Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" from Casablanca (1941) We start off our new f8 Pasadena Salon new year with a thank you note from Scott Ward at the Armory Center for the Arts for our donation to their scholarship fund for young photographers in their program. Bill discussed his experience at Art Week Miami / Art Basal-Art Miami in December. In addition to the two biggest shows there were at least 7-8 other art fairs at the same time. Art week is 90% art and maybe 10% photography. There are galleries from all over the world. Bill was represented by AC Gallery here in LA who now has a brick and mortar space in Wynwood Miami. Wynwood is the "artsy" section of Miami filled with wall/mural art and funky galleries. Bill's work was entirely his Art of the City Wall series...resin coated images. Bill & Kathy made the rounds of the fairs...took in the arts and had a great learning experience understanding how photography makes up a part of the art world. Across the street from AC Gallery in Miami was the Rubell Family Collection, a private museum. It was very eclectic and among the galleries was the mannequin creations of Frank Benson...see example below Richard showed several iPhone shots he had printed on metal...sharp images with good prints by a company in Gardena CA...you can check out their website link https://www.presentationmedia.com Howard wandered out with his camera after the Rose Parade to capture some clever post parade images...one of which is below Cyndi Bemel talked about and showed her images from a recent assignment with the Jewish Journal...their first annual "Mensch List"...below are several images Finally we noted the Walker Evans retrospective exhibit at SF MOMA...Bill noted he was a great influence on his work as a "visual hunter"
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