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WideOpen: Excellence in Photography 2018

101 images Created 10 Apr 2020

WideOpen: Excellence in Photography premiered in 2018 with this stellar collection of contemporary photography. The exhibition was juried by Booke Shaden, Molly Roberts, and Brian Smith. The exhibition is produced biennially by The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio. More info at dairybarn.org.
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  • Richard Greene - Los Angeles, CA 16x20 This series focuses on the Urban Landscape, exteriors of multiple grouped buildings with minimal surrounding context, transforming stark geometries into abstract surfaces revealing unexpected perspectives. The mathematical relationships among the buildings, collisions of lines, confusions of space and depth, visual interactions of several structures at once are spellbinding. My background as a musician has me interpreting architectural forms and their intersections as music, full of harmonies, counterpoint, fugue and cross rhythms, all captured in steel, brick, glass and concrete. I hope to create a temporary optical illusions, the image being only part of the world it extends into after the eye leaves the photo.
    Abstract Architectural #1
  • Richard Greene - Los Angeles, CA 16x20 This series focuses on the Urban Landscape, exteriors of multiple grouped buildings with minimal surrounding context, transforming stark geometries into abstract surfaces revealing unexpected perspectives. The mathematical relationships among the buildings, collisions of lines, confusions of space and depth, visual interactions of several structures at once are spellbinding. My background as a musician has me interpreting architectural forms and their intersections as music, full of harmonies, counterpoint, fugue and cross rhythms, all captured in steel, brick, glass and concrete. I hope to create a temporary optical illusions, the image being only part of the world it extends into after the eye leaves the photo.
    Abstract Architectural #3
  • Ben Siegel - Athens, Ohio<br />
13x24
    Acid Mine Drainage
  • Jesse Thornton - Huntington, WV<br />
24x36<br />
The night sky is a favorite subject of mine. An endangered ecosystem that every living creature depends on, the starry sky has inspired humankind throughout history. It has given us perspective on our place in the universe, allowing us to dream bigger, and I feel compelled to document this precious resource that is quickly being lost to light pollution.
    A Frozen Dream
  • Barbara Vogel - Columbus, Ohio<br />
18x12 The “clickless” portrait work I present here is created from a hand-held wand scanner, an instrument designed to be used on flat materials. I used to think there was a “decisive moment”, Bresson’s coinage, when my photographer’s eye and brain signaled my hand to press the shutter. With the wand scans, which take over five seconds, a different intimacy and image develops. The veils of light gives each face a serenity that elevates the person beyond the commonplace. I cover these images with fused encaustic medium because its adds to their other-worldly, unattainable quality.
    Andy
  • Scott Marx - Glouster, OH 11x14 I do not limit my photographic art to any single subject or style. I prefer to explore subjects as the mood or opportunity presents itself and to light and compose my images to express something more than just what is seen, to uncover the hidden, and convey the emotion evoked by each subject.
    Athyrium Niponicum
  • Lauren Bacho - Gainesville, FL 11x16.5 "I use photography as a way to make sense of the moments I encounter. I create my best pictures when I’m surrounded by chaos. I am constantly chasing the light, peering around corners hoping to catch a glimpse of it. My life is dedicated to my work. Without that work, I am lost."
    Body Builder
  • Beth Flick - Albany, OH<br />
11x14 A single photograph can capture many threads of our lives, the seen and the unseen. Here my daughter’s hair wisps in the wind of a storm as she runs on the beach during our family vacation. And though my husband and son are visually absent, their presence in that moment lingers with me. Capturing family narratives preserves our autobiographical recollections, giving them new life that lives on. What a privilege it is to document these moments as they unfold.
    Come Back Down
  • Dirk Shadd - St.Petersburg, FL<br />
23x16.24 Angelita Fleming consoles her grandson Dontavion Fleming Jr., who witnessed the murder of his father Dontavion Fleming, who was killed at a barber shop in St. Petersburg (04/12/16). Dontavion Fleming was shot to death as he left ATL Barber Shop barber in St. Petersburg police said.
