about me

My given name is Bessmarie Young but my Father named me Beamie when I came home from the hospital and it stuck :)

I have been in love with photography since the first time I picked up a camera.
Every time I wander out with my camera it’s an adventure. I enjoy capturing unique colors, patterns, reflections, and light.

It is my hope that my images speak for themselves.

As an artist, I have been creating photographs for the past 40 years. In the past, I shot on film and worked in the darkroom.
Today, I love using my digital camera and Adobe Photoshop.

I am the Newsletter editor and webmaster for the "Frederick Camera Clique" Photography Club

You can see my work at Gallery 37 in Milford DE

Article from the Hearld

Center Gallery

Interview with The Photography Workshop

current exhibitions:

Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD February 3 – April 7, 2019

upcoming exhibitions:

The Photographic Nude 2019, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR February 9, 2019 - March 6, 2019

awards & accolades

The Photographic Nude 2019 at Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, OR. Honorable Mention - with juror was Renee Jacobs

2018 Monochrome Awards 2 Honorable Mentions

Finalist for Outdoor Photographer's Nature's Colors Photo Contest

2 single image winners Black and White Magazine printed in the Dec. 2018 Magazine

12th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award , First Place - Digital Manipulation, Honorable Mention - Nature

2018 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention

Ward Museaum Art in Nature Competition:
Best in Division - Audubon Pose
Best in Birds - 1st Place: Reedscape, 2nd Place: Visor
Best in Landscape - 2nd Place: Granary

32nd Annual Frederick Camera Clique

Juried Exhibition - Best Monochrome and People's choice

PX3 2018 Competition- Bronze Award Presented by le Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3)

2018 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards- 3 Honorable Mentions Digital Manipulation, Self Portrait, and Nature

Portfolio Merit Award B&W Magazine. 4 images published in the 2018 June issue

Celebrating Women, Honorable Mention, Juror Joyce Tenneson, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

Honorable Mention Santa Fe Photographic Workshops Celebrate Photo Contest 2018

Gala Awards - Women seen by Women Two series Honorable Mentions

4 single image winners Black and White Magazine printed in the Feb. 2018 Magazine

Finalist Gala Awards The Urban & Rural Landscape

Honorable Mention Santa Fe Photographic Workshops Summer Photo Contest 2017

International Photography Awards 2017 Honorable Mention - Landscape

Finalist Outdoor Photographer Magazine 2017 The American Landscape Photo Contest

Best Monochrome and an Honorable Mention -31st Annual Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibition

Portfolio Merit Award B&W Magazine. 4 images published in the 2017 June issue

Published in the National Geographic online "Why We Love Pets" assignment.

Honorable Mention, The Photographic Nude 2017, LightBox Photographic Gallery Astoria, OR Juror- Kim Weston

Top Juror's Award - 2016 Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon,Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

6 Honorable Mentions 2016 Monochrome Awards

Single image Award B&W Magazine. 1 image published in the 2017 Feb. issue

2016 National Juried Photography Exhibit - Best in Show

2016 FotoWeekDC Competition First Place Photographer's Choice, Image hanging at National Geographic, DC

Third Place Santa Fe Photographic Workshops HOME Photo Contest June 2016

National Geographic Photo of the Day June, 11 2016

National Geographic Daily Dozen June 2016

Merit Award B&W Magazine. 3 imges published in the 2016 June issue

Honorable Mention - International Photography Awards 2016 - Family of Man

Third Place - National Juried Exhibit 2016 Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

Smithsonian.com Image of the Day 4. 28. 2016

Maryland Federation of Art - 2016 Focal Point fine art and creative photography, Award of Merit

Monochrome Awards 3 Honorable Mentions

Smithsonian Magazine Image of the Day

Honorable Mention - International Photography Awards 2015

Top Shot - National Geographic Your Shot Oct 02, 2015

First place Art in Nature Photo Competition, Ward Museum 2015 in the Landscape Category

National Geographic Daily Dozen, Jun 04, 2015

First place Art in Nature Photo Competition, Ward Museum 2015 in the B&W Category

Frederick 29th Annual Regional Juried Summer Exhibition

- Best in Show
- Best Monochrome
- Best People
- Best Place

Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops "Travels Contest"

