September 17th - October 8th
Opening Reception September 17 • 5 – 8 pm
Keynote by Curator Jahi Chikwendiu
Guest Artist Talk at 21c Lexington September 18 • 3 pm
Charles H. Traub, School of Visual Arts, New York City
Closing Reception October 8 • 5 – 8 pm
Screening of M & M Smith: For Posterity’s Sake documentary
Opening Reception September 17 • 5 – 8 pm
Keynote by Curator Jahi Chikwendiu
Guest Artist Talk at 21c Lexington September 18 • 3 pm
Charles H. Traub, School of Visual Arts, New York City
Closing Reception October 8 • 5 – 8 pm
Screening of M & M Smith: For Posterity’s Sake documentary
About the Lexington Camera Club
The original Lexington Camera Club was active from 1934 until 1972, and its members included several men who would become important figures in the photography world. Ralph Eugene Meatyard became internationally famous for his haunting black-and-white images. Although he died in 1972, his work continues to be exhibited in museums around the world. Van Deren Coke would become a Guggenheim and Fulbright fellow, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s photography department and Director of the George Eastman House.
Robert C. May became a noted photographer, photograph collector and benefactor of the University of Kentucky Art Museum. Among the surviving members of the original club are Charles Traub, our guest artist for this exhibit, and Guy Mendes, who with others resurrected the club in 2014.
After 18 months of isolation, illness and loss, we pivot to take stock of what has endured in our lives and how that might be depicted in photographs. We continue a tradition that goes back 85 years to the beginning of the Lexington Camera Club, in which members inform and inspire each other to produce new photographs, and to explore a wide range of possibilities within the photographic medium. Every few years, we put together an exhibit to share the work and see how personal visions can be orchestrated to amplify a common theme, and to remind us of the power of the art and craft of photography.
Robert C. May became a noted photographer, photograph collector and benefactor of the University of Kentucky Art Museum. Among the surviving members of the original club are Charles Traub, our guest artist for this exhibit, and Guy Mendes, who with others resurrected the club in 2014.
After 18 months of isolation, illness and loss, we pivot to take stock of what has endured in our lives and how that might be depicted in photographs. We continue a tradition that goes back 85 years to the beginning of the Lexington Camera Club, in which members inform and inspire each other to produce new photographs, and to explore a wide range of possibilities within the photographic medium. Every few years, we put together an exhibit to share the work and see how personal visions can be orchestrated to amplify a common theme, and to remind us of the power of the art and craft of photography.
Curator's Statement
What Endures
I live at the edge of a beautiful forest, one of this world’s many. She was here before me and has never been mine. But when I’m with her, I feel like part of her. I Am part of her, never even considering myself worthy of eliminating any life there who isn’t coming for mine. Everything there has its place. Some familiar. Some are beyond anything my own imagination might conjure. Every being there has its own voice. I give deep appreciation to the Mother Tree that fell last winter, the spring flower of another species that budded from her dead trunk, and the vine that might’ve choked her out while using her majestic height to reach a higher place in the sun. I pause to give wonder to both the medical shrooms and the ones toxic to some. I give respect to the turtles and the copperheads. I give reverence to all the beings there I stop to photograph as well as the prickled vines I contort to avoid as I pedal through. Sometimes I trim back those thorns a little, as I’ve been asked to give a pruner’s eye to this beautiful forest of photographs from the Lexington Camera Club. I encourage anyone within reach of my words, anyone within eyeshot of this collection, to explore these visual expressions— some quaintly familiar, some seemingly from other worlds. Give seeing to how each of these photographers has visually ordered the isolation and upheaval of these times, the peace and the chaos of this era. Give hearing to their varied visual voices, speaking in effort to figure how to endure in these days.
