“Quit trying to find beautiful objects to photograph. Find the ordinary objects so you can transform it by photographing it.” – Morley Baer The first blog of the new year find f8 Pasadena in a new spot at Jones...their coffee tasting room. The space has some pluses...a bit quieter, no gym noise; and a few minuses...a bit small, no dedicated screen, light pollution from windows. The discussion today explored some potential options going forward. More research will be done and will discuss again next week Art Center South space = Steve Senior Center space = ? Armory = Richard Nature Center = Charley We also discussed our meeting schedule for 2016. The general feeling was to again assign leadership weeks to each f8 participants...it would mean each of us would have 2-3 meetings to lead this year. Every other meeting would be deemed an "open session" and open for field trips. Bill showed a series of pictures taken during his recent trip to Chile and Argentina...the pictures were the last of his 3 year adventure capturing the "Art of the City Wall." The pictures were from Valparaiso, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There was discussion revolving around the final pictures printed on Canson Aquarelle Rag 310 paper making each look almost like a painting not a photograph. Bill talked about the composition of his pictures as well as his sojourn in finding his own aesthetic. He set the stage for his upcoming exhibit at Curatorial Assistance Gallery (113 E Union St, Pasadena CA 91103). The exhibit "Art of the City Wall: Mixed Message" opens on January 21th with the Opening Reception on January 28th. We chatted briefly about the pending retirement of Elsa Dorfman one of the last photographers using the large format (20x24) Polaroid Camera. She has captured 1000's of portraits using this rare camera. Here is the link to the article in the NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/01/05/arts/design/elsa-dorfman-a-polaroid-portraitist-is-retiring-at-78/s/20160105POLAROID-slide-WWV4.html?_r=0 Also , a reminder of the ongoing New York Times columnist Teju Cole who writes a weekly piece in the Sunday Magazine section called "On Photography." Below is a link to a column he wrote in December on Instagram. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/magazine/serious-play.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fon-photography&action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=search&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
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