Palma is an intuitive and versatile photographer of 35+ years working with alternative, traditional and digital methods. Her life experiences are rich in music, theater and art. She received a BS in Art and Education and is certified in Graphic Arts.

In 1983 she was gifted a camera. She joined a camera club and learned basics from professionals, teachers and artists there. She worked events, editorial, photojournalism, commercial, portraits, and exhibits.. In 1994 she received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts to create an audio-visual presentation of the community in support of the camera club. 

In 1995 she opened opened a main street studio, obtained clients and joined The Artists’ Gallery, a cooperative maintained by professional artists since 1991. She was President of the Frederick Camera Clique in 1997.

Palma has curated and juried exhibits, volunteered at art centers and has exhibited at museums, galleries, art spaces and alternative venues in MD, MA, FL, DE, NY.

“I’ve enjoy learning by attending workshops, teaching, giving and receiving critiques and by reading, reading, reading, But always, the most important learning is through experience.

”My work has to answer a question. A situation is never the same twice. Flexibility in seeing and technique is important to being able to work with what you have. 

“Photography allows the expression of all art within one medium; rhythm is composition, light is an ever-changing performance and even though words can describe a visual encounter, a photograph is a visual capture in all languages."