© 2009 Gina Genis
Gina Genis will be exhibiting one of her photo collages at the Women’s Club of Hollywood. The exhibit will be for one night only, Sunday, November 22, with a reception from 5-9 p.m. The following is from a press release for the exhibit:
Genis’ work combines the most exceptional elements of nature and technology. Using a camera and software processing systems, a squirrel jaw bone found in the forest becomes an abstracted pattern of delicate beauty. This beauty, however, barely masks a strong presence of danger. The raw elegance of an animal skull reminds us of the tenuous nature of our existence, but through Genis’ photography, celebrates and memorializes life.
The Women’s Club of Hollywood is located at:
1749 N La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046-3009
(323) 876-8383
Image copyright by Irvine Fine Arts Center
Photo Exchange members Charles Benes, Ellen Butler, Stan Kuran, Janos Lanyi, Manuel Martinez, Jim McKinniss, Hal Myers, Anne Marie Rousseau, Barbara Ruffini, Barbara Runge, and Larry Vogel are 11 of the featured artists in the 2009 All Media show at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is located at 14321 Yale Ave. , Irvine, CA 92604
Exhibition dates are November 20, 2009 – January 16, 2010
Exhibition Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony: Friday, November 20
Reception: 5 – 8pm, Awards Presentation: 6:30pm
http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/finearts/default.asp
By Jim McKinniss
"Condemned Opera" copyright by Tiffany Trenda
Frank Pictures Gallery is proud to present SPECULAR, an exhibition of photographs, light boxes and performance by LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION Artist of the Year, TIFFANY TRENDA. A young, Malibu based artist, Trenda’s beautiful, surreal performances have been called spellbinding and fascinating as she mesmerized critics and collectors as the highlight of Photo LA, Photo Miami for Art Basel, the Malibu Contemporary Art Fair, LA Center of Digital Art and at her solo performance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has also exhibited at Robert Berman Gallery, Farmani Gallery, Highways, and Track 16. She received her BFA from Art Center College of Design and will be finishing her graduate work at UCLA Design and Media Arts. “With my work I am challenging our senses, our mental representations and the relationship we bear to media. I am interested in how we are psychologically affected by the digital world with the constant flux of information. Can our minds handle more and more of imagery representation and digital dialogues?” says Trenda of the recent performance piece that landed her on the cover of The Malibu Times, “with my work I use a lot of bipolar concepts: past and future, death and life, organic and inorganic. More and more we are cross breeding our media and information. The work is about man vs. machine. But can man survive its own creation?”
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Frank Pictures Gallery is located in Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 8th 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Exhibition Dates: November 7, 2009 – January 2, 2010
RSVP to 310.828.0211 / laurie@frankpicturesgallery.com
By Jim McKinniss
"Aspen Grove" photo copyright by Robert Turner
"Spanish Shawl" photo copyright by Nick Fash
G2 Gallery in Venice, CA is currently hosting two exhibitions which highlight the works of nature photographers Robert Turner and Nick Fash.
The Turner exhibition is called “Robert Turner: Rare Places in a Rare Light” . Robert’s body of work to date is a stunning collection of photographs that, in his words, “will inform the soul and convey my deep belief in the fundamental value of wild places.”
From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Smoky Mountains and the canyon lands of the Colorado Plateau to the hardwood forests of Maine, this exhibition captures both the grandeur and intimacy of North America’s precious wild lands. His large, strongly composed prints communicate the moods of rare moments, both intimate and grand, captured across the continent in his pursuit of the light on the land. Robert’s ever-watchful lens has isolated remarkable instants in time–at the edge of a storm, after a rain, in the afterglow of sunset–when light upon the land intensifies color to almost magical proportions.
The Turner exhibit closes on Sunday, November 8.
Nick Fash is featured in ”Nature LA”, an ongoing series of nature and wildlife photography solo exhibitions by Los Angeles area photographers that will rotate monthly. The exhibitions will provide an opportunity for up-and-coming nature and wildlife photographers from Los Angeles to showcase their work. All proceeds from each show will benefit an LA based environmental charity.
Nature LA brings into focus the work of an individual photographer based in the Los Angeles area whose passion is shooting in nature. Each participant’s unique perspective as urban environmentalist and as artist raises a specific concern brought to the fore by the verity of conservation photography. With this new venture, the G2 Gallery hopes to tap into a growing segment of the population interested in change at a grassroots level.
Nature LA: Nick Fash will be on view October 20–November 20, 2009. An artist’s reception will take place November 6 at 6pm, coinciding with Abbot Kinney First Friday.
