Art Show in Portland at the Newspace Center for Photography

My friend Jacqueline Bates has been included in this juried show opening tonight in Portland, OR. If you live there or are in town be sure to check it out. If you miss the opening it will be up until August 30th.

Newspace Center for Photography - Portland, Oregon
2009 Juried Exhibition

August 7th through 30th 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, August 7th 7-10pm

Newspace Center for Photography is pleased to present its Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition this August. This year's exhibition was curated by Chris Pichler, founder of fine photography book publisher Nazraeli Press. Based in Portland, Nazraeli Press has published over 250 books specializing in contemporary photography to date.

From over 300 entries and about 1,500 individual images, Mr. Pichler selected five photographers to exhibit five images each.

Tricia Hoffman has been selected to receive $500 and a solo show in 2010 at the Center. Congratulations Tricia!

This year's selections include:

Joe Sumner
Joe Sumner studied photography in college in the 1970's but put it aside to work as a U.S. Forest Service Hotshot, National Park Service Ranger, and Special Agent. Working outdoors, frequently at night, he came to feel at home with full moon and new moon skies and begain taking low light and night images in 2001.

Kevin G. Malella
Kevin G. Malella lives in Chicago, IL. He recently finished his MFA at Columbia College Chicago ('09). He is a recent recipient of a Harold Arts Residency, John Mulvany Scholarship, Albert P. Weisman Grant, and the Society of Photographic Educators' Jeannie Pierce Award.

Christine Laptuta
Christine Laptuta's images are continuous frames on long strips of film shot with a primitive Holga camera. The camera's unpredictability has enabled Laptuta to tap into a more intuitive and spontaneous shooting style. Born in Toronto, Christine now lives and works in Portland. Her work is in public and private collections and she has shown both nationally and internationally.

Jacqueline Bates
New York City-based photographer Jacqueline Bates was born in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in Connecticut. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004 and Master of Fine Arts in 2009 from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited in group shows in New York, Paris, Moscow, and Buenos Aires. In addition to taking pictures, Bates also works in magazine publishing as a photography editor.

Tricia Hoffman
Tricia Hoffman is a student at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, focusing on the study of photography. Her photographs are held in private and corporate collections and she has been published in the book of Alternative Photographic Processes, 2nd Edition, by Christopher James.

suburbia gone wild by Martin Adolfsson

Martin Adolfsson, St. Andrews Manor, Shanghai, China

I'm digging Martin Adolfsson's work. Especially his Suburbia Gone Wild. I enjoy how at first I thought these were rather typical suburban landscape pictures that have been popular for some time now and then you notice that this isn't America's suburbia. This is the world copying America's bad habits and bad example and its frightening.

I think I even found the real estate listing here: http://www.newportchina.com/propertyinfo.php?pr=0.07607&hid=2699&uid=29463

From Martin Adolfsson's statement:

Within the past two decades we've seen a huge shift in the balance of economic power. Countries that didn't have a middle class 20 years ago have seen a rapid transformation from an agricultural economy to an industrial based economy so much so that a sizable percentage of the population now belongs to the middle class. How does that affect the social groups who have been able to benefit the most from the economic boom? How does that influence one's identity when the change is so rapid? What happens to the native culture amidst the economic influence of international status?

I've chosen to put my focus on the model homes built in recently constructed suburbs for the newly minted upper middle class. These full-scale replicas act as giant shopping windows decorated with a ready to buy lifestyle for the homebuyer. When the projects is finished I will have depicted model homes in 7 suburbs spread across the rising economies of the world. By omitting geographical and national traces I want to create a strong visual narrative between the suburbs. The similarities interest me more then the national and cultural differences. My intentions are to create a visual narrative that takes the viewer in front of the scenes of a new global movement.

A project by Martin Adolfsson http://www.martinadolfsson.com

Will Steacy, staring down the...

This might be a little old but I just found these videos. Kinda fun and they remind me of school cititque to some degree.Will Steacy and hisStare Down vs. Sarah Small. I'm not sure if these videos ends up being good for the photographic dialogue or what but maybe they will get the swing of things. Seems like they should be longer? and less like a quick fire challenge.

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