Jene Youtt Photography

About Jene Youtt Photography

Currently interested in baby bump, portraits, weddings and performance photography.

I’ve always been interested in the science of light and moving objects. The universe and it’s movements
captured my childhood imagination and the more I learned the more fascinated I became.

I picked up paper and paint letting my imagination fly. Throughout my art education colors and feelings became meaningful. I fell in love with the fauves and impressionist periods of art. For me, their use of color elicited feelings of time and space.

Working in the theater all my life has expanded my palate and offered new opportunities of expressions with dancers and movement. To capture a moving object wasn’t as important as capturing the feeling of movement. The dance of life as it were.

So it is through time, movement and the hues that my ‘Photoscapes’ come alive. I try to capture not only the feeling of movement but the emotion and give it to you, the viewer to touch.

Awards

2009 International Photography Award, Honorable Mention

2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) competition: Honorable Mention

Rockaway Artist Alliance, Rockaway, NY, "ArtSplash, " : Best of Photography

2008 Momentum: Images of Dance, First place.

Photographers Forum Magazine 27th annual competition: Honorable Mention

Photographers Forum Magazine 26th annual competition: Honorable Mention

Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 'The Chakra Element' : Best of Show

Television

Emmy Awards for Lighting Direction on "As The World Turns" and "Guiding Light", CBS network.

Goals

I am fine art photographer looking to develop individual artistic portfolios. Both my own and others concepts are of interests. Commissions accepted for developing a personal project or program. i am expanding in to Maternity and Newborn portraits.

Why? I’ve come to realize I may never become a grandfather, as my son is a very late bloomer. My girlfriend has her grandchildren whom are grown and I miss those wonderful years. Other people’s babies are so cute, and they go home.

I’ve always thought pregnancy and childbirth are such a special time in ones life and I’d like to share those moments with you. Yes messy at times but so is the rest of life while full of laugher and joy. That's why Mary and i have started Labor of Love Pix.

Let us help you record this special time in your lives while you help us.

Weddings have also become fun projects celebrating rights of passages which mary and I have started doing together. We are always interested in exploring new adventures.

I am always interested in meeting new dancers, performers and other artist to work on my personal art projects as well as theirs.

My background comes from years of participating with modern dance in the New York along with many off Broadway theaters, television and movies.

I am a former member of the Jose Limon Dance Company; I was their Technical Director and designed lighting for couple of dances during part of the 70’s. My more recent background is in theater and television lighting where I’ve managed to win major awards with my work.

If you see something that you’d like to collaborate on or have visual ideas you would like to explore please contact me. I am always open to ideas about photography and creativity.

All of my work is directed towards digital printing of large scale art prints for gallery showings.