Wendy Stone's love of photography started at Dean College where she took a course in darkroom techniques. She spent the next decade immersing herself in the disciple by avidly taking photographs and laboriously developing them in her homemade darkroom.
In 2000 she enrolled in the University of Connecticut's photography program. Though after taking her first painting class she changed majors from photography to painting. Her paintings explored light, color, and abstraction always with a strong sense of subject matter.
Shortly after graduating her son was born. At this time Wendy picked up her camera and started to capture the daily details of her life with a child. A new genre emerged from her, family documentary. Her recent work combines her time spent studying painting with the deeply personal moments of home life.
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8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“My son is returning to school after almost a year and a half absence. As we were getting ready to walk in Marius poked his head out the window to say goodbye. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“They both were enjoying the hot hair dryer after baths. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“It was great fun for Kris to pretend to be a dog during quarantine. I am not sure if Marius always appreciated it. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“Marius was neutered a couple of days before so we had to all be calm in the yard so he would not run around. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“Tuesday morning heading to work where Kris would follow his class online. Nobody wanted to be in the car that day. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“I was setting up some lighting so I could take a portrait of Marius in his fancy towel after his bath. My son came in from the living room and this made Marius jump out of the sink and shake water all over the kitchen. I never did get that portrait that day.”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“My son had to come with me to work to follow his class online on some days. I remember this day being one of the most challenging for all of us. When we were leaving for the day I saw Marius in the back seat and thought it would be a nice picture, Kris did not agree because he just wanted to go home. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“My son bought the little stuffed animal in a toy store, it was the first he had ever bought on his own. I guess they both had headaches on that rainy day in June.”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“Marius had a bad infection and had to wear the cone for a couple of weeks. My son is trying to comfort him when he returned home from the Vet. ”
8th Place Award (DFA Fall 2021). Photo Story “Kris and Marius” by Wendy Stone (United States).
“Marius and Kris relaxing on vacation. Of course, Marius got most of the couch. ”
Honorable Mention Award in the “Nothing Is Better Than Real Life” category (Spring 2021). Photo by Wendy Stone (United States).
8th Place in the “Environmental Portrait” category. Photo by Wendy Stone, United States.
The Documentary Family Awards is an international competition in search of the insightful and meaningful ways that documentary photographers explore the interpretation of family.
