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December 2005
In this issue
-- The Contact Printers Guild Online Store
-- Introducing Two New Guild Members
-- Guild Members' Shows
-- Guild Members' Workshops
-- Special-offer Prints by Guild Members
Holiday Greetings! We want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season, filled with love and peace. We look forward to an exciting new year at the Guild and will keep you posted with our monthly newsletter. |
The Contact Printers Guild Online Store Be sure to bookmark our store, as we are adding new work each week and there will always be something new to see. |
Introducing Two New Guild Members About Susan Huber: Susan has worked with passion and determination for over twenty years, creating unique large-format photographs that demonstrate her fascination with the strength, longevity, and secrecy of the natural world, and the ways the human environment interacts with this world. Her favorite locations are the Columbia River Plateau in Washington State and the Badlands of Alberta. Not only is she attracted by their grandeur and natural beauty, she is also inspired by the history behind the old transport routes and the names of remote locations in a land vulnerable to the effects of dam development and mining interests. At the same time that she began visiting the Columbia River Plateau, she became involved as a field volunteer for the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, participating in the excavation of a large Centrosaurus dinosaur bone bed in the area. Working her section of the ancient bone bed stirred her imagination to ponder the fantastic creatures that once roamed the sediments. Early in her photography career, she was fortunate to study with photographer Robert Dawson while he was co-director of the Great Central Valley Project. It was partly due to Dawson's influence that she began to develop a significant interest in the way water affects the land, from diversion projects to protecting riparian habitats. She enjoys nothing more than climbing into her VW camper and searching out new places to photograph, capturing images that most people never have the opportunity to see. Each photograph represents the cumulative effect of the people she has met, the places she finds compelling, and the precise moment that she is inspired to capture. Susan has a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from CSUF (Fresno, CA). She has studied fine arts under Robert Dawson and has participated in workshops with Henry Gilpin, Mark Klett, Linda Connor, Bruce Barnbaum, Jay Dusard, and Craig Richards. Susan lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. About Patrick Kolb: Combining a love for the natural environment with his photography, Patrick has been exploring the West for the last decade and a half with a large-format camera, the last four years with an 8x10. He believes the AZO contact print from a large-format negative has been the final step in bringing his vision and his craft together. A great deal of effort goes into making each image and, done right, it takes on a energy of its own as both a photograph and an art form. Mostly self-taught, he credits three days spent traveling, photographing, and looking at photos with Morley Baer with infusing his work with a sense of history and an appreciation of the tradition of the contact printing process. A recent workshop with Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee confirmed his proficiency using the AZO/Amidol process. These days, if not in his darkroom in Portland, Oregon, Patrick and his wife will most likely be traveling back roads in their van searching out new locations and new friends. |
Guild Members' Shows The images of Joe Freeman and George Provost will highlight an upcoming group show at the Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts in Gaithersburg MD. It will be the inaugural show for the 2006 season and is curated by Paul Paletti from Louisville, KY's Paul Paletti Gallery. Three other photographers (Jim Shanesy, Scott Killian, and Steve Sherman) are also featured in the show. The exhibit runs from January 8 to February 4 at Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, 9300 Gaither Rd., Gaithersburg, MD. The opening reception (everyone welcome!) is on Sunday, January 8, from 3pm - 5pm. Call (301) 869- 8623 for more information. Susan Huber Susan Huber's images will be included in a prestigious exhibition of platinum prints during January-March 2006 in Banff, Alberta at the Peter Whyte Gallery. Alan King and three other photogravure practitioners are also featured. Matt Magruder Matt Magruder’s work is being featured January 6 to February 26 in the entryway of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden/Museum, 605 Robert E. Lee Road, Austin, TX. He has been scheduled to give a lecture on February 1 about his work and the show. |
Guild Members' Workshops Christian Nze is offering two workshops in March. The first is scheduled March 11-12 and covers platinum printing; the second is March 18-19 and is a Cyanotype - Vandyke workshop. Both take place at Vire, France, during the "Mois de la photo de Vire." To sign up or get more information, contact Christian at cnze@club-internet.fr Ray Bidegain On May 19-21, 2006, Ray Bidegain is teaching a workshop in conjunction with the Portland Photographers Forum. It is entitled "The Fine Art of Platinum Printing with Ray Bidegain." |
Special-offer Prints by Guild Members Please have a look at this issue's special-offer prints on our website. |