PRIMARY SHAPES- Mark Indig > EXHIBITION #3
EXHIBITION #3
ELECTRIC by Larry Chait
SECOND PLACE
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SECOND PLACE
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Larry Chait says, "I work largely intuitively; my ideas for images come to me when I least expect them, determined by where I happen to find myself, what my mood is, and what thoughts happen to be floating in and out of my head. Most of them I forget straight away. It usually takes me a long time to appreciate my own work and its meaning. But I'm beginning to believe that it all has something to do with imposing order onto a chaotic world.
I am a Chicago photo-based artist who has been actively working since 2002. I studied at the MCA and Columbia College. My work has been in the MoCP’s Midwest Photographers Project, The Chicago Project at Edelman Gallery and the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. I have exhibited widely throughout the country and internationally in 12 solo and more than 80 group exhibitions."
Gallery representation/affiliation:
Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
CollectorWorks, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Perspective Group and Gallery, Evanston, IL
Collections:
Block Museum, Northwestern University
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (Midwest Photographers Project; 2005-2007)
Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis (Flat Files; 2009-2010)
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
Rush University Medical Center
larrychait@gmail.com
773.407.8482
www.larrychait.com
Instagram account: @larrychaitphotoart
I am a Chicago photo-based artist who has been actively working since 2002. I studied at the MCA and Columbia College. My work has been in the MoCP’s Midwest Photographers Project, The Chicago Project at Edelman Gallery and the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. I have exhibited widely throughout the country and internationally in 12 solo and more than 80 group exhibitions."
Gallery representation/affiliation:
Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
CollectorWorks, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Perspective Group and Gallery, Evanston, IL
Collections:
Block Museum, Northwestern University
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (Midwest Photographers Project; 2005-2007)
Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis (Flat Files; 2009-2010)
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
Rush University Medical Center
larrychait@gmail.com
773.407.8482
www.larrychait.com
Instagram account: @larrychaitphotoart
FORE! by Larry Chait
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WINDOW by Larry Chait
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CAUTION by Lee Musgrave
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Lee Musgrave says, "Composition is fundamental to art photography. It communicates the primary intention of the artist. Most artists address it within a rectangular format & noticeable depth of field. Often I prefer engaging it within a square & shallow picture plane for doing so bonds more directly with the abstract qualities of the image revealing the vitality of each line, shape, color and texture so the whole appears greater than the sum of its parts. Further, the square format lessens the significance of the subject’s identity and brings the viewer more directly into the conceptual dynamism of the captured visual image.
Originally from Perth, Australia I studied in Los Angeles with artists Hans Burkhardt (Swiss) and Fritz Faiss (German). Hans was studio partner of Arshile Gorky. Fritz studied at the Bauhaus with Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. I earned a Master of Art degree from California State University, Los Angeles and my artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo & group exhibitions.
I am the recipient of an American National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and specialize in abstract still-life photography which were most recently exhibited in the 2018 Barcelona Foto Biennale; at L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam, NL; at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; in a special curated exhibit for The Photo Review Magazine online edition; in the 2016 Berlin Foto Biennale; and from February 2019 through March 31, 2020 at Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
I share my photographs via Facebook, Instagram, Lensculture.com & my website www.leemusgrave.com.
My studio is in White Salmon, Washington, USA. Lee Musgrave, March 2020.
Originally from Perth, Australia I studied in Los Angeles with artists Hans Burkhardt (Swiss) and Fritz Faiss (German). Hans was studio partner of Arshile Gorky. Fritz studied at the Bauhaus with Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. I earned a Master of Art degree from California State University, Los Angeles and my artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo & group exhibitions.
I am the recipient of an American National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and specialize in abstract still-life photography which were most recently exhibited in the 2018 Barcelona Foto Biennale; at L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam, NL; at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; in a special curated exhibit for The Photo Review Magazine online edition; in the 2016 Berlin Foto Biennale; and from February 2019 through March 31, 2020 at Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
I share my photographs via Facebook, Instagram, Lensculture.com & my website www.leemusgrave.com.
My studio is in White Salmon, Washington, USA. Lee Musgrave, March 2020.
Contact: lee@leemusgrave.com,
HOOP by Lee Musgrave
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SHADOW PLANE by Lee Musgrave
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GRAYSCAPE I by Liyu Xue
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In this group of work, Liyu Xue explores the murky realm of the black and white, where the intensity of the consciousness fluctuates, the bodily presence starting to merge with the surroundings, movement becomes fluid, our self-oriented mind expands and a different self-object-space identity merges.
His works offer a radical and somewhat alternative way of image-making and create new spaces for speculation. The works then became a semiautonomous aspect of lived experience for the artist himself as much as the viewer.
Liyu Xue is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Using an array of media including video, performance, and photography, he explores the performative nature of image-making. Liyu also invests in consciousness research and neuroscience, where he finds new perspectives and evidence to think about the bodily presence and the embodiment. He received his March from School of Architecture at Pratt Institute, where he also studied photography and performance at the School of Art.
Career highlights:
Liyu recently won the Best in Category (Photography) award in the 2020 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition by Craven Art Council.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
Title: Grayscape I
Sale: For Sale; $400
14"X8"
UV printed on Aluminum with Aluminum Back Frame (water and scratch proof)
Signed on Back
Title: Grayscape II
Sale: For Sale; $400
14"X8"
UV printed on Aluminum with Aluminum Back Frame (water and scratch proof)
Signed on Back
Contact: www.liyuxue.art
Instagram: www.instagram.com/liyuxue_art/
Email: studio@liyuxue.art
His works offer a radical and somewhat alternative way of image-making and create new spaces for speculation. The works then became a semiautonomous aspect of lived experience for the artist himself as much as the viewer.
Liyu Xue is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Using an array of media including video, performance, and photography, he explores the performative nature of image-making. Liyu also invests in consciousness research and neuroscience, where he finds new perspectives and evidence to think about the bodily presence and the embodiment. He received his March from School of Architecture at Pratt Institute, where he also studied photography and performance at the School of Art.
Career highlights:
Liyu recently won the Best in Category (Photography) award in the 2020 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition by Craven Art Council.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
Title: Grayscape I
Sale: For Sale; $400
14"X8"
UV printed on Aluminum with Aluminum Back Frame (water and scratch proof)
Signed on Back
Title: Grayscape II
Sale: For Sale; $400
14"X8"
UV printed on Aluminum with Aluminum Back Frame (water and scratch proof)
Signed on Back
Contact: www.liyuxue.art
Instagram: www.instagram.com/liyuxue_art/
Email: studio@liyuxue.art
GRAYSCAPE II by Liyu Xue
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IT'S 82F IN THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM by Liyu Xue
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ONE GOT AWAY by Malcolm Easton
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Malcolm Easton says, "I collect well-used domestic objects—things discarded or set aside by their original owners.
