“There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” Robert Heinecken First up was Howard discussing his wife's (Dr Ellen Landau's) new catalog / book on an exhibit starting next week in New York... 'SPACE POETRY:THE ACTION PAINTINGS OF MICHAEL WEST—born Corinne Michelle West—is recognized by art historians as a vocal and active participant in the development of Abstract Expressionism, bringing a highly developed personal philosophy and vision to her work. Congrats Ellen ...An example of her work is below Howard showed two abstract images he shot in New York...the image on left is a window with reflection / on right is a shot down to a roof top Joe presented some newly processed shots...he also provide some narrative which I hope will be a template we all could use as we present and I post "The bridge shots are of the bridge on highway154, San Marcos Pass Road between Santa Barbara and Solvang. The photos were taken from Stagecoach Rd, which passes under the bridge. The detailed photo of the bridge structure was to bring out the detail of the bridge while at the same time have the viewer think about just what it was they are looking at. The second image was more about the thinness of the bridge shooting across the foggy sky." "The color shot of the building with the pier in the background, and the image of the bench next to the metal gate on the pier, were shot in Capitola, CA. In the building shot I wanted to bring out the pre-dusk glow of the lavender building by both increasing the saturation of the building color and de-saturating the adjacent sand and water. The bench was shot at night using a flash, something I rarely do. I liked the emptiness of the shot, empty bench looking out into complete empty blackness and a gate opening also into blackness." Kevin talked about and showed a video about Edgar Angelone a musician and photographer ...worth 15 minutes of your time to watch...the link to the video is below and below that is an example of one of his platinum prints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfBNrjb6ro Bill showed several things...he passed around a print he showed electronically last week entitled "No Answer"... it prompted a discussion on the importance of the print in photography...the print should be the endpoint of all of us at f8 Bill also showed his new book "De/Faced" released at the reception for his exhibit at Girdner Studio & Gallery...image of the cover is below. It's $40 either at the gallery or directly from me. Here is a link to Bill's updated website.... / billwishner.com
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