Diana Bloomfield has been a visual storyteller for 40 years and specializes in 19th-century photographic printing techniques and handmade artist books. She has received numerous awards for her imagery and was a 4-time Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist. She was also honored with Rfotofolio’s 2021 Denis Roussel  Award, juried by Christopher James, based on her one-of-a-kind artist books. 

Diana’s work has been internationally exhibited and widely published. Her handmade artist books are included in Jean-Charles Trebbi’s l’art du livre origami, published in 2021, and in Jill Enfield’s Guide to  Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques (2021). They are featured in Analog Forever Magazine (2020), and in SilverGrain Classics (2021). Diana’s books are also in both public and private collections, including in the Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach,  Florida; and in The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, located in the Bronx, New York. 

A native North Carolinian, Diana lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, and teaches workshops throughout the U.S., and in Norway. She is represented by The Cardinal Gallery, located in Toronto, Canada, and by photo-eye Gallery (Photographer’s Showcase), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.