Timeless
by Kim SignoretPaar
18” x 24”
Matted and Framed
About: View of the Taj Mahal during Diwali in 2023 from a boat on the Yamuna River. The Taj Mahal was completed in 1653 in Agra, India.
-APA-NY Juried Exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery NYC, Dec 3-8, 2024
-2nd place in B&W Scenic, 2024 International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair
Artist Biography:
Kim won her first competition with a B&W photo of a boy in a tree when she was thirteen and dreamed of being a National Geographic photographer. With a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa, she went west in 1980. Her career in California and Mexico focused on public relations, publishing and fundraising.
Since 2009, Kim has immersed herself in photography. In 2014 and 2023, she won Best of Show at the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair. In addition to competing and showing her photography in various venues, Kim teaches iPhone photography at the UC San Diego Retirement Center and other organizations.
Most recently, four of Kim's photographs were selected for American Photographic Artists (APA) New York Chapter's 3rd Annual Juried Competition & Exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery in NYC, Dec 3-8, 2024, and one photograph in APA San Diego Chapter's "Untitled" Annual Juried Exhibition, Dec 14, 2024.
Artist Statement:
Kim tells stories with her camera. She creates images of people and places with a sense of how the moment feels and at the same time searching for something deeper, opening the curtain for the viewer to see, imagine, feel.