by Douglas Stockdale • My experimentation/play series of organic abstraction during the COVID-19 pandemic has also included some printing evaluations using the dye sublimation printing process on clear base aluminum. I have been working with three west-coast California print labs on this printing project and they all have a slight variation on what to call this process... Continue Reading →
Highlights from Photo LA’s Virtual Collect and Connect
By Gerhard Clausing • These days we are somewhat isolated due to the coronavirus situation, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share our work. Quite the contrary, it is a more personal experience to virtually visit with our fellow photographers and authors and to hear and see them tell about their projects in an atmosphere... Continue Reading →
Remembering Sandor “Sandy” Demlinger and Manuel “Manny” Martinez IV
By Gerhard Clausing • Last night the Southern California Photographers’ Exchange had a very nice meeting sharing memories of these two fellow members we lost this year. We were so pleased to hear a numbers of us relating amusing and touching experiences and anecdotes along with images created Sandy and Manny, as you can... Continue Reading →
Marta Weiss – Making It Up: Photographic Fictions
Review by Paul Anderson • Making It Up: Photographic Fictions by Marta Weiss is an historical survey of photographic works that have been staged or constructed to replicate some scenes of historical significance, or to make a cultural or personal statement. All images come from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.... Continue Reading →
The AMBIGUITIES Exhibition
© Roger Bennett The AMBIGUITIES Exhibition In Honor of Mother’s Day This time I was especially pleased with the submissions. A range of images from the totally abstract to the concrete yet had-to-define can be found in the images that were submitted, and they are just bursting with creative energy. There is indeed... Continue Reading →
John Montich at the Muckenthaler May 9-26 and at Long Beach Studio Tour June 1-2
Our member John Montich will show his work at two events: For 25 years the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton has dedicated the month of May to the automobile. This year he has been invited to exhibit in their anniversary exhibit “25 Years of Muck Motoring.” There are several events happening throughout the month. Check... Continue Reading →
Exhibition: Travel – Investigating a Culture
Gerhard (Gerry) Clausing, Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) Every place has its own unique smells, sounds, and ambience, whether is San Francisco’s China Town, South Los Angeles barrio or a far-off country in Europe, Asia or Africa. Capturing the particular aura of a place and of those who inhabit it is the great challenge of travel... Continue Reading →
Mark Edward Harris – The Travel Photo Essay. Describing a Journey through Images
Author and Photographer: Mark Edward Harris (lives in Southern California) Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), New York, NY (USA) and Abingdon (UK); © 2018 Paperback, 260 pages, 174 illustrations, 11 chapters Review by J. K. Lanyi This newly published book on travel photography by Mark Edward Harris is a must-read, and not only... Continue Reading →
The LIVING NATURE Exhibition
© Janos Lanyi The LIVING NATURE ExhibitionWe share our world with animals and plants, and both of these groups, while their physiology may differ, certainly demand our attention and care in various ways. They have a similar meaning to many of us as well, and we provide them with love and dedication, the closer they... Continue Reading →
On-line exhibition: Water & Ice
copyright Scott Mathews Within the artistic genre of landscape, documentary and still-live photography, the subject of water and all of its related forms is one of the classic themes. The subject of water has continued to evolve into contemporary art due to its metaphoric potential as representing one of the basic essences of life, thus... Continue Reading →