Selections for Art Show at my Church
Jan 31, 2018 07:36:48 #
Jan 31, 2018 07:49:59 #
dpullum wrote:
Careful David in Dallas ... As I recall Mapplethorpe had a religious theme in his shows... Those church people turned on him not appreciating any thing but flowers, birds and babies. They verbally crucified him!! I was in Nashville when the poop hit the propeller.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mapplethorpe+religious+pictures&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic45L8gILZAhVCt1MKHV5UCzAQsAQIKA&biw=1113&bih=603
https://www.google.com/search?q=mapplethorpe+religious+pictures&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic45L8gILZAhVCt1MKHV5UCzAQsAQIKA&biw=1113&bih=603
Mapplethorpe is not my cup of tea either. I've known of him for a few decades though. In that selection above the only images I can easily stomach are the Flowers, and the Photograph of rock star Patty Smith with the Doves. The Andy Warhol is just OK.
to dpullum: I wonder how Mapplethorpe's show went over in NYC & SF? Just saying, Nashville could get upset by a lot of things. Again, I'm not a Mapplethorpe fan at all.
Jan 31, 2018 07:57:47 #
David in Dallas wrote:
My church is having its annual "Art Show"... (show quote)
Yes, some nice variety there, nearly all very well presented in my opinion. Many do approach being Fine Art Photography. I especially like the spiral stairs, the church pews inside church, and helicopter.
Jan 31, 2018 13:21:46 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
Thanks. Your comment means a lot.You have some nice images there. Good luck to you.
Feb 1, 2018 09:10:10 #
Feb 1, 2018 09:18:26 #
MCHH
Loc: Manhattan, KS
You did a marvelous job. Reminds me of sorting cattle through a gate, culls one way, keepers another. Some times a few cull got to be keepers. You selections, however, I did not see any stray culls in your 35 pics. Well done!
Feb 1, 2018 16:12:38 #
Thanks, everyone! It helps to get some feedback. I've not heard from the Group Leader, yet, but he has multiple projects in the mill right now and is busy.
lamiaceae, that helicopter photo is probably my all-around favorite. It was taken with a Petri 7S rangefinder 35mm camera in 1964 at Cartwright, Labrador as the chopper was landing. It was just dumb luck that it included the radar site under the bird and that the rotor blades pointed to the corners of the frame. The copter had just been repainted, too, and the colors really snapped. I liked it so much when it was new that I had a 12x18 print made of it, and when I digitized it (many years later) I found a big scanner at my workplace and scanned the big print. (The original was a 35mm Ektachrome slide.)
The photos in that grouping range from 1963 through 2017, using a variety of cameras: the earliest was with a Kodak Baby Brownie Special using 127 Ektachrome; then the Petri 7S; a Nikkormat FT; Nikon N70 or Nikon FE (I carried both, one above the other); Kodak DX7630; Nikon D50; Nikon D7000; and Nikon D7100. The Nikkormat and N70 wore a Tamron 28-200 zoom lens, the FE had a Vivitar 28mm f/1.8, and the DSLRs all used an 18-200VR zoom. Scanning was done mostly on an HP flatbed scanner (with transparency adapter).
lamiaceae, that helicopter photo is probably my all-around favorite. It was taken with a Petri 7S rangefinder 35mm camera in 1964 at Cartwright, Labrador as the chopper was landing. It was just dumb luck that it included the radar site under the bird and that the rotor blades pointed to the corners of the frame. The copter had just been repainted, too, and the colors really snapped. I liked it so much when it was new that I had a 12x18 print made of it, and when I digitized it (many years later) I found a big scanner at my workplace and scanned the big print. (The original was a 35mm Ektachrome slide.)
The photos in that grouping range from 1963 through 2017, using a variety of cameras: the earliest was with a Kodak Baby Brownie Special using 127 Ektachrome; then the Petri 7S; a Nikkormat FT; Nikon N70 or Nikon FE (I carried both, one above the other); Kodak DX7630; Nikon D50; Nikon D7000; and Nikon D7100. The Nikkormat and N70 wore a Tamron 28-200 zoom lens, the FE had a Vivitar 28mm f/1.8, and the DSLRs all used an 18-200VR zoom. Scanning was done mostly on an HP flatbed scanner (with transparency adapter).
Feb 1, 2018 18:53:07 #
Sep 2, 2020 21:32:01 #
cdayton wrote:
It appears I never replied to this--sorry. I'm glad you liked them. The show (there were 6 others showing) was very popular with the congregants.Really a nice variety of excellent shots. Your show should be well received.
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