Though I have no direct personal connection with each piece, there is always something in my own experience that leads me to choose one and pass over another. In my current project I draw on this store of artifacts to make temporary arrangements that exist only for the purpose of being photographed. I’m drawn to the shapes, colors and textures of each piece—along with the associations it may evoke. I place familiar objects in unfamiliar juxtapositions, sometimes defying gravity and sometimes defying logic. The objects within a single image may suggest overlaid memories of childhood and adulthood.
My approach to lighting plays a central role. I use only natural light, and I aim to emphasize the tactile qualities of each element. Working in a windowed studio, I use a handheld mirror to reflect a beam of sunlight onto my arrangement. While the shutter is open I move the mirror, adding a gestural component to the illumination.
I invite viewers to examine their own store of objects, some still in use, others set aside, still others that reside only in memory."
Malcolm Easton has been a collector and tinkerer all his life. Born in New York, he's a longtime resident of Berkeley, California. His still life photographs reflect our consumer culture and the life cycle of objects that pass through it. He draws on many historical influences, including Robert Rauschenberg’s Combines, Joseph Cornell’s assemblages, the Unmonumental Sculptures exhibit at The New Museum, as well as classic Dutch and Flemish still lifes. His work is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver.
CV -RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS
Wide Open 8, Best in Show-Gold, (Juror: Cara Manes), BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2017)
TWO-PERSON AND FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Portfolio Showcase-Objects, Davis Orton Gallery,
Hudson, NY (2019)
Uncanny, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO (2018)
Keepsakes of Strangers, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center
Sacramento, CA (2016)
JURIED SHOWS
The Qualities of LIGHT,(Jurors: Rebecca Senf, et.al.), Center for
Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson. (2019-2020)
2019 LA Artcore 3rd Annual Photographic Competition and
Exhibition, (Jurors: Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley, Aline Smithson), Los
Angeles, CA (2019)
The Still Life, (Juror: Kimberly Witham),
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (2018)
www.easton.photo
Though I have no direct personal connection with each piece, there is always something in my own experience that leads me to choose one and pass over another. In my current project I draw on this store of artifacts to make temporary arrangements that exist only for the purpose of being photographed. I’m drawn to the shapes, colors and textures of each piece—along with the associations it may evoke. I place familiar objects in unfamiliar juxtapositions, sometimes defying gravity and sometimes defying logic. The objects within a single image may suggest overlaid memories of childhood and adulthood.
My approach to lighting plays a central role. I use only natural light, and I aim to emphasize the tactile qualities of each element. Working in a windowed studio, I use a handheld mirror to reflect a beam of sunlight onto my arrangement. While the shutter is open I move the mirror, adding a gestural component to the illumination.
I invite viewers to examine their own store of objects, some still in use, others set aside, still others that reside only in memory."
Malcolm Easton has been a collector and tinkerer all his life. Born in New York, he's a longtime resident of Berkeley, California. His still life photographs reflect our consumer culture and the life cycle of objects that pass through it. He draws on many historical influences, including Robert Rauschenberg’s Combines, Joseph Cornell’s assemblages, the Unmonumental Sculptures exhibit at The New Museum, as well as classic Dutch and Flemish still lifes. His work is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver.
CV -RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS
Wide Open 8, Best in Show-Gold, (Juror: Cara Manes), BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2017)
TWO-PERSON AND FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Portfolio Showcase-Objects, Davis Orton Gallery,
Hudson, NY (2019)
Uncanny, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO (2018)
Keepsakes of Strangers, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center
Sacramento, CA (2016)
JURIED SHOWS
The Qualities of LIGHT,(Jurors: Rebecca Senf, et.al.), Center for
Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson. (2019-2020)
2019 LA Artcore 3rd Annual Photographic Competition and
Exhibition, (Jurors: Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley, Aline Smithson), Los
Angeles, CA (2019)
The Still Life, (Juror: Kimberly Witham),
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (2018)
www.easton.photo
OVERHANG by Malcolm Easton
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SUCTION by Malcolm Easton
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FLAME KISSED by Malicious Sheep
Each time a fire is lit, the colours and patterns on the grate shift as the metal reacts and oxidizes.
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Each time a fire is lit, the colours and patterns on the grate shift as the metal reacts and oxidizes.
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Malicious Sheep says, "I like to explore. I capture moments in nature that are often overlooked.
I take portraiture photographs of inanimate objects, flora, fauna, and fungi. I want to capture moments that are emotional. I enjoy finding repeating geometric patterns and matching palettes. I look for a musical quality in my subject matter. Something that vibrates and breathes. I want my photographs to give the feeling of stumbling upon a moment with much larger and complex story. Finding the beauty and balance in both growth and decay, I want to tell the stories of life forgotten. Spiders, insects, birds, plants, mushrooms, lichens and rust are the main focus of my photographic work.
I will wait. If there is a photo opportunity but a leaf is in the way of the shape I am trying to capture, I wait for it to be blown away rather than move it myself. I will wait for the right kind of light for the mood I am trying to capture. I work in all types of weather and take my time exploring the textural changes that occur after dew, rain saturation, snow and drought.
As a self taught multidisciplinary artist, I like to find connections and common threads between many fields of study within my artistic expression.
Maintaining the integrity of the spaces I intrude upon is crucial to me. My photographs are captured in situ, have not been photoshopped, staged or captured with artificial lighting. Raw all the way."
Malicious Sheep is a differently-able, queer multidisciplinary artist and photographer from rural Simcoe County, ON. The artist is self-taught in many mediums including, but not limited to drawing, painting, sculpture, fibre, mixed media, performance, assemblage of found objects, digital and time-based art.
Malicious Sheep has developed motor and mobility issues in recent years and had transitioned primarily to photography as it is the most accessible medium the artist can use at this time.
The artist's mobility issues necessitates the repeated examination and photographic documentation of wildlife within a half-acre property over time. Themes of study include; growth and decay, isolation, worth, as well as patterns and cycles in nature relevant to biomimetics.
Being descendant from craftspersons, clockmakers, ship builders, soldiers and scientists, Malicious Sheep draws from the skills and lessons of these professions and reflects them into artistic expression.
