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June 1 - 29, 2025
alone in america
Selected photographs from past exhibits
“Ever present, the photographer is witness to the world’s beauty - pain, injustice and triumph creating a visual journal of our time.” ~ Ellen Denuto
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Alone in America
Where Spirits Speak
Alone in America
This body of work examines the gradual erasing of what we once knew as the American ( way of life ) Dream.
Covid isolation and online communication initially presented challenges for the youngest and oldest of us- separating us from each other.
Businesses, department stores and product brands familiar and comforting to generations have clos
This body of work examines the gradual erasing of what we once knew as the American ( way of life ) Dream.
Covid isolation and online communication initially presented challenges for the youngest and oldest of us- separating us from each other.
Businesses, department stores and product brands familiar and comforting to generations have closed due to lack of business, and trends in favor of online shopping.
The act of shopping and trying on clothing with a friend, or simply
window shopping was a welcome relief to those living alone or seeking a change, escape from technology or the stresses of the day,
-if only for a while.
The death of shopping malls, and stores such as Lord and Taylor, Sears and Penny’s echo the emptiness felt by an entire generation.
Free standing buildings and empty malls that still exist have been stripped of their identity leaving only empty shells and the ghosts of what once was. Now, replaced with sterile box condos planted along the highway overlooking their treeless parking lot properties.
My photographs capture the essence of what was, the structure visually telling it’s story more poignantly than words ever could.
Where Spirits Speak
Where Spirits Speak
Where Spirits Speak
When I was a child I asked the Universe to show me everything there was in the world, knowing even then there would be many things I would not want to see or know.
Where Spirits Speak is a series of photographs that address the power of memory and our connection to the past by focusing on objects, places and things that have become lost,
When I was a child I asked the Universe to show me everything there was in the world, knowing even then there would be many things I would not want to see or know.
Where Spirits Speak is a series of photographs that address the power of memory and our connection to the past by focusing on objects, places and things that have become lost, abandoned, damaged or forgotten. The remains of a life, evidence of human touch, wait silently to be found to reveal their story, speaking quietly of love, life, death, loneliness, solitude and peace.
While some memories are beautiful, others hold us hostage in our mind and spirit, leaving us unable to move forward and live in the present. Photographers are the keepers of memories - like it or not, every object, place and face recalled in a photograph embodies that moment in time, rediscovering it’s remembrance, senses and emotions.
I capture and save them as proof of my existence..
Covid Diary
Carter Burden Exhibit
Where Spirits Speak
Carter Burden Exhibit
Carter Burden Exhibit
Carter Burden Exhibit
Installations
Carter Burden Exhibit
Carter Burden Exhibit
All Exhibit Photos
OTHer Photographs Available
Ellen Denuto Information
Ellen Denuto’s unique imagery begins with the beauty of available light; Shooting on location is her specialty, using the element of the unknown to guide her creative process. She states, “Ever present, the photographer is witness to the world’s beauty- pain, injustice and triumph creating a visual journal of our time.”
Denuto, a founding member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers, is a regular juror, guest speaker and workshop leader for ASMP, Professional Photographers of America, Professional Woman Photographers, SOHO Photo, and various Colleges and Universities.
After earning degrees in Art and Education, Denuto began her career as technical representative for the Ilford Corporation and Photo Archivist at the Paterson Museum, working with their historic glass plate, acetate and film collections.
Denuto worked with the Agfa, Minolta and Ilford Corporations as a guest speaker and contributing photographer for their product publications and trade shows. The Image Bank founder, Larry Freed, selected her personal images for his International Collection, and in the original collections of the Photonica Stock Agency, which led to worldwide exposure including FOTO, Darkroom Photography, GRAPHIS, Minolta Mirror and Japanese Playboy magazines.
Most recently her work was given honorable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Black and White Magazine and the Carter Burden Gallery.
She is a regular juror, guest speaker and workshop leader for ASMP, Professional Photographers of America PPA, Professional Woman Photographers PWP, SOHO Photo, and Universities. Ms. Denuto created
and curated the ongoing exhibitions “The Other America”
and “the Artist as Art. She is and Adjunct professor of traditional photography at several Universities.
Her work is featured in: 100 New York Photographers . The Tao of Seeing, The World’s Greatest Black and White Photography, Graphis: The Nude, Sensual Images and Legendary Brides to name a few.
Her photograph of transgendered couple Nick and Gigi became the poster for AMER-ICAN VISION and NYU’s Washington Square Gallery exhibition.
“Ever present, the photographer is witness to the world’s beauty- pain, in-justice and triumph creating a visual journal of our time.”
A selection of her commercial clients include Starbucks, Target Stores, Penguin Books, and Apple Computers. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ; The Kodak Galleries, Rochester, NY; Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ, among others