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My Image
One
of the Gallery Partners or Artists-in-Residence will feature one
of their own images with a short photo essay. The only rule is that
the text has to start with the words
"My image ........"
All images copyright by the individual photographers,
all rights reserved.
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July 2008
Angles & Planes
by Dan Neuberger
My Image, "Angles
& Planes", is
currently the favorite among
my
images. It was taken on the incredible island of
Santorini, about an hour's flight south of Athens. This
volcanic island is a paradise, especially for
photographers. Having said that, I think that given a
half way decent camera, even a chimpanzee would come out
with great pictures of that wonderfully photogenic
island. Many years ago, a gallery director asked me to
describe my work with one adjective....after some deep
thinking (which some friends consider me incapable of ),
I came up with UNCLUTTERED. Some of these so-called
friends have seen my house, and got a big kick out
of this description, as near the entrance is a sign
proclaiming AN UNCLUTTERED HOUSE IS A SIGN OF A MISSPENT
LIFE..... and my life has been anything but misspent
!. I think what makes it so appealing to me is that it
is very simple, with no extraneous elements, graphic,
has a wonderful tonal scale, good composition, nice
texture, and is black-and-white ( a medium I am not as
proficient in as color). This image was recently part of
a Print Club of Rochester exhibit at the Arts and
Cultural Council.
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July 2008
Big Sur with
Pampas Grass
by Phyllis Thompson
My Image was taken shortly after sunrise
near Lucia in the Big Sur area of Route 1 between
San Francisco
and Los Angeles.
This was one of my first exhibiting images taken with
my Hasselblad X-Pan panoramic camera. The
photograph was taken shortly after sunrise, and I was
inspired not only by the pampas grass in the foreground but
also by the fog rising over the distant hills and by the
waves as they rushed toward the shoreline below.
Distant landscapes, shorelines, and tall trees are a
few examples of scenes which lend themselves to panoramic
images. When
approaching a scene, I often try to visualize it from a
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June 2008
Mercury and Wings II
by
Sheridan Vincent
My
Image, "Mercury and Wings II" combines two iconic
features of Rochester's skyline. I first saw the possibility
while driving on an upper floor of the parking ramp on South
Avenue when I saw Mercury atop the Lawyers Cooperative
Extension building pass in front of the Wings of the Times
Square Building. Although they are a couple of blocks apart,
a long-lens perspective brings them together with careful
positioning in what I thought was an interesting
juxtaposition. I have shot it twice, catching a moment in
the second attempt with a morning-sunrise lighting against a
darkened sky and approaching rain shower. The contrast of
the human form of the Mercury statue and the intricate
structure of the Wings opened up by the lighting enhance my
appreciation of the past artists who can inspire us yet
today. To credit them, the sculptor for Mercury was J.
Guernsey Mitchell who produced it in 1881 and the architect
for the "Wings of Progress" was Ralph T. Walker completed in
1930.
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April 2008
Knight Launcher
by
David Perlman
My image, "Knight Launcher", is an example of the
kind of creative work that I enjoy most. I love combining
photographs and manipulating them in Photoshop to obtain
partially planned and usually unexpected results. Most
often, I have absolutely no idea of what the outcome will
be... I start playing around with images, with nothing
particular in mind. However, each step in the process makes
me think of some other photograph that I've stored in my
computer and some weird way of using it. I find this type of
"play" extremely stimulating and it is the exact opposite of
over zealous strategic planning processes that I hate!
Click for
more explanation at my website on how I
composed the composite image and see the individual images
that were used to make up the composite.
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March 2008
Storm Waves
by
Bill Bernbeck
My
image, “Storm Waves”, is from my Walkabout Journal.
Rain and wind beat the island mercilessly during the night
and most of the next day. It was not a major gale by most
standards, but it was enough to encourage one to stay
indoors. The storm finally broke by late afternoon, and the
sun started to make a meek appearance through the scattering
clouds. I had been cooped inside long enough, so I ventured
to watch the remaining light of day at one of the south
shore beaches. Pack up the camera gear and head for
Surfside… Click for
more of
the story in my Walkabout Journal.
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February 2008
CHEX
by
Betsy Phillips
My
image, “CHEX,”
exemplifies my enthusiasm for urban scenes. It is about
color, pattern, design and composition, along with a
little mystery. Actually, it is the very ordinary
storefront of an auto parts store in Phoenix, AZ. What
makes it special is the late afternoon sun and resulting
intense, exotic colors. The dark blacks and the addition
of the palm trees add a sense of mystery. The palms are
merely a reflection from across the street. The
oversized undulating checkerboard pattern mixed with the
intense colors adds playfulness. I often search for
bright colors, reflections and interesting
juxtapositions, and found these in the magic light of
late afternoon. Not a soul was around. The Image rings
true to a favorite quote by Minor White: “Spirit waits
for the photographer it has chosen.”
See more in my upcoming
show “URBAN ARTifacts” at Image City, March 26-April 20,
with the opening reception on Friday, March 28,
5-8:30PM.
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January 2008
TV Civilization
by Daniel Crozet
My image
is, in fact, a
test that that I did when I received a new
pinhole camera last year. The objective was to
test the camera when taking pictures in low
light. But during the exposure
45 minutes is a long time,
it appeared to me that I was shooting a picture
that illustrates what I call the "TV
Civilization", the ascendancy of television in
today life: the TV set is on in an empty room,
the doors giving access to the outdoor are
closed, the image on the screen is blurred (we
see so many images each day and we memorize so
few)
I scanned the image and
treated it in Photoshop to get the flavor of the
pictures of the 50's when the TV started to take
its space in our life. |
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