Absolute Blogmusings from an absolutely blank mind Combining ThemesOnce again my "featured"image for the month is late. (My excuse is that I just wanted to give the last one enough time!) Like most photographers, I have certain obsessions that I tend to return to, over and over again. Over time I am building bodies of work that reflect these themes. (I'll be adding these to my online gallery under "Other Work" so you can watch as these portfolios grow and change). Naturally, it will occur sometimes that themes occasionally overlap. Then it's hard to know which group to put the work in! This is one such case. Shadows, reflections and seeing through to something beyond or behind, all come together in this image. Geo/Spatial I Click to view the image in the gallery. As so often in my work, the strong compositional and graphic aspect tends to dominate: "Geo" of course refers to "geometric" and "spatial" to the illusion of depth created by the beams (in front) and the view to the scene (apparently) behind. Enjoy the summer! LA Reception PhotosUnfortunately I was not able to make it down to the 1650 Gallery in LA for the opening reception for "Urban Landscape:2013", but photos from that reception are now up on the gallery's Facebook page, here: Link to reception photos on Facebook: Here are a couple that show my images "in situ":
LA ExhibitionThey didn't exactly give me a lot of time to print and ship, but I just learned that I have TWO images accepted into a show at the 1650 Gallery in trendy Echo Park, Los Angeles. Opening Next Weekend. The theme of the show is "Urban Landscape:2013". Both images are from my series "A Touch of Blue", which explores the impression of light and architecture for someone coming from grey England to the sunny West Coast of the USA.
1650 Gallery Images: Bubbles (Left), Full Sail (Right) See the full exhibition online, here. This show, Urban Landscape 2013, opens on Saturday July 20th, with an opening reception from 7:30-10:30pm. Come and see me there! The main event is the 20th, but show will be up until August 11th. Open Sundays 12:00-4:00pm - or anytime by appointment (gallery email below).
1650 GALLERY Meanwhile, back in Vermont......another win! This time at The Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction, VT. My first time at this Gallery. The Darkroom holds regular international juried exhibitions and the theme of this show is "City". Images for the exhibition were selected by Stephen Perloff - a well known Philadelphia based photographer, writer, critic and founder/editor of The Photo Review. The image chosen is "Sky High", named after the short story it inspired as part of a 2011 SPARK pairing. You can read the story here.
Click here to see the image in the gallery. This show, CITY, runs from July 25th to August 18th, 2013 – with an opening reception on August 2nd.
DARKROOM GALLERY Featured for JulyI seem to be getting later and later at changing my "featured image" each month. It's already almost half way through July! This image was made at the De Young museum in San Francisco, and was one of the first pictures I took with my new little FujiFilm X20 camera, This little thing is (just about) pocketable, has a large sensor and as you can see, pretty decent low light ability. I like that it is not compromised by a misplaced desire to shoot video, like so many are these days - this is a still photographers' camera. The thing I like most about it, however, is that it has a real optical viewfinder (rather than the electronic type, or - more commonly these days - none at all). There's just something that feels right holding a camera up to your eye, not to mention the added stability it gives.
Click here to see the image in the gallery. I like this image anyway, but the figure at the window gives it the extra spark that makes it a keeper. I think this is one for my "Ghosts" series. What do you think? |
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