    Consoling Her Grandson
  • Ross Taylor - Denver, CO<br />
20x30 "Much of my work is an intersection between intimacy, trauma and the struggle to overcome. Over the past years, I’ve crystallized this understanding and work to create projects that help shed light and insight into such situations, with an intimate and respectful approach.<br />
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This notion is rooted in my belief that artists often create powerful works that are reflective of their own experience, as a way to process them and build community, and connections, with those who view the work."
    Cuban Court
  • Kenner Bush - Athens, Ohio<br />
8.5x6.5 Often my inspiration for a still life comes from as close as the backyard. Here, the daffodil is backlit with window light to capture its translucent qualities. The flower was observed over three days until it wilt, introducing density on the outer edges of the petals.
    Daffodil, 2018
  • Amanda Abbott - Huntington, WV 13x19 In Small Town America, education can mean the difference in a young person leaving to seek a better life or returning to help build up the community they love. Lack of opportunity and educational funding can be a roadblock to success in the lives of young rural students. While teaching young children art in “forgotten” parts of West Virginia, I take the time to capture images that show the world the difficulties these small communities face, primarily through educational barriers.
    DeVos
  • Ellie East - Athens, OH 15x24 My work derives from experiences as a woman suspended within societal norms and the struggle associated with place and belonging. Emphasizing lighting and props, I confront the human form and explore the hidden dialect between bodies within space.
    Devout
  • Bill Berris - Solon, Ohio<br />
16x20<br />
My love of photography began at age 12 in 1966 with my father’s Argus 620 Box Camera. The goal of every photo I take is to show our world in a way that people have never seen it before. My use of Black & White is to invoke emotion for the viewer. “Distinguished Gentleman” is getting a haircut at an annual winter season event in Cleveland, Ohio, known as The Homeless Stand Down, a one-day event providing access to resources for individuals and families facing poverty and homelessness. The Homeless Stand Down provides homeless individuals, families, and veterans a day of respite from the elements, renewal of the human spirit, and reconnection to needed services that assist in the totality of human wellness and sustainability. Although homeless, this man carried himself with grace and dignity. He is an inspiration to all.
    Distinguished Gentleman
  • Betty Ranck - Athens, OH 8x12 One of my favorite spring trees is the dogwood. They are sprinkled along the edge of my woods. This image was taken one evening with a very clear sky. I was able to isolate one blossom looking up and watching as the golden evening light arrived. I didn't want to leave. A deer hidden in the woods snorted to tell me it was time to go. I was pleased to leave with this picture.
    Dogwood Evening
  • Aaron Smith - Nelsonville, OH 3x4 "I have always had a fascination with the architecture of small town neighborhoods. This interest has led me to explore town squares, historic homes,mobile homes, back alleys, and abandoned homes in my art.<br />
Shot with instant film( Fuji Fp100c) , this series is both digital and analog. I re-record photoshop manipulated cell phone captures using a Polaroid forensics camera , prime lenses, and taped on gels and filters. Artifacts, accidents, color shifts, and anomalies are expected and desired."
    Dollhouse 1 - Series of 5 Photos
  • Aaron Smith - Nelsonville, OH 3x4 "I have always had a fascination with the architecture of small town neighborhoods. This interest has led me to explore town squares, historic homes,mobile homes, back alleys, and abandoned homes in my art.<br />
Shot with instant film( Fuji Fp100c) , this series is both digital and analog. I re-record photoshop manipulated cell phone captures using a Polaroid forensics camera , prime lenses, and taped on gels and filters. Artifacts, accidents, color shifts, and anomalies are expected and desired."
