Nuevo Santander Gallery
Fine Art  - Antiques  - Old West Collectibles
717 North Main Street  ¤  McAllen TX  78501
(956) 618-4959  ¤  fax  (956) 618-1746
nsantander@aol.com

Palms  $660 framed/$550 print
11" X 14" Gelatin Silver Photograph 86/88
© 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Port Isabel Lighthouse   $700  UNFRAMED 2/50
16" X 20" Selenium Toned  Gelatin Silver Photograph 
© 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Shelia's Garden   $550 foam core mounted  84/88
11" X 14" Selenium Toned Gelatin Silver Photograph   © 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Texas Hotel   $550 UNFRAMED
11" x 14"   Gelatin Silver Photograph   
© 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

SHARON STEWART

     Cultural landscape photographer Sharon Stewart, an Edinburg native and daughter of B.R. Stewart and the late Jean Stewart, has photographed the Lower Rio Grande Valley for the past 15 years. Photography is in her genes as her great grandfather and several of his siblings were photographers during the late 1800s. In her photographs she conveys the Valley's lush subtropical and agrarian vistas and dilated sense of time by using the enhanced visual spectrum of black and white infrared film.

      Sharon’s work is represented in numerous archives and collections including the Center for Creative Photography-Tucson, Museum of Fine Arts-Houston, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center-University of Texas- Austin, Nevada Art Museum, The Art Museum of Princeton University, and Musee de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium. She has been the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

     As a founding member of the Houston Center for Photography, her photo narrative "Toxic Tour of Texas" -focusing citizen efforts to successfully challenge government and industry hazardous waste practices- is widely considered a primer for socially engaged photography. She continued her photographic exploration of water issues by creating a village life portrait of El Cerrito, New Mexico illustrating the residents' interdependence on the community irrigation ditch or "acequia"- one of the oldest extant water systems in the Southwest.

Magic Valley Sunflower   $770 framed/$650 print
16" X 20"  Gelatin Silver Photograph 87/96  
© 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Century Plant   $700 Unframed  16" x 20"
Selenium Toned Gelatin Silver Photograph 2/50  
© 2005 Sharon Stewart
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED