Christine Tangarie

I was raised in New Jersey with New York as my background. I grew up surrounded by photography. My grandfather was an avid and keen amateur photographer who inspired me. I started with my instant Polaroid camera when I was 12 – it was a little piece of magic to me at the time.

In my 20’s, I was trained as an actress, writer and filmmaker at the Esper Studio and the New School for Social Research, both in New York City. During this period, I always had a camera with me and really started sharpening my eye as a photographer. I moved to New York in 1994 to continue my career as an actress. However, I slowly found that I was falling in love with photography and started seriously studying the craft at the International Center for Photography in N.Y.C. trading in footlights for strobe lights. It started with black and white film – shooting, developing and printing; then color film and printing. When I received my first digital camera my passion began for digital photography and archival pigment ink jet printing. In 2012, I moved from New York City to San Diego where I am currently located.

Photography in my mind has evolved out of painting. A painter will select a cropped image of a scene with their eyes and begin to paint, I appro...

-International Center for Photography, Parsons, NYC
-The New School For Social Research, NYC
-Esper Studio, NYC

April 2019 - September 2019 - Art & Commerce: The Cedros Avenue Night Stroll is on the last Thursday of each month. The CF Fine Art Photography Gallery will be having a new exhibition each month and the openings will be on the evenings of the Night Stroll. There will be art, music and refreshments. 5pm - 8p.m. at the Cedros Design District on South Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075 https://www.cedrosavenue.com/

October 10 - 13, 2019 - Exhibiting at the Art San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center, VIP Preview (Invitation Only) Thursday, October 10, 2019 hosted by UBS 5-9PM, Friday, October 11, 1pm - 5pm Free; Collector's VIP Opening Night 6pm - 9pm; Saturday, October 12, 12pm - 8pm; Sunday, October 13, 12pm - 5pm . | 111 W Harbor Dr. Hall E, 92101 | www.artsd.com

October 4 - 8, 2017 - Exhibiting at the Andaz Hotel during Fashion Week SD, Opening events October 5, 2017 6PM, 600 F Street 92101 www.fashionweeksd.com | www.andaz.com

January 12 - February 18, 2017 - Exhibiting at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Opening reception, Saturday, January 14th 6 - 9PM, 104 East Fourth Street, LA, CA 90013 www.lacda.com

November 1 - 14, 2016 - Exhibiting at the Hyde Art Gallery, Opening reception, November 1...