Career Highlights:
- 2020 Flamingo Market: "Flamboyance: Digital Market" Toronto ON
- 2020 Digital Exhibition, "Queerly Collective Digital Exhibition: Queers Just Wanna Have Fun" Via <https://www.queerlycollective.com/gjwhf-2020>
- 2020 Buffalo's Own "Buffalo's Own Presents: Virtual Art Exhibition Series II", Buffalo NY, Via: <https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/573184/virtual-art-exhibition-series-ii>
- 2019 Group Exhibition at Robert McLaughlin Gallery "Exposed", Oshawa ON
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "NYPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: The Poetry of Shadows - Curated by Sandrine Hermand-Grisel" Via: <https://nyphotocurator.com/the-poetry-of-shadows-sandrine-hermand-grisel/exhibition-2/1>
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "LAPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: Trees - Curated by Dulce Stein" Via: <https://www.laphotocurator.com/trees-dulce-stein/exhibition-2/1>
- 2019 Group Exhibition, "Kempenfest", Barrie ON
- 2019 Juried Group Exhibition, Campbell House "Hospice Art Project" June 2019- June 2020, Collingwood ON
- 2019 Juried Outdoor Exhibition, "Collingwood Downtown's Art on the Street - Muskoka Chair Project - May-October", Collingwood ON
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "NYPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: Diptychs - Curated by Ellen Wallenstein" Via: <http//nyphotocurator.com/diptychs-ellen-wallenstien/exhibition-2/1>
- 2018 Group Exhibition, "Next Wave '18 - Gallery Exhibition Aboard The Northern Spirit Cruise Ship", Harbourfront/Lake Ontario, Toronto ON
Contact Info:
https://malicioussheep.portfoliobox.net/
Instagram: @malicioussheep56
I take portraiture photographs of inanimate objects, flora, fauna, and fungi. I want to capture moments that are emotional. I enjoy finding repeating geometric patterns and matching palettes. I look for a musical quality in my subject matter. Something that vibrates and breathes. I want my photographs to give the feeling of stumbling upon a moment with much larger and complex story. Finding the beauty and balance in both growth and decay, I want to tell the stories of life forgotten. Spiders, insects, birds, plants, mushrooms, lichens and rust are the main focus of my photographic work.
I will wait. If there is a photo opportunity but a leaf is in the way of the shape I am trying to capture, I wait for it to be blown away rather than move it myself. I will wait for the right kind of light for the mood I am trying to capture. I work in all types of weather and take my time exploring the textural changes that occur after dew, rain saturation, snow and drought.
As a self taught multidisciplinary artist, I like to find connections and common threads between many fields of study within my artistic expression.
Maintaining the integrity of the spaces I intrude upon is crucial to me. My photographs are captured in situ, have not been photoshopped, staged or captured with artificial lighting. Raw all the way."
Malicious Sheep is a differently-able, queer multidisciplinary artist and photographer from rural Simcoe County, ON. The artist is self-taught in many mediums including, but not limited to drawing, painting, sculpture, fibre, mixed media, performance, assemblage of found objects, digital and time-based art.
Malicious Sheep has developed motor and mobility issues in recent years and had transitioned primarily to photography as it is the most accessible medium the artist can use at this time.
The artist's mobility issues necessitates the repeated examination and photographic documentation of wildlife within a half-acre property over time. Themes of study include; growth and decay, isolation, worth, as well as patterns and cycles in nature relevant to biomimetics.
Being descendant from craftspersons, clockmakers, ship builders, soldiers and scientists, Malicious Sheep draws from the skills and lessons of these professions and reflects them into artistic expression.
Career Highlights:
- 2020 Flamingo Market: "Flamboyance: Digital Market" Toronto ON
- 2020 Digital Exhibition, "Queerly Collective Digital Exhibition: Queers Just Wanna Have Fun" Via <https://www.queerlycollective.com/gjwhf-2020>
- 2020 Buffalo's Own "Buffalo's Own Presents: Virtual Art Exhibition Series II", Buffalo NY, Via: <https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/573184/virtual-art-exhibition-series-ii>
- 2019 Group Exhibition at Robert McLaughlin Gallery "Exposed", Oshawa ON
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "NYPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: The Poetry of Shadows - Curated by Sandrine Hermand-Grisel" Via: <https://nyphotocurator.com/the-poetry-of-shadows-sandrine-hermand-grisel/exhibition-2/1>
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "LAPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: Trees - Curated by Dulce Stein" Via: <https://www.laphotocurator.com/trees-dulce-stein/exhibition-2/1>
- 2019 Group Exhibition, "Kempenfest", Barrie ON
- 2019 Juried Group Exhibition, Campbell House "Hospice Art Project" June 2019- June 2020, Collingwood ON
- 2019 Juried Outdoor Exhibition, "Collingwood Downtown's Art on the Street - Muskoka Chair Project - May-October", Collingwood ON
- 2019 Online Group Exhibition, "NYPHOTOCURATOR Introducing: Diptychs - Curated by Ellen Wallenstein" Via: <http//nyphotocurator.com/diptychs-ellen-wallenstien/exhibition-2/1>
- 2018 Group Exhibition, "Next Wave '18 - Gallery Exhibition Aboard The Northern Spirit Cruise Ship", Harbourfront/Lake Ontario, Toronto ON
Contact Info:
https://malicioussheep.portfoliobox.net/
Instagram: @malicioussheep56
INFRASTRUCTURE by Malicious Sheep
Dewy spiderling webs create a network atop the nut and bolt fastening on a set of pruning shears.
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Dewy spiderling webs create a network atop the nut and bolt fastening on a set of pruning shears.
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PRECIOUS JEWELS by Malicious Sheep
A dewdrop forms on every stinging hair at the tip of each of the thistle’s defensive spines.
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A dewdrop forms on every stinging hair at the tip of each of the thistle’s defensive spines.
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AT HOME ON TOP by Martha Clarkson
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Martha Clarkson says, "I photograph in order to apprehend the world in a different way. The vantage I pursue tells a story that has not been told before. It could be any number of things that compel me to take the photo, but I am driven by the exact moment in time that can be captured, in the precise way it facilitates an unexpected story, for myself, and perhaps a different one for the beholder."
Martha Clarkson’s writing and photography can be found in monkeybicycle, F-Stop,
Clackamas Literary Review, Seattle Review, Portland Review, Mothering Magazine, Tulane Review, Black Box Gallery, Feminine Rising, and Nimrod. She has two notable short stories in Best American Short Stories.
Photography Publications:
September 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Magazine All That’s Left
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Ben Speaks Hope is a Doorway
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Set Us Straight
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Hole in the Head Review
Layers Reveal
Tree Talk
Looking Back
June 2020
LightSpaceandTime Gallery
Guardians of Valparaiso
May 2019
Gnu (cover)
Looking Up
May 2019
Aji Magazine
Outlook
March 2019
Ravens Perch
Birthday on the Street
Twice Thought
Odds are Against It
Path
Bottoms Up
June 2018 Rain Magazine Pride Despite
December 2017
Crux Magazine
No Hope
My Own Home
The Overnight
Whose Wagon?
December 2017
Storm Cellar
I See You
November 2017
Black Box Gallery
The Standard
August 2017 Rain Magazine Valparaiso Photo Tour Sand Photo
July 2017 Junto Magazine Within Reach
“Believe”
April 2017
West Texas Literary Review
5 photos
(publications from 2013-2016 available upon request. Also, glad to provide this list in another format if you prefer.)
