MAURA ALLEN PHOTOGRAPHER www . MauraAllenPhotography . com
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MAURA ALLEN PHOTOGRAPHER www . MauraAllenPhotography . com
Maura Allen has been photographing the American West for over two-plus decades . She shows and sells her work as both a fine art photographer and mixed media artist .
Growing up in Northern California , Maura earned her BA in Latin / Classical Studies at Stanford University , studying how iconic figures , myth and moments define a culture . When she began photographing the American West with ranchers and wranglers as her trusted guides , she realized many of the same cultural forces were at play . Today , Maura lives in the Williamson Valley ( AZ ).
Featured in Black & White Magazine UK , Western Art & Architecture , Cowboys & Indians Magazine , SouthwestArt Magazine , Western Art Collector and more , Maura frequently speaks about chronicling the West . Her mixed media work is shown in galleries nationwide and included in private , public and museum collections nationwide .
Maura serves on the Board of Directors of photolucida ( the Portland , OR-based non-profit dedicated to building community through photography ) and the Board of Trustees of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg , AZ .
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