– Jahi Chikwendiu
I live at the edge of a beautiful forest, one of this world’s many. She was here before me and has never been mine. But when I’m with her, I feel like part of her. I Am part of her, never even considering myself worthy of eliminating any life there who isn’t coming for mine. Everything there has its place. Some familiar. Some are beyond anything my own imagination might conjure. Every being there has its own voice. I give deep appreciation to the Mother Tree that fell last winter, the spring flower of another species that budded from her dead trunk, and the vine that might’ve choked her out while using her majestic height to reach a higher place in the sun. I pause to give wonder to both the medical shrooms and the ones toxic to some. I give respect to the turtles and the copperheads. I give reverence to all the beings there I stop to photograph as well as the prickled vines I contort to avoid as I pedal through. Sometimes I trim back those thorns a little, as I’ve been asked to give a pruner’s eye to this beautiful forest of photographs from the Lexington Camera Club. I encourage anyone within reach of my words, anyone within eyeshot of this collection, to explore these visual expressions— some quaintly familiar, some seemingly from other worlds. Give seeing to how each of these photographers has visually ordered the isolation and upheaval of these times, the peace and the chaos of this era. Give hearing to their varied visual voices, speaking in effort to figure how to endure in these days.
– Jahi Chikwendiu
Artist Statements
DOBREE ADAMS - Spring 2021 we were isolated by a layer of ice/sleet/snow and then by another historic flood. With every flood there is the Bardo of non-knowing: how high it will go, when it will crest, how long it will hover, and what will remain. I captured the wildness and magnitude as the creek backed up and covered our lane; as the water crept in and submerged gates and fences. River Rats in the flood plain of the Kentucky River, we have endured again!
RUTH ADAMS - Conversations with the Ancestors is a response to the explosion of anger and hatred around the US. This work looks to the past to find reassurance that we will survive this blip, once again find balance, and come together as humans instead of adversaries. Be it the stones left at grave sites to say, “I was here, I remember,” or the chairs set up to invite a visit and conversation, these images invite communication, intervention, questions, and connection. They remind us to take guidance from the wisdom of the ages.
[email protected]
BILL COLE - WHAT ENDURES is both complex and simplistic in conceptualization and execution. We have passed through a fire. We have lost people and jobs. We have lost time. We have lost the concept of normal and had to hunt for something new. But we have gained a new understanding of what it means to be alive in a world made more divisive as each day passed. The world changed, and it changed us. How were we all affected by 2020? What did not make it and what endures?
[email protected]
http://threeophotostudio.com
DAVID COYLE - The world and its constructs changed, but my vision largely remains the same.
The work most important to me is that rooted in the natural world.
It was a driving force pre-pandemic and is only reinforced as we come out.
A world where solitude feels correct, and time no longer needs to be measured.
The human spirit and the drive to create, that is what endures.
https://www.teamcoyle.com
TOM EBLEN - I seek to create art from reality. My photographs explore the human experience, the wonder of nature, and the grandeur and absurdity of the built environment. I look for light, composition and, most of all, moments.
www.tomeblen.com
ELIZABETH ROUSE FIELDER - What Endures in life? This collection celebrates the eternal light in our physical and spiritual worlds. It captures the magical play of light across the earth and seeks to capture images of our ideals of democracy and design in architecture, lighting our way to personal and artistic freedom. In essence, this collection celebrates the light that pierces the darkness, as it was in the beginning, including the light of the spirit and mind.
[email protected]
www.instagram.com/erfielder
DAVID FITTS - In this particular exhibit, we were asked “What endures?” I reflected on that for quite some time. From the perspective of Buddhism, nothing in phenomenal reality will endure. From that perspective, I chose the images submitted for this show, looking for that human element that endures in spite of the challenges we face. Can you see this in these images? If one or more of the images happen to open you up to a deeper level of realization of your own humanity, than my intention has been realized.
[email protected]
WALT FOREMAN - I make photographs while walking with my dog Valerie in our three-block by eight-block neighborhood. I stop to take photographs of trees, or details of trees, and she stops to sniff their bases. We both have our passions. As we walk, I also take a lot of shots of things on or near the pavement. Sometimes when we stop so I can make a shot, she sits or stands politely right in my composition, often disrupting its elements. I travel with my own art critic.
