Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on TruLife Acrylic ⅛", 18” X 12”, Valued at $600
Artist Bio: Marie Tartar is an avid explorer of the natural world, both above and below the waterline. Whether hiking, diving or biking, she is observing nature and light closely. She is one half of the photographic partnership of San Diego-based Aperture Photo Arts (APA), along with her husband, Steve Eilenberg. Her images from been exhibited at the La Jolla Athenaeum, San Diego Natural History Museum, Oceanside Museum of Art, Birch Aquarium and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her underwater work was featured in a 2-woman show here at The Photographer’s Eye in January-February 2020, The Tonic of Wildness. From 2017-2020, Marie was a regular contributor of articles for an online photography e-zine, Photo Focus. She has been interviewed by Kirby Flanagan for his podcast series, Photographing the West, on topics ranging from whale photography, to shooting eclipses, aerial photography via drones and most recently, photographic preparation for Patagonia.