My images celebrate color and ambiguity. I like to take commonplace, neglected, or weather worn objects and transform them into abstract compositions. A photograph with no recognizable subject appears to be at odds with the medium of photography , a medium that is generally viewed as realistic. I try to make photographs that extend beyond their subject; images that are not intended to portray a particular perspective, but rather to permit each viewer to discover his own reality within the composition.

"Abstract Recomposition" - Beautiful abstract photographs of the surfaces of weathered sailboats.

Toscana Photographic Workshops - Studied under Bob Krist, 2000

Taking the Leap - Studied under Frank Yamrus and Cay Lang, 1999

The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops - Studied under Arthur Meyerson 2000 , 1999 Eddie Soloway, 1997 Kent Barker,

The Maine Photographic Workshops Studied under Philip Trager 1995,

The Rocky Mountain School of Photography - Studied under Alison Shaw and Neil Chaput de Saintange 1998,

Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 1977

University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1973

 

Emery Station, Emeryville, CA, April 2000 – February 2002

ICB Open Studios, Sausalito, CA, December 2001

March 2001 Click!

Hollis Street Project - Emeryville, California, January 2000

Villa Marin - San Rafael, California, September - October 1999

Le Celle Gallery - San Anselmo, California, March 1999

New Threads - Corte Madera, California, August 1998

Jill Spencer began her study of photography while engaged in a full-time career as an attorney. After several frustrating years of trying to juggle both photography and practicing law, she left her corporate law position to devote more time to her passion for making photographs. Bold color and a strong graphic quality generally characterize her images. Jill lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, an area ripe with photographic potential.