The Fraser Gallery was either of two

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(1996-2011) or

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(2002-2011)

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founded by Catriona Fraser, an

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photographer and art dealer in Washington.

History

Fraser opened the Fraser Gallery in 1996 in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. In 2002 she opened a second gallery in Bethesda, a

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suburb of the

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area. She also founded Secondsight, an organization of women photographers. The galleries closed in 2011. The Fraser Gallery represented several significant

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s during its operating years, including

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, David FeBland, Kris Kuksi,

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, Dianora Niccolini, Maxwell MacKenzie,

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, Mark Jenkins, as well as many key contemporary

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artists such as

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, Marta María Pérez Bravo, and others. ''

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'' noted in 2000 that the gallery was able to take advantage of the then emerging

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to stage art shows which "draws entries from all over the world", and a few years earlier, in 1998, praised the gallery for having "one of the liveliest, best-looking and best-organized sites in town", in a seminal article about art galleries' websites in Washington, DC. Upon the announcement of its closing, a ''

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'' photography critic wrote that "the gallery mounted significant shows by such photographers as Maxwell MacKenzie and

, as well as an annual photography contest". Fraser is now the Chair of the Trawick Art Prize, an art competition for

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and D.C. artists which awards $14,000 in prize money. She is also the director of the annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival.

Photographer

Fraser's own photographic work has focused overwhelmingly on black and white

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landscape photographs of

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, ranging from traditional landscapes, to ancient

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ruins and

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s and fortresses. The photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and

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, and awarded multiple prizes.

References

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External links

The Fraser Gallery

Video of 2011 Photography Exhibition at Fraser Gallery
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