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Gallery Picks of the Show Another Rochester by Dick Bennett
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Buckland Winter
Lisa’s exhibit - Heavens and Earth – tells the story of the
everchanging sky over the Rochester area moved by the water cycle as
water transitions from the sky to earth and back. Half of her
display focuses on clouds and the rest on the earth. Buckland
Winter is an excellent example of Lisa’s mastery of
compositional elements in her photography. One’s eye immediately
focuses on the large selection of field grass on the left with very
soft texture. As your eye reads right a diagonal path leads directly
through the photograph over of the bridge. What is beyond this view?
More of the field? Or, since this is in a more urban area, is
there a much different view and therefore Lisa is shielding us from
something distracting? Finally, Lisa balances the photo with the
tower on the right The light gray sky evident from the snow falling,
aids the eye movement to stat with the confines of the field and
path. The texture of the building, the fence and the stalks of the
plant are contrasted with the softness of the falling snow, the
path, and the tops of the plants with the fallen snow. Lucky for
Lisa that there was little wind that day to disturb this delicate
balance. As always, an excellent collection of photographs from
Lisa.
Mermaid Parade #1
In her Mermaid Parade Series, Dede gives us a glimpse of the Coney
Island Mermaid Parade, which is the largest art parade in the
country. Dede’s gallery pick entitled Mermaid Parade #1 is an
example of the vibrant colors and marine costumes, which are
prevalent in this annual tradition. Its primary intent is to
celebrate self-expression, while giving New York artists a place to
display their artwork.
Mermaid Parade #1
clearly exemplifies this intent. In this image Dede has captured a
perfect example of the types of costumes worn by the participants.
By focusing on just the neck, face and hair of the subject, Dede is
able to convey the feeling of the sea, which is a main focus of the
parade itself. The entire image is a metaphor of the lovely sea that
surrounds her. Dede’s composition brings out the waves of the
subject’s hair, the pearls of her necklace and the marine colors
above her eyes and throughout her hair. One might picture this
beautiful mermaid swimming throughout the aquamarine ocean, under
the azure sky as she collects pearls from the oysters at the bottom
of the sea to add to her face and necklace. The lighting on the
subject’s face is soft, making lovely tones as they complement the
colors of her hair.
House Moth
This series of photos are amazing. When you first look at them they
seem like close up photos of insects that look unworldly. BUT, ….Lee
has created these insects by compositing many photos to create his
insect portraits. Looking closely, you can see the different
components he artfully arranged.
His use of color tones is expertly done, contrasting his “insect”
against weathered barn wood. Interestingly enough the barn
wood was made into the frames for these photographs. The symmetry in
this photograph is superb. We often are amazed by “straight”
macro shots of insects, but this photo teases the eye, so just
walking by it quickly one would miss all the creativity involved in
its production.
House Moth
reminds us of work by Giuseppe Arcimboldo who was an Italian
Renaissance painter known for his intricate paintings, which
combined inanimate or found objects into a portrait that would
resemble the portrait subject. Most of Arcimboldo’s remaining works
are of collected objects, which have been assembled to resemble
people. He used fruits, flowers, vegetables, fish, and books, and
other things, (among them slabs of meat), and arranged them in such
a way as to not only resemble a person, but the person’s resemblance
as well.
Truly a wonderful photograph!
Egg & Forks
As stated in Joyce’s artist statement, she enjoys tabletop, macro
style photography. This
photograph employs a tenebrism technique, dark environment with a
well-lit and bright subject.
Such simple subjects, an egg and 2 forks, when properly
staged and lit results in a beautiful and classic photograph.
Using a black cloth and a mirror as a stage illuminated by natural
light, Joyce has placed an egg on a nest created where the tines
mesh. As a result, there is perfect symmetry both horizontally and
vertically created and a sense of balance that is both physically
and mentally. A tranquil mood is a result of this sense of balance.
It is a well-staged and well-lit photograph. Thanks for sharing it
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