Alison’s photography is a combination of photographic journalism and staged photography.  What is spectacular about the characters found within her photographs is that it can be difficult to determine what is real and what is staged.  They are all a bit strange, bordering on surreal. Alison also enjoys time in the wilderness to hike and photograph along the way.  She will often times be belly down in the mud photographing missed beauty beneath our feet.  Nature photography is usually photographed with a 50mm plastic lens.  Alison could be in one spot for hours to get various depth of field and lighting in these little habitats. Photographs that are staged have detailed props, wardrobe, model, location, color palette, and have a quality similar to timeless film stills. Her conceptual ideologies and philosophy tinker on glamorizing the pariah in garish ways but always with a sense of humor. Her subjects typically display the derelict society of greasy youth placed in precarious circumstances and serve as inspiration of her childhood surroundings of working class, rebels, and references of pop culture.It is not uncommon for Alison to begin a conversation with - I’d like to photograph you, oh and what is your name? Her exhibit consists of a variety of non-traditional self-portraits,portraits of numerous people, and conceptual pieces that challenge the viewer. 

Exhibitions:         “Alison Palmiotto: Glamorizing the Pariah” Garden Valley Center for the Arts- July 2017 Garden Valley, Idaho         “Annual Art Auction” Walleye Banquet December 2015- Great Falls, Montana         “Alison Palmiotto: Diverting Tableaus” Paris Gibson Museum of Art– Nov 2013- April 2014- Great Falls, Montana         “Annual Art Exhibit” Paris Gibson Museum of Art December 2012, 2013- Great Falls, Montana         “Variations on a Theme”  February 2011 The State Museum of Pennsylvania -Harrisburg, Pennsylvania“Beautiful Creatures” December 2009 Natural Science Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “Dirty Dry and Dull” Summer 2009  Silicon Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “Pure Gold” Spring 2009 Pure Gold Gallery , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “Interpretive Portraiture" Spring 2009  The Same Quinn Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “We Make Pictures”-  Spring 2009, F.U.E.L Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “Collected Visions” - Spring 2008, Stare Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos California          “Group Show,” Permanent Collection Spring 2008 to The Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania          “Photography 27 “-  Spring 2008 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey

Professional roles: Photographer

Location: United States