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Check the PhotoZone Meeting educational events HERE. We have many educational events planned. All will take place after our meetings regularly scheduled on the third Sunday each month. Meetings are held at The Emerald Art Center, 500 Main street in Springfield. Meetings start at 1:00pm. Visitors are welcome. Please enter by the side door on 5th St. Special events usually start around 3:00pm. Note: the events page will open in a new tab.
Emerald Art Center
Franka M. Gabler - Whispers of Nature
Nov. 5th-27th
Opening Reception during the Second Friday Art Walk, Nov. 8th from 5-7:30pm.
Artist's Talk is on the following Saturday, Nov. 9th starting at 1pm at the Emerald Art Center
Emerald Art Center
500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477
Phone: (541) 726-8595
11 a.m. - 4 - p.m. Tuesday - Saturday (closed Thanksgiving and black Friday)
Free and open to the public
Valley Mist and Bridalveil, Yosemite
For many years the photographer, Franka M. Gabler has been drawing inspiration from subtle, moody, often intimate landscapes. Her compositions are somewhere between detail or abstract, and the wider view, beyond mere documentation of a particular location. Such compositions allow her to isolate unique scenes that speak to her, from otherwise well-known places. When in nature, Franka follows her intuition to see what entices her and draws her attention, hoping to recognize a simple story to capture the essence of the place. She’s inherently drawn to smaller, more intimate scenes that capture the spirit of a place, particularly to quiet and moody scenes. Snow, mist, fog, and even haze are her favorite conditions to photograph since they add a little extra to the composition - a bit of atmosphere and mood. To her, the composition is more than just a choice of subject and distribution of key elements of the scene. It also includes exposure decisions, and choice of light, color, contrast, and weather – all these elements are particularly helpful in depicting mood and capturing the essence.
The exhibit “Whispers of Nature” includes photographs of smaller, evocative scenes from California – primarily Yosemite and Eastern Sierra - the places she knows well and with which she has developed an emotional connection. Sometimes it’s about capturing subtle light, colors, and contrast. Other times it’s about capturing her experience in nature when making the images: the softness and silence of the falling snow, or a quiet time in a forest, observing nature that is preparing for rest.
Franka will be giving a presentation “Conveying Mood and Emotion” on November 9, 2024, at 1 pm at the Emerald Arty Center, Springfield, OR. The event is open to the public.
Award-winning photographer and scientist, Franka M. Gabler, developed a fascination, admiration, and respect for nature early in her lifetime. Franka strives to convey mood and capture the essence of the scenes she photographs. Her photographs are ethereal and often evoke sentimental feelings.
Franka’s photographs have been recognized internationally. In 2022 she was the overall winner of the Landscape Photography World Awards. In 2021 she received the 2021 First Place award for the ‘Intimate and Abstract category of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, and in 2023 she was recognized as a Highly Commended Photographer of the Year. Her photographs have been published in several books and publications. Her black & white portfolio “Expressive Yosemite” is published in Issue No. 159 of the LensWork Photography Magazine. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibits and is represented in private collections throughout the United States and abroad. She’s a photography instructor for Out of Chicago Photography Conferences.
Franka lives in the Sierra foothills, in the small mountain town of Coarsegold, not far from Yosemite National Park. You can learn more about her work at: www.frankagabler.com
Cuba with photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren
January 27 - February 3, 2025
Cuba
$1,999
Max 8 Participants
Experience an unforgettable 8-day journey through Cuba, where every click of your camera supports the local community.
Explore the enchanting UNESCO Heritage town of Havana, then journey into the heart of tobacco farms of Viñales Valley for an overnight stay. Experience the beauty of the landscape and connect with local tobacco farmers for an unforgettable, hands-on adventure.
Whether you're a seasoned photographer or passionate about capturing beautiful moments, this adventure is for you. Bring your camera or smartphone and let your photos narrate a story of purpose and connection. Visit Hemingway's favorite spots and immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere of street musicians.
Highlights Include:
• Immersive experiences in Havana's vibrant culture,salsa, street photography and scenic landscapes
• Opportunities to support local communities
• Enjoy riding in classic 1950’s cars and engaging in heartwarming interactions
• Visit World Champion boxers and boxing school for children.
• Spend a night in Vinales and photograph the making of Cuban cigars.
• Trip led by veteran photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren
• TEXT or Call 541-579-9929
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
Julie Moore - Connected at LightBox Photographic Gallery
November 9th - December 11th, 2024
Opening: Saturday, November 9th 4-7pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503) 468-0238
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens Julie Moore • Connected from 4-7pm on Saturday, November 9th.