    Dollhouse 1 - Series of 5 Photos
  • Aaron Smith - Nelsonville, OH 3x4 "I have always had a fascination with the architecture of small town neighborhoods. This interest has led me to explore town squares, historic homes,mobile homes, back alleys, and abandoned homes in my art.<br />
Shot with instant film( Fuji Fp100c) , this series is both digital and analog. I re-record photoshop manipulated cell phone captures using a Polaroid forensics camera , prime lenses, and taped on gels and filters. Artifacts, accidents, color shifts, and anomalies are expected and desired."
    Dollhouse 1 - Series of 5 Photos
  • Aaron Smith - Nelsonville, OH 3x4 "I have always had a fascination with the architecture of small town neighborhoods. This interest has led me to explore town squares, historic homes,mobile homes, back alleys, and abandoned homes in my art.<br />
Shot with instant film( Fuji Fp100c) , this series is both digital and analog. I re-record photoshop manipulated cell phone captures using a Polaroid forensics camera , prime lenses, and taped on gels and filters. Artifacts, accidents, color shifts, and anomalies are expected and desired."
    Dollhouse 1 - Series of 5 Photos
  • Aaron Smith - Nelsonville, OH 3x4 "I have always had a fascination with the architecture of small town neighborhoods. This interest has led me to explore town squares, historic homes,mobile homes, back alleys, and abandoned homes in my art.<br />
Shot with instant film( Fuji Fp100c) , this series is both digital and analog. I re-record photoshop manipulated cell phone captures using a Polaroid forensics camera , prime lenses, and taped on gels and filters. Artifacts, accidents, color shifts, and anomalies are expected and desired."
    Dollhouse 1 - Series of 5 Photos
  • Robert Caplin - New York, NY 24x30 Correfocs are among the most striking features of annual Catalan festivals. Groups of individuals dressed as devils light fireworks, typically fixed on pitchforks or strung above their parade route, while dancing with spectators to the sound of rhythmic drums.
    Els Correfocs - Series of 5 Photos
  • Robert Caplin - New York, NY 24x30 Correfocs are among the most striking features of annual Catalan festivals. Groups of individuals dressed as devils light fireworks, typically fixed on pitchforks or strung above their parade route, while dancing with spectators to the sound of rhythmic drums.
    Els Correfocs - Series of 5 Photos
  • Robert Caplin - New York, NY 24x30 Correfocs are among the most striking features of annual Catalan festivals. Groups of individuals dressed as devils light fireworks, typically fixed on pitchforks or strung above their parade route, while dancing with spectators to the sound of rhythmic drums.
    Els Correfocs - Series of 5 Photos
  • Robert Caplin - New York, NY 24x30 Correfocs are among the most striking features of annual Catalan festivals. Groups of individuals dressed as devils light fireworks, typically fixed on pitchforks or strung above their parade route, while dancing with spectators to the sound of rhythmic drums.
    Els Correfocs - Series of 5 Photos
  • Robert Caplin - New York, NY 24x30 Correfocs are among the most striking features of annual Catalan festivals. Groups of individuals dressed as devils light fireworks, typically fixed on pitchforks or strung above their parade route, while dancing with spectators to the sound of rhythmic drums.
    Els Correfocs - Series of 5 Photos
  • Sam Harrnois - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts<br />
22x22 Once bound together by heartstrings, the two are now desperate to escape the toxic waters they find themselves in. One has just begun to take the first steps to freedom, as they emerge from the water, leaving the other behind. Soon, the two will wander out and face the previously unknown world.
    Emerging
  • Brooke Herbert - Portland, OR<br />
0x0 Brooke Herbert is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based between Portland,  Oregon and Bangalore, India. She received her Master’s degree from Ohio University in 2015.  She worked at the Chicago Tribune before moving to India in 2017, and is now a producer at  Blue Chalk Media. Her work often examines how environmental and economic changes affect marginalized or  indigenous communities. She has produced films for several NGOs that deal with issues  related to women and children’s healthcare and education.