[email protected]
GARY HANSEN - After a lifetime interest in photography, I began pursuing my own work more seriously in 2015 after retiring from the University of Kentucky and a career in sociology. As a sociologist with a camera, I consider myself a photosociologist who uses photography to document the unique settings in which we live, interact, and collectively create meaning. As such, my images, even when people are absent, reflect human experiences with both social and natural environments. Residing in Lexington, KY, I am a partner in and display work as Two Profs Photography.
[email protected]
LIZ HANSEN - My photography is journalistic. I tell stories by depicting people, places, and events as I encounter them. I began taking photos in elementary school with my Official Girl Scout camera. Although photography was part of my journalism education, during my career as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer and journalism professor, my photos complemented my writing and rarely stood alone. After retiring from Eastern Kentucky University in 2014, I became a writing coach for the photojournalism section of Western Kentucky University’s Mountain Workshops, which renewed my interest in creating stand-alone images.
[email protected]
MARCIA LAMONT HOPKINS - When I see a quality of light, a certain juxtaposition of shapes, or something that intrigues me, I want to express it photographically. I want my images to have meaning, to evoke a story, and to have beauty. I’m not content to record what is there but am moved to add mystery and to elevate the aesthetic sense of the scene.
[email protected]
marcia-hopkins.squarespace.com
SARAH HOSKINS - The submitted two images are more than a bit dark to me, different from my usual work which I feel is much more positive. But these have not been normal times. I felt it was important to submit recent work that reflected or at least to me these current troubling times. These are my attempt to reflect the title of this exhibit What Endures.
http://sarahhoskins.com/
MICK JEFFRIES - In the early days of the pandemic, I took solace in daily walks, alone through the urban solitude. Actual people were scarce and often I’d encounter no one. I became aware of particularly empty spaces and would sometimes stand pondering them for more than a few moments. There was nobody to question me, so I’d stand alone…as witness.
[email protected]
LIBBY FALK JONES - Rocks stop time. But with the play of light, rocks also evolve. Spending time in the high deserts of California, Arizona, and Utah helped to ground me during this pandemic year. I used my camera to explore the colors, textures, and geometries of rocks—their weight, their silences, and their voices.
[email protected]
SUSAN KING - Although I left Kentucky after graduating from U.K., Kentucky was often on my mind. Stories from childhood, my childhood and others, grabbed my attention. When I returned at fifty, I returned with a camera and a desire to photograph. Here small toys found in a thrift store and toys left by a small boy in our family who died just before Christmas in 1910 are shown larger than life. The artifacts of childhood loom large in my memory and my work.
[email protected]
www.susankingart.work
EVELYN KNIGHT - These images were captured at Ayurvedic healing centers, where sitting quietly in your room for weeks is part of the treatment. In lockdown life happens inside. You seem to see through a glass, a curtain, darkly; yet outside the sun still rises and sets. Nothing has changed, really. Your heartbeat carries on. Your inner self, your imagination, still shine. You peer out into the world. It pours Light into your awareness. It is quiet, it is humming. It is filled with a presence that endures. You emerge calm and strong.
EvelynAstridKnight.com
ED LAWRENCE - At the beginning of 2020, I resolved to photograph something that I found visually interesting each day of the year. I met my goal of at least clicking the shutter for 365 days. Some days were better than others, but the chronicle of days is what interests me most.
[email protected]
www.edlawrencephotogaphy.com
GUY MENDES - Signs, wonders and small astonishments are a balm for sore eyes, welcome sights that heal the frayed spirit. Immersion in the natural world soothes the soul and reminds us of our short-but-sweet role to play in a primordial landscape that has been home to countless people before us, with many more to follow. To bring back images from a walk along a creek or a jump in a lake captures and manifests something akin to a poem, or a psalm -- to be read or sung -- blessings that endure.
