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Posted in Misc on Dec 11th, 2008
Very sad day. I just heard that Terry Toedtemeier, Portland Art Museum’s curator of photography, has passed away. He was a great man, warm person, sharp intellect, and a fine curator. Very sad indeed. Terry just published the book “Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867-1957” (134 photographs) associated with show at the [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 14th, 2008
As if light wasn’t mystical enough… imagine light traveling backwards a a speed faster-than-light just to fit the other laws of light. Yes strange indeed. Yes, current theories did predict this bizarre possibility that Robert Boyd discovered. Einstein, as it turns out, didn’t say nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, he said [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 7th, 2008
Something is drawing you through the pigments of a Mark Rothko painting as it is illuminated by Dan Flavin. One feels as if sublimely lubricated with a nice wine. Intoxicatingly delightful. That is an experience you can have in Carlos Cruz-Diez‘s work “Chromosaturation” that is part of his “(In)formed by Color” at the Americas Society [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 5th, 2008
Election night: Went to sleep late last night to the sounds out the window of “Obama, Obama, Obama,.. <cheers>, Obama, Obama, Obama <cheers>, Obama, Obama, Obama <cheers>,…” That was the sound of the East Village at 1:30am. We went to Times Square in New York to watch the results come in. Here are a few [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 25th, 2008
I am very pleased to announce that Andrea Wolff’s commercial photography is featured in the HarperCollins book, “Merry Christmas From…150 Holiday Cards You Wish You’d Received.” The author, Karen Robert, presents this collection of 150 funny, creative, and inspiring Holiday and Christmas cards from around the world. The book has 165 full-color photographs. Andrea has [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 11th, 2008
Portland State University (PSU) Art Dept, hosts a series of free lectures that are open to the public at 7:30p Mondays. These artists are democratically chosen by current MFA grad students. PSU Art Lectures 7:30PM New Location: Shattuck Hall, Room 212, PSU Campus (SW Broadway & Hall) 1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR The PSU [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 1st, 2008
FotoFest 2010 will focus on contemporary work by US Photographers with its invited curators. What normally happens is they have a curated show with a theme or two that is part of the official program. In addition because there are so many galleries (non-profit, commercial, artist run), corporate spaces, retail spaces and restaurant galleries that [...]
Posted in Misc on Sep 27th, 2008
The FotoFest organizers have announced the upcoming 2010 International Meeting Place Portfolio Review. Fotofest is held in Houston Texas every two years. This is a great place for dedicated photographers to show their well-formed new series to top international & US curators, fine-art photography magazines, etc. The Portfolio review will occur in four sessions between [...]
Posted in Misc on Sep 25th, 2008
Today is Mark Rothko’s birthday, September 25th. It has been 105 years since he was born. Rothko’s work must be seen in person. Little jpgs just are blocks of color, but his paintings are really so much more. Rothko painted intimate paintings, that is why there were painted so large. He once said that the [...]
Posted in Misc on Sep 2nd, 2008
The Vaux Swifts have returned to Portland Oregon! The 2008 seasons is building quickly. There were about 1,000 or so birds at sunset on Labor Day. Click below to see the video I took on September 1, 2008: Get the Flash Player to see this content. Chapman School in Northwest Portland can host up to [...]