    Esiteti
  • Nicholas Fedak II - Burbank, CA 11x8 "My work is about splendor in decay. These images are visual ghosts that capture the passing light and an essence of what was. What happened to the strangers who laughed and lived? Are we seeing what’s left of their forgotten dreams? Or only an illusion of what’s been left behind? My work is transparent and fleeting, as is memory and the intangible, evanescent past. With my body of work, the past is yet to come!"
    Film Noir
  • Joshua Zawiski - Stow, Ohio<br />
0x0
    Fisherman
  • Alex Snyder - Alexandria, VA 8x12 A flock of Snow Geese taking flight at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Maryland, USA. The refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the Atlantic Flyway. Having researched the area before my visit, I knew to expect a wide variety of birds. What I didn’t anticipate was the sky to be full of thousands of Snow Geese. Instead of making sense of the chaos I chose to embrace it.
    Flock of Pollock
  • Mariel Tyler - New York, NY 30x30 In shooting portraits, my main goal is to merge my understanding of the subject and produce an image that reflects their personal energy. Artists are a constantly evolving, and their music is always a direct reflection of who they are at that moment in time. Creatively aligning our aesthetics is an important aspect of my approach.
    Florence and the Machine for iHeartRadio
  • Steven Rhodes - Marysville, OH 10x8 I experience photography as a means of exploring the world around me. Nature is especially full of the bizarre and beautiful, which I particularly enjoy portraying through macro images like Freaked Out. Jumping spiders tend to be twitchy, and their tiny size added to that makes them difficult to view up close with the naked eye. My aim, though, is that through a lens, and with the right controls, a fascinating little creature becomes a larger curiosity.
    Freaked Out
  • Ruth Worley - Athens, Ohio<br />
12x8 Sometimes amazing things are happening right in front of you. This photo was taken at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, in the campground I was staying at. I was filling up some water jugs and looked down. I ran back to get a close up lens, laid flat on the ground and snapped away. Our National Parks abound with inspiring sights.Go visit them.
    Freshly Emerged Cicada
  • Cassidy Brauner - Plain City, OH 19x13 “Gen Why” is from the larger series of titled, “Generation Why”, made up of portraits of people belonging to generation Y. The work is based off the thought that generations growing up during war tend to be culturally progressive. This generation is asking “why” and pushing for growth in a charged society. I took each image on 35 mm film and physically chewed up each image to a varying degree, demonstrating a generation coming through a variety different difficulties but enduring.
    Gen Why
  • Marcia Shubert - Amesville, Ohio<br />
12x18<br />
In 1969 I first dipped my hands in fixer, printing photographs under the luminescence of a red light. Happy reminds me of those times alone, glowing red on a quiet street. I cannon say that process of digital photography has evoked these same feelings. It has been a bit of a struggle for me to learn new ways and techniques. But, what hasn't changed is how I personally see the world and for that I am grateful.
    Happy
  • Nicholas Hill - Granville, Ohio<br />
7x5<br />
Appropriating portraits of heads of state from a magazine, I employed a variation on the Dadaist's game of Exquisite Corpse by cutting the magazine images into thirds, and then reconfiguring the facial fragments to create new portraits. Rephotographing the montages digitally, I reduced the image sizes and transferred the new portraits to light- sensitive plates. The plates were etched and printed in a technique similar to photogravure but using water rather than acids for processing.
    Head of State - Series of 3 Photos
  • Nicholas Hill - Granville, Ohio<br />
7x5<br />
Appropriating portraits of heads of state from a magazine, I employed a variation on the Dadaist's game of Exquisite Corpse by cutting the magazine images into thirds, and then reconfiguring the facial fragments to create new portraits. Rephotographing the montages digitally, I reduced the image sizes and transferred the new portraits to light- sensitive plates. The plates were etched and printed in a technique similar to photogravure but using water rather than acids for processing.
    Head of State - Series of 3 Photos
  • Nicholas Hill - Granville, Ohio<br />
7x5<br />
Appropriating portraits of heads of state from a magazine, I employed a variation on the Dadaist's game of Exquisite Corpse by cutