Newsletter Issue No. 2, April 4, 2011
Photographer
of the American Southwest
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Newsletter Issue No. 2
April 4, 2011 |
Well, it's
been a month since my last writings, and quite a few
exciting things have happened during that time. First, my image, "Ranchos Church
at Night",
was chosen for an exhibit at The Meadows Gallery at the Center for the
Visual Arts, in Denton, Texas. The show will run from April 28th
through June 3rd. It is the 43rd Annual Visual Arts Exhibition,
sponsored by the Visual Arts Society of
Texas (VAST). The exhibition juror, Benito
Huerta,
chose my image as one of 63 accepted works from the 168 artists and the
430 national entries. Being a show exhibiting all types of 2D and 3D
art, increased my excitement of the inclusion.
Secondly, two of my images, "Saloon
Wall Skull", and "Native
Omaha, Anthony Parker" were accepted into the 1st Annual Rodeo
Weekend Western Art Show at the Bonsack Gallery,
in Oakdale, California. The show will be hanging at the gallery from
April 1st through April 28th. The gallery is located at 13480 Orange
Blossom Road, in Oakdale. This is the first year the show was offered
to public participants, in the 17 years of it's existence. It had been
previously known as the Annual Oakdale Western Art Show, and had always
been held in conjunction with the Annual Oakdale
PCRA Rodeo. This is the 60th year for the rodeo. A big thank you to
Debi Bonsack for my inclusion.
Also, the web site presenting all of the winning and finalists images
for the 2nd
Annual Earth Through a Lens Exhibition
is now available for viewing. Check out the website for all of the
category winners and finalists images. The original images will be
hanging at two locations in the Palm Springs area from March 15th
through April 30th at the Rancho Mirage Library and from April 4th
through April 30th at the Hyatt Regency Suites Hotel in Palm Springs.
The opening reception will be on April 4th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the
Hyatt Regency Suites Hotel. My image "Lonely
Oak" was chosen as one of the finalists in the Deforestation
category.
I am writing this newsletter from my favorite place in the whole
world....Taos, New Mexico. Our drive over took us to some new places in
Southern New Mexico. Check out my News & Travel Section below for
images and story..
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March 2011 - "Images of the Week"
review
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Week of March 1st, 2011
Native Omaha-Anthony Parker
San Marcos, New Mexico
2010 |
Week of March 7th, 2011
Oceanside Harbor Lighthouse
Oceanside, California
2011 |
Week of March 14th, 2011
Summer Storm and Windmill
Bonanza Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 |
Week of March 21st, 2011
Robert's Cottages
Oceanside, California
2011 |
Week of March 28th, 2011
Ready to be Saddled
San Marcos, New Mexico
2010 |
Introducing this
Month: Craig Varjabedian |
Craig Varjabedian is a
world renowned photographer, with numerous published books and
awards to show proof of his outstanding body of work. He is a recent
recipient of the Wrangler Award, presented for Outstanding
Photography Book from the National
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City. This together with a long list of other
accomplishments, are listed below, as copied from his web site. Craig
is also the Owner/Director of Eloquent Light
Photography Workshops, out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, that is
celebrating their 25th anniversary. If any of you are
so inclined, I would highly recommend participating in one of
Craig's-Eloquent Light workshops. The following is from his web site: www.eloquentlight.com
Craig Varjabedian's
photographs of the American West illuminate his profound connection
with the region and its people. His finely detailed images shine with
an authenticity that reveals the inseparable ties between identity,
place, and the act of perceiving. For Varjabedian, the art of
photography is a receptive process driven by openness to the revelation
each subject offers, rather than the desire to manipulate form or
catalog detail. He achieves this intensely personal vision by capturing
and suspending on film those decisive moments in which the elements and
the ineffable spirit of a moment come together in exceptional and often
startling ways.
In recognition of the
significance and power of his images, Varjabedian has been awarded
grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Samuel H. Kress
Foundation, the McCune Charitable Foundation, and the New Mexico
Humanities Council. His photographs have been exhibited and collected
by museums around the country including the William Benton Museum of
Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Albuquerque Museum of Art &
History, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Harry Ransom
Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
In 1991 Varjabedian received
an Emmy Award for his collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Karl
Kernberger on the PBS documentary En Divina Luz: The Penitente Moradas
of New Mexico. Photographs from this project were published in a book
by the same name, with an essay by Pulitzer-nominated author Michael
Wallis (1994). His next book, By the Grace of Light: Images of Faith
from Catholic New Mexico (1998), came out of the bonds he developed
with the people and communities of the Morada Photographic Survey.
Recent books of his photographs, published by the University of New
Mexico Press include Four & Twenty Photographs: Stories from Behind
the Lens (2007), Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby (2009) which
received the prestigious Wrangler Award for Outstanding Photography
Book from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and Landscape
Dreams: New Mexico in Photographs and Words (2012) created and
published to coincide with New Mexico's Centennial of Statehood
celebrations.
Craig Varjabedian is
represented by the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, the Afterimage
Photograph Gallery in Dallas and the Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla.
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News
& Travel: |
Our recent trip to New
Mexico has taken us to some new places in the southern part of the
state. The picture above is the FJ parked on the side of the park
access road in White Sands National Monument (yes, that is the road we
are on). I plan to go back there in the near future. The light at
mid-day takes all of the shadows away that are needed to see the
contrasts in the dunes, so sunrise and sunset times are probably going
to be the best photographic times to be there. Probably a few less
people there also. We also spent some time in Lincoln County (home of
Billy the Kid). The town of Lincoln is a well preserved old west town,
with many of the original buildings still in use. The main road goes
right though town, so you don't even have to get out of the car to see
the place. We stayed in Ruidoso one night, which was centrally located
to all of the areas we wanted to explore. Great mountain town. There is
skiing in the winter, the Ruidoso Downs horse racing track, and a
beautiful hotel and casino. It was only a few miles in any direction to
Fort Stanton, Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan (home of the original Smokey the
Bear), Picacho, and San Patricio, to name just a few of the places we
checked out in one afternoon. The next day we traveled from Ruidoso to
Santa Fe along the back roads through places called Carrizozo, White
Oak, Corona, Duran, Clines Corners, Villanueva, Pecos, to name a few.
Below are a couple more images. One from Carrizozo, and the other a
roadside ruin in Duran.
Carrizozo, NM - Colorful Building
Duran, NM Ruin
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Notices & Gallery
Representation: |
Steven Bundy
Photography is
seeking sponsors that might be interested in some advertising
space within this newsletter. Also seeking gallery representation in
the New Mexico, Arizona and California areas. If you or someone you
know might be
interested, please get in touch with Steve at (760) 518-1530.
Steven Bundy is currently represented by the Panterra Gallery in
Bisbee, Arizona.
You can see more of his work on their web site and in
the gallery.
They are located at:
Chuck Feil & Maralyce Ferree
Panterra Gallery
22 Main Street, PO Box 743
Bisbee, Arizona 85603
www.panterragallery.com
Phone: (520) 432-3320Fax: (520) 432-3320
Email: panterragallery@gmail.com
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