A Multi-Post: Photos from Chandler Exhibit, Book Launch Announcement, and New Work: Scannography

The "Art of Place" exhibit at the Chandler Center for the Arts, 71-73 Main Street in Randolph, Vermont, continues until March 8. If you haven't seen it, it is worth the trip.  The art is truly varied and thought provoking and includes hanging art, sculpture, and even a bedroom scene.  Unfortunately the hours of the exhibit are limited to Friday 3-6 PM;  Saturday & Sunday Noon-3 PM .
The art center is also open during the Chandler's frequent performance acts. You can check the Chandler website for information about when they have performances scheduled.

Here are a few photos from the show.

BOOK LAUNCH

Many of you may not know that I was contracted to take black & white photos for a book by Adlerian psychologist and musician, Ron Thompson.  His book, On Cue, Managing Anxiety, Inviting Excellence, covers the management of anxiety, the importance of skill mastery, and the cultivation of loving attitudes towards one's performance. Ron inserts personal stories within the chapters in order to illustrate the concepts, and to add humor. This is where my photos come in.  He and I met regularly at La Brioche Bakery (always indulging in a pastry, of course) to discuss upcoming photo ideas to go along with the stories and occasionally we went on photo shoots together. Although he knew what he had in mind for each photo, he granted me considerable creative leeway in producing them. This was a very different and fun photography project for me, and working with Ron was a joy!

I was also very pleased that Ron chose my photo, Autumn in Black & White for the cover art.

The launch party for the book is Sunday, February 22 from 4-5 PM at Montpelier City Hall, Montpelier, Vermont.  Everyone is welcome!

NEW WORK: THE ART OF SCANNOGRAPHY

I am so excited to be learning a new form of photography called Scannography which uses a high resolution flat bed scanner as a camera. The exquisite images that can be produced often look like they have been taken by large format film cameras. Joanne Urban is considered to be one of the experts in this art form.
She emphasizes the need for patience and a sense of composition to be successful. Her website displays the beauty as well as some haunting effects that can be achieved.  
The flat bed scanner has minimal depth of field so only those objects lying on the glass of the scanner will be be in complete focus. This can create challenges as well as benefits to the finished image.  Here are  my first images.

I started my process with organic, natural objects that I already had around my house and that I find so very beautiful in their simplicity. I now have many, many ideas for future concrete images, and I am formulating thoughts about creating scannography art that displays more ethereal concepts such as identity.