After viewing some excellent work in and around DC, we happened on the Multiple Exposures co-op gallery in Old Town, Alexandria and were very moved by the evocative images exhibited.
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http://bwgallerist.com/2010/11/15/on-site-the-best-photography-exhibit-of-fotoweek-dc-2010/
Multiple Exposures Gallery has some exciting events lined up for FotoWeekDC: a lecture by Joyce Tenneson and a new exhibit of work by gallery members.
This will be a unique opportunity to see work from Joyce Tenneson’s 40 year career in photography. She will show images from her retrospective book titled “A Life in Photography” as well as give insight to her multi-faceted career as one of the top photographers working today.
Image by Joyce TennesonMEG is a co-operative gallery of 15 award-winning photographers located within the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria. Combined, the members represent over well 150 years of vast and varied photographic and artistic experience. Their distinctly different artistic visions are presented through traditional analogue and contemporary digital photographic techniques. Founded in 1985, Multiple Exposures Gallery is widely recognized within the Washington DC metropolitan area photographic community. The members are sought-after speakers, noted educators and traditional and digital photographic specialists and technicians.
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the highest, driest places on earth. The landscape is extraordinary, with mountains, salt flats, volcanoes, the world’s highest geyser field, and beautiful multi-colored traces of mineral deposits as far as the eye can see. But there is little else.
Sislen’s photographs depict subjects he continually returns to, especially the desolation and beauty of the desert. While he has repeatedly photographed White sands and Death Valley, this desert, the Atacama, is different. Unlike areas of Death Valley that are below sea level, the Atacama is a “high desert,” with mountains exceeding 20,000 feet in many locations.
The photographs in this exhibit were taken at heights of 7,500 t0 15,800 feet. The air is thin and rainfall has never been recorded in many areas. Although devoid of rain, the Atacama has been home to South American Indians for thousands of years. Rich in minerals, the Atacama has been mined for copper, gold, sodium nitrate (saltpeter), and more recently, lithium. Beautiful pale colors are seen at one altitude and strong, deep earthy tones are seen at another.
The Atacama is unique, with a geological history that is only matched by the visual delights that are found there.
Coming up next month:
Alan Sislen, New Heights - The Atacama, Chile's Amazing High Desert
Check back - details will be posted soon
Washington, D.C.-based photographer Eric T. Johnson has had a long interest in photography, starting with documentary work for student publications in high school, through which he developed skills in shooting and processing traditional black and white photographs. While his academic background and career are based in the sciences, photography has continued to provide him with an outlet for his creative interests, and his affinity for black and white photography has endured through his recent transition to digital imaging.
Sandy LeBrun-Evans is a fine art photographer who began her photography journey in 1990 with the study of black/white and infrared films. She has since explored digital and alternative processes, including encaustic medium, when presenting her work.She misses the hands-on nature of the wet darkroom and seeks out digital and alternative techniques that allow her to more actively participate in the art making process. Currently Sandy is creating a series of images using a variety if substrates.
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