Absolute Blogmusings from an absolutely blank mind Open Wide!Quick! Call your dentist! If he or she is in the market for a new drill, patient chair, or a X-Ray machine, one possible shopping destination might be the California showroom of dental equipment distributor Henry Schein. While admiring the shiny new equipment in a number of tasteful mock-up dental offices, they might notice that some of the "office" walls (bare, in previous visits) now feature some large fine art photographs. The idea is that a dentist setting up a new office will want to smarten up the place with some artwork, and might just be tempted to add a print or two to the shopping cart along with the laughing gas and a couple of sterilizers. We shall see... Here's what some of the installations look like:
Next time you are at the dentist, feel free to drop a subtle hint!
Worshiping WaterWater is essential for life. Without it there would be no cities, no industry, no agriculture. What you may not know is that most of the water in the San Francisco Bay area is not sourced locally, but rather arrives here after a 160 mile gravity-powered journey from Yosemite National Park, high in the Sierra Nevada. Aqueducts carry water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in the mountains to the local system that feeds the Silicon Valley. The significance of this was not lost on the local dignitaries in 1938 who, when the aqueduct was completed, constructed a faux-Greek temple, complete with reflecting pool - the Pulgas Water Temple - at the end point of the aqueduct. The words "I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people " [from Isaiah 43:20] are inscribed on the masonry. This month's image is of that reflecting pool. The place is just a little odd, being surrounded by trees, just a few inches deep, and located in a rather out of the way place, but the shadows and reflections really appealed to me. Hope you like it too.
Lighting up VermontI'm pleased to report that another of my images will gracing the walls of the PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. The photo in question is The Golden Path (a recent featured image) and will be part of the gallery exhibition FINDING THE LIGHT, which runs from July 1st to July 25th, 2014. (Online exhibition, gallery details and hours here).
PHOTOPLACE GALLERY
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Big CountryI'm pleased to announce that one of my images has been selected for inclusion in a new juried exhibition this month: Show: "Landscape: The Big Country", 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) My image "San Francisco from the South" was selected for gallery exhibition:
Click here to view the image in the gallery. Yes, my portfolio includes landscapes too... You'll be able to see this one at the 1650 gallery in the trendy Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles. Check out the show Landscape: The Big Country The show opens on Saturday June 28th, with an opening reception from 7:30-10:30pm. Gallery Hours: The main event is on the 28th, but show will be up until July 21st. Open Sundays 12:00-4:00pm - or anytime by appointment (gallery email below).
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In Photo Review (Online)Although none of my images made it to the pages of the prestigious magazine Photo Review when it published the winners of its annual international photo competition for 2013, the magazine did recently select some of the non winning entries to be published online, grouped to represent some of the common themes they had seen among the entries. I'm pleased to say that my image "Dark House" was one of these, and is featured in the series "Nine Peaked Roofs":
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