[email protected]
https://guymendes.com/
PATRICK MITCHELL - A New York photographer told me to “find that one area in the field and practice shooting it until perfection. Master that one area and the love of the craft will follow.” I am drawn to humans and their emotions. During the Rodney King riots ABC interviewed kids from local area schools to see how they were affected. To see the loss of hope in their eyes and hear the fear in their voices touched my heart immensely. I see some of those same feelings in today’s protests for change.
www.imagesbypatrik.photography
KEVIN NANCE - As a street photographer I’m drawn to places with history and resonance, with a certain earned patina. Often these are gathering places, although an introvert, I’m repelled by crowds — which tends to confine my visits to the lonelier hours, typically at night. Still, one of the great lessons of the pandemic for me is how important it is to have somewhere to go, somewhere to be, even if there’s no one else around but my fellow nighthawks. Misery may love company, but it’s still company.
[email protected]
kevinnance.tumblr.com
JOHN LYNNER PETERSON - Seeing is noticing the beauty in the ordinary, the anomaly and in a surprise. My goal is to frame what is visually and emotionally interesting to me. I work to create an image that evokes a respect for all creation. My images witness and interpret a momentary encounter. My intent is to provoke reflection and engage in conversation for better mutual understanding. What do you see?
[email protected]
JohnLynnerPeterson.com
GREG REYNOLDS - ‘Possibly maybe’ is a series of men’s portraits made over 30 years in New York, Berlin, and Kentucky. The subjects were models, actors, dancers, artists, friends, and boyfriends whom I met in bars and clubs or through jobs as a New York cater waiter. The decade of one’s twenties is a time of flux where the future is beyond the horizon and every new day brims with new possibilities. My work is influenced by the movies and I see myself as a director staging a scene that moves the viewer.
[email protected]
FARHAD REZAEI - "I want to learn more about what I like in a photograph and learn about how things look like when I take a picture of them."
SHARON RUBLE - Susan Sontag said, “the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.” This has been a guiding philosophical concept in my work. The idea that we are conscious travelers in this world, witnessing and capturing another’s reality, then willfully joining them in that adventure is a challenging and rewarding experience. I hope these photographs taken on recent journeys give the viewer a window into other realities that exist above and beneath the surface of everyday life and perception.
[email protected]
MATTHEW SCHULER - I like to capture serendipitous moments: animals in their environment, and people interacting with each other and with the cityscape. Freezing these fleeting moments gives us the ability to examine them more closely, to contemplate them in a manner not possible in live time, perhaps finding deeper meanings, connections and relationships in the process.
[email protected]
HEATHER STRATTON - Lunatic Fringe - I am fascinated by the cosmos with all of its lore, science, and mysticism. I ponder the importance of space research and lessening the human footprint upon the universe and all celestial bodies. I create these darkroom prints through a mixture of photographic collage with other objects to layer a sort of photogram on top of the paper. After exposing the paper, I agitate the developing image and flash light upon it in order to capture the movement of chemical liquid through the unique process of solarization.
www.HeatherStratton.com
CHARLES TRAUB - Each of these pieces are designed as a diptych where the two images are placed together in order to merge their individual meanings into a greater theme. These images will be published later this year by Damiani in a book titled Tickety-Boo. Charlie’s statement is: “These smartphone images were taken between 2016 and 2021 anywhere and everywhere. Tickety-boo and to you too!”
http://www.charlestraub.com/
MARYJEAN WALL - The horse has survived wars, famines, droughts, epizootics, and redundancy in the automobile age. We should not be surprised, then, that the horse endures even after the global Covid pandemic. The horse has maintained a presence on this planet since the earliest times, delighting mankind, serving as a companion, a work partner, and a source of inspiration. The presence of horses is steadfast, even if the world has changed radically over centuries of time. Maryjean Wall has photographed horses in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
[email protected]
MELISSA WATT - Photography is about time. The magic of photography motivates me: “I like to photograph the magic.” While working on these composite images, I try to be open to possibility. I shoot with an eye to combining; as if the components are the jewels which depend on one another, the background is the setting. All of the parts are my own photos. I use Photoshop to manipulate and stick it all together. The natural world fascinates me. I try to create a feel of that, while maintaining a sense of humor.