Won ViewBug's "Less Is More" Photo Contest, November 2014

Honorable Mention Photographer's Choice-Series - FotoWeekDC 2014 Photography Competition

Honorable Mention Photographer's Choice-Single - FotoWeekDC 2014 Photography Competition

Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops "Water Contest"

Honorable Mention Photographer's Forum - 34th Annual Spring Photography Contest

1st place in B&W Frederick 28th Annual Regional Juried Summer Exhibition

Juror’s Choice Award, 81st Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon 2014,

Third place in the 2014 FotoDC Spring in Focus Competition

2nd Place Nude and Figure, 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

National Geographic Daily Dozen, Oct 03, 2014

Second place 2013 FotoDC International Awards Competition, in Fine Art Category
(both photos on display at National Geographic in Washington DC for 2 months)

Honorable mention 2013 FotoDC Regional Competition

Feature Photo in the Capture Outdoors Maryland 2014 calendar. 1 of 15 selected from 12,323 submissions

Honorable Mention ArtSpace Herndon 2013 Fine Art Photography Competition

First place Art in Nature Photo Competition, Ward Museum 2013 in the Endangered Species Category

Third place The 2nd National Juried Photography Exhibit, Delaplaine Arts Center.

Honorable Mention 2012 FotoWeekDC International Awards Competition, Natural World Category

Grand Champion- Art in Nature Photo Competition, Ward Museum 2012.
- First and Second place in the Bird Category
- Second place in the Landscape Category

Peoples Choice Award Frederick 26th Annual Regional Juried Summer Exhibition

Honorable Mention ArtSpace Herndon 2012 Fine Art Photography Competition

Honorable Mention Winner from Photoshop World Westcott Shootout DC 2012

79th Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon - Juror's Choice Award 2012

Honorable Mention in Professional Women Photographers' show CONTRASTS 2011

Vincent Versace Award for Photographic Excellence 2010

solo exhibitions:

Gallery 37: A Destination For Artful Living
Gallery 37- 8 So. Walnut Street, Milford, DE

Frederick Chamber of Commerce - July 5 - Sept. 3 2016

June – July 2008 – “Frederick 360/365”, Frederick Art Council, Frederick, MD

October – December 2008 - “Frederick 360/365” Urbana Public Library, Urbana, MD

group exhibitions:

2019

SE CENTER for Photography, Greenville SC, Natural Nude Kim Weston Juror - January 4-26 2019

Darkroom Gallery, Surreal, December 20th - Jan 27th Essex Jct. Vermont

Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont Fictional Narritive - December 6, 2018 - January 5, 2019 Online Gallery Click on Online Gallery

2018

Photographica, The Artistangle, Frederick, MD

Abstract International Exhibition November 15 - December 15, 2018 - The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Juror: Elizabeth Houston

Ward Museum Salisbury MD, through April 2019

2018 National Juried Photography Exhibit The Delaplaine Frederick, MD Nov. 3-25, 2018 Opening Nov. 3rd 3-5pm

5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona, Spain - October 2018

32nd Annual Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibition

Black and White, Gallery 37, Milford DE

Environmental Portraits, Online Gallery, Aug. 1st - Sept. 1st, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Elizabeth Avedon Juror

2018 National Juried exhibit at the Delaplaine Center, May 5 - June 17, 2018

Seasons, Southeast Center For Photography, Greenville SC. May 11th - May 30th

Celebrating Women, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. May 2nd — May 26th

Women seen by Women, April 10 until April 28, 2018 at the Gallery Valid Foto in Barcelona, Spain

2017

Other Worlds at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, October 6th - 28th

31st Annual Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibition

Forsaken at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, Aug. 4th - 26th

The Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown - April-June 1st

Architectural at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC,

Beyond the Selfie at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 3/3/17-3/31/17

2016 Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon, Sunday, January 29, 2017, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., through April 8th Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

Focal Point, January 26 - February 25, 2017 at MFA Circle Gallery Annapolis, Reception: February 12, 3-5pm

Red at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, Feb. 3rd - Feb. 28th

The Photographic Nude 2017, February 11 - March 8, 2017, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

2016

2016 FotoWeekDC Competition First Place Photographer's Choice, Image hanging at National Geographic, DC - Opening November 11, 2016 - Jan. 21st

Frederick Camera Clique show Delaplaine, Frederick MD Dec-Jan.

