Come see some one of the finest collections of photography on the North Shore of Boston at the exhibit, Through Our Eyes.  Many well-known artists will displaying thier most successful images, as well as some compelling experimental work.  The exhibit is sponsored solely by photographers for photographers.  The opening reception is Saturday, June 28, from 7-9 PM and coincides with the second Newburyport Artwalk of the season.

I will be exhibiting two new pieces that have never been shown before, Mobius II and Into the Mystic.  Both images won awards during this year’s competitions in the Merrimack Valley Camera Club.  The images will be available for sale. 

The exhibit runs through July 9th, 2008.

Photographer Daniel Powers and his wife, Colleen, by his juried work, Fantasy.  Photo courtesy of James R. Holland, Sr. (himself an artist in the exhibit).

The opening reception of the 14th Juried Exhibition of the Griffin Museum was held last night in Winchester, Massachusetts (http://www.griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions.htm). 

The event was roundly attended by artists, guests, and members of the board of trustees.  The exhibition was jurored by Kathryn Ware, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  By assignment she appears to have assembled a collection of works that are at once inventive and well-presented.  It is a distinct honor to be included amongst the artists selected. 

I had wonderful a conversation with Bremner Benedict, who was honored with the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award (http://www.griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions_main_gallery.htm),  about photographing family.  Her work will  be exhibited at the Kayafas Gallery in Boston beginning this month.  Lisa Tang Liu (http://www.lisatangliu.com/), a distinguished painter and fine art photographer, made the drive up from Quincy to attend the reception.  She left a technical engineering career to become a successful artist.  Good choice, Lisa!  Her work has been recently juried into shows in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.  Fenton Stirling of the Board of Trustees and I had a spirited and enjoyable discussion about the evolution of printing processes in the digital era. 

Many thanks to Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director, and Meredith Mulcahy, Associate Director, of the Griffin Museum for the many exciting and professional exhibits and programs they organize throughout the year. 

The exhibit runs through August 31, 2008.

Skies in Motion…

This is a dynamic series designed to evoke emotion.  Long exposures create skyscapes with blurred motion in the clouds.  What results is a powerful sense of energy.  Some images provide visual and emotional tension as static, architectural elements oppose the motion above.  In other images the subtle movement of landscape elements during the long exposure enhance the feeling of motion. 

See the series at www.danielpowersphoto.com.

Mystic Waters…

This series seeks to interpret the timeless, mystical nature of water and our relationship with it.  The effect is achieved through combining desired conditions of weather, tide, time of day, and very long exposures.  Some of the images contain static, man-made elements, some are more ethereal, but all invite the viewer to see water in its primal form.

 

 

See the series at www.danielpowersphoto.com.

 

DANIEL POWERS  (www.danielpowersphoto.com)

PHOTOGRAPHY RESUME

Representation  Valerie’s Gallery, 12 State Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Background  Fine art photographer and physician

Technical  Nikon film and digital cameras and lenses; Epson printers; digital images processed in Adobe Camera RAW; Adobe Photoshop CS3; all archival materials in printing and framing.

Curent Projects  Mystic Waters and Skies in Motion; specializing in long exposure photography

Photography Experience  fine art photography, pet portraiture, architectural photography; travel pphotography, environmental portraiture; conservation photography, documentary photography; pro bono photographer for Newburyport Literary Festival and Newburyport Art Association; initiated getting images online for animal adoption for Milford Animal Rescue; photojournalism experience includes US Marines during Kosovo deployment, 1999, and aftermath of earthquake in Turkey, 1999

 Select Exhibitions and Installations  Griffin Museum of Photography, 14th Juried Exhibition (Juror: Kathryn Ware, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Alfred Stieglitz Center for Photography), Winchester, Masschusetts, 2008; Pentucket Medical at Riverwalk, permanent exhibit, installation in progress, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 2008; Spring Member’s Open Show, Newburyport Art Association, Sargent and Hartson Galleries, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 2008; Greater Lynn International, Juried Exhibition, Yankee Photographic Photofest, Danvers, Massachusetts, 2008; Haverhill Public Library, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 2008; Fall Member’s Juried Show Part I, Newburyport Art Association, Sargent and Hartson Galleries, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 2008; West Village Provisions, West Boxford, Massachusetts, 2007; The Buttonwoods Mueum, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 2007; Photographic Expo, Milford, Connecticut, 2004, 2005.