[email protected]
Website: melissawatt.net
MARTHA WAYLAND - Martha (Marty) Wayland lives in Berea Kentucky. She retired from a career in college auxiliary management. Originally a K-12 art teacher and coach, Marty is back to her first love, photography. She bought her first professional Nikon camera as a retirement present in 2014. Traveled with Berea College students to photograph the National Parks in Utah and in the Arizona desert. In 2018-19 photographed in the Smoky National Park in the Spring and Fall. Her three “What Endures” images are from her 2020 Covid-19 Berea isolation home/gardens.
[email protected]
CIS STUDENTS:
ARYNN BURNETT - Hello, my name is Arryn, and I am 11 years old and will be going to the 6th grade at Bryan Station Middle School. I first participated in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) when I was 9 years old. I enjoy photography because it gives me something to do and allows me to learn new things. I like taking pictures of anything that catches my eye.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
ARELI GREEN - Hello, my name is Areli, and I am 17 years old, and I attend school at STEAM Academy. My submissions for this exhibit were all taken in Red Fox, Kentucky where my Mom lived before moving to Lexington. I thought it would be a good place to take pictures because it has a lot of beautiful, old and natural elements. I was one of the first students to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) in 2019 and continue in the program today.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
DANIELLE GREEN - Hello, my name is Dani, and I am 16 years old. I attend Bryan Station High School where I am in the 10th grade. My submissions for this exhibit were all taken in Red Fox, Kentucky where my Mom is from. I participated in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) in 2019 and continue in the program today. My favorite picture is the black and white of the old car because I like old cars.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
JACOB KONATE - Hello, we are twin brothers Joseph and Jacob and we are 13 years old. We will be 8th graders at Beaumont Middle School. We like photography because of the beauty you can see in pictures. When we had the opportunity to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) we took it. We like taking pictures of different places and the outdoors.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
JOSEPH KONATE - Hello, we are twin brothers Joseph and Jacob and we are 13 years old. We will be 8th graders at Beaumont Middle School. We like photography because of the beauty you can see in pictures. When we had the opportunity to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) we took it. We like taking pictures of different places and the outdoors.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
KATIE MASON - Hello, my name is Katie, and I am 14 years old. I am in the 10th grade at Bryan Station High School. I learned about Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) while attending their Boys and Girls Club. I like photography because I think I am good at taking pictures so I wanted to learn more. I like taking pictures of nature.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
RUTH ADAMS - Conversations with the Ancestors is a response to the explosion of anger and hatred around the US. This work looks to the past to find reassurance that we will survive this blip, once again find balance, and come together as humans instead of adversaries. Be it the stones left at grave sites to say, “I was here, I remember,” or the chairs set up to invite a visit and conversation, these images invite communication, intervention, questions, and connection. They remind us to take guidance from the wisdom of the ages.
[email protected]
BILL COLE - WHAT ENDURES is both complex and simplistic in conceptualization and execution. We have passed through a fire. We have lost people and jobs. We have lost time. We have lost the concept of normal and had to hunt for something new. But we have gained a new understanding of what it means to be alive in a world made more divisive as each day passed. The world changed, and it changed us. How were we all affected by 2020? What did not make it and what endures?
[email protected]
http://threeophotostudio.com
DAVID COYLE - The world and its constructs changed, but my vision largely remains the same.
The work most important to me is that rooted in the natural world.
It was a driving force pre-pandemic and is only reinforced as we come out.
A world where solitude feels correct, and time no longer needs to be measured.