LightBox invites you to share the night with LightBox Guild member Julie Moore who exhibits a unique collection of work in the LightBox Upper Gallery. The exhibit runs through December 11, 2024.
"In this work, I explore the intricate tapestry of connection through the symbolism of red threads and the intimate gestures we share with one another. Each element serves as a metaphor for the unseen bonds that link us, weaving together our experiences, emotions, and vulnerabilities within and across species.
The red thread, often associated with protection and connection, symbolizes the ties that bind us to one another, even across distances. It speaks to the idea that our relationships, though sometimes fragile, are woven with strength and resilience, reminding us that our shared experiences can create profound ties that transcend time and space.
Through this work, I invite viewers to consider their own threads of connection—what binds them to others, how they navigate their relationships, and the protective layers they create. The interplay of color, form, and gesture in my work serves as a reminder of the beauty found in our interconnected lives.
“Connected” seeks to illuminate the power of these invisible ties and to celebrate the shared experience that unites us all. May we honor the red threads that connect us, the lifelines that sustain us, and the promises we make that echo through our hearts.”
~ Julie Moore
Julie Moore has been creating her evocative style of art for just shy of a decade. Though she has no formal training in photography, Julie has felt captivated by the visual arts throughout her life. She was first inspired to pick up a camera many years ago while visiting Ireland in the company of a shaman, and she has been photographing the beauty of her world ever since. Perhaps surprisingly, she creates her captivating art primarily with her iPhone, visualizing, creating and processing her images with the camera she carries in her pocket. She also creates some of her images with her Holga, a medium-format film camera. Julie makes many of her prints using the polymer-photogravure process. Drawn to this alternative method of printmaking, she also employs other complimentary techniques during the intaglio printing process, such as chine-collé and à la poupée. About her work, Julie has said: “My images share the way I see the world, its soft tenderness and extravagant beauty, its agonizing loss and exquisite aging. I see the overlooked aspects of life and nature. There is small and precious beauty in the unseen, a part of everyday life that can go missing because it is not prominent, yet has much to teach us.” Julie’s work has been shown in a number of juried exhibitions in various galleries across the country.
Robert Adams exhibit Thalia continues in the lower gallery until December 7th. Thalia by Robert Adams has been released as a hard cover book and is available. Complete show info is on the LightBox website, http://lightbox-photographic.c...
Apply now to the 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Deadline: Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 10:59 PM (PT)
Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
122 NW 8th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Blue Sky is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Photographers from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are welcome to apply.
There is no application fee to enter.
Blue Sky established the Pacific Northwest Drawers in 2007 to showcase regional contemporary photographers through an annual juried exhibition. Selected work can be viewed in the flat files for a full year at the gallery, or digitally on the Blue Sky website. The online exhibition will remain a part of the Blue Sky digital archive indefinitely.
2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers Application Zoom Q&A Session: https://us02web.zoom.us/meetin...
Meet the 2025 Juror
Julia Dolan (she/her/hers) has curated, co-curated, or hosted more than 50 photography exhibitions since joining the Portland Art Museum in 2010. She also oversees research of and acquisitions for the permanent collection, which currently numbers over 10,000 photographs. She is a member of the Museum’s Equity Team, and is a co-founder of the FOCUS group, a North American network of emerging photography curators, historians, and nonprofit professionals.
Dr. Dolan’s exhibitions at the Museum include Perspectives (2020), Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… (with Sara Krajewski, 2019-20), Toughened to Wind and Sun: Women Photographing the Landscape (2019-20), In the Beginning: Minor White’s Oregon Photographs (2017-2018), Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans (2017), Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy: Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, Will Wilson (with Dr. Deana Dartt, 2016), and Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 (2014). She has published essays in multiple publications including Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… (2018), Sun, Shadows, Stone: The Photography of Terry Toedtemeier (2018), Geolocation: Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman (2015), Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 (2014), and The Question of Hope: Robert Adams in Western Oregon (2013).
Dr. Dolan earned a B.F.A. in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art, an M.A. in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Art History from Boston University. She has worked with the photography collections at institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University.
PUSHDOT STUDIO
Kris Davidson, American Timescapes
Open/Close: October 4th, 2024 – November 27th, 2024
Opening Reception l Artist Talk: October 4th, 2024 6-8pm
PUSHDOT STUDIO
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
Portland, OR 97202
503.224.5925
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
Kris Davidson | AMERICAN TIMESCAPES
Stories are the pillars of the self, revealing who we have been, who we are, and who we are becoming — yet they remain intangible, sliding across time and shapeshifting between fact and fiction. In my work, I am primarily concerned with the translation of stories across time, an investigation that draws me toward the concept of deep time. Through my photographic collages — slicing and reorganizing slivers of frozen time — I explore how our stories might inhabit the past, present, and future simultaneously.
