Meet "Aurora" Dora Redman

When it's dark, I see the lights!

"Aurora" Dora Redman, relocated from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Alaska in 2001 and has been chasing and photographing Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) ever since. 

"I never heard about the Northern Lights before I moved to Alaska. The first time I saw them it was love at first sight. That was it! From here on I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to share the Auroras with the world and show them to everyone who doesn't have the opportunity to see the Northern lights. That's what I have been doing since."

Her creations can be seen here on her website, in many Lodges in Alaska and at her gallery, Aurora Dora, in downtown Talkeetna, Alaska (Main Street & Talkeetna Spur Road).

 

WINNER of the 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS (2024) in 3 Categories: LANDSCAPES, TRAVEL & NATURE

 

Aurora Dora Redman web

Exhibits

Collective Exhibitions

  • INVITED for the GAIA 2025 EXHIBITION with "Unthinkable Night" - February 5 to April 5, 2025.
  • 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (2024) - LANDSCAPES People's Vote Winner - "The One Wow Night"
  • 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (2024) - NATURE People's Vote Winner - "Milky Way Eye"
  • 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (2024) - TRAVEL People's Vote Winner with the series When It's Dark, I See the Lights - "Double Vision Aurora", "Aurora & Denali", "Favorite Spot Aurora", "Bridge on Green", and "Ruth Glacier View"
  • 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (2024) - LANDSCAPES Honorable Mention - "Aurora & Denali"
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" -  May 9 to September 4, 2025 - Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, Valdez, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" -  March 7 to March 31, 2025 - Mat-Su College Gallery, FSM Building, Palmer, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" - January 16 to February 18, 2025 - Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" - December 6 to December 20, 2024 - University of Alaska Fairbanks Art Department Gallery, UAF Fine Arts Complex, Fairbanks, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" - November 1 to November 25, 2024 - Alaska Pacific University, ConocoPhillips & Leah J Peterson Galleries, Anchorage, AK
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2024- GRAND SCENIC - Semi-finalist with "Milky Way Monument Valley"
  • GUARDING THE DARK NIGHT - AIMING AT THE STARS with "Feeding My Soul" - December 2023 to February 2024 - Shanghai Astronomy Museum - Shanghai, China
  • DarkSky International's CAPTURE THE DARK COMPETITION & EXHIBITION with "Feeding My Soul"  - Received Second Place on the Category People's Choice - July 2023
  • INVITED for 7th ANNUAL ALLEGANY NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION & EXHIBITION with "Splash Aurora" - April 2 to 24, 2021 - Allegany Arts Council - Cumberland, MD
  • 2021 WOMEN IN ART - March 4 to 27, 2021 with "Feeding My Soul" - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
  • THE MAGIC OF WATER - online exhibit with "Splash Aurora" - Cultural Center of Cape Cod - South Yarmouth, MA
  • 2021 LANDSCAPES - February 4 to 27, 2021 with "Colorful Winter Night" - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
  • THE HEALING POWER OF ART 2019 ART EXHIBITION - Manhattan Arts International - Winner of the Award of Excellence for the image "Favorite Spot Aurora"
  • FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH 2018 EXHIBITION  by Lenscratch
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2018 - January 14 to February 28, 2019 - Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai/Soldotna, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2018 - December 7 to December 30, 2018 - Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center of the Arts, Fairbanks, AK
  • RAREFIED LIGHT 2018 -  September 28 to November 25, 2018 - Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK
  • COLORS OF WINTER - TALKEETNA PHOTOGRAPHY INVITATIONAL - March 14 to April 8, 2015 -  Sheldon Community Arts Hangar, Talkeetna, Alaska
  • 2013-2016 - Collection - Town Square Art Gallery, Wasilla, AK
  • 2013 Alaska Wild - ASOP - Traveling Exhibit through Alaska

 

Individual Exhibitions

  • Permanent Exhibition - Aurora Dora Gallery - 22229 S. Talkeetna Spur Rd, Talkeetna, Alaska
  • 2018-2019 - Aurora Dora Gallery - Sedona, Arizona
  • COLORFUL WINTER NIGHTS - A Winter Chasing Northern Lights - June 8 to July 11, 2013 - Flying Squirrel, Talkeetna, Alaska
  • CAPTURED CONTRASTS, IMAGES FROM BRAZIL TO ALASKA - June 11 to July 8, 2011 - Denali Arts Council, Talkeetna, Alaska

Publications

  • NASA
  • National Geographic Travel
  • Space Weather Live
  • Washington Post
  • Geophysical Institute UAF
  • The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography by Mike Shaw 
  • The Book of Arts: Gaia
  • Society of Nature Photographers 
  • Alaska Magazine
  • Last Frontier Magazine
  • Northwest Travel & Life Magazine
  • Nature Photographer Magazine      
  • Landscape Photography Magazine
  • Nightscape - International Dark Sky Association 
  • Greatland Graphics
  • space.com
  • yahoo.com
  • Anchorage Daily News
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • AFAR
  • The People's Paper
  • The Local Pages
  • Sing Tao Daily
  • El Universo Hoy   
  • Sistema de Ensino pH - Física- Brasil
  • Consulado Geral do Brasil em São Francisco
  • Jornal de Jundiai 
  • Brasileiras pelo Mundo

 

Also find me at

NASA Image Feature Nov 3, 2015 

NASA Image Feature (2) Nov 3, 2015

Space.com

Washington Post Article February 28, 2021

Washington Post Article March 29, 2018

NASA Sounding Rocket Mission Article

Landscape Photography Magazine

Landscape Photography Magazine (2)

Brasileiras pelo Mundo Jan 2015

ADN - Anchorage Daily News Sept 2020

Bleu Magazine- Travel to Alaska - The Last Frontier

 

Member of

  • NANPA - North America Nature Photography Association
  • ASONP - Alaska Society of Outdoor & Nature Photographers 
  • IDA - International Dark-Sky Association
  • ATIA Alaska Travel Industry Association
  • Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau

 

Presented at

  • International Dark-Sky Week - April 5 to 12, 2021
  • Portland Winter Light Festival 2019 - Portland, Oregon - February 7 to 9, 2019