The human spirit and the drive to create, that is what endures.
https://www.teamcoyle.com
TOM EBLEN - I seek to create art from reality. My photographs explore the human experience, the wonder of nature, and the grandeur and absurdity of the built environment. I look for light, composition and, most of all, moments.
www.tomeblen.com
ELIZABETH ROUSE FIELDER - What Endures in life? This collection celebrates the eternal light in our physical and spiritual worlds. It captures the magical play of light across the earth and seeks to capture images of our ideals of democracy and design in architecture, lighting our way to personal and artistic freedom. In essence, this collection celebrates the light that pierces the darkness, as it was in the beginning, including the light of the spirit and mind.
[email protected]
www.instagram.com/erfielder
DAVID FITTS - In this particular exhibit, we were asked “What endures?” I reflected on that for quite some time. From the perspective of Buddhism, nothing in phenomenal reality will endure. From that perspective, I chose the images submitted for this show, looking for that human element that endures in spite of the challenges we face. Can you see this in these images? If one or more of the images happen to open you up to a deeper level of realization of your own humanity, than my intention has been realized.
[email protected]
WALT FOREMAN - I make photographs while walking with my dog Valerie in our three-block by eight-block neighborhood. I stop to take photographs of trees, or details of trees, and she stops to sniff their bases. We both have our passions. As we walk, I also take a lot of shots of things on or near the pavement. Sometimes when we stop so I can make a shot, she sits or stands politely right in my composition, often disrupting its elements. I travel with my own art critic.
[email protected]
GARY HANSEN - After a lifetime interest in photography, I began pursuing my own work more seriously in 2015 after retiring from the University of Kentucky and a career in sociology. As a sociologist with a camera, I consider myself a photosociologist who uses photography to document the unique settings in which we live, interact, and collectively create meaning. As such, my images, even when people are absent, reflect human experiences with both social and natural environments. Residing in Lexington, KY, I am a partner in and display work as Two Profs Photography.
[email protected]
LIZ HANSEN - My photography is journalistic. I tell stories by depicting people, places, and events as I encounter them. I began taking photos in elementary school with my Official Girl Scout camera. Although photography was part of my journalism education, during my career as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer and journalism professor, my photos complemented my writing and rarely stood alone. After retiring from Eastern Kentucky University in 2014, I became a writing coach for the photojournalism section of Western Kentucky University’s Mountain Workshops, which renewed my interest in creating stand-alone images.
[email protected]
MARCIA LAMONT HOPKINS - When I see a quality of light, a certain juxtaposition of shapes, or something that intrigues me, I want to express it photographically. I want my images to have meaning, to evoke a story, and to have beauty. I’m not content to record what is there but am moved to add mystery and to elevate the aesthetic sense of the scene.
[email protected]
marcia-hopkins.squarespace.com
SARAH HOSKINS - The submitted two images are more than a bit dark to me, different from my usual work which I feel is much more positive. But these have not been normal times. I felt it was important to submit recent work that reflected or at least to me these current troubling times. These are my attempt to reflect the title of this exhibit What Endures.
http://sarahhoskins.com/
MICK JEFFRIES - In the early days of the pandemic, I took solace in daily walks, alone through the urban solitude. Actual people were scarce and often I’d encounter no one. I became aware of particularly empty spaces and would sometimes stand pondering them for more than a few moments. There was nobody to question me, so I’d stand alone…as witness.
[email protected]
LIBBY FALK JONES - Rocks stop time. But with the play of light, rocks also evolve. Spending time in the high deserts of California, Arizona, and Utah helped to ground me during this pandemic year. I used my camera to explore the colors, textures, and geometries of rocks—their weight, their silences, and their voices.
[email protected]
SUSAN KING - Although I left Kentucky after graduating from U.K., Kentucky was often on my mind. Stories from childhood, my childhood and others, grabbed my attention. When I returned at fifty, I returned with a camera and a desire to photograph. Here small toys found in a thrift store and toys left by a small boy in our family who died just before Christmas in 1910 are shown larger than life. The artifacts of childhood loom large in my memory and my work.
