Heather Nicole Cudworth   Another artist who is a regular on Show Change Day and has a good eye for displaying artwork is Heather. Heather Nicole Cudworth arrived in the Carson City area in 2019  after seeking a temperate climate with seasons. On her many walkabouts in the city, she found an apartment near the Nevada Art Association Gallery, which she discovered while she took photos of the community structures and inhabitants while socializing was limited because of Covid. When she’s working, it’s not unusual to see her with three cameras slung around her neck: a full manual control to catch the landscape, a limited  auto setting camera for buildings, etc., and a telephoto. Whatever she comes across, she wants to be ready.

Having left her patron support in Florida when she moved to Nevada, Heather carved out a new niche in the western style subjects favored by locals but felt something was missing for her. “Don’t bend your style to fit a mold” she states. In a Tanzania photo workshop in 2016, she had discovered what moved her heart in her chosen medium: to see, feel, and hear the animals talk to each other on their land. Others with her would witness the animals acknowledging her as well, as if they were giving her permission to photograph them.  Heather believes no photograph is worth disrespecting an animal’s life.

That little girl who began her journey with her mother’s Canon AE-1 has grown into a woman making her mark to honor and record the earth and the animals who live upon it. Whenever she can, Heather continues her mission in photo centered travels and professional workshops to Alaska, Kenya, India, Costa Rica and most recently the Artic Circle.