We publish our brief Newsletter during each of our exhibits to pass along information and reviews of the exhibit, photographic tips, selected images and news of other participation opportunities at Image City. We thank you for your interest and we look forward to another great year of fine photographs and events. We hope to see you at each of our 13 shows in 2013.

When you visit the gallery, in addition to their art, you will also find a brief biography and artist statement by each of the artists. Here we give a synopsis of their comments and one of the photographs by each of them. Click Here to see larger images on our preview of the show webpage.

Canadian, Michael Coomber, adds an international flavor to the exhibit. "I try to bring a sense of growth and vitality to my images through the use of lighting, using both high and low key elements. My main focus now is with black-and-white photography, although there are infinite colours in a black-and-white image. My influences are Ansel Adams (of course), Alfred Stieglitz, Richard Avendon, Helmut Newton, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.....

Eric Hamby, was selected as the Grand Prize winner. "This ongoing series represents a journey of self-discovery using the creek behind my house as a setting, intuition-led walkabouts as a process, and water in its various states as a metaphor. Water is dynamic: it can flow and swirl with passion or it can pool quietly, inviting contemplation. Waves and ripples emanate from interactions with the environment, echoing patterns that emerge, evolve, and dissipate.  Ice captures the flow and holds it in place like a memory. It forms a looking glass that at once reflects the surroundings, and serves as a lens for what lies beneath. These images capture glimpses of emotion, experience, and insight, all discovered a short walk from my home......"

Chris Kogut, with a series of photographs from Burma. "Photography is the creative outlet for my soul, the sources for my humanitarian efforts and it provides me with great personal satisfaction when a job is well done. I travel to photograph and the world is now a much smaller place..... I co-ordinate small group (10-12) trips to Burma every year. The next one will be 2 weeks in July 2014 and another 3 week tour in October 2014. I welcome you to consider joining me."

John Kosboth, JFK/AJVK, combines his love of motorcycling and photography "These images resulted from blob on the screen which looked like the head of a God, maybe Mercury... then the memories took over... the first image of the bike ride from morning to daytime stems from a guy I knew who thought anything less than 80 miles a day on a bicycle was silly.... Then the minimalist two-up imaged led, over a number of years to Kimono memories of the 24 hour ride..."

Tom Kredo, travelers will recognize the venue for his portfolio series, titled Shadow Travelers, from a mid-western airport. "I sit in front of a computer all day and change bits and bytes on other computers thousands of miles away. So photography is something I like to do when I'm not working for a living. I enjoy trying to see something interesting in seemingly mundane locations. Like every face, every scene has it's best angle.....

Jonathan Merritt, in a series he titles Solace - "Apprehension, confusion, and awe are emotional complexes in my work. Faced with the desire to explore and to confound, I travel at night, where my visual certainty is poor. I find myself in spaces temporarily void of human contact, caught in a state of transition, and illuminated by low light. Planes shift in and out of my frame as I connect the lines that lead me through each conscious moment. I feel tense, but calm; I do not know what these space mean, et I am compelled to photograph...... My photographs attempt to amplify this confusing and apprehensive transformation....."

Ted Tatarzyn brings us to exotic locales. "Ted began his passion for photography and travel as a young boy and set a goal, which he has achieved, exploring all 50 states and 7 continents with his camera in hand...... For years he used Kodachrome slide film to capture his images and then made his own internegatives and prints in the darkroom. In 2006, Ted made the conversion to digital in time to shoot 8000 unique images in his month-long Antactica trip and very quickly fell in love with digital capture. This portfolio shows some of his favorite wildlife and nature images that he has taken far from home during the past 2 years."

Mark Widman, in a series titled "Nomadic" brings us to appreciate Surfs Up. "This is a subject I have always wanted to capture. When I was 16 a new family moved in down the road from me. They were from California....... soon after meeting my new friends, I had plastered my bedroom walls with pictures and articles about surf culture..... To this day I am drawn to the ocean and surfing. These images were taken on a recent trip to Santa Teresa, Costa Rica; which is an international hotbed for surfing due to its consistent breaks, ideal weather, and surf friendly small towns...."

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Image City Critiques

At Image City on Wednesday, September 4 at 7pm

September 1 Last day for Portfolio Showcase 2013

 Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607