FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL 2015: Portfolio Review Round-Up / Susan Keiser

Photograph © Susan Keiser        

from the series Flooded in the upcoming exhibition “Illuminate"

at The Center for Fine Art Photography

I’ve followed the very interesting work of Susan Keiser for several years. I had just chosen one of her images (above) for the upcoming exhibition “Illuminate” I juried for The Center For Fine Art Photography, opening December 4th in Fort Collins, CO. And so I was very pleased to meet Susan again and view her latest work at Filter Photo Festival’s recent Portfolio Review in Chicago. Check out her website link below and be sure to drop in for the exhibition in Colorado if you are nearby.

FLOODED

"An eerie calm descends when the rains cease, the hurricane blows over, an angry god is appeased. Fast-moving water can float things never meant to ride the waves, and strange, often strangely beautiful scenes appear before us. Odd craft drift by—dinette sets, quilted settees—and we wonder at the sight of someone too lost or too tired to swim. We usually envision rivers as flat blue ribbons, but they are deep and layered. As the waters recede we become aware of what sank beneath the surface, adding to the river of memories at the bottom. Floods can be an overflow of water or an outpouring of tears. These are images of the river’s fullness and the heart’s despair. We come from water. We are made of water. And in the end, water not earth will take us." – Susan Keiser

SUSAN KEISER WEBSITE

 Photograph © Susan Keiser    

 Photograph © Susan Keiser    

UPCOMING EXHIBITION
“Illuminate” with Juror Elizabeth Avedon
 December 4, 2015 - January 16, 2016
The Center For Fine Art Photography
400 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

FRIENDS OF FRIENDS PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION: Special Commission • Sean Perry

Early Spring, Nishi Honganji, Kyoto

A limited-edition print by Sean Perry

...presented in a deluxe folio, a collaboration between Sean Perry; book-artists Kaoru Yoshida and Jace Graf of Cloverleaf Studio, Austin, TX; and Friends Without A Border founder, Kenro Izu

 "Friend"

17th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction

During a series of photography trips to Cambodia's Angkor Wat monuments, internationally acclaimed photographer Kenro Izu was deeply affected by his encounters with often ill, malnournished, and disfigured children. As a symbol of his gratitude for the profund artistic inspiration he received from Cambodia's historical treasures, Izu committed himself to building a pediatric hospital to provide desperately needed healthcare for its children...its future.

Friends Without A Border, a non-profit organization, was founded by Izu in 1996 to build and manage Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia. In 2013, Friends launched a new initiative to extend the reach of the mission to the children of Lao PDR by building and establishing Lao Friends Hospital for Children; slated to open in the spring of 2015. 

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A special limited-edition pigment print by photographer Sean Perry, was commissioned exclusively for Friends Without A Border.

This previously unreleased image, Early Spring, Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, is from a new series of photographs Sean Perry has been making in Japan. To honor the artist's long involvement with FWAB, the print is presented in a deluxe folio, the result of a collaboration between Perry; book-artists Kaoru Yoshida and Jace Graf of Cloverleaf Studio, Austin, TX; and Friends Without A Border founder, Kenro Izu.

The enclosure is covered with rich Japanese book cloth and each folio includes original calligraphy by Mr. Izu in a front board recess. The print is displayed on a doublure covered with heirloom silk and is signed, titled, dated and editioned in pencil on the verso. It is held with platinum-colored ribbon corners to secure it inside, or for easy removal to frame. On the left inside cover is a double-signed and editioned limitation page, printed in letterpress with silver ink, and the back is foil-stamped with the Friends Without A Border logo.

Released in an edition of fifteen (15), plus three artist proofs, purchase of this special limited-edition print also includes admission to the December 9th Auction, a paddle number, and a copy of the Auction Catalog. 

The event is an awesome display of photography, including work by Irving Penn, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Davidson, Michael Kenna, Saul Leiter, Ralph Gibson, Hiroshi Watanabe, Berenice Abbott and so many more.

For more information about the Auction and to view the Auction lots please visit the Friends Without a Border.

Friends of Friends Photography Auction