The G2 Gallery (www.theg2gallery.com)
1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291-3742
Tel. 310.452.2842, E-mail info@theg2gallery.com
By Jim McKinniss
I just became aware of new and interesting project; documenting a Week of (Your) Life, an open call to photographers to docuement a week of their life and upload it along with many others from around the world. Details are available here: http://www.weekoflife.com/
Here is some general information about the project;
The basic building block of this Czech-American project is the period of one week in the life of an individual, who captures each day of the week with nine photographs taken throughout the day. The author of the project considers one week being the most characteristic time span for a person with regard to human diversity and behavior.
A week that has seven days, each of which has a different meaning, smell, sight, a different sense with varying intensity and energy, is the basic unit in life. Human activity, be it willed or unwilled, is organized around this span of time, which is why such a photo report can tell us so much about ourselves and others. st century.
Every participant who contributes with his or her week thereby becomes an original piece in a neverending mosaic of human originality and uniqueness and a co-author of the whole documentary project, a gigantic photographic library of humankind in the 21st century.
They have a link with some suggestions on how to you can complete this project, found here.
So if this is something that has captured your interests, check it out!
Best regards, Doug Stockdale
Nikon has announced a new model in their line up. The D3S is an upgrade to the popular D3. Improvements include better low light capture, 720p HD video, and improved CMOS sensor. This camera was designed for sports, news, and wildlife photographers who need to capture quality images very quickly. See the link for full details.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0910/09101402nikond3s.asp
by Gina Genis
"Frieda Speaks" copyright by Richard Ostrowski
"Death's Sales Pitch" copyright by Stan Kuran
"Waiting for an answer" copyright by Emanuel Dale
Photo Exchange members Emanuel Dale, Stan M. Kuran, and Richard Ostrowski will have work featured in this year’s event at 2nd City Council gallery in Long Beach, California.
There is an artist reception on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Please join us in this joyous celebration Sat., October 31, 2009 – Dec. 3, 2009
2nd City Council gallery is located at 435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 901-0997
email: 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net
web: http://www.2ndcitycouncil.org/
Jim McKinniss
The Redondo Beach Art Group is holding their 4th annual member art show on the weekend of October 16. The show is titled “The Power of Art 2009″ and is the 4th annual show put on by the group.
Copyright by The Redondo Beach Art Group
The Power of Art has grown in attendence every year since its inception with over 5300 people attending the event last year. The show is part of the group’s effort to raise awareness of how art can play a positive role in a community by combining beauty with constructive social interactions of the community’s citizens.
The Power of Art 2009 is an all-media show featuring the art work of the members of The Redondo Beach Group. In conjunction with POA 2009 is the “Seeing California” show featuring work inspired by the famous photographer Edward Weston’s trip around California. Many of the group’s photographic artists will be featured in “Seeing California”.
Each year the group converts a location into a temporary gallery to showcase the work of it’s members. Last year’s venue was the north power generating room of the AES Power Plant in Redondo Beach. This year the group has converted an abandoned restaurant into its art gallery. This year’s show features the work of 90 artists and 130 works of art in all media in two galleries, “Living Art” and “Seeing California”.
There will be a catered opening reception on October 16 from 7 – 10pm. The show continues Saturday, October 17 from 10am – 10pm and Sunday, October 18 from 10am – 8 pm.
This event is free to the public unless otherwise noted on the group’s website.
The venue for this year’s show will be the old Venezia restaurant between the Cheesecake Factory and the Blue Water Grill. It is located at 655 N. Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
For more information visit http://redondobeachartgroup.org/
By Jim McKinniss
Remembering the Blues, copyright of Bill Collins (Third Place Award)
The current “Reflections” show is now at the Long Beach Arts Gallery. The opening reception was Friday, October 2, 6 to 9 p.m. and the show runs until November 7.
Long Beach Arts is located at 4332 Atlantic Ave. in the Bixby Knolls section of Long Beach and is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Best regards, Douglas Stockdale
Gregory Hunter show opens at the Reflective Image Gallery in Santa Ana. Opening reception Saturday, October 10, from 7-10 PM. Show runs through November 29. The gallery is located at 211 E. Columbine Ave., Suite G, Santa Ana, CA. (in the Hutton Square near Mac Arthur & Main next to Image Control Lab)
The inspiration for Greg’s work is Ansel Adams. Growing up in the western United States, he has since refined a personalized quality extracted from many of the same exotic locations where Ansel has traveled. Though Greg never met Ansel, he has been fortunate to study under and work with several of his assistants. Alan Ross and John Sexton have helped shape Greg’s own unique vision and sense of creativity.
Gregory Hunter website: http://www.gregoryhunterphotography.com/index.html
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