PHOTOGRAPHERS GREITZER AND STRONG TO EXHIBIT DURING JULY
in.side/out.side with photographs by Andrea Greitzer and Rob Strong will be on display from July 2nd through July 30th. An opening reception for the photographers will be held on July 2nd from 5-8 pm with a gallery talk by the artists at 7 pm.
Both Greitzer and Strong will be exhibiting photographs of architectural elements and locations, both interiors and exteriors, from their unique perspectives. Andrea Greitzer is interested in the areas of museums that surround art, the beautiful spaces we often ignore on our way to look at something else. Her work captures the light, mood and color of museum spaces around the world. Rob Strong’s photographs of parking lots, industrial facades and metal fabricated structures along America’s highways examine the way man and nature have collaborated, sometimes unwittingly.
Andrea Greitzer is a lecturer and professor in the photography department at Northeastern University in Boston. Her photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country and her work is in a variety of permanent collections. Rob Strong is a freelance photographer and founder of the Chiron Photos collective. His work has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Valley News.
Hope you can join us!
Come Join Worldwide PhotoWalk 2010!
We’re psyched! PHOTOSTOP Gallery will be a local site host for the Third Annual Worldwide Photo Walk on Saturday, July 24, 2010. I’ll be leading a walk around White River Junction and we’ll be exploring some familiar and some undiscovered gems of the Upper Valley. The idea of the walk is that it’s a free and fun social event for people to just get out and take pictures together.
Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk is the world’s largest global social photography event in the history of photography itself. It takes place on the same day around the world where photographers of all walks of life and skill levels gather together, usually in downtown areas to socialize, learn new tips from each other, and explore their corner of the world through photography.
Many of you know Scott Kelby from his best-selling books and as the president of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). He’s also a fun guy and a terrific teacher as anyone who’s attended a workshop with him can attest. Last year over 30,000 photographers in 900 cities walked on the same day photographing their various locations. It’s estimated that about 10 million pictures were taken during the Walk! This year who knows what might happen. It’s going to be a photo happening you won’t want to miss!
Anyway, here’s how the Worldwide Photo Walk works:
1. Go to http://worldwidephotowalk.com/ for general information about the Walk.
2. You can watch an entertaining video on the site and get a general sense of what the event is like. There’s a section for F.A.Q’s and posts about the Walk.
3. There’s a limit of 50 participants per walk (first come, first served!) so, to join the WRJ walk, click on the “Find a Walk” button, then USA, then VT and zoom in. Click on the White River Junction marker, then our Walk will show up on the right side in a banner. Click the link to see more information about the timing of the Walk, where we’ll be exploring, our meeting spot and our ending point. Click the “Join the Photo Walk” button to get registered. That’s it!
4. After the walk, we can get together to look at our photos and compare notes. I’ve picked the Tip Top Bldg. location because PHOTOSTOP is there and makes a convenient gathering place, there’s a nice big parking lot, and we can end up in the Café at the end of the Walk for some refreshments.
5. There is information on the site about uploading your photos to Flicker after the walk
and I’ll be providing more information about that later. The photos are used both as a record of our amazing Walk and for the selection of prizes. Yes, prizes! Details are on the site.
6. Here are the dates for the event as they look now (All dates subject to change):
July 24: PHOTO WALK!
July 31: Deadline for submitting contest photos
August 7: Deadline for local winner selections
August 14: Grand Prize, Top 10 Honorable Mentions, and People’s Choice winners announced
Hope you can join us. It’s going to be a lot of fun, so sign up today and bring a friend or family member!
Lia Rothstein
Call for Entries . . . PHOTOSTOP’s Railroad Photography Exhibit
PHOTOSTOP Gallery announces a call for entries for its first juried show, “All Aboard! Riding the Rails” which will be exhibited in the Gallery in September 2010. For this exhibition PHOTOSTOP is seeking photographs of trains, the railroad, and the railroad experience. Train travel has long had a romantic association. Today there’s both a renewed interest in our railroad system and recognition of the very real challenges it faces.
The Gallery is located in White River Junction, VT, just steps from the Amtrak rail system. The town was the first and largest railroad center in Vermont and New England north of Boston. Photographers must live in the New England states of NH, VT, MA, RI, ME, and CT to enter the show but the photographs can be of any location.
Juror Tony Decaneas will choose approximately 30 photographs, depending on sizes, for exhibition during the show. Mr. Decaneas is the former owner of the Panopticon Gallery in Boston, MA. After forty years in the photography gallery business, Tony is now the owner of Decaneas Archive, a Dealer/Agency representing the photographic collections of Harold Feinstein, Vittorio Sella, Bradford Washburn and Ernest C. Withers.
