Coral Gables Gallery Night: Jeannette Stargala – The Garden: “You will see - What I found and brought home, what fell before my feet, what I needed to recognize, what I wanted to make my own, what I played with, what I couldn't name but saw, what was inviting me to participate in its beauty. The camera in my hand for the need to translate, to relate, to collect, to hold on to, to lure me out with reason, to engage. What shows is close to my heart, defines my space.” Jeannette was born in East Germany where she grew up in Dresden. She studied Architecture at the University of Aachen and received the state award for young artists for her final work. She worked as a project architect and licensed architect in Germany before she moved to the United States with her husband and her two daughters. Once here she started focusing more on her photographic work and participated in various fine art programs including the continuing studies program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Jeannette is now living in Miami with her three daughters and her husband.