The 2012 Lenscratch LOVE Exhibition

A very Happy Valentine's Day to all! This exhibition reflects a wide variety of interpretations of LOVE, from family, from lovers, from hearts to kisses. A big thank you to all who submitted...may you all find love in the world around you, and most importantly, within yourself.

THE 2012 LENSCRATCH LOVE EXHIBITION

Catherine Just, Nap Time July 16th, 2011, Salt Lake City, UT




Phil Decker, Romantic Moments at the Garlic Festival, Elephant Garlic Festival in North Plains, Oregon, USA., July 2011




Janella Mele, Daughter, Cape Cod National Seashore, Truro, MA




María Beatriz Núñez, Amor prohibido (Forbidden love), Paris, France




Hank Frentz, More Love, Melbourne, FLA




Alison Turner,Traci and Jamie, Long Beach, CA




Jon Feinstein, 8 Grams, Brooklyn, New York




Asia Kepka, Bridget and I, New England




Valery Rizzo, L O V E




Sharon Johnson-Tennant, Stuck on You, Mexico




Joel Butler, 60 Years Together, Kokomo, Indiana.




Kevin J. Miyazaki, From Marilu, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin




Sherwin Rivera Tibayan, Brooklynn Nicole,, Purcell, OK, 2011




Consuelo Mendez, Consuelo's Valentine 2012, Berlin Germany




Paris Carter, "Dusting" from the series Goliaths, Orlando, FL




Sally Brower, Little Life, Charlotte, NC




Salvo Toscano, Untitled Love, Reading, UK




Bill Chapman, Kristin, New York City, NY




Ann Kendellen, Untitled, 2011, Portland, Oregon




Kay Kenny, Shark Girl, Pittsburgh, PA,




Jessica Lehane Day, Ellery and Annie, Denver, CO




Mary Ann Lynch, Endless Love, Brooklyn, NY 2007




April Rocha, Erica and Chris, Malibu, California




Lisa McCord, Cully and James, Rotan Switch, Arkansas




Susan Spiritus, Red is the color of the month!, At the Saatchi Gallery, London February, 2012




Elaine Minionis, She & She. (From series: "Last Days in Chinatown"), Chinatown, NYC




Susan Swihart, Be Mine, Los Angeles, CA




Sherry Huang, Love hurts, San Francisco, CA




Emma Kisiel, Self-portrait with Nathaniel, Denver, CO




Yvette Meltzer, Side by Side, Quimper, France




Yoichi Nagata , Touch, Tokyo Japan




Carol Dass, What I did for LOVE, Colorado




Tama Hochbaum, Fred and Ginger in Love, Chapel Hill, NC




Shawna Gibbs, The Wave, Cape Elizabeth, ME




Mariana González, #12 of the "Sunday morning at the Orlandini's" series; Salt Lake City, UT




Scott Achs, Ice Fishing, Enfield, NH




Sheri Lynn Behr, Luck and Love, Los Angeles, CA




Rolfe Ross, "Q Line, Coney Island", New York City, NY,




Thomas Rousing, True pixel heart, Copenhagen Denmark,




Malina Chavez, Circle of Love, Nashville, TN (Legislative Plaza at Occupy Nashville After a Vigil for Scott Olsen)




Debbie Poulin, Be Mine, Chicago, Illinois




Deborah Yun, La Mia Venezia, Venice, Italy




Jeff Dojillo, The Lovers, San Francisco, CA




Hannah Kozak, Rice Love, San Francisco, CA




Mary Defer, Untitled Love, Gambier, OH




Jim Brammer, Not Now, Prague, Czech Republic




Lisa Bevis, First Love - Self Portrait, Santa Monica, CA




Victoria Peñafiel, Three of us, Barcelona, Spain




Arianna Sanesi, Bruna and Antonio, Prato, 2009




Kristianne Drake, Untitled #4 (from the series All The Small Things), Southampton, England




Mark Hobson, My Love, Old Montreal, Canada




Cynthia Greig, The Likeness of Being / D12-10-2009/T18:02:39, Detroit MI




Cynthia E. Wood, he dreams of her; he calls her, San Francisco, CA




Matthew Moore, I Love You, Detroit, MI




Brian Van de Wetering, Locket, Pont des Arts, Paris, France




Gay Mayes, Love Leaf, Franklin, TN




Miriam O' Connor, Untitled, Dublin, Ireland




Pekka Nikrus, Heart & Vine, Helsinki, Finland




LiA Sanders, Up in the Air, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY




