[Punishment on an American chain gang]

 [Written by Megan]  

                  
The Festival of the Photograph has officially begun and the highlight for the journalism wing of the photo community is the appearance of James Nachtwey, a journalist who’s been named “best in the world” so many times by so many organizations, it’s hard to list them all.  Photojournalists refer to him as a monk, a prophet. Nachtwey has made it his life mission a witness to all the pain that we are capable of creating and all that we are vulnerable to receiving.  »Read More

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[Panels from the Scrambler series by Rosemarie Fiore]

Last Friday was gorgeous and a great opportunity to see some bright, dynamic, thought-provoking art.

Started at enoteca to see local artist Tammy Reynolds Citron’s show, “Reclaiming the Frame”. Vibrant photos of a tree, a reflection in water, and an Italian village were set behind a window and then the artist finished each scene up onto the grids and frame in acrylic. Your eyes bounced back and forth between the two media and between the dimensions of behind the glass and outside the window. It’s always interesting to see something 2-D painted on something 3-D like that. There were also dress forms made into showy lamps but I wasn’t into them as much.

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