Career Highlights:
Martha has just exited 36 years as a commercial interior designer, developing Design Language for Place, as well as Accessible Workplace.
She has read her stories in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. She is a bowler and tennis player and owns five typewriters that get used.
www.marthaclarkson.com
Martha Clarkson’s writing and photography can be found in monkeybicycle, F-Stop,
Clackamas Literary Review, Seattle Review, Portland Review, Mothering Magazine, Tulane Review, Black Box Gallery, Feminine Rising, and Nimrod. She has two notable short stories in Best American Short Stories.
Photography Publications:
September 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Magazine All That’s Left
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Ben Speaks Hope is a Doorway
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Set Us Straight
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Hole in the Head Review
Layers Reveal
Tree Talk
Looking Back
June 2020
LightSpaceandTime Gallery
Guardians of Valparaiso
May 2019
Gnu (cover)
Looking Up
May 2019
Aji Magazine
Outlook
March 2019
Ravens Perch
Birthday on the Street
Twice Thought
Odds are Against It
Path
Bottoms Up
June 2018 Rain Magazine Pride Despite
December 2017
Crux Magazine
No Hope
My Own Home
The Overnight
Whose Wagon?
December 2017
Storm Cellar
I See You
November 2017
Black Box Gallery
The Standard
August 2017 Rain Magazine Valparaiso Photo Tour Sand Photo
July 2017 Junto Magazine Within Reach
“Believe”
April 2017
West Texas Literary Review
5 photos
(publications from 2013-2016 available upon request. Also, glad to provide this list in another format if you prefer.)
Career Highlights:
Martha has just exited 36 years as a commercial interior designer, developing Design Language for Place, as well as Accessible Workplace.
She has read her stories in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. She is a bowler and tennis player and owns five typewriters that get used.
www.marthaclarkson.com
BETWEEN THE LEGS by Martha Clarkson
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CHASE A DREAM by Martha Clarkson
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LONE FLOAT by Martha Clarkson
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Martha Clarkson says, "I photograph in order to apprehend the world in a different way. The vantage I pursue tells a story that has not been told before. It could be any number of things that compel me to take the photo, but I am driven by the exact moment in time that can be captured, in the precise way it facilitates an unexpected story, for myself, and perhaps a different one for the beholder."
Martha Clarkson’s writing and photography can be found in monkeybicycle, F-Stop,
Clackamas Literary Review, Seattle Review, Portland Review, Mothering Magazine, Tulane Review, Black Box Gallery, Feminine Rising, and Nimrod. She has two notable short stories in Best American Short Stories.
Photography Publications:
September 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Magazine All That’s Left
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Ben Speaks Hope is a Doorway
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Set Us Straight
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Hole in the Head Review
Layers Reveal
Tree Talk
Looking Back
June 2020
LightSpaceandTime Gallery
Guardians of Valparaiso
May 2019
Gnu (cover)
Looking Up
May 2019
Aji Magazine
Outlook
March 2019
Ravens Perch
Birthday on the Street
Twice Thought
Odds are Against It
Path
Bottoms Up
June 2018 Rain Magazine Pride Despite
December 2017
Crux Magazine
No Hope
My Own Home
The Overnight
Whose Wagon?
December 2017
Storm Cellar
I See You
November 2017
Black Box Gallery
The Standard
August 2017 Rain Magazine Valparaiso Photo Tour Sand Photo
July 2017 Junto Magazine Within Reach
“Believe”
April 2017
West Texas Literary Review
5 photos
(publications from 2013-2016 available upon request. Also, glad to provide this list in another format if you prefer.)
Career Highlights:
Martha has just exited 36 years as a commercial interior designer, developing Design Language for Place, as well as Accessible Workplace.
She has read her stories in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. She is a bowler and tennis player and owns five typewriters that get used.
www.marthaclarkson.com
Martha Clarkson’s writing and photography can be found in monkeybicycle, F-Stop,
Clackamas Literary Review, Seattle Review, Portland Review, Mothering Magazine, Tulane Review, Black Box Gallery, Feminine Rising, and Nimrod. She has two notable short stories in Best American Short Stories.
Photography Publications:
September 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Magazine All That’s Left
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Ben Speaks Hope is a Doorway
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Rain Set Us Straight
July 2020 (forthcoming)
Hole in the Head Review
Layers Reveal
Tree Talk
Looking Back
June 2020
LightSpaceandTime Gallery
Guardians of Valparaiso
May 2019
Gnu (cover)
Looking Up
May 2019
Aji Magazine
Outlook
March 2019
Ravens Perch
Birthday on the Street
Twice Thought
Odds are Against It
Path
Bottoms Up
June 2018 Rain Magazine Pride Despite
December 2017
Crux Magazine
No Hope
My Own Home
The Overnight
Whose Wagon?
December 2017
Storm Cellar
I See You
November 2017
Black Box Gallery
The Standard
August 2017 Rain Magazine Valparaiso Photo Tour Sand Photo
July 2017 Junto Magazine Within Reach
“Believe”
April 2017
West Texas Literary Review
5 photos
(publications from 2013-2016 available upon request. Also, glad to provide this list in another format if you prefer.)
Career Highlights:
Martha has just exited 36 years as a commercial interior designer, developing Design Language for Place, as well as Accessible Workplace.
She has read her stories in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. She is a bowler and tennis player and owns five typewriters that get used.
www.marthaclarkson.com
ONE SQUARED by Martha Clarkson
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THE SHAPE OF PASSAGE by Martha Clarkson
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CONJUNCTIVE POINTS by Maureen Haldeman
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Maureen Haldeman says, "This new work is a color extension of my black and white Defining shadow series, in which I used the dance of light and shifting shadows to define the images; my focus has now shifted more to unexpected intersections of geometric form, shapes and lines.
In both cases I am searching for new methods to ‘read the city’, without reference to recognizable places. The abstractions inherent in architecture are my subjects. The images are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretations become multifaceted, as the structures themselves."
Maureen Haldeman was born in Holland, raised in Montreal and now resides in Malibu, California.
After settling in Los Angeles, she established MJH Photography in Malibu, specializing in portraiture and then expanding her photographic horizons to include architectural and street photography.
After art history and fine art photography studies at UCLA she began shooting nature – primarily the ocean and its surrounding landscape and abstractions found in the urban landscape. Maureen has taught photography and darkroom skills at the College level, done freelance work for publications including The Los Angeles Times, and has been commissioned to do private photographic projects for the entertainment industry.
