Our guest today at f8 Pasadena clearly exemplifies someone who makes a difference in our Pasadena Community. Brian Biery has a diverse background that has ultimately led him back to Pasadena and a consultant for non-profits. Brian's passion for his community has led him to identify people in the Pasadena Community who by there presence and actions make our lives better. He has photographed them and written about their work on his blog and book "Power of One." Brian used examples from his book to illustrate a few of their stories. Brian explained his approach to both finding these individuals and photographing them as well. Brian describes himself as an environmental photographer working primarily in B&W..below are several pictures from his book. Here are some links to Brian's work and photography
www.powerofone.brianbiery.com www.brianbiery.com If anybody else is interested in purchasing his book "Power of One" please either contact me or Brian directly. Needless to say, all of us welcomed the opportunity to meet Brian and hear about his work on Power of One. Brian will also be presenting his project at PasadenaPhotographyArts / Open Show, November 11th, 7pm at the Jackie Robinson Center / 1020 N Fair Oaks in Pasadena.
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“Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance.” Lewis Hine Today we heard and saw a presentation by Charles Edwards entitled "Symbol & Meaning" He presented a Powerpoint originally developed for his college classes drawing on contemporary examples for current TV programming and film. His presentation demonstrated the use of props, color, framing and Christian iconography to develop and drive a story's narrative. His source of examples included True Detective, House of Cards, Submarine, The King's Speech, Deer Hunter, The Sixth Sense and Schindler's List to mention a few. His presentation was followed by a lively discussion of its content as well as related subject matter of photography. Below is an example from the series "House of Cards" where his halo was compared to the icon halos seen in religious iconography What else did we discuss today... Anthony Hernandez, a Southern California photographer, who is now having his biggest retrospective at MOMA in San Francisco. "Desperate Shadows" was reviewed in the NYT....the link is below www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/arts/design/photographs-of-desperate-shadows-cast-by-the-california-sun.html?_r=0 A local exhibit seen by a few of us is at Union Gallery / Curatorial Assistance got a thumbs up from those that saw it. Lastly, today was the start of an Edward Weston / Walt Whitman exhibit at the Huntington Library. The exhibit continues until March 2017...more in a later blog post.
Of course, we had our 5 minutes of political commentary with only a few weeks to go!!! “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” Ansel Adams Toda, Mark and Angelo recounted their recent field trip to the Eastern Sierra's...others on the trip included Kevin and Chris. Mark and Angelo shared their pictures electronically. Unfortunately there were too many pictures to include in this blog post. Below are just two pictures. Unfortunately, Kevin did not have the time to print his batch of prints but Chris showed 3-4 B&W prints for all to see at the meeting. See below Everybody agreed that our current monitor is less than ideal and is getting "old" from a technical point of view. We empowered Paul to research the type and cost of a new monitor. What else did we see and hear at our meeting... Bill showed several pictures taken on Haight Street in San Francisco. Haight is getting gentrified and is far less hippie than in years past. One example is below Finally, Bill noted the new book by Teju Cole...probably the best photography writer in the US today. Cole is currently a professor of literature at Bard College. The book is "Known and Strange Things" a volume of essays. He also is the photography critic for the New York Times. Lastly, thanks to Paul Dupont for bringing his guest in my absence...Jerry de Wilde, a well known photographer for the past 5 decades. Jerry was shooting the early days of the Monterey Pops Festival and produced his most famous picture of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar on stage. Below is a link to his website and the Hendrix picture
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