MARY ANNE MITCHELL: Reflecting Back

kaleidescope eyes

Photograph © Mary Anne Mitchell

masquerade

Photograph © Mary Anne Mitchell

"Mary Anne Mitchell's work is derived from her experiences and visual "dreams" that move her to create. Her work documents the world in a manner that transforms the subject into something quite different from reality. The images depict situations, often mysterious, which draw the viewer into a narrative. The subject often appears isolated in a strange or surreal setting. In each piece, the artist invites the observer into her curious world. The images evoke ambiguous moods and each viewer’s response to them will be tempered by their own experiences. Mary Anne's artwork is primarily shot on film and printed by the artist as silver gelatin photographs."

I met Mary Anne Mitchell at Atlanta Celebrates Photography's ACP Portfolio Reviews in 2014. The above images are from one of my favorite of her series "Reflecting Back." View all of her work here.

Mary Anne Mitchell 

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Atlanta Celebrates Photography

 

PHILLIP GARBER: Auction to Benefit SAY "Every Voice Matters"

Times Square in the Rain

Photograph © Phillip Garber

Auction to Benefit 
SAY: Stuttering Association for the Young

"Our mission is to empower young people who stutter and inspire the world to treat them with compassion and respect so they can achieve their dreams. Our vision is a world where every voice matters."

Phillip Garber, a former student of mine, is a SAY alum and a sophomore in the BFA Photography program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. An aspiring photo-journalist, his focus is social documentary work. He attributes much of his confidence and success to SAY, which broadened his horizons and him gave him the power of his voice. "No matter how hard a situation may be, you always have an ally in your community."

Up for auction is Phillip's silver gelatin "wet print," Times Square in the Rain, with a starting bid of $250.00. Auction runs to June 12, 2014. Start bidding!

SAY AUCTION SITE

SAY: Stuttering Association for the Young is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people ages 8-18 through the organizations theater program, summer camp, and speech therapy. 

JOHN DELANEY: Kazakh Golden Eagle Nomads at Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe

Eagle Hunter #9, 2008 

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

Silent Watcher, 1998

 Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

 The Three Horsemen, 1998

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

 John Delaney in his traveling Studio

The method and style of my photography is very traditional. I travel with a large format wood view camera and a portable studio tent. My traveling studio not only controls the light but also serves as a common meeting ground in which my subjects present themselves. The goal is to create a portrait that reveals something beneath the obvious: a sense of grace, nobility, or humanity. – John Delaney

Nomad Girl w/ Falcon, 2008   

Gelatin-Silver print. Photograph © John Delaney

"Every year soon after the first snowfall these majestic men will mount their horses and head up into the mountains in search of prey. They will lose their eagles on any unsuspecting fox, rabbit, and even wolf. The Kazakhs capture their eagles while young, often directly from their  cliff side nests. They take only the female, which are larger and more aggressive than the male. The eagles stay with the hunter for about seven years, during which time man and bird live in symbiosis, bound in survival. With a wingspan of over 7 feet and talons that can easily crush bone, these majestic predators make formidable allies. In the more isolated valleys of the Altai Mountains this hunt still provides needed food and furs for harsh winters. And it has become a treasured tradition and right of passage for the Kazakh men."– John Delaney

Shot in Mongolia in 2008, John Delaney's Golden Eagle Nomads centers on the relationships between the nomadic Kazakh people and their golden eagle hunting companions. Though their nomadic lifestyle and hunting traditions date back to the 5th Century (and possibly earlier), the Kazakh's way of life is now threatened by an encroaching Western influence and globalization. Delaney's photographs capture the unique and complex symbiotic relationship between the Kazakh people and these powerful birds. Delaney was honored with the 2008 Lucie/International Photography Awards 'Discovery of the Year' for this series and was Master Printer for Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bruce Davidson, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, among others. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.

JOHN DELANEY: Golden Eagle Nomads 

Exhibition: May 17 – July 12

Artist Reception: June 5,  5‐7 pm 

Artist Talk: June 5, 6 pm 

Photo-Eye Gallery 

376 Garcia Street • Santa Fe, NM

PENTTI SAMMALLAHTI: Photo-Eye Gallery Santa Fe

Istanbul, Turkey, 1996

Gelatin-Silver print

Photograph © Pentti Sammallahti

Pentti Sammallahti  |  Here Far Away

Exhibition to February 9, 2013

Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe

And "Pentti Sammallahti in Arles" here

ARLES REPORT: Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective

Photographs © Pentti Sammallahti
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Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective

Photographs © Pentti Sammallahti

Martinmere, England, 1996
Photographs © Pentti Sammallahti

Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective

Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective

"Pentti Sammallahti's work is a kind of space odyssey. From his viewpoint Earth is no higher than a man or bird, it's white as snow and just as pure. It is oddly peopled with familiar animals who make their way through the solitude of a place as yet undefined. It's a site unfinished to the extent that it's panoramic views frame no space; instead suggest a lateral continuity, a slipping toward somewhere else whether it be a place of ice or mist. Pentti Sammallahti is Finnish, a man of the North. Unable to tolerate either sun or heat, he is perfect connivance with a natural world in which he takes the role of fascinated predator, and whose austerity he sublimates in his work."

PENNTI SAMMALLAHTI RETROSPECTIVE
Exhibition presented by The Mejan Association

Les Recontres Arles Photography
Magasin Electrique
to September 23

"Avec l'aimable autoristion de sepis EYE, New York, de Photo Gallery International, Tokyo and the Pictura, Bloomington Gallery, Indiana. Mounting on canvas by Plasticollage."

The entrance has the only sign for the Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective, after you enter you are on your own trying to find where it's located.

Building #5

The Pentti Sammallahti Retrospective was located in the farthest building from the entrance in this large Industrial Park. No one at the Information desk had heard of this exhibit

Photo-Eye Gallery's Vicki Bohannon introduced me to the work of Finnish Photographer Pentti Sammallahti. Because she passed on her love of Sammallahti's images and exquisite toned silver gelatin prints, I went on a hunt for this exhibition in Arles. It shouldn't have been hard to find, however the persons at the Les Recontres Arles Photography Festival Information desk were impatient explaining where it was located, although there was no reason to be unhelpful - the office was empty, no lines, no crowds, no one else but us. We had to go back and ask a second time as no one could tell us the location they gave us. Second time, just as unhelpful, finally just having a taxi take us. Once at the location, a large industrial park, no one at their Information desk had heard of Pentti Sammallahti and couldn't tell us if there was a show of his work there or not. After we finally saw his name listed somewhere on our own, no one seemed to know which of the five buildings his work was in. After trekking to the farthest-out building, there was an entrance with his name on it, but once inside there was no indication how to find his work which turned out to be up only one of the three different staircases on the 2nd floor. This was one of the most beautiful exhibitions as a whole. Worth searching for and spending time in.

...and Pentti Sammallahti at Photo-Eye Gallery

...more on Arles here and here