I love color! If you come to my house, you’ll see walls that are bright yellow, blue and red, turquoise kitchen cabinets, a green sunroom and lots of other colors sprinkled around to brighten things up. I’ve always loved color, just ask my parents about the “primary colors and polka dot” decorating scheme that I used to decorate my junior high bedroom. (groan…)
This love of color definitely translates into my photography. Like many photographers of a certain age, my first introduction to photography was in the black and white darkroom. I stil love a good black and white print, and believe that making b&w images is a great way to refine an eye for composition. Hover, for me personally, I know that my photography became more of an expression of my personality when I embraced the creative use of color in my images.
So, it was an easy decision to enter my work for consideration into the current exhibit at The Darkroom Gallery in Essex Jct. Vermont. The call for entries said “If a confident use of color defines your work, we want to see it.” The exhibit was juried by Seth Resnick, a highly respected photographer, digital imaging expert and fellow lover of color. I was delighted to find out that two of the four images I entered were selected for the show, appropriately named Color Story. Be sure to check out the other images that were selected for the show, and read Seth’s commentary on his process for selecting the images. The show opens tonight (2/10/13) and will be up until March 3, 2013.
The images “Chance Encounter” and “Room with a View” are the two images that were selected. These two images are part of a series on Italy, called “La Passeggiata.” The images in the series are a sampling of my work from over 6 trips to Italy, in which I’ve explored Italy from the top to the bottom of the boot.
