Absolute Blogmusings from an absolutely blank mind Calendar, Holidays, and Another Show2015 Calendar You know that it's getting close to the holidays when you start having to think about calendars for the following year! As many of you know, I create a calendar for friends and family every year, and for a couple of years now I have made it available for everyone to purchase, via MagCloud (now part of Blurb books). This year I'm sharing one of my strange obsessions: shop window dummies, or mannequins. I know I'm not alone in attributing thoughts and feelings to these inanimate objects, so I hope you'll appreciate it too. The calender runs January 2015 to January 2016, includes 14 images, and shows US and UK holidays You can order calenders directly from MagCloud (link below) for $9.99. 
2015 Fine Art Photography calendar featuring 14 original images by Nick Winkworth. The theme is "Uncanny" - an exploration of the lives of store mannequins.
Art Prints
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Show Added in Portland For those of you in the rainy North West, starting Monday December 1st, and running through the 20th, I will have an image on display at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon as part of the juried exhibition: "Poetics of Light". This means I'll have work in four galleries during December - adding this one to galleries in Los Angeles, Oakland, CA and Middlebury, Vermont. The Images for this exhibition were selected by Tricia Hoffman, Executive Director of Newspace Center for Photography in Portland.
The exhibition will run from December 1st through December 20th, 2014 Gallery Hours: Thurs-Fri 12am-5pm, and by appointment.
Gallery address: Check out the show HERE (Link will be added later)
Finally, it's not too late to catch the "Illuminations" exhibition at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, just North of San Diego, which runs through November 25th. Those of you who celebrate it, have a wonderful Turkey Day! Close to Home (and a new exhibition this weekend)The word is serendipity - meaning "happy accident". Have you ever just been around home one day and noticed that, at a certain time, on a specific day, under just the right circumstances, the light did something magical? Me too. Only this time I had a camera ready! To create this months featured image the afternoon sun happened to be in just the right place to be reflected onto a door that was at just the right angle so its handle created this amazing looping reflected shape:
Auralite See this image in the gallery.
THIS WEEKEND!
The theme of this show is Windows and Doors. My image "Diamonds" was selected for gallery exhibition and my images "Dog, Bird, Squirrel" and "Keeping Secrets" were selected for the online annexe by juror/curator Andrew Overtoom.
Diamonds
Dog, Bird, Squirrel
Keeping Secrets
Check out the show WINDOWS AND DOORS and also the Annexe The show opens on Saturday November 15th, with an opening reception from 7:30-10:30pm. Gallery Hours: The main event is on the 15th, but show will be up until December 12th. Open Sundays 12:00-4:00pm - or anytime by appointment (gallery email below).
Address: Showing in San DiegoNext month those of you in the Southern reaches of California will have a chance to see one of my images in an exhibition sponsored by the San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild. My image Museum Kids was selected for inclusion in the show themed "Illuminations". This exhibition includes all forms of 2D art (painting, collage, drawing, etc.), not exclusively photography. Work was selected by Alessandra Moctezuma, Gallery Director/Professor at San Diego Mesa College. The exhibition will take place from October 31st to November 25th, 2014 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, just North of San Diego:
Exhibition Dates:
Reception is Saturday November 1st, 5-7pm Click to see the image in the gallery. This one was the result of one of those right-place, right-time moments. In a dimly lit section of a museum I was visiting, I noticed these kids interacting with images projected onto a table from above. I already had my camera (just a small point and shoot) out and ready, and by resting my camera on the table I was able to steady it enough to capture this photo illuminated only by the light reflected from the table. The full exhibition may be seen online here.
Hiding in Plain SightAs some of you probably know, I've long been fascinated by shop window dummies and I'm slowly building a body of work based on the idea of the "uncanny valley", where the resemblance of dummies to real humans gets just a bit too close for comfort. My featured a image this month is another one that's going on that pile! This was made in London earlier this year, at the hip and trendy Camden Market. As with other images in this series, I'm drawn to the fact that we just can't help projecting human thoughts and feelings onto the dummies. Even though we know they are only plastic, we still interpret their expressions, and voice the thoughts in their heads - I guess we are just wired that way. I won't tell you my interpretation but I'm going to leave it to you to come up with your own. (...but feel free to share in the comments!)
A Visual ConversationOpen now through October 31 at Bucci's Restaurant, Emeryville:
This exhibition started life as an experiment. First, one photograph was chosen to start the conversation, then visual responses to this were requested and the first received (without curation) became the next "statement" in the conversation and the trigger for the next one. Eventually 25 images from 25 different photographers made up the "conversation" which can now be seen at Bucci's, as well as in a book, available from BAPC.
In the words of contributor and book creator, Barbara Kyne:
"Like all conversations, this one moved in many directions, at times circuitous, at times repetitious, emotionally Ultimately the conversation evokes the mystery of beings going about their lives with every day simplicity and complexity, with thrills, danger, joy and hard work, in our vast ancient landscapes at once awe-inspiring and alienating, in our societal cultures both isolating and life-sustaining – a sort of inner/outer, public/private, Eastern/Western conversation from our diverse membership. Yes. Without words, we have a deeply complex and satisfying conversation."
My image in the conversation, is this one: Jump! If you are in the Bay Area, I hope you can make it to the restaurant! |
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