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“Staccato” exhibition, part 2

July 9, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

Yesterday I had three visitors: the two curators of the CPA In Motion Exhibition and the Champion for the show. The Champion is the manager of an exhibition, and is responsible for making sure everybody knows what they have to do, and that they do it. I showed my guests work prints from the Staccato… [Read More]

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“Staccato” to show at the CPA

July 8, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

A week ago, the Center for Photographic Art notified me that I could make an announcement on Facebook, but nowhere else. Yesterday, I got permission to post the information on the wider, less managed, web. So here goes: I will be having a joint exhibition at the CPA gallery with Hal Eastman. The show will… [Read More]

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Photos from Kim Weston’s opening reception

July 1, 2012 JimK 1 Comment

The Center for Photographic Art hosted a lecture by Kim Weston, and opened his new exhibition at the Center with a reception. Huntington Witherill curated the show, and Tracy Morrison was the Exhibition Champion, which means she did most of the organization. You can find out more about the exhibition here. I did a few sweep panoramas:  

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Previsualization heresy, part 11

June 24, 2012 JimK 2 Comments

Previsualization and chimping Ansel Adams made what he considered to be his first visualized negative (Monolith) in 1927. He began publicizing the concept, formulating the Zone System with Fred Archer in 1939 and 1940 and creating techniques for achieving what he called visualization. The Negative was published in 1948. Minor White’s Zone System Manual was… [Read More]

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Previsualization heresy, part 10

June 20, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

The same reader who made the perspicacious comment about previsualization vs visualization also said: …in my view, planning to do experimentation is as much visualization as planning to do a specific shot. You always (usually) have an idea what you can get and want to see if what you “visualized” will actually happen…and/or…what conditions are… [Read More]

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