Biography & Testimonials
Biography
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Winner in 1997 and 2000 also, Carmen has been named Canada's Commercial Photographer of the Year for the third time! She is the first woman ever to win the national title and three times named Photographer of the Year for BC as well. Winner of two Fuji Masterpiece Awards, one Nikon Excellence Award and nine Kodak Gallery Awards, Carmen was named Kodak BC Photographer of the Year in 1996 and 2004.
Photographers' associations have also given her Bests in numerous categories--Photographic Illustration, Portrait of a Woman, a Man, an Animal, Wedding Portrait, Digital, Industrial, Unclassified, Pictorial, Restoration, Retouching, Portrait Enhancement--along with numerous Judges' Choice awards.
Carmen's sensitivity and technical expertise with photographs has brought amazing diversity to her work. Randy Bachman, for example, commissioned her 1995 restoration of B&W photographs of jazz great Lenny Breau, while in 2001 she was commissioned to photograph a statue believed to be sculpted by Leonardo da Vinci. Her photographs proved the statue's authenticity.
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Carmen studied at Vancouver's Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and has been recognized for her experimental techniques on Polaroids, B & W's and inventive screens. Carmen's artistic eye enables her to impart Renaissance, Gothic and Impressionist ambience to her photography, creating works of art that capture a person's or a moment's uniqueness forever.
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| Born in Portugal, Carmen has worked out of Langley, BC, for the past 10 years, doing Fine Art Gallery images, illustration, fine art portraits, fine art weddings and stock. Her freelance work has taken her across Canada, as well as to Europe and America. She's done commissions for magazines like Chatelaine, Harrowsmith and Gardens West, as well as for a number of international recording artists illustrating for CDs, DVDs, books, cards, posters, etc. Her Fine Art Images may be purchased through Galleries in Langley, White Rock, Vancouver, Whistler and Calgary. |
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Hi Carmen,
I want to thank you for painting such a wonderful portrait of me. I’m stunned! It is very beautiful!
Domenica Mastromatteo
http://members.shaw.ca/dmastromatteo/
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| What a joy to have had the experience to work with Carmen! She truly is an amazing and gifted photogragher. I was nervous about being captured on film and feeling afraid that I wasn't perfect enough to be truly seen. Carmen could sense how I felt. Inviting me to an informal meeting, we discussed ideas and together through dialogue and laughter a bond of trust began to form.
When I showed her the fabric of the shirt I was considering wearing in the photo, the conviction in her reponse took all my doubt away. She made me feel respected with genuine integrity! On day of the photoshoot we simply picked up the conversation from the last meeting, just like two friends. The only difference was, this time Carmen was holding the camera. And that was cool, 'cause it felt like we were just having a conversation. The camera wasn't an issue for me because I had connected with Carmen. She has the ability to see each person in their truth and it seems like the picture of her subject is so easy to fall in love with.
That's why I say, what a joy, what an experience! It was amazing to see so many incredible shots. The difficult part was choosing 10 pictures, because we had over 35 lovely shots. It was remarkable! Numerous people including many music industry professionals have commented on the gorgeous photo's in my CD jacket. If you are looking for a photogragher you need not look any further. I highly recommend Carmen Tome.
A very grateful and satisfied customer, Leora Cashe, Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, Vancouver, BC. Canada
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| It's impossible to categorize Carmen's work as simply "photography". There is an unique richness and depth that transcends the medium. Each image captures not only the moment, but also the emotion. Carmen has the gidt of making her subjects completely at home in front of the camera, often resulting in compelling, very intimate viewpoints.
Sam Noerr, Senior Director Creative Services, Hosannah Integrity Music, Mobile, Alabama
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| Carmen Tome is an artist extraordinaire. Carmen's gifting and calling is to serve God and His creation with visual artistry that provokes, inspires and encourages the human heart. Carmen's photography and artwork has blessed thousands through the award winning hardcover publication entitled Trinity Western - Stories of Faith and Transformation.
My life has been enriched and blessed deeply as a result of Carmen Tome.
Doris Olafsen, M.A.,Vice-President, Advancement, Trinity Western University, Langley BC, Canada
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| Carmen captured the themes I had been visualizing for my next two cd's. She presented artwork/photos that were bursting with character, warmth, emotion and versatility. Most importantly she was very conscious of all the visual dimensions to the projects. Carmen was very professional, helpful and a lot of fun to work with. I look forward to working together again in the future.
John Gilliat, Recording Artist, Musician, Composer, Langley BC, Canada
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| Carmen Tome is one of my favourite photographers! Her photos have a depth that tells a story with many layers and I have been really blessed to have her work on several of my CDs including Father's House in '94 and my new CD Today. People have been drawn to these projects just by the visual images!
Brian Doerksen, Songwriter, Recording Artist, Worship Leader, Abbotsford BC, Canada
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| Carmen Tome is an artist. Not really a photographer, but an artist. She has the gift to see the inner soul of her subject and the ability to bring that unique quality out and capture it on film. Carmen looks through a lens and is able to capture interest and beauty in everything she sees. I am always delighted and amazed at what she creates. For the past ten years Carmen has photographed our family and these photos have become treasures we will enjoy for many years to come.
Once Carmen took an extraordinary photo of me lying on my grand piano with my hand under my chin looking very sultry and sumptuous! I must say I adored that photo and managed to show it to anyone and everyone who dropped by my house. This was all done very inconspicuously of course. Men were transfixed by this vision of beauty. Some actually lusted after me! One guy blurted out, "That's Hot!!!" Ater some soul searching, I decided to move said photo to my bedroom, where my husband could ponder it and enjoy it forever. All this is true. I am not being paid to say this. I'm also not making it up for Carmen to like me the best of all her clients and put me and my piano on her website.........well, maybe a little.
Rose Block, The Block Family, Singer, Recording Artist, Writer, White Rock BC, Canada
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