[email protected]
www.susankingart.work
EVELYN KNIGHT - These images were captured at Ayurvedic healing centers, where sitting quietly in your room for weeks is part of the treatment. In lockdown life happens inside. You seem to see through a glass, a curtain, darkly; yet outside the sun still rises and sets. Nothing has changed, really. Your heartbeat carries on. Your inner self, your imagination, still shine. You peer out into the world. It pours Light into your awareness. It is quiet, it is humming. It is filled with a presence that endures. You emerge calm and strong.
EvelynAstridKnight.com
ED LAWRENCE - At the beginning of 2020, I resolved to photograph something that I found visually interesting each day of the year. I met my goal of at least clicking the shutter for 365 days. Some days were better than others, but the chronicle of days is what interests me most.
[email protected]
www.edlawrencephotogaphy.com
GUY MENDES - Signs, wonders and small astonishments are a balm for sore eyes, welcome sights that heal the frayed spirit. Immersion in the natural world soothes the soul and reminds us of our short-but-sweet role to play in a primordial landscape that has been home to countless people before us, with many more to follow. To bring back images from a walk along a creek or a jump in a lake captures and manifests something akin to a poem, or a psalm -- to be read or sung -- blessings that endure.
[email protected]
https://guymendes.com/
PATRICK MITCHELL - A New York photographer told me to “find that one area in the field and practice shooting it until perfection. Master that one area and the love of the craft will follow.” I am drawn to humans and their emotions. During the Rodney King riots ABC interviewed kids from local area schools to see how they were affected. To see the loss of hope in their eyes and hear the fear in their voices touched my heart immensely. I see some of those same feelings in today’s protests for change.
www.imagesbypatrik.photography
KEVIN NANCE - As a street photographer I’m drawn to places with history and resonance, with a certain earned patina. Often these are gathering places, although an introvert, I’m repelled by crowds — which tends to confine my visits to the lonelier hours, typically at night. Still, one of the great lessons of the pandemic for me is how important it is to have somewhere to go, somewhere to be, even if there’s no one else around but my fellow nighthawks. Misery may love company, but it’s still company.
[email protected]
kevinnance.tumblr.com
JOHN LYNNER PETERSON - Seeing is noticing the beauty in the ordinary, the anomaly and in a surprise. My goal is to frame what is visually and emotionally interesting to me. I work to create an image that evokes a respect for all creation. My images witness and interpret a momentary encounter. My intent is to provoke reflection and engage in conversation for better mutual understanding. What do you see?
[email protected]
JohnLynnerPeterson.com
GREG REYNOLDS - ‘Possibly maybe’ is a series of men’s portraits made over 30 years in New York, Berlin, and Kentucky. The subjects were models, actors, dancers, artists, friends, and boyfriends whom I met in bars and clubs or through jobs as a New York cater waiter. The decade of one’s twenties is a time of flux where the future is beyond the horizon and every new day brims with new possibilities. My work is influenced by the movies and I see myself as a director staging a scene that moves the viewer.
[email protected]
FARHAD REZAEI - "I want to learn more about what I like in a photograph and learn about how things look like when I take a picture of them."
SHARON RUBLE - Susan Sontag said, “the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.” This has been a guiding philosophical concept in my work. The idea that we are conscious travelers in this world, witnessing and capturing another’s reality, then willfully joining them in that adventure is a challenging and rewarding experience. I hope these photographs taken on recent journeys give the viewer a window into other realities that exist above and beneath the surface of everyday life and perception.
[email protected]
MATTHEW SCHULER - I like to capture serendipitous moments: animals in their environment, and people interacting with each other and with the cityscape. Freezing these fleeting moments gives us the ability to examine them more closely, to contemplate them in a manner not possible in live time, perhaps finding deeper meanings, connections and relationships in the process.