Paul King, Couch buddies, Lincoln, United Kingdom




Bea Fresno, Untitled from the ongoing project "Love Story", The Netherlands




Julia Kozerski, Hunger, Milwaukee, WI




Kathryn Dunkle, 4x5 Fey Place, Savannah, Georgia




Kristy Carpenter, Wedding Album, Bronson, MI




winky lewis, Lo and Piggy, 2012, Carrabassett Valley, ME




Chloe Fettes, pou pou, Bintan (malaysia)




Monica Denevan, Bridal Chair 2011, China




Ashley Kauschinger, On Your Birthday, Denton, TX




Ron Cillizza, Propensity for roses - Without, New Hampshire (studio)




Blue Mitchell, Thinking Outrageously...(Love) (from the Cadence series by Blue Mitchell and Jennifer Schwartz), Portland, OR




James Bourret, Frozen, studio (Ketchum, Idaho)




Harvey Hanig, Heart, North Aurora IL




Fran Forman,Two, Wellfleet, MA




Paris Visone, At Kowloons, Saugus, MA




Patricia A. Bender, David Sleeping (2), Somerset, NJ




Dominic Rouse, Tea Dance, UK, Thailand, Cambodia, USA, Argentina




Aaron Hobson, Lovebirds, Adirondacks, USA




Vicki Hunt, True Love Ways, Opp, Alabama




Louise Daddona, Together, Boca Raton, Fl




Isabel Gomes, Yuck. Cooties!, Sherman Oaks, CA




Amy Adair, Barbara, Savannah, GA




Laurie McCormick, KITTY LOVE, Los Angeles




Garry Loughlin, Love, Observed #3, Dublin,




Fred Bonilla, Manos De Amor, Trumbull,CT




Liz Huston, The Lovers (Promise of a New Year), New Orleans, LA




Andi Schreiber, Do Not Disturb, Montauk, NY




Oliver Pauk, Beach Motel - Lover, Toronto, Ontario, Canada




Gina Kelly, Kelly and Gypsy, Together for 15 years, Duluth, Minnesota




Gabriela Herman, When we see each other, Chilmark, MA




Renee Creager O'Brien, Man & Woman at MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York,




Rhonda Prince, Seeking Protection, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA




Valerie Patterson, Waiting, Palos Verdes, CA




Danica O.Kus, Together, Bilbao, Spain




James Luckett, The Heart, the great cavity of the trunk




John Thurston, For love of a warm bed, San Diego California, Gaslamp Quarter




Jonas Adolfsen, Utban romance #13, Oslo, Norway




Lydia Panas, Marcello and Tatiana, Kutztown, Pennsylvania




Shannon Rowland O'Connor, Josie, Los Angeles, CA




Anita Masterson Johnston, Petals in the Wind, Mission, SD




Jane Gottlieb, Daydream, Sorrento, Italy




Joanna Black, Love Who, Edinburgh




Robbie Kaye, Green Hearts, Lanai, HI




John Neel, Hearts, Rochester, NY




Patricia Houghton Clarke, Family Tree, Santa Barbara




Donna Rosser, Epiphany, my kitchen




Ruth Dudley-Carr, Immediate, Boston, MA




Danielle Kelly, Single Roses, New York City




Mariya Ustymenko, In Simple Words, Kiev, Ukraine




Dennis Hodges, Reconciliation, Kansas




Bruce Long, Noah's Arc de Paris, Paris, France.




Martin Gremm, Face Time, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany




Hollie A Miller, What's Yours is Mine, City Market, Downtown Kansas City, MO




Faustinus Deraet, Abandoning Ania, Antwerp, Belgium




Harvey R. Zipkin, The Lovers, New York City.




Joseph M. Verrastro, Teasel Leaves, Seneca Bluffs, Buffalo New York




Sharon Boothroyd, Edelweiss, Oxford, England




Carson Sanders, Caged, Prince Edward, Hong Kong




David Saxe, Near Campo Di Fiori, Rome Italy




Daniel Porter, Biker, New Zealand




Irby Pace, Lazy Day, Denton Texas




Michele Wambaugh, Dancing Danaus, Houston, TX




Francesca Solloway, Tear of Love, Hampshire - England




Wendy Laurel, Blue Sky Day, Maui, Hawaii



While considering what image to use about what love means to me, I thought about family, friends, my dog, my cameras, and instead, what can I say, but... I LOVE NEW YORK!

Aline Smithson







Happy Valentine's Day!