“A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” Irving Penn Each week I usually start the meeting with some comment about our current president and his administration although I generally make no mention of our discussion in these blog pages. But today there were many comments abut this picture and its many levels of meaning to us as Americans Enough said. Thank you Cyndi for bringing this image to f8. John Holmes continues to amaze us in f8 and today was no exception...the images below were produced at PCC as part of a class John was taking. John describes the process below "This technique uses liquid silver emulsion which can be applied to a variety of surfaces. I chose water color paper because I like the texture of it. I soak the paper in hot water for an hour or so then let it dry for a couple of days. Once the paper has dried I apply a layer of Knox unflavored gelatin to the surface of the paper. These last two steps ensure that the emulsion resides on the papers surface and not absorbed into the paper. The silver emulsion can now be applied to the papers surface under a safe light and then used as any other photographic paper." Scott showed a few of his Blaine WA sunsets... Bill went to the Getty and saw Gordon Parks exhibit "Flavio" and another exhibit "Series." The Gordon Parks series was controversial with Brazil taking exception to be singled out as having slums. In fact, Brazil sent a photographer to US to photograph slums in our country as well...thos images are represented in the exhibit. We also mentioned the photographer Pedro Guerrero who famously photographed for Frank Lloyd Wright as well as Calder and Louise Nevelson. Great documentary on his career on Amazon Prime Finally, Bill showed several images from Street Photography Magazine October Issue...below is one image from the best of street photography for the month
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