Photographer Nina Rizzo s slide-illustrated lecture will be held April 19 at Appalachian State University. The public is welcome. Rizzo is known for her narrative and spiritual images. She uses Mortensen metalchrome and paper negative techniques to create images reminiscent of the Old Masters. The Mortensen technique, developed by photographer William Mortensen, gives a radiant, natural skin tone to figure studies and portraits.
Paper negatives add texture to the photographs.
Rizzo also hand tints her works using watercolors, oils, pastels, photographic dyes and graphite. Her work is on permanent exhibit in the Billy Graham Center Museum, the Museum of Art and the Art Institutes International in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and The Palm Beach Photographic Workshop. Rizzo has taught photography at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for more than 10 years. She also teaches seminars for the Polaroid Corporation.