In "American Timescapes," I address the ephemerality of the American experience across deep time. Each piece in this series is constructed from three separate photographs of a landscape or region, taken minutes, hours, days, or even years apart. These images are then cut, folded, and combined to form 3-dimensional photo sculptures that visualize a compressing of time.
As we confront the realities of climate change and accelerate toward numerous technological breakthroughs — from gene editing to advances in AI and expanded space exploration — the narratives we create will shape who we are becoming. "American Timescapes" is an invitation to reflect on our relationship with all of time — the past, the present, and the deep future — and to reconsider how we are crafting the story of our existence
KRIS DAVIDSON | BIO
Kris Davidson, a native of Sweden, spent her childhood between the Scandinavian subarctic and Texas. She spent 15 years as an editorial photographer before transitioning to an artistic practice that explores how stories are translated across the past, present, and future. Using collage and mixed media on photographic prints, Kris delves into storytelling and memory across deep time.
Her photography has been featured in National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet Traveler, and other major publications. Prior to her photography career, Kris worked as a branding professional in the San Francisco Bay Area for eight years. She is also an experienced educator, having collaborated with the National Geographic Society and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Kris holds a BA from Loyola University in New Orleans and is currently pursuing an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, expected in 2025. She is based in Seattle, Washington.
Also Showing at LightBox on October 12
Thalia by Robert Adams
October 12th - December 7th, 2024
Opening: Saturday, October 12th
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503) 468-0238
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens Thalia by Robert Adams on Saturday, October 12th.
LightBox invites you to the opening day of this monumental exhibit and book release celebration. The exhibit runs through December 7, 2024. This exhibit will not be seen on the website, it is in person only.
Years ago, Robert and Kerstin Adams bought from the Metropolitan Museum a reproduction of a Roman portrait of the Greek goddess Thalia, a muse for pastoral poets. They kept it on top of a bookcase as a reminder of the classical inheritance that we all share. Recently, they moved it temporarily to a spot next to the front window in their living room, and discovered in the brighter light qualities that inspired them. Robert photographed the sculpture for two days at various hours. What most impressed them was the portrait’s serenity.
Thalia by Robert Adams has been released as a hard cover book by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. It is the honor of LightBox Photographic Gallery to host the exhibit Thalia by Robert Adams with the original Silver Gelatin prints created from the negatives. It is also the honor of Gallery director Michael Granger to have assisted Robert with this project by printing the original work at Robert’s request and direction. The exhibit Thalia opens at LightBox Photographic Gallery on Saturday, October 12th and exhibits through December 7th.
Robert Adams (b.1937) has been a photographer for sixty years. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation, and has resulted in more than fifty publications. Retrospective exhibitions of his photographs have been held at the Yale University Art Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and, most recently, at the National Gallery of Art.
Blue Sky Gallery
2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Blue Sky is pleased to announce the 60 artists selected for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Each artist showcases a series of 10 photographic works, which will be on view in the Pacific Northwest Drawers flat files and on the Blue Sky website from April 2024 through March 2025. These selections showcase the range and vibrancy of Pacific Northwest artists working in the photographic medium. The exhibition was juried by Aline Smithson, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Lenscratch.
The 2024 cohort comprises a strong showing from Blue Sky’s home state, with 41 artists from Oregon. Other artists hail from Washington (9), British Columbia (3) Alaska (2), Idaho (2), and Montana (3). The photographic work includes both lens-based and alternative processes, with a range of themes including identity, environment, connection, and social issues.
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ARCHIVES
PhotoZone members Greg Giesy and Doremus Scudder are included in a long list of videos by by Hedda + John SD
Rudi Dietrich pictured below was one of the many artists sponsored by Photography at Oregon. He showed work at Dot Dotsons and gave a talk bout his work.
Click below and scroll down to find talks by Rudi and many others.
http://www.youtube.com/artsjournal/videos
artsjournal@yahoo.com - videos by Hedda + John SD
ARTS JOURNAL is on XFINITY CABLE 29 & 1088 Eugene & Springfield, Oregon Wednesday @ 4pm & Thursday @ 10pm
Photographer Stewart Harvey gave a Zoom talk for his previous show at the Emerald Art Center.
Burning Man
You can still view that on youtube by clicking here
Sponsored by Photography at Oregon.
Christopher Landis, Las Vegas Pandemic 2020
Presented by Photography At Oregon
This talk can also be viewed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tXJbTttrmZc