Her work is frequently used in set design for film, television and commercials and her photographs are exhibited in galleries nationally and abroad. She has been featured in many publications, online galleries and blogs, including Lenscratch, L'oeil de la Photographie, Silvershotz, Featureshoot, Fusion Art, and Fabrik Magazine, as well as on Duncan Miller Gallery's 'Your Daily Photograph.'
In addition to being part of private collections her photographs are also part of the City of Malibu’s public collection and The Bieneke Library at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.She is represented by Fabrik Project in Los Angeles.
Haldeman was appointed to serve as a member of the Malibu Arts Task Force, to identify public art opportunities and implement a public arts policy for the city; she continues to be active in Los Angeles art-related events.
Career Highlights:
Recent career highlights include "Defining Shadows" solo exhibition (2019) at Fabrik Projects Gallery, Los Angeles.
Participation in group exhibitions in Paris, Italy, Japan, Hungary (awarded Juror's Prize) and Spain.
Group shows throughout the US, including recent award for 3rd place in Luminosity at the New York Center for Photographic Art.
New work since quarantine on view in Here Comes the Sun, a virtual 3D Gallery viewing experience.
Solo virtual exhibition slated for October 2020.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
1) Conjunctive Points I - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12
Signed
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
2) Conjunctive Points II - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12
Signed
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
3) Conjunctive Points I - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12 in each size
Signed on back
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
Contact: Maureen Haldeman
email: mjhphoyography@aol.com
www.maureenhaldemanphotography.com
https://www.instagram.com/maureenhaldemanphoto
https://www.facebook.com/maureenhaldemanphotography
(310)422-1390
In both cases I am searching for new methods to ‘read the city’, without reference to recognizable places. The abstractions inherent in architecture are my subjects. The images are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretations become multifaceted, as the structures themselves."
Maureen Haldeman was born in Holland, raised in Montreal and now resides in Malibu, California.
After settling in Los Angeles, she established MJH Photography in Malibu, specializing in portraiture and then expanding her photographic horizons to include architectural and street photography.
After art history and fine art photography studies at UCLA she began shooting nature – primarily the ocean and its surrounding landscape and abstractions found in the urban landscape. Maureen has taught photography and darkroom skills at the College level, done freelance work for publications including The Los Angeles Times, and has been commissioned to do private photographic projects for the entertainment industry.
Her work is frequently used in set design for film, television and commercials and her photographs are exhibited in galleries nationally and abroad. She has been featured in many publications, online galleries and blogs, including Lenscratch, L'oeil de la Photographie, Silvershotz, Featureshoot, Fusion Art, and Fabrik Magazine, as well as on Duncan Miller Gallery's 'Your Daily Photograph.'
In addition to being part of private collections her photographs are also part of the City of Malibu’s public collection and The Bieneke Library at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.She is represented by Fabrik Project in Los Angeles.
Haldeman was appointed to serve as a member of the Malibu Arts Task Force, to identify public art opportunities and implement a public arts policy for the city; she continues to be active in Los Angeles art-related events.
Career Highlights:
Recent career highlights include "Defining Shadows" solo exhibition (2019) at Fabrik Projects Gallery, Los Angeles.
Participation in group exhibitions in Paris, Italy, Japan, Hungary (awarded Juror's Prize) and Spain.
Group shows throughout the US, including recent award for 3rd place in Luminosity at the New York Center for Photographic Art.
New work since quarantine on view in Here Comes the Sun, a virtual 3D Gallery viewing experience.
Solo virtual exhibition slated for October 2020.
IMAGES FOR SALE:
1) Conjunctive Points I - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12
Signed
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
2) Conjunctive Points II - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12
Signed
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
3) Conjunctive Points I - 19"H x 13" W
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag paper
Limited edition of 12 in each size
Signed on back
$350 unframed (additional sizes upon request)
Contact: Maureen Haldeman
email: mjhphoyography@aol.com
www.maureenhaldemanphotography.com
https://www.instagram.com/maureenhaldemanphoto
https://www.facebook.com/maureenhaldemanphotography
(310)422-1390
CONJUNCTIVE POINTS II by Maureen Haldeman
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CONJUNCTIVE POINTS III by Maureen Haldeman
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FIGURES by Patrick Zelis
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Patrick Zélis says, "In this photos, I find my interest in composition, the play of color and light. Focusing on details, I compose graphic images with a minimalist aesthetic, where abstraction often takes on the representation of the landscape. An approach that reflects my way of seeing the world and that allows to rediscover spaces under a different eye."
Patrick Zélis is an amateur photographer who lives in Belgium and likes the street photography and the graphic compositions.
He exhibited in several cities : Brussels (Art Truc Troc 2016, 2020), Paris (festival Regards Croisés 2019), New York (FOCUS LA finalists exhibition summer 2019), Budapest (BIFA winners exhibition 2019), …
One of his photos was chosen as main visual for the festival “Trieste Photo days” in 2019.
CV :
Exhibitions
2020 (to come) Collective exhibition, Photometria Festival, Athens
2020 Collective exhibition at BOZAR in Brussels for "Art Truc Troc"
2019 Collective exhibition, BIFA winners exhibition, gallery Hybridartspace, Budapest
2019 Collective exhibition, festival Regards Croisés, Paris
​2019 Collective exhibition in Harris+Hoole in Twickenham London, London Photo Festival
2019 Chosen as main visual for the festival "Trieste Photo Days" + Winners' exhibition
2019 Collective exhibition in New York City, FOCUS LA
2019 Collective exhibition "Street photography" at the Blank Wall Galery in Athens (Greece)
2016 Collective exhibition at BOZAR in Brussels for "Art Truc Troc"
Awards
2019 International Color Awards, Category Aerial, 2nd place winner
2019 Annual Photography Awards, Category Street, Honorable Mention
2019 14th Pollux Awards, Non Pro, Category Abstract Single, Winner (1 photo) + Honorable Mention (1 photo)
2019 Street Photo Awards, Category Urban architecture, 1st place winner
2019 Chromatic Photo Awards, Amateur, Category Street, 1st place winner
2019 BIFA awards, Category science, 2nd place winner
2019 TSPN awards, Single contest, 2nd and 3rd place winner
2019 International Photography Awards, Category Street Photography, Honorable Mention
2019 London Photo Festival, Astract photography competition, Honorable Mention
2019 FOCUS LA Summer, Finalist
2019 Minimalist photo awards, Category Architecture, Honorable Mention
2019 Urban Photo Awards, Winner (1 photo) Finalist (2 photos)
Publications
2019 Urban unveils, dotart cultural association through Exhibit Around
2019 F-Stop magazine, Online magazine, Issue #97 Abstraction
2019 Short Street Stories, dotart cultural association through Exhibit Around
2019 F-Stop magazine, Online magazine, Issue #96 Consumption
https://patrickzelis.weebly.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrick_zelis/
20 Le Croly
1390 Grez-Doiceau
Belgium
+32476 89 59 48
Patrick Zélis is an amateur photographer who lives in Belgium and likes the street photography and the graphic compositions.