Color at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, November 4th- November 26th

Rusted 2016: Invitational Photography Show at Gallery 37, Milton Delaware, October 15th - November 30th

Photo '16 National Photography Exhibition juried and curated by Sam Abell. Alexandria, VA October 18 - November 27, 2016.

2016 National Juried Photography Exhibit at The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD, November 5 - 27
The opening reception is Saturday, November 5, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 PM.

International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography- Berlin Germany - October 4-29, 2016

30th Annual Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibition -The exhibition will be held July 9 to September 7, 2015 at the Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery at Frederick Community College, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick

Nocturnes at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 8/5/16- 8/27/16

National Juried Exhibit 2016 May 7- June 19, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

Artomatic Frederick May 7- June 10

Water exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 5/6/16- 5/31/16

Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon exhibit, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland. January 23rd -April 10th 2016.

Abandoned Landscape exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 4/1/16- 4/25/16

The Contemporary Nude exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 3/4/16- 3/27/16

Five by Six, Figure Fine Art , The Artist's Angle Frederick MD, February 2016, Opening February 5th 5pm-9pm

Maryland Federation of Art - Focal Point fine art and creative photography, Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland Show runs from January 29-February 27, 2016. Reception: February 14, 3-5pm.

Abstract Image exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 01/01/16- 02/01/16

2015

The Camera Clique Winter show Delaplaine Visual Arts Center , Frederick MD - 12/5/15- 12/27/15

The Narrative Portrait exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 11/7/15- 11/30/15

Black, White and Everything in Between, SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, 9/4/15- 9/28/15

Reveal, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT, 8/20/15- 9//15/15

29th Annual Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibition July 11-Sept 2 - Opening Reception July 11th at 5:00pm, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

Fifth Annual Exposure Award in the City and Beyond Collection one of my images and was presented at a private reception hosted at: Musee du Louvre, 75058 Paris - France, July 13th, 2015

Maryland Federation of Art - Focal Point fine art and creative photography, Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland Show runs from February 26 to March 28, 2015

2014

81st Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Malaga, Spain, on September 18th at the Municipal Heritage Museum of Malaga

Frederick Camera Clique Juried Summer Show - Opening Reception July 12 at 5:00pm, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

Significant Details at the Verizon Gallery, February 24 – March 24, 2014, Annandale, VA

2014 Fine Art Photography Competition, ArtSpace Herndon, March 4th-April 6th, 2014

2013

The Kitchen at Paynter's Mill 16388 Samuel Paynter Blvd. Milton DE

Frederick 27th Annual Regional Juried Summer Exhibition, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

July 2013 Glenview Mansion, Rockville MD

ArtSpace's Fine Arts Photography competition, April 23 - May 26, 2013

FotoDC's Spring in Focus exhibition at Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC 20068.

2012

November 2012, The 2nd National Juried Photography Exhibit, Delaplaine Arts Center

80th Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

July, 2012, Frederick 26th Annual Regional Juried Summer Exhibition, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

May 1-30, 2012, ArtSpace Herndon 2012 Fine Art Photography Competition

January 28 – April 29, 2012, 79th Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon

2011

December 2011, Frederick Camera Clique Winter show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

July-August 2011, Frederick 25th Annual, Regional Juried Summer Exhibition, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

April-May 2011 – BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

January 10th – March 5th, 2011- FOTOfusion Student Exhibition Palm Beach Photographic Centre

January - March 2011– 78th Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon

2010

December 2010 – Frederick Camera Clique winter show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

December 2010 – Member Show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

July-Sept. 2010 – Frederick 24th Annual, Regional Juried Summer Exhibition, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

June-July 2010 Summer Juried Show Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

February-March 2010 – “Points of Departure” Juried Exibition, VisArts, Rockville MD

2009

December 2009, Frederick Camera Clique winter show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

July-August 2009, Frederick 23rd Annual, Regional Juried Summer Exhibition, Mary Condon Hodgeson Gallery, Frederick MD

2008