheen finds endless inspiration in the changing seasons—each one bringing new photo opportunities and creative challenges.
Whether it’s a quiet forest path, birds in flight, or a magnificent night sky view, Sheen’s photography reflects her deep love for the natural world and the adventures that come with exploring it.
Explore her work at www.sheenwatkins.art.
Rachel Winslow
Rachel Winslow is an innkeeper, light artist, and self taught experimental photographer living in Leland, MI. Her work focuses on the use of homemade, vintage, and toy cameras to make photographs that are abstract and dreamlike. She has taught countless film photography workshops through the years and her musician portraiture has been featured on national platforms such as Pitchfork, NPR, and more. She's been shooting film for 16 years and is constantly exploring new & unconventional ways to photograph using experimental methods.