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- Chinese Dance of Colors, 2007
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- Strolling Burano, 2022
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- What are the Odds, 2016
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- All Hands on Deck, 2006
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- Ronnie Earl, Chicago Blues Fest, 2016
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- Vibrant Movement, 2018
Karen I. Hirsch
karen@karenihirsch.com
www.karenihirsch.com
www.karenihirsch.com/visualart
Karen I. Hirsch is an international award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work spans editorial, commercial, and fine art photography, with a distinctive style that captures the essence of her subjects through color, composition, and timing.
Hirsch’s photographs have been featured in prestigious publications such as Communication Arts, Graphis, Architectural Digest, Forbes, and the Chicago Tribune. Her images are part of corporate and private collections and have been exhibited in galleries across the globe – including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Berlin and Basel.
Among Hirsch’s numerous awards was the grand prize in the Chicago Daily News/Kodak competition, best photo in an American Society of Magazine Photographers contest and grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Alliance.
Hirsch studied with master photographers Ernst Haas, Jay Maisel and Arnold Newman.
In 2003, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs hosted her solo exhibition “My Chicago,” a 25-year retrospective showcasing over 200 images of the city’s people, places, and events. In 2007, she was among ten foreign photographers invited by the Chinese government to document the city of Rizhao.
An active member of the photographic community, Hirsch serves as co-president of the Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum and is affiliated with the ASMP, the American Photographic Artists and the American Photography Archives Group.