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~ CURRENT EXHIBITION ~
A national juried exhibition featuring contemporary photography. .
August 6 - September 11th, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8pm
This exhibition is sponsored by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation.
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Audrey Bernstein
Isabel Anna
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Caleb Charland
Penumbra in Paint Can
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The exhibit presents the variety of photographic techniques and images used by contemporary photographers throughout the country. Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Alfred Stieglitz Center for Photography in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs served as the juror. Recent exhibitions she has curated include Elemental Landscapes: Photographs by Harry Callahan and The Discerning Eye of Julien Levy: Selections from a New Acquisition. Ware previously served as Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum where she organized the traveling exhibition A Practical Dreamer: The Photographs of Man Ray and Vision in Motion: The Photographs of László Moholy-Nagy, both with accompanying books. Ware is the author of the book Elemental Landscapes: Photographs by Harry Callahan (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001) and essays including “Chemist of Mysteries: The Life and Work of Man Ray” (in Man Ray, Taschen, 2000) and “Photography at the Bauhaus” (in Bauhaus, Könemann, 1999).
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David Slovic
Ripe
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Lourdes Delgado
Daily Self -Portrait
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Paul J. Clark
Garden #99, 2004
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Regional artists participating in the exhibit include:
Fred Albright, Eliza Becker, Paul Engleheart, Shauna Frischkorn, Martha Ioannidis,
K. H. Klein, Ben McKee, Brandon Moyer, Neal Pressley and Amber Lynn Reese.
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Jill Frank
Rat
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Jim Lommasson
Azteca Boxing Gym, L.A.
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Ware selected 107 works by 105 artists from 703 pieces submitted by 238 artists. $200 awards were given to:
Audrey Bernstein, Dobbs Ferry, NY; Caleb Charland, Brewer, ME; Paul J. Clark, Arlington Heights, IL;
Lourdes Delgado, Brooklyn, NY; Jill Frank, Louisville, KY; Jim Lommasson, Portland, OR; Neal Pressley, Lancaster, PA; Chris Sidhall, Oakland, CA; David Slovic, Philadelphia, PA and Hannah Smith Allen, Brooklyn, NY.
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Neal Pressley
Angahuan, Michoacan: Mexico 1992
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Chris Sidhall
Asparaguses, Nuts & Bolts #1
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2005 Photo National Catalog is available!
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