I strongly believe that through art you can capture a person’s interest and their curiosity about different cultures, races, and beliefs, helping to break down barriers created by new media. It is difficult for me to take a classic picture because I have no intention of repeating what I’ve already seen or admired, so I turn to deconstruction. For instance, I rearrange an image so that it is slightly off, or I seek out blurry or “bad” images to give them pictorial quality, or I idealize the mundane. These are the kinds of elements I try to capture.

Mica D’Orléans

Born in New York City, and based in New York and San Francisco, California, Mica D’Orléans studied journalism at Friends World College and Long Island University’s Brooklyn Center. She later transferred to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she received a BFA in Film Production. Turning her attention to photography and mixed media, Ms. D’Orléans began exhibiting her work in 1988. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and France.

In 1993, she joined Dora Espinoza and Norman Ohler to open Tribes Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City. For the past five years, Ms. D’Orléans has been concentrating on writing short stories and novels.