He exhibited in several cities : Brussels (Art Truc Troc 2016, 2020), Paris (festival Regards Croisés 2019), New York (FOCUS LA finalists exhibition summer 2019), Budapest (BIFA winners exhibition 2019), …
One of his photos was chosen as main visual for the festival “Trieste Photo days” in 2019.
CV :
Exhibitions
2020 (to come) Collective exhibition, Photometria Festival, Athens
2020 Collective exhibition at BOZAR in Brussels for "Art Truc Troc"
2019 Collective exhibition, BIFA winners exhibition, gallery Hybridartspace, Budapest
2019 Collective exhibition, festival Regards Croisés, Paris
​2019 Collective exhibition in Harris+Hoole in Twickenham London, London Photo Festival
2019 Chosen as main visual for the festival "Trieste Photo Days" + Winners' exhibition
2019 Collective exhibition in New York City, FOCUS LA
2019 Collective exhibition "Street photography" at the Blank Wall Galery in Athens (Greece)
2016 Collective exhibition at BOZAR in Brussels for "Art Truc Troc"
Awards
2019 International Color Awards, Category Aerial, 2nd place winner
2019 Annual Photography Awards, Category Street, Honorable Mention
2019 14th Pollux Awards, Non Pro, Category Abstract Single, Winner (1 photo) + Honorable Mention (1 photo)
2019 Street Photo Awards, Category Urban architecture, 1st place winner
2019 Chromatic Photo Awards, Amateur, Category Street, 1st place winner
2019 BIFA awards, Category science, 2nd place winner
2019 TSPN awards, Single contest, 2nd and 3rd place winner
2019 International Photography Awards, Category Street Photography, Honorable Mention
2019 London Photo Festival, Astract photography competition, Honorable Mention
2019 FOCUS LA Summer, Finalist
2019 Minimalist photo awards, Category Architecture, Honorable Mention
2019 Urban Photo Awards, Winner (1 photo) Finalist (2 photos)
Publications
2019 Urban unveils, dotart cultural association through Exhibit Around
2019 F-Stop magazine, Online magazine, Issue #97 Abstraction
2019 Short Street Stories, dotart cultural association through Exhibit Around
2019 F-Stop magazine, Online magazine, Issue #96 Consumption
https://patrickzelis.weebly.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrick_zelis/
20 Le Croly
1390 Grez-Doiceau
Belgium
+32476 89 59 48
SHAPES by Patrick Zelis
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WHITE HOUSE by Patrick Zelis
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JOIN THE DOTS OF FOUR GENERATIONS, ROUND AND ROUND by Paula Rae Gibson
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Paula Rae Gibson is from the Uk, working in analogue and digital to create a visual emotional world. Most recently her work has won the following ….Honorary award, Julia Margaret Cameron prize for Portrait and Fine Art 2019
South x Southeast Photogallery, Molena, Celina Lunsford jury, I"m Coming Home. June 2019
HUMAN REPRESENTATION –Linda Robinson, PORTRAIT - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,Midwest Center for Photography,Franklin, USA. Hear It In My Spirit.
IPA AWARD HONORABLE MENTION for book price IMPLOSION, 2019
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards WINNER in Women seen by Women.JURY- Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Richardson, and Analy Werbin. DECEMBER 2019.
She exhibited int eh Rotterdam Fot Festival Janruary 2020.
www.paularaegibson.com
South x Southeast Photogallery, Molena, Celina Lunsford jury, I"m Coming Home. June 2019
HUMAN REPRESENTATION –Linda Robinson, PORTRAIT - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,Midwest Center for Photography,Franklin, USA. Hear It In My Spirit.
IPA AWARD HONORABLE MENTION for book price IMPLOSION, 2019
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards WINNER in Women seen by Women.JURY- Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Richardson, and Analy Werbin. DECEMBER 2019.
She exhibited int eh Rotterdam Fot Festival Janruary 2020.
www.paularaegibson.com
JOIN THE DOTS OF FOUR GENERATIONS, ROUND AND ROUND 2 by Paula Rae Gibson
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ON YOUR MADEME by Paula Rae Gibson
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CUBES & MARBLE by Peter Miller
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Peter Miller says of his series, "Small Worlds", "Damn virus. The virus hit in the SF Bay Area in early March 2020 putting a temporary stop to two of my ongoing series, Scenes, San Francisco, and Street Performers. I'm dependent on public transportation and clearly it was too great a risk, I had to stop shooting in the city.
With my projects shut down by the virus, I was creatively and physically stuck. There was no travel and little close human contact. I'm fortunate to have my studio and workshop space to work in, though it's very small.
Necessity, the mother of invention. So, I
began experimenting. First I worked on photo montages using existing images.
Then I pulled out an old macro lens that I had almost sold on EBay. I shot small objects with very fine detail to blend into scenes that mixed a wide range of scale. I'm still woking on these montages but they are very time consuming.
On a whim, I shot some small objects within a composition using the macro lens and it actually worked as a piece of art on its own.
I refined my macro process over time, gathering information on YouTube. Then
an old project suggested taking my macro compositions further.
An old theme resurrected.
Several years ago I was a marketing communications consultant to Polaroid's digital imaging group. I produced several projects to "prove" the imaging quality of Polaroid technology. One of the projects was the production of a collection of images that re-created 17th century Dutch flower paintings. All of the images were highly detailed, painstakingly constructed and sourced, each set costing thousands of dollars.
To be true to the original paintings required an understanding of their intent, symbolism, and meaning. Religion played a major role in all aspects of life. It was assumed that a representation of a vase of flowers had meaning transmitted not just between the artist and the the viewer, but also by God. Underlying themes in 17th century still life paintings explored the fragile nature of life and beauty, the prospect of decay and death, and the afterlife.
Back to the present.
It all began to come together. I liked the whimsical nature of the props that I could gather from my studio, workshop, odds and ends in the house and the gardens outside. Each of the scenes are very small in real life, the largest being 8 x 8 x 8 inches. I can build the sets for my "Small Worlds" quickly and make small incremental variants to make a final composition.
The collection you see here are all very recent images from this summer. Now that I've seen the results of the early experiments I will continue on and build some sets and backgrounds in my workshop. I'll buy a few props on eBay, maybe add some additional lighting but I'm keeping this project low budget with as many found objects as possible.
The virus lockdown is still in force here in California. Will we ever get back to a normal life? But the pandemic did force me to see things in a new way and create my own "Small Worlds"."
Peter is a San Francisco Bay Area artist-photographer. He graduated from the University of Chicago with an MFA in painting and photography.
