Marcia Blake Atlanta Georgia Women In Focus member photographer

Marcia Blake, an Atlanta native, has been studying and practicing photography for over 35 years. She has a degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia and was a television copywriter in Atlanta, and in St. Louis, Missouri. Blake began post-baccalaureate studies in photography and related subjects at the Georgia State School of Art and Design and also studied photography at the Penland School in North Carolina, the Showcase School and the Southeastern Center for Photographic Arts in Atlanta. She has studied book arts and papermaking at Penland School in North Carolina, Atlanta's Chastain Arts Center, the New York Center for Book Arts, the South-West School of Art and Craft in San Antonio, Texas and in Fabriano, Italy.

Blake has exhibited in many venues around Atlanta, including shows juried by Jane Jackson, Fay Gold, Ben Apfelbaum and Cathy Byrd. She has had work in the Gala at Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia, the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech, the Decatur Fine Arts Festival, Atrium Gallery in Trinidad, Colorado, the ALL Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut and The Institute at Palm Key, S.C.

Blake has had a solo show at the Showcase School Gallery and two solo shows during Atlanta Celebrates Photography/2003. During Atlanta Celebrates Photography/2004, Blake showed work in four venues around the city. For 2005-Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Blake participated in five shows, including Fay Gold Selects at the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, “Function”, “Favorites”, “Fortune Fotos” and “earth.com.”.
In subsequent ACP celebrations, Blake has shown in numerous venues around Atlanta.

The Southeastern Flower Show has chosen several of Blake's award-winning images for their shows in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.