Today was the opening of the Newton Camera Club’s exhibit at the West Newton Cinema. It’s been several years since I exhibited publicly – I think it was at Grinnell in 2006 — and I feel that this year’s show is quite good. Lisa and I went to the opening and had some nice conversations with other people in the club.
Here are my contributions to the show:
The show runs through the end of the year. So stop in, watch a film, and check out the show in the gallery.
congrats! the first one is my fave, but i’m always a sucker for photos that remind me of ed ruscha.
The first one is my favorite too! It illuminates a very everyday sort of moment.
Caroline & Mary: Thanks! I do like these frequently overlooked scenes, and I like Ed Ruscha’s work. It’s possible that I had Ruscha in the back of my mind, since I’m sure that I’ve seen “Standard Oil” at the National Gallery of Art before. I also probably had Lee Friedlander and Robert Adams in the mix, too.
I’m actually quite surprised that the jury picked the piece. The camera club and I often have differences of opinion on what’s worth photographing and displaying. It kinda put me off for a while, but obviously not so much nowadays since I submitted it. (I have a few friends on the jury, I guess.) A couple of club photographers at the opening asked me what I found interesting or why I made this photograph. I usually have trouble answering questions like that, especially when I suspect that the person asking isn’t coming from a different aesthetic. Oh well.
Thanks again!