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ABOUT CARRIE
"As I began building the first authentic faith focused tour of religious imagery on the Walls of the US Capitol, interweaving the city I have called home for several years now, I began designing what I call 15 minute tours of ‘God, bagels, books and a movie' designed to finish before the kids begin to wiggle and the tweens want to scream ‘uncle.’
"I worked as a news photographer in several cultures. I learned that people are pretty much the same everywhere. Only the zipcode changes. "People stop to see what I photograph. Carrie says about tourists and others crossing paths with her in the field. "I stop, they stop. I look. They look. I point up my camera up. They look up. They ask. I answer. And then? I grin. In that moment, I share a tidbit the person might otherwise not have had the opportunity to learn about such as the A-list star whose ancestor stands high on a pedestal in the Nation's Capitol. I love sharing what I learn daily about The God Project." “My gotcha moment is when a child, or adult, bored with being dragged around miles of history, listens to me then heads off with smiling about a special something they can share when they got back to wherever home is.”
“I believe in destiny," says Carrie. “My God project, as I call “God In The Temples of Government is my heart and soul. My God project picked me.” “All of me that has scattered over the years has come back into one place of comfort in this project. I am a news photographer. I was a religion editor for Lifestyles Magazine; a soferet (woman Hebraic scribe); author of what remains the landmark Hebrew calligraphy book since its day of release in the early 1980’s; I am an investigator (Carrie holds rare cross credentialing as a Crime Information Analyst, profiler, mediator, trained PI and is licensed by the State of California’s Bureau of Security Investigative Services).”
Carrie is an award winning photojournalist. She worked on several continents before settling in WashingtonDC for three months or so she thought. That was over seven years ago. Carrie has contributed photographs from golf, International Group 1/ Group 2 horseracing, boxing, Royals, and red carpets images to publications around the world including England, Ireland, the US, Canada, Dubai. “I know the power of a photo,” says Devorah, “One photo of mine changed legislation in Northern Ireland. I was in the right place at the right time. And now, look at my God project, in a landmark Supreme Court case…. Life is amazing, isn’t it?”A native of Canada, Carrie has lived in America for all but the first seventeen years of her life. “I was born in Canada,” Carrie say, “I grew up in America.” "I am the American immigrant story. I arrived for college travelling on a Greyhound bus with $75 CDN in my pocket. Years later, here I am." Carrie has lived in New York City, Los Angeles, London and Washington DC. Much of her inspiration is drawn from her childhood as both a city girl and a country girl. Her love of horses drew her to cover international horseracing. “The first drawings I did,” says Carrie, “were not appreciated. My teachers were not happy I drew horses up and down the columns of my notebooks. I spent an awful lot of time after class in the principal’s office writing lines. There my inventing career began. I could write 100 lines in a shorter time. I invented a device to hold up to 10 pencils at a time.”
Carrie Devorah says, since moving to America, she is blessed with the gift of doing what she loves - giving people joy of the beauty she expresses in her art or through her camera lens. Carrie graduated Pratt Institute (NY) as a children’s book illustrator. She trained to tell stories in her art, illustrations and, today, each photograph Carrie creates, showing history, her character, and her whimsical personality.
“My greatest mentor,” Carrie says, “is my watercolor teacher from Pratt Institute, Elizabeth Elberg. Her three minute mention of British watercolor art set me, a Canadian newly arrived in America, off to learn about an art style of my national heritage that became my signature look until I retired from commercial art. I owe my lifetime of joy to this amazing woman. One day I returned to Pratt to share with her.the impact of that one moment I carry forever in my heart launched me into a career as a world renowned lifestyle designer.“ “I shared with her that my Judaica artworks is represented in hundreds of private collections around the world including 13 museum collections; La Bibliotheque Nationale, France; Smithsonian Private Collection, WashingtonDC; B'nai Brith Internationale, Washington, DC; SkirballMuseum, Los Angeles; MauriceSpertusMuseum, Chicago; South Africa, Greece.” “I drew “happy”,” Carrie said, “bunnies and rabbits and bears and more.” “I cartooned, I drew portraits, I drew and I drew and I drew.” And then one day when I picked cameras up again, and began snapping away. One day, it all came back together again, putting art and photos together, again. You see, way back when I was a student at Pratt, I did art for Danskins, in which I merged my painting on to photographs I took of animals at the Central Park zoo.” I am blessed my dream is coming true. I am embracing my art again, blending it with my photography. I am deep in history, steeped in faith and, what is the most rewarding for me, the sharing my passion, relishing when someone "gets" it.
Carrie raised her sons as a single mother. “I am overwhelmed a moment I waited a lifetime for has arrived. My sons, beautiful men, now look at my art that raised them through renewed eyes. I think this is a moment parents dream for.” “They, my sons, are now and forever the crowning jewels of my portfolio,” says Carrie.“I love my work. I look forward each day to what the next day brings me. Life is clearly not 9 – 5. Never has been, never will be. I will draw until my last breath. It brings me peace. And to others I bring joy. I may photograph presidents and world leaders but my greatest moments are when I take photos of every day heroes who otherwise might go unsung.”