On September 11, during the exhibit, White River Junction will hold its 18th Annual Glory Days of the Railroad Festival, an event chosen as one of the Top Ten events by the VT Chamber of Commerce in 2007.
Entry is by the submission of digital files. To obtain the prospectus for the exhibition CLICK HERE, call the Gallery at 802.698.0320, or e-mail us at photostopvt@gmail.com. The entry deadline is July 15. Photographers will be notified of acceptance by July 30.
Entry fee: $25 for up to 3 entries, additional entries $5 each, maximum of 5 submissions. To pay the entry fee via PayPal through our website, please use the button below.
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PhotoSlam 2010 Opening a Huge Success!
Almost 400 people attended the opening of our PhotoSlam on May 7th! We had photographers aged 5 to 91 in attendance. It was great to see so many old friends and to make the acquaintance of many new colleagues and photo enthusiasts. Here are some photos of this amazing event and the gallery layout of the Slam.
Shooting Beauty: photos from the “Picture This” project on display June 4-June 26
As a person living with a disability, I must compromise both my control and modesty at certain times in order to live independently. When I take a picture, my camera in some ways forces people to sacrifice their modesty and control in the same manner that I do on a daily basis. “Picture This” photographer Tony Knight
Photographs from the “Picture This” photography project and featured in the documentary film Shooting Beauty will be on display in the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from June 4 through June 26. The opening reception will be held on June 4 from 5:30-8 pm. The photographs will be on exhibition in conjunction with the screening of Shooting Beauty during the White River Independent Film Festival (WRIF) on June 4 at 4 pm as the kick-off event of the Festival. Filmmaker George Kachadorian, originally from Woodstock, VT, will give a gallery talk at 5:30 pm on the making of the film and the photographs at PHOTOSTOP immediately following the screening at Northern Stage.
The “Picture This” project is an award-winning photography workshop directed by photographer Courtney Bent (also married to George Kachadorian) for individuals with cerebral palsy. Bent retrofitted cameras so that residents of the United Cerebral Palsy program could document their lives and tell their own stories.
PHOTOSTOP, a community partner of the WRIF Festival, will be hosting a panel discussion on June 6 at noon on the healing powers of the creative process with filmmakers Nora Jacobsen, George Kachadorian, Marj Berthold, poet Laura Ziegler, and other panelists. Admission is free.
For more information and schedule details, the WRIF website is: http://www.wrif.org/.
The Shooting Beauty website is: http://www.everyonedeservesashot.com/.
Gallery hours are Weds. through Saturday from 2-7:30 pm during exhibitions. On First Fridays and opening nights the Gallery will be open until 8 pm.
Thank You Upper Valley!
The UV PhotoSlam 2010 entries are all in. An amazing group of 130 photographers submitted 375 photos to the Slam!! Entries came from shooters aged 5 to 91, amateur to pro and everything in- between. The photographs show moments grand and intimate, far away and close at hand. Thank you for sharing your photos with us. At least one photo from each photographer will be printed and shown in the Gallery from 4/30-5/22. Photographers will be notified which of their photos will be printed when all the submissions are reviewed.
The opening reception is 5/7 (a WRJ First Friday) from 5-8 pm and the closing party is Saturday, May 22 from 5-8 pm. We hope everyone will come and see the rich diversity of the photographic community in our corner of the world-it’s astounding!
Wanted: Students, Pros, Amateurs, & Photo fanatics . . . for our First PhotoSlam!
What’s in YOUR Camera? Show Us! We can’t wait to see what you’ve been shooting. We want to fill the Gallery walls with creative photo energy.
The submission deadline is April 9 at midnight. At this point (4/9 at 6:30 pm, as I’m writing this post) images can be entered online (instructions below on downloadable PDF entry form) or delivered to the Gallery in person. Regretably, no submissions can be accepted after this date/time.
At least one image from each photographer will be printed and shown in the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from April 30 – May 22 during our community ‘Slam. Photographers of all ages and experience levels are encouraged to enter. PHOTOSTOP is hoping to create a unique exhibition for the Upper Valley, showcasing the wide variety of photographs residents of all ages from the area are making and to provide a way that photographers can share them with each other.
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The Opening reception will be 5/7 from 5-8 pm so come join in the fun! We’re also hosting a Closing party on May 22 where you can pick up your print, talk about your photograph to the assembled group (if you’d like!), or trade photos with other photographers. Photos can be submitted by e-mail, or a CD with images can be mailed in or dropped off at the Gallery. Click on the link here to download the entry form or write us at photostopvt@gmail.com and request that a form be sent to you. PhotoSlam Entry Form
To pay entry fee through the website, click button below.