Select Internet Photo Credits  Newburyport Literary Festival (http://nbplitfest2.wordpress.com/)

Awards  Merrimack Valley Camera Club, Monthly Digital Competition, General Category, 2008 Winner; Merrimack Valley Camera Club, Monthly Digital Competition, Travel Category, 2008 Winner; Merrimack Valley Camera Club, Monthly Digital Competition, Portraiture Category, 2008 Winner; featured on Art Limited (www.artlimited.net), March 2008; Peterson’s PHOTOgraphic Magazine Online Photographer of the Month, November 2000

Associations  Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 2008; Newburyport Art Association, 2007-2008; Merrimack Valley Camera club, 2007-2008

I am touched and deeply grateful to Jenn Hancock for her creative skill and interest in writing a piece about my photography.  The words talent and creativity resonate through your mind as you read her writings and take in her visual designs.  Look at ALL of her designs… 

http://jenndesign.wordpress.com/

I keep coming back to her “Nose Picking” pieces.  I think I am going to get these for my children! 

The exhibit, “Pennies from Heaven”, opened at the Sargent and Hartson Galleries of the Newburyport Art Association this past Saturday.  The galleries are located at 65 Water Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts.  978-876-4659.  http://www.newburyportart.org/pdfs/CFEpennies.pdf

The opening reception was well attended by artists, guests, and members of the Board of Directors.  The reception was well-presented with lavish hors d’oeuvres, wine, and live music; even the “wait staff” - volunteers and staff of the Art Association - possessed an air of elegance.  The atmosphere was friendly and upbeat as one would expect with such a bright theme for the exhibit.  Guests are welcome to vote for their favorite work and to enter their guess at the number of pennies in a glass vase for a prize at Jabberwocky Bookshop(http://jabberwocky.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp).

I had the pleasure of attending as both artist and photographer.  I had animated and engaging discussions with Jeff Patulak (Treasurer), Robert Pyle (Photographer and Boardmember), and Carol Reynolds, among others.  Carol is the “face’ of the Newburyport Art Association as the Gallery Director.  Professional in all she touches, she is tireless in her efforts to promote an active, dynamic art gallery.  I was impressed with their collective commitment to visual art and to the gallery as an entity. 

The show runs to May 17, 2008.

 

New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Richardson at her book-signing during the Newburyport Literary Festival

Volunteering [photographing] at the Newburport Literary Festival was as much fun as I can remember having in photography!  I found the whole experience incredibly fun and stimulating: meeting other photographers and volunteers who want to “give back”, listening to reknowned authors, discovering a new pulse of dynamic photography that is unique from my usual solitude in shooting fine art waterscapes and landscapes.  There was so much energy surrounding the events and in the community!  I never knew that Newburyport, a quaint tourist community along the Merrimack River north of Boston, was such a literary center.   Read more at http://nbptlitfest2.wordpress.com/another-successful-festival/

For anyone looking to give back to their Art, I highly recommend volunteering at this event.   The festival is extraordinarily well planned; for volunteers even the “small things” are thought of…nametags, free coffee from Starbucks, publicity for the photographers.  Many thanks to Christine McGarry (www.reflectionsbymcgarry.com) for coordinating the photography.  She did a GREAT job of organization!

 

Pennies from Heaven, Spring Members Open Show, Newburyport Art Association, Sargent and Hartson Galleries, 65 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950

 

Exhibition Dates:  April 25 – May 17, 2008

Reception:  Saturday, April 26, 7-9 PM

 

 

 —see the images “live” at the exhibit!

Daniel Powers’ photograph, Fantasy, has just been accepted into the Griffin Museum of Photography, 14th Juried Exhibition.  Juror: Kathryn Ware (see below).  Exhibition dates are June 5 through August 31, 2008.  You can see the image at www.danielpowersphoto.com. 

The Griffin Museum of Photography (www.griffinmuseum.org) is located in Winchester, Massachusetts, and has hosted numerous international traveling shows, including:

• Joyce Tenneson, “A Life in Photography”.  (www.photoicon.com/news/95/)
• William Wegman, “It’s A Dog’s Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collections.”
• Martin Schoeller’s dramatic and large close-ups of celebrities, ”Close Up”.   (http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/02/22/up_close_and_impersonal/)

 

Katherine Ware is Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Alfred Stieglitz Center for Photography in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.