Columbia, MD - September 30, 2009 - The Columbia Foundation is featuring Mother-Daughter Reflections, an exhibit of photographs by Baltimore photographer Rebecca Rothey and paintings by her late mother Ginny Baier opening September 29, 2009 in their offices at 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite G15 in Columbia, Maryland. The exhibit will be open to the public from 10:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday for the remainder of the year. There will be a reception in the gallery on October 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Rebecca Rothey studied photography under Geoff Delanoy at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and does her own gelatin silver printing using traditional darkroom techniques. Her images are made in the tradition of French street photography and also include intimate studies of people, objects and cityscapes.

Her photo Parisian with Poodle received honorable mention by the 2006 International Photography Awards Lucie Awards and was selected by Stephen Perloff, editor of the Photo Review, for inclusion in a juried group exhibition at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, Delaware held in 2009. The Towson Arts Collective selected her work for four juried exhibitions, most recently for its spring 2008 exhibit.

Ms. Rothey was one of 16 photographers chosen for the 2008 “Celebrations of Life” juried photo exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to Louisville , her work has appeared in shows in Fort Collins, Colorado and at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has had solo exhibitions at An Die Musik in Baltimore and The Laughing Pint in Highlandtown, Maryland.

Her photograph Men Moving Mirror was among 100 images out of 20,000 entries awarded honorable mention by Photographer’s Forum Magazine in its 2007 annual student contest, and has won other awards including the 2009 Best Monochrome Image by the Baltimore Camera Club. Baltimore Magazine included one of her photographs in its November 2007 events calendar and the Baltimore Sun selected an image she took in Morocco for its weekly “My Best Shot” contest published in March 2009.

Ginny Baier lived in Ellicott City from 1992 until her death in from breast cancer 1998. She was a watercolor painter and pastel artist who worked out of her studio in Oella Mills. Over a six-year time frame, she also was a contributing editor to both American Artist and Watercolor magazines, two of the art world’s most respected publications.

Following Ms. Baier’s death, American Artist editor-in-chief M. Stephen Doherty published ten of her articles in a collection called “Color: How to Pick, Mix and Paint in Watercolor.” To celebrate its release, Ms. Rothey and her step-father Don Baier hosted a reception at the Mill River Gallery on October 30, 1999, ten years to the date of the current reception. Four of Ms. Baier’s watercolors were auctioned to benefit what was then Hospice of Howard County.

The Columbia Foundation gallery will feature Ms. Rothey’s award-winning photographs as well as her photos of the same o r similar subjects as in her mother’s paintings on display. These include works depicting the 1818 home of Ms. Baier’s parents in North Orange, Massachusetts.

For more information, go to www.columbiafoundation.org or call 410-730-7840.

Founded in 1969, the Foundation has awarded over $10 million in grants to Howard County nonprofit organizations delivering human service, arts and cultural, educational and civic programs. Money for the grant programs comes primarily from income generated by the Foundation’s endowment supported by over 240 funds established by Howard County businesses, families and individuals.