"As I began building the first authentic faith focused tour of religious imagery on the Walls of the US Capitol, interweaving the city I have called home for several years now, I began designing what I call 15 minute tours of ‘God, bagels, books and a movie' designed to finish before the kids begin to wiggle and the tweens want to scream ‘uncle.’
"I worked as a news photographer in several cultures. I learned that people are pretty much the same everywhere. Only the zipcode changes. "People stop to see what I photograph. Carrie says about tourists and others crossing paths with her in the field. "I stop, they stop. I look. They look. I point up my camera up. They look up. They ask. I answer. And then? I grin. In that moment, I share a tidbit the person might otherwise not have had the opportunity to learn about such as the A-list star whose ancestor stands high on a pedestal in the Nation's Capitol. I love sharing what I learn daily about The God Project." “My gotcha moment is when a child, or adult, bored with being dragged around miles of history, listens to me then heads off with smiling about a special something they can share when they got back to wherever home is.”
“I believe in destiny," says Carrie. “My God project, as I call “God In The Temples of Government is my heart and soul. My God project picked me.” “All of me that has scattered over the years has come back into one place of comfort in this project. I am a news photographer. I was a religion editor for Lifestyles Magazine; a soferet (woman Hebraic scribe); author of what remains the landmark Hebrew calligraphy book since its day of release in the early 1980’s; I am an investigator (Carrie holds rare cross credentialing as a Crime Information Analyst, profiler, mediator, trained PI and is licensed by the State of California’s Bureau of Security Investigative Services).”
Carrie is an award winning photojournalist. She worked on several continents before settling in WashingtonDC for three months or so she thought. That was over seven years ago. Carrie has contributed photographs from golf, International Group 1/ Group 2 horseracing, boxing, Royals, and red carpets images to publications around the world including England, Ireland, the US, Canada, Dubai. “I know the power of a photo,” says Devorah, “One photo of mine changed legislation in Northern Ireland. I was in the right place at the right time. And now, look at my God project, in a landmark Supreme Court case…. Life is amazing, isn’t it?”A native of Canada, Carrie has lived in America for all but the first seventeen years of her life. “I was born in Canada,” Carrie say, “I grew up in America.” "I am the American immigrant story. I arrived for college travelling on a Greyhound bus with $75 CDN in my pocket. Years later, here I am." Carrie has lived in New York City, Los Angeles, London and Washington DC. Much of her inspiration is drawn from her childhood as both a city girl and a country girl. Her love of horses drew her to cover international horseracing. “The first drawings I did,” says Carrie, “were not appreciated. My teachers were not happy I drew horses up and down the columns of my notebooks. I spent an awful lot of time after class in the principal’s office writing lines. There my inventing career began. I could write 100 lines in a shorter time. I invented a device to hold up to 10 pencils at a time.”
Carrie Devorah says, since moving to America, she is blessed with the gift of doing what she loves - giving people joy of the beauty she expresses in her art or through her camera lens. Carrie graduated Pratt Institute (NY) as a children’s book illustrator. She trained to tell stories in her art, illustrations and, today, each photograph Carrie creates, showing history, her character, and her whimsical personality.
“My greatest mentor,” Carrie says, “is my watercolor teacher from Pratt Institute, Elizabeth Elberg. Her three minute mention of British watercolor art set me, a Canadian newly arrived in America, off to learn about an art style of my national heritage that became my signature look until I retired from commercial art. I owe my lifetime of joy to this amazing woman. One day I returned to Pratt to share with her.the impact of that one moment I carry forever in my heart launched me into a career as a world renowned lifestyle designer.“ “I shared with her that my Judaica artworks is represented in hundreds of private collections around the world including 13 museum collections; La Bibliotheque Nationale, France; Smithsonian Private Collection, WashingtonDC; B'nai Brith Internationale, Washington, DC; SkirballMuseum, Los Angeles; MauriceSpertusMuseum, Chicago; South Africa, Greece.” “I drew “happy”,” Carrie said, “bunnies and rabbits and bears and more.” “I cartooned, I drew portraits, I drew and I drew and I drew.” And then one day when I picked cameras up again, and began snapping away. One day, it all came back together again, putting art and photos together, again. You see, way back when I was a student at Pratt, I did art for Danskins, in which I merged my painting on to photographs I took of animals at the Central Park zoo.” I am blessed my dream is coming true. I am embracing my art again, blending it with my photography. I am deep in history, steeped in faith and, what is the most rewarding for me, the sharing my passion, relishing when someone "gets" it.
Carrie raised her sons as a single mother. “I am overwhelmed a moment I waited a lifetime for has arrived. My sons, beautiful men, now look at my art that raised them through renewed eyes. I think this is a moment parents dream for.” “They, my sons, are now and forever the crowning jewels of my portfolio,” says Carrie.“I love my work. I look forward each day to what the next day brings me. Life is clearly not 9 – 5. Never has been, never will be. I will draw until my last breath. It brings me peace. And to others I bring joy. I may photograph presidents and world leaders but my greatest moments are when I take photos of every day heroes who otherwise might go unsung.”