As a national and international award winning art director and photographer, he established his marketing communications business, Peter Miller Art & Design, LLC, in 1992 and worked for major imaging companies including Agfa-Gevaert, Polaroid, and Kodak, promoting their international brands.
Peter is dedicated to fine art photography both exhibiting my own work and as a gallerist. He launched Peter Miller Fine Art Photography Gallery in Providence Rhode Island in 2014 to fulfill an unmet need for the photography community. Before moving to California he conceived, founded, recruited a board of directors, and was Chief Evangelist for the Providence Center for Photographic Arts (PCPA). Peter currently lives and works in San Mateo, CA.
RESUME (condensed)
Peter Miller Art & Design, LLC
President and Owner, (1992 to present)
• Established a creative design and communications consultancy to help clients identify appropriate communications tools to assist marketing objectives
• Provide creative direction, design, and production for mobile app, print, and interactive communication materials
• Shoot digital photography and video
• Selected clients: Kodak, Agfa Corporation, Polaroid Corporation, Brown University, Manhattan College, Moses Brown School, The Westminster Schools, The Haverford School, Banta Corporation, Talbots, Inc., eRoom Technology, Inc., Presstek, Inc., Quincy College, Tyco Corporation, Beacon Power Corporation, SustainX, Brunswick School
Providence Center for Photographic Arts
Founder & Chairman, (2016 to 2018)
• Organized a new non-profit organization: recruited a Board of Directors, wrote the by-laws, donated assets
• Developed the strategy for all revenue streams from exhibits, events, workshops, and membership
• Engaged internationally-known fine art photography experts to juror open call exhibits
• Built revenue to sustain the organization
• Developed the organization’s marketing program for online and traditional media
• Designed, built, and managed the website and e-mail marketing program
Exhibits (2018-2020)
• South x Southeast Photo Gallery, “Still Life”, Molena, GA
• Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, THE PORTRAIT, Minneapolis, MN
• Black Box Gallery, “Portraiture: Photography Now”, Portland, OR
• A Smith Gallery, “Portraits”, Johnson City, TX
• Marin Society of Artists, “IMAGES 2020”, San Raphael, CA
• Auburn Art Gallery, “Downtown”, Best of Show, Los Angeles, CA
• Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, THE STREETS, Minneapolis, MN, Juror’s Choice Award
• PhotoCentral Gallery, 42nd Area Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibition, Hayward, CA
• The Emerald Art Center, Three-photographers: 4th Annual Spotlight on Photography, Springfield, OR
• A Smith Gallery, “Surroundings”, Johnson City, TX
• Black Box Gallery, “Framed: Portrait Photography”, Portland, OR
• The Noyes Museum of Art, “Sense of Place”, RAW 2020 – 6th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Hammonton, NJ
• Texas Photographic Society, Urban Landscape, 1st prize, Houston, TX
• LH Horton Jr Gallery, Contemporary Portraiture, Stockton, CA
• Yeiser Art Center, Art Through the Lens 2019, Paducah, KY
• South x Southeast Photo Gallery, “Portrait”, Molena, GA
• The Emerald Art Center, Photography at the Emerald: 4th Annual Autumn Exhibition – 2019, Springfield, OR
• San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, Gold Award, Berkeley, CA
• Southeast Center for Photography, “Open”, Greenville, SC
• NYC4PA Gallery, “Humans”, New York, NY
• A Smith Gallery, “Street”, Johnson City, TX
Career Highlights
* Took my future wife on our first date to see my artwork hanging in the Chicago Institue of Art
* Art directed and executive producer of a digital art magazine created on a mini bus traveling through europe
* Opened my own photography gallery
Peter Miller Photography
1741 Celeste Drive
San Mateo, CA 94402
(401) 225-6792
http://petermiller-photo.com
peter@petermiller-photo.com
With my projects shut down by the virus, I was creatively and physically stuck. There was no travel and little close human contact. I'm fortunate to have my studio and workshop space to work in, though it's very small.
Necessity, the mother of invention. So, I
began experimenting. First I worked on photo montages using existing images.
Then I pulled out an old macro lens that I had almost sold on EBay. I shot small objects with very fine detail to blend into scenes that mixed a wide range of scale. I'm still woking on these montages but they are very time consuming.
On a whim, I shot some small objects within a composition using the macro lens and it actually worked as a piece of art on its own.
I refined my macro process over time, gathering information on YouTube. Then
an old project suggested taking my macro compositions further.
An old theme resurrected.
Several years ago I was a marketing communications consultant to Polaroid's digital imaging group. I produced several projects to "prove" the imaging quality of Polaroid technology. One of the projects was the production of a collection of images that re-created 17th century Dutch flower paintings. All of the images were highly detailed, painstakingly constructed and sourced, each set costing thousands of dollars.
To be true to the original paintings required an understanding of their intent, symbolism, and meaning. Religion played a major role in all aspects of life. It was assumed that a representation of a vase of flowers had meaning transmitted not just between the artist and the the viewer, but also by God. Underlying themes in 17th century still life paintings explored the fragile nature of life and beauty, the prospect of decay and death, and the afterlife.
Back to the present.
It all began to come together. I liked the whimsical nature of the props that I could gather from my studio, workshop, odds and ends in the house and the gardens outside. Each of the scenes are very small in real life, the largest being 8 x 8 x 8 inches. I can build the sets for my "Small Worlds" quickly and make small incremental variants to make a final composition.
The collection you see here are all very recent images from this summer. Now that I've seen the results of the early experiments I will continue on and build some sets and backgrounds in my workshop. I'll buy a few props on eBay, maybe add some additional lighting but I'm keeping this project low budget with as many found objects as possible.
The virus lockdown is still in force here in California. Will we ever get back to a normal life? But the pandemic did force me to see things in a new way and create my own "Small Worlds"."
Peter is a San Francisco Bay Area artist-photographer. He graduated from the University of Chicago with an MFA in painting and photography.
As a national and international award winning art director and photographer, he established his marketing communications business, Peter Miller Art & Design, LLC, in 1992 and worked for major imaging companies including Agfa-Gevaert, Polaroid, and Kodak, promoting their international brands.
Peter is dedicated to fine art photography both exhibiting my own work and as a gallerist. He launched Peter Miller Fine Art Photography Gallery in Providence Rhode Island in 2014 to fulfill an unmet need for the photography community. Before moving to California he conceived, founded, recruited a board of directors, and was Chief Evangelist for the Providence Center for Photographic Arts (PCPA). Peter currently lives and works in San Mateo, CA.
