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NOVEMBER 14, 2010
 "Waterlogged" © Gail Des Jardin
A little bit about Gail ...."In 1992, Wisconsin native Gail Des Jardin was neck-deep in listening to R.E.M. and following the interests of lead singer Michael Stipe. One of his burgeoning hobbies, photography, piqued her interest. She'd always had a photographic memory, albeit a poor one, so photography allowed her to capture the nuances of scenes and places that she may have otherwise forever forgotten.After a serendipitous purchase of some well-used camera gear from one of her co-workers, she dove into photography, and was on her way to documenting the often forgotten, or simply missed, moments that comprise day-to-day life."I like to think that I am able to find the extraordinary in the ordinary."This theme is easily evident in the photos she makes. Scenes that others might pass without a second glance, she captures in a way that makes one wonder how it could ever have been missed in the first place.Now based in Atlanta, Gail has moved beyond the well-worn film camera she purchased in 1992 and into the digital realm, but her photography still harkens the days of photography as a form of documenting and capturing everyday moments as art.Gail's work was on display in several venues this October as part of the city-wide Atlanta Celebrates Photography celebration, including the central atrium of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as part of The Airport Show. You can also check out a larger sample of Gail's work on her web site at http://www.gaildesjardin.com." |
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SPEAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Wednesday, November 17th, 7:30PM in the APG Gallery
Plan on joining Don Bryant for this month's SOP meeting; our program this month will continue our video series with the presentation of
'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye.'
This 52 minute film features a prescient view of HCB in his late years discussing his career and his personal view of photography in an interview format. This video will serve as a refresher or introduction to Bresson in preparation for the upcoming exhibit of his work at Atlanta's High Museum, beginning February 19. This will be a video you won't want to miss.
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LAST CHANCE TO SEE "THE AIRPORT SHOW"
Closing Wednesday, November 17th(More information here)
  
(L: "Spring Blossoms" © David Foster) (R: "Sapelo Beach Scene" © Marin Krohne)
Show Dates: October 1 - November 17, 2010
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HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE
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For the second year, Digital Arts Studio is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB), a clearinghouse which distributes millions of pounds of food and other donated grocery items monthly to dozens of nonprofit partner agencies in 38 Metro Atlanta and North Georgia counties. Last year Digital Arts Studio collected almost 400 pounds of canned and boxed food! Our goal this year is 500 pounds of food for those in need in Georgia...please help us reach this goal!
Click HERE to see a list of the most needed items...
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"THE AIRPORT SHOW" FEATURED ON GLOBAL ATLANTA
Global Atlanta published an article about "The Airport Show," featuring videos with Tom Meiss (APG Board of Directors, aka "The Airport Guy"), Amy Miller, (Executive Director of Atlanta Celebrates Photography), and Katherine Marbury, (Hartsfield-Jackson Art Project Manager).
An excerpt from the article... "APG at ATL, the Airport Show," is a partnership between the airport art program and Atlanta Photography Group, or APG, a nonprofit organization that supports photography in Atlanta. It is also one of many exhibits for Atlanta Celebrates Photography, or ACP, a festival that this year includes 165 events at 125 venues throughout the city.
"We thought it was important to be a part of this exciting festival and this allows us to showcase the work of a variety of artists at the airport," said Katherine Marbury, one of the art project managers at the airport, about their reason for participating in ACP.
To read the online article, click here. For quick links to the videos, click the videos below.
 
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Show Dates: 12/03/10 - 1/21/11
Opening Reception: 12/03/10, 7:30 - 10:00PM
(More information)
"Rocky Mount NC" © David Simonton
Juror Statement from Dr. Anthony Bannon Director George Eastman House Finally, at the end of the day, this selection was about light. In particular, it is light in those moments of change - between day and night, between the presence and the absence, perhaps in and out of the shadow. The pictures in the Portfolio Exhibition often hold a good bit about what is meant by these things: by the shadow, this is, for better or for worst; by the disparity between what can be seen in the light and cannot be seen through the darkness; or by the expectation of all that is held within these instances of difference.So here are rich propositions, loaded, and skillfully expressed, fluent in the rhetoric's, the figures, and the tropes that make meaning full and fun: parts standing for wholes, for example, as well it must be in photography. There are fine opportunities here for establishing the idiosyncratic, and attention given to the prime axiom of art, namely the unique experience.The reader should know that happily I would have selected at least one image by everyone who submitted. But that was not in the agreement. Our bargain was to search for groups of pictures that make sense together, that went some distance toward establishing that language special to the particular artist, the artist's proposition of a well-tempered portfolio. Such a portfolio would be committed to a higher purpose, a significance, whether aesthetic or social. Either way.It was not difficult to identify the artists whose work gathered the necessary critical mass. So the math was straight-forward and tidy.Still, the remorse - the juror's remorse - remains: Each artist who submitted had vision, each proposed new challenges, some just more boldly, more articulately, more thoroughly than others. Those that were selected seemed to look, really look (rather than glance), as if with new eyes. -Anthony Bannon
Congratulations to the selected photographers below.
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Thanks to all of you who responded when we asked about published photographers. Because of the many responses we received, we'll be listing a few photographers at a time. (Keep them coming if you missed our first request.) First off this week....
ELLEN JANTZEN
"Alternate Realities" (Available on Amazon)
Oct 02, 2010 - Camp Hill, PA - Sunbury Press has released Ellen Jantzen's book "Ellen Jantzen: Alternate Realities". The book features the digital artwork of photographer / digital artist Ellen Jantzen.
About the book:
If anyone were capable of capturing the mystery of quantum mechanics; the uncertainty and duality of photons (light energy), Ellen Jantzen has done it. Her photo-based work, referred to by the artist as "photo-synthesis", combines the use of unusual staged photo sets and very creative and imaginative digital manipulation. The end product is a series of very odd and mysterious images that tend to unsettle you. While there is some familiarity for the viewer in the backgrounds or settings, the forms presented are highly unusual, albeit 'faux natural'. Clearly, they convey the sense of viewing something new in nature for the first time: an unusual animal, a spirit, a shaman, a dance, etc.
VICKI HUNT
Published in "Color Magazine, Issue 10 (Portfolio) 2010"
Also, "A Studio Guide to Creating Encaustic Art"
by Jason McGrady and Donna Thomas
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A PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH JERRY UELSMANN AND MAGGIE TAYLOR
If you didn't make it to the Maggie Taylor & Jerry Uelsmann talk during ACP, but really wanted to catch it, perhaps this link can help. In 2007, former Adobe Evangelist, George Jardine, interviewed Maggie & Jerry at their Florida home. Follow the link below for an enhanced podcast playable as a QuickTime MP4 file (also viewable in iTunes player).
http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/20061220_Lightroom_Podcast.mp4
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