[email protected]
HEATHER STRATTON - Lunatic Fringe - I am fascinated by the cosmos with all of its lore, science, and mysticism. I ponder the importance of space research and lessening the human footprint upon the universe and all celestial bodies. I create these darkroom prints through a mixture of photographic collage with other objects to layer a sort of photogram on top of the paper. After exposing the paper, I agitate the developing image and flash light upon it in order to capture the movement of chemical liquid through the unique process of solarization.
www.HeatherStratton.com
CHARLES TRAUB - Each of these pieces are designed as a diptych where the two images are placed together in order to merge their individual meanings into a greater theme. These images will be published later this year by Damiani in a book titled Tickety-Boo. Charlie’s statement is: “These smartphone images were taken between 2016 and 2021 anywhere and everywhere. Tickety-boo and to you too!”
http://www.charlestraub.com/
MARYJEAN WALL - The horse has survived wars, famines, droughts, epizootics, and redundancy in the automobile age. We should not be surprised, then, that the horse endures even after the global Covid pandemic. The horse has maintained a presence on this planet since the earliest times, delighting mankind, serving as a companion, a work partner, and a source of inspiration. The presence of horses is steadfast, even if the world has changed radically over centuries of time. Maryjean Wall has photographed horses in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
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MELISSA WATT - Photography is about time. The magic of photography motivates me: “I like to photograph the magic.” While working on these composite images, I try to be open to possibility. I shoot with an eye to combining; as if the components are the jewels which depend on one another, the background is the setting. All of the parts are my own photos. I use Photoshop to manipulate and stick it all together. The natural world fascinates me. I try to create a feel of that, while maintaining a sense of humor.
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Website: melissawatt.net
MARTHA WAYLAND - Martha (Marty) Wayland lives in Berea Kentucky. She retired from a career in college auxiliary management. Originally a K-12 art teacher and coach, Marty is back to her first love, photography. She bought her first professional Nikon camera as a retirement present in 2014. Traveled with Berea College students to photograph the National Parks in Utah and in the Arizona desert. In 2018-19 photographed in the Smoky National Park in the Spring and Fall. Her three “What Endures” images are from her 2020 Covid-19 Berea isolation home/gardens.
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CIS STUDENTS:
ARYNN BURNETT - Hello, my name is Arryn, and I am 11 years old and will be going to the 6th grade at Bryan Station Middle School. I first participated in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) when I was 9 years old. I enjoy photography because it gives me something to do and allows me to learn new things. I like taking pictures of anything that catches my eye.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
ARELI GREEN - Hello, my name is Areli, and I am 17 years old, and I attend school at STEAM Academy. My submissions for this exhibit were all taken in Red Fox, Kentucky where my Mom lived before moving to Lexington. I thought it would be a good place to take pictures because it has a lot of beautiful, old and natural elements. I was one of the first students to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) in 2019 and continue in the program today.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
DANIELLE GREEN - Hello, my name is Dani, and I am 16 years old. I attend Bryan Station High School where I am in the 10th grade. My submissions for this exhibit were all taken in Red Fox, Kentucky where my Mom is from. I participated in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) in 2019 and continue in the program today. My favorite picture is the black and white of the old car because I like old cars.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
JACOB KONATE - Hello, we are twin brothers Joseph and Jacob and we are 13 years old. We will be 8th graders at Beaumont Middle School. We like photography because of the beauty you can see in pictures. When we had the opportunity to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) we took it. We like taking pictures of different places and the outdoors.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
JOSEPH KONATE - Hello, we are twin brothers Joseph and Jacob and we are 13 years old. We will be 8th graders at Beaumont Middle School. We like photography because of the beauty you can see in pictures. When we had the opportunity to participate in the Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) we took it. We like taking pictures of different places and the outdoors.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
KATIE MASON - Hello, my name is Katie, and I am 14 years old. I am in the 10th grade at Bryan Station High School. I learned about Community Inspired Photography Initiative (CIPI) while attending their Boys and Girls Club. I like photography because I think I am good at taking pictures so I wanted to learn more. I like taking pictures of nature.
https://www.cisenoughisenough.org/programs.html
Thank you to all of those who have sponsored this exhibit!
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