Other available payment options are detailed on the PDF entry form.
Winter’s Depths Opening
Photographers Sara Wight and James Patterson giving a gallery talk at PHOTOSTOP last Friday, Dec. 4th. photo: Matt Bucy
The opening of Winter’s Depths; Two Perspectives was well attended last Friday. The photographers discussed the challenges and joys of photographing during New England winters and their respective narrative interests. The show continues through Dec. 29th. Please call ahead for special holiday hours during Christmas week.
Terrific press for PHOTOSTOP and the Rantoul exhibit!
Reviews have been coming in for the Rantoul exhibition. 7 Days, a Burlington, VT newspaper posted this write-up about the show: http://www.7dvt.com/2009going-grain. Also, Your Voice attended our opening night and just posted the enclosed article: http://yourvoicepubs.com/. Click on the 11/5/09 issue.
The Valley News wrote an article on PHOTOSTOP the day before the opening. The link is: http://www.vnews.com/10222009/6097586.htm
Rantoul Exhibit Opening
Gallery visitors viewing the Rantoul exhibit which continues through November 21. Photo credit: Larry Brown
Neal Rantoul answering questions after his gallery talk. Photo credit: Larry Brown
Breakfast with the photographer on Saturday morning.
Last Friday’s PHOTOSTOP opening of “Wheat, An American Series”, photographs by Neal Rantoul, was attended by nearly 200 people! Neal gave an informative gallery talk and visitors asked very thoughtful questions about the work and about photography in general. The next morning, Neal met with 12 artists – painters, printmakers, and photographers – and discussed his ideas about working in a series. He also commented on work artists had brought in one-on-one. What a terrific inaugural event all around!
LAST WEEK! “Winter’s Depths”, photographs by Sara Wight and James M. Patterson, Dec. 4-Dec. 29
Sara Wight (left), James M. Patterson ©Valley News (right)
See full-size photographs of both photographers below. Above photo is a composite image.
NYC fine art photographer Sara Wight and local documentary photographer James M. Patterson will be showing photographs taken in New England that focus on winter from two different, but complementary, points of view. Wight’s work depicts the relationship between human life and nature, with its delicate balances, fragility, and interconnections. Patterson’s work focuses on the relationship those who have chosen to live in the North Country have with winter, both by choice, and out of necessity. In Patterson’s work, life goes on in winter, not despite the weather, but because of it.
Wight is an award-winning photographer whose images have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the US. She has worked as an art director with some of the top photographers in the world and her photography is held in many private collections. Patterson has been a Valley News photographer since 2004. The National Press Photographers Association and New England journalism organizations regularly honor him for his work, including recent recognition as the Photographer of the Year Award by the New Hampshire Press Association.
Sara Wight, Man With Truck, Digital C-Print, 2009, 20"x24", Edition of 5
James M. Patterson, Dewey's Pond, Quechee, VT, 2008, ©Valley News
Leadership Upper Valley meeting at PHOTOSTOP
PHOTOSTOP, and other locations in the Tip Top Building, were used as the location for an all-day meeting of the Leadership Upper Valley - Art Builds Community day. Here, Dick and Barbara Couch, founders of Hypertherm, address the participants.
Our signs are up!
Our window as seen on Main Street, White River Junction, VT
Renovation Progress
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“Wheat, An American Series”, photographs by Neal Rantoul, Oct. 23-Nov. 21
October 23 to November 21, Opening and reception October 23, 6-9 pm, gallery talk @7:30 pm
Neal Rantoul has been photographing the wheat fields near Pullman, Washington for many years. Landscape photographers working in New England work mostly with a scale that is limited by trees, hills and restricted views. On the other hand, the wheat growing region in the state of Washington, called The Palouse, is almost limitless in that there are few restrictions to seeing a great distance. Rantoul thinks of the fields as a kind of “canvas” with which he can abstract the colors and textures by how he photographs, sometimes from the air.
Neal Rantoul is a career artist and teacher. He has been head of the Photography Program in the Department of Art and Design at Northeastern University in Boston since 1981. His work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and abroad and his work is found in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum at Harvard, the Kunsthaus in Zurich, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris, and many others.
LAST WEEK! Cynthia Beth Rubin exhibits “Layered Histories” and “Memories & Wanderings” 2/5-3/6, 2010, Workshop 3/6
Cynthia Beth Rubin, a renowned digital media artist, will be showing digital paintings/collages and an interactive sound and image installation in a show titled “Memories & Wanderings” at the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from February 5 through March 6, 2010. An opening reception for the artist will be held on February 5th from 6-9 pm with a gallery talk by Rubin at 7:30 pm.
