What She Sees features the work of three local women artists. From spontaneous photojournalism to more elusive images, these artists all focus on storytelling from behind the lens. Maureen France is a documentary photographer, whose work has been exhibited in nearly 100 national and international exhibitions. She is represented in museum collections including Eastman Kodak, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Library of Congress. Her work captures the beauty of real people in public places. Samantha Grier is a photojournalist who focuses on reporting daily life in a way that is honest, accurate and technically adept. Among several media outlets, she has worked forThe Cincinnati Post, The Cincinnati Enquirer and WCPO. Mary Strubbe is a freelance photographer who creates intuitively, letting the photographic process determine the themes and patterns of her images. She alters her subject matter, her framing or her perspective at times to portray the intangible.

“A man’s feet must be planted in his country but his eyes should survey the world.” These words by philosopher and writer George Santayana suggest the importance of remaining rooted in patriotism while at the same time opening one’s eyes and mind to the diverse culture that exists outside of nation-drawn borders. Global Focus features work by local photographers that portray cultures outside of the United States. The represented artists traveled outside of their everyday experiences in search of the perfect light or composition.  While the artists remained undeniably bound by this country, as photographers they exhibit urgings for foreign patterns, textures, faces and colors in Global Focus.