Julie Blackmon

(American b.1966; resides in Springfield, MO)

Julie Blackmon’s photographs dignify wonder as the natural occupation of children. Neither nostalgic nor sentimental, the pictures in her Mind Games series explore childhood play from a range of physical perspectives and are printed in an invitingly lush tonal range.

Julie Blackmon was born in Springfield, Missouri. She studied art education and photography at Southwest Missouri State University. In 2004 she was named Merit Award Winner in the Society for Contemporary Photography Contest and Finalist in the Santa Fe Project Competition for Mind Games, a body of work exhibited the previous year at The Discovery Center and Randy Bacon Photography, both in Springfield, Missouri.