Rubin’s exhibition will include a variety of electronically based artworks, including an installation called “Layered Histories: The Wandering Bible of Marseilles” created in collaboration with Bob Gluck. This interactive installation combines moving images and sounds triggered by a visitor’s use of a stylus moved across a digital tablet, illustrating the imaginary story of an actual 13th century Spanish illuminated Hebrew Bible. Fleeing Spain with the 1492 Expulsion, the Bible was known to be in Safed until the mid-16th century, but then apparently disappeared until it was discovered around 1888 in the Bibliothèque Municipale in Marseilles. “Layered Histories” has been shown at Yale University, in major cities in the U.S., and at the Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. For more information, visit: http://www.cbrubin.net/layered_histories/index.html. Prague installation photograph on homepage by Dana Cabanova, Jewish Museum, Prague.
In addition, Cynthia Rubin will be exhibiting works from several series combining digital drawings and photography. Her “ Glen Memories: 40 Years of Wandering” series is based on pen and ink drawings and photographs taken over a forty-year period in the same locations. She will also be showing selected works from her career, including digital paintings and collages based on themes from Eastern European history.
Rubin’s work has been written about in publications throughout the world and she is a frequent lecturer at national and international graphic and digital art conferences. She is currently affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design and is involved in the boards of ISEA, the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts and SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques). She is a three-time recipient of an individual artist grant in New Media from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and has received numerous other grants and awards. Cynthia has exhibited in Brazil, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands and her work is found in many public and private collections.
The workshop, “Rivers of Pixels: Fluid Animations from Still Images”, will be held in conjunction with the exhibit on March 6th. Think of your pixels as wet paint on a sheet of glass. Imagine pushing parts of the image across the surface, stretching the forms and merging the colors as you go. This is what morphing really is all about! Morphing applications are mostly known for transforming faces, but creative artists can use morphing to create wonderfully complex and subtle movement out of abstract images, photographs, and anything in between. Make your images dance, make your images breathe! Resulting animations can be posted on YouTube or on your personal web site, or become the start of a DVD animation. Participants in this workshop will need to bring a portable computer (laptop or easy to carry desktop). Trial copies of Morpheus Software will be available. An additional recommended materials list will be sent upon registration. If you do not have a laptop computer, come watch! Participants will need basic computer skills but do not need knowledge of other digital-editing programs in order to participate. Call PHOTOSTOP for more information, 802.698.0320.
Image: Stepping Stones; Glen Memories Series
“Series Work: Beyond the Single Image” workshop with Neal Rantoul – Register Now!
Title: Atlanta, Georgia 2003 ©Neal Rantoul
October 24 and 25, 10am-4pm, $250
During this workshop we will look at how photographs can relate to other photographs. By working in series participants can tell stories, hinge photographs to enrich their meaning, span time and share an interest in the difference between things. We will also discuss the different ways that multiples can be shown, published and displayed. Neal Rantoul will show examples of his own work to help explain these concepts. For more information or to register, click on Contact to find out the best way to reach PHOTOSTOP.
LAST WEEK! Rothstein to exhibit Auschwitz-Birkenau photographs Feb. 5-March 6, 2010
Lia Rothstein will be showing toned black and white photographs in a show titled “Auschwitz-Birkenau 2009” in the PHOTOSTOP Corridor Gallery from Feb. 5 – March 6, 2010. This exhibit will run in tandem with “Memories & Wanderings”, digital art by Cynthia Beth Rubin, which will be exhibited in the main PHOTOSTOP Gallery during the same time period. An opening reception for both shows will be held on Feb. 5th from 6-9 pm.
“Auschwitz 2009” examines issues of remembrance, memory, destruction and rebirth after the Holocaust. Rothstein, who directs the PHOTOSTOP Gallery, is a career photographer who has exhibited throughout the eastern United States. Her work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Polaroid International Exhibition Collection.
“How to Create Your Own Photo or Art Book” workshop with Lia Rothstein
This class has been rescheduled to Jan. 30. 10-4 pm, $125
There are currently two spots left in this workshop-sign up today!
Learn how to work with online book publishers to create your own book of photos or artwork. Whether they be family photos or a portfolio of your latest art or photo work, in this class you’ll learn strategies for creating a beautiful book you can use for gifts, clients, or your next exhibition. We’ll cover how to work with the best online publishers, designing your book, working with typefaces, color management of the images, and many other topics. Limited to 8 participants. For more information, contact Lia @802.698.0320 or photostopvt@gmail.com.
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