Tamara=
is a Russian variant of the Biblical name "Tamar"... {My pronunciation happens to rhyme with a Camera..!}

Obscura=Camera Obscura
Noun 1. A darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface.The camera obscura (Latin for dark chamber) was a novelty optical invention, and one of the ancestral threads leading to the invention of photography; photographic devices today are still known as cameras.


Tamara Obscura Photography is in the business of making art and documenting life lead by the humanist extrovert Photographeress..whose name conveniently rhymes with a camera (hint: Tam-ahhhh-rah). Tamara Obscura Photography has been in business since 2001; having over a dozen years of artistic training and experience featuring photographer, Tamara Sadlo adopting the super hero alter ego name Tamara Obscura.

A Minneapolis native, Obscura focuses on portrait, music and event clients.
The focus has always been to work WITH people. Documenting the stories that faces have to tell; this is what Ms. Obscura refers to as a diary collective of beauty that is documented in the emotion of mannerisms of every individual life.

A lover of life, friendship and love, Tamara Obscura is a proud supporter of the GLBT community. A subscriber to the humanism philosophy [i.e., The belief that people are inherently good], Obscura has a spectrum of experience working with and learning various personalities and functions of sociological environments. Obscura has experience working with vulnerable adults from her previous work with the developmentally disabled and persons with special needs. Veteran to extreme socializing from the music night club scene, Obscura is experienced working with people in crowds as big a thousand souls to setting a studio as intimate and quiet as capturing a mother-to-be portrait awaiting baby at the end of pregnancy.

Ms. Obscura enjoys her life paired with the company of loud music, snuggling with her geriatric dog, enjoying spicy food & top shelf whiskey, learning from her smarty-pants-friends with heated thought-provoking-conversation, and most importantly...
Obscura has a passion for shamelessly laughing-out-loud and discovering new faces to photograph!

Contact:
Email me!
612.250.6352

Education:
College of Visual arts
344 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55107
http://www.cva.edu
1998-2002, awarded Bachelors of Fine Art (BFA) degree
Visual Communications Department
Concentration in Photography

Resume:
2007-Present
Associate photographer for E-Photography, a collective of humanists/friends with mad photo skills.
2005-2007
Brand Manager extraordinaire for Pabst Blue Ribbon Schenanigans
2003-2004
Studio Manager for Buccina Studios
2001- Present
The birth of Tamara Obscura Photography
Freelance & client references available upon request.
1999
Intern for Leah Campbell Photography

Show History:
2004, NE Art-A-Whirl {Mpls, MN}
2003, Cafetto cafe, {Mpls, MN}
2003, Ice Box Factory {NE Mpls, MN}
http://www.iceboxminnesota.com/skinshow/skinnews.html
2000-2002, College of Visual Arts {St.Paul, MN}
2000, Orbit Gallery {St. Paul, MN}
1997, Walker Teen Arts Council, show @ Soap Factory {Mpls, MN}
1997, Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards, awarded gold key {MCAD campus, Mpls NYC}

Clients:
Atlantic Records
Hennipen Theater Trust
BFG Communications
Buccina Studios
Fine Line Music Cafe
Microsoft, Canada
Money Magazine
Spin Magazine

Publishing:
Book of Skin, Steven Conner, Oxford Press, Englandhttp://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4108
Spin Magazine, http://www.spin.com
Pulse of the Twin Cities