RESUME (condensed)
Peter Miller Art & Design, LLC
President and Owner, (1992 to present)
• Established a creative design and communications consultancy to help clients identify appropriate communications tools to assist marketing objectives
• Provide creative direction, design, and production for mobile app, print, and interactive communication materials
• Shoot digital photography and video
• Selected clients: Kodak, Agfa Corporation, Polaroid Corporation, Brown University, Manhattan College, Moses Brown School, The Westminster Schools, The Haverford School, Banta Corporation, Talbots, Inc., eRoom Technology, Inc., Presstek, Inc., Quincy College, Tyco Corporation, Beacon Power Corporation, SustainX, Brunswick School
Providence Center for Photographic Arts
Founder & Chairman, (2016 to 2018)
• Organized a new non-profit organization: recruited a Board of Directors, wrote the by-laws, donated assets
• Developed the strategy for all revenue streams from exhibits, events, workshops, and membership
• Engaged internationally-known fine art photography experts to juror open call exhibits
• Built revenue to sustain the organization
• Developed the organization’s marketing program for online and traditional media
• Designed, built, and managed the website and e-mail marketing program
Exhibits (2018-2020)
• South x Southeast Photo Gallery, “Still Life”, Molena, GA
• Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, THE PORTRAIT, Minneapolis, MN
• Black Box Gallery, “Portraiture: Photography Now”, Portland, OR
• A Smith Gallery, “Portraits”, Johnson City, TX
• Marin Society of Artists, “IMAGES 2020”, San Raphael, CA
• Auburn Art Gallery, “Downtown”, Best of Show, Los Angeles, CA
• Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, THE STREETS, Minneapolis, MN, Juror’s Choice Award
• PhotoCentral Gallery, 42nd Area Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibition, Hayward, CA
• The Emerald Art Center, Three-photographers: 4th Annual Spotlight on Photography, Springfield, OR
• A Smith Gallery, “Surroundings”, Johnson City, TX
• Black Box Gallery, “Framed: Portrait Photography”, Portland, OR
• The Noyes Museum of Art, “Sense of Place”, RAW 2020 – 6th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Hammonton, NJ
• Texas Photographic Society, Urban Landscape, 1st prize, Houston, TX
• LH Horton Jr Gallery, Contemporary Portraiture, Stockton, CA
• Yeiser Art Center, Art Through the Lens 2019, Paducah, KY
• South x Southeast Photo Gallery, “Portrait”, Molena, GA
• The Emerald Art Center, Photography at the Emerald: 4th Annual Autumn Exhibition – 2019, Springfield, OR
• San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, Gold Award, Berkeley, CA
• Southeast Center for Photography, “Open”, Greenville, SC
• NYC4PA Gallery, “Humans”, New York, NY
• A Smith Gallery, “Street”, Johnson City, TX
Career Highlights
* Took my future wife on our first date to see my artwork hanging in the Chicago Institue of Art
* Art directed and executive producer of a digital art magazine created on a mini bus traveling through europe
* Opened my own photography gallery
Peter Miller Photography
1741 Celeste Drive
San Mateo, CA 94402
(401) 225-6792
http://petermiller-photo.com
peter@petermiller-photo.com
PLUMB BOB PYRAMID & ROSE by Peter Miller
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TUNA CAN BRANCH & WASHERS by Peter Miller
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DEPTH OF FIELD by Rich Vogel
HONORABLE MENTION
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HONORABLE MENTION
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Rich Vogel says, "When people ask me what I photograph, I answer, half seriously, "Things that don't move."
My approach to photography is deliberate, which is one reason I concentrate on landscapes.
When I photograph landscapes, I usually focus on lines: the horizontal of the horizon, the verticals of trees, the diagonals of hills and mountains.
When I thought of the the theme of primary shapes, it surprised me to notice that some of my favorite images are composed around circles and ovals. I’m not sure what this means, but one aspect of these figures suggests the unbroken cycle of life.
What brings these three very different images together perhaps, is that all three in different ways hint that things go on, that even that magnificent tree that is now gone will be replaced by another, that even our small planet is just one of countless others that we listen for and that others will be out there long after we’re gone. This makes us feel small, but I find this promise of continuity reassuring.
I use mostly black and white film in medium and large format to take my time and capture detail and to concentrate on variations and balance of tone, contrast and composition. I develop and print the negatives using traditional darkroom processes, partly to concentrate more on the images and tones, but mostly because I’m tired of sitting in front of a computer and enjoy the process, working with my hands.
Bio
Travel for work and the iPhone revived my interest in photography. After a brief fling with digital photography, I fell in love with film and darkroom processes. After retiring from a career in software, I TAed at the New England School of Photography, I still struggle in the darkroom, wander the woods north of Boston and travel under the big skies out West every summer.
Career Highlights:
I started showing my work in 2014 at Theia Studios in North Andover, Massachusetts. Since then, I have shown work at Camera Commons, The Darkroom Gallery, the Griffin Museum of Photography, a photo of the day at Don't Take Pictures and an honorable mention on L.A. Photo Curator."
https://www.richvogelphotography.com
Rmlv42@gmail.com
+1 978-886-8506
My approach to photography is deliberate, which is one reason I concentrate on landscapes.
When I photograph landscapes, I usually focus on lines: the horizontal of the horizon, the verticals of trees, the diagonals of hills and mountains.
When I thought of the the theme of primary shapes, it surprised me to notice that some of my favorite images are composed around circles and ovals. I’m not sure what this means, but one aspect of these figures suggests the unbroken cycle of life.
What brings these three very different images together perhaps, is that all three in different ways hint that things go on, that even that magnificent tree that is now gone will be replaced by another, that even our small planet is just one of countless others that we listen for and that others will be out there long after we’re gone. This makes us feel small, but I find this promise of continuity reassuring.
I use mostly black and white film in medium and large format to take my time and capture detail and to concentrate on variations and balance of tone, contrast and composition. I develop and print the negatives using traditional darkroom processes, partly to concentrate more on the images and tones, but mostly because I’m tired of sitting in front of a computer and enjoy the process, working with my hands.
Bio
Travel for work and the iPhone revived my interest in photography. After a brief fling with digital photography, I fell in love with film and darkroom processes. After retiring from a career in software, I TAed at the New England School of Photography, I still struggle in the darkroom, wander the woods north of Boston and travel under the big skies out West every summer.
Career Highlights:
I started showing my work in 2014 at Theia Studios in North Andover, Massachusetts. Since then, I have shown work at Camera Commons, The Darkroom Gallery, the Griffin Museum of Photography, a photo of the day at Don't Take Pictures and an honorable mention on L.A. Photo Curator."
https://www.richvogelphotography.com
Rmlv42@gmail.com
+1 978-886-8506
DARK WATER by Rich Vogel
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FRESH SNOW by Rich Vogel
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PRIMARY SHAPES HOME PAGE:
https://www.laphotocurator.com/primary-shapes-mark-indig
FIRST PLACE:
https://www.laphotocurator.com/primary-shapes-mark-indig/first-place-brian-cann-alex-and-the-big-blue-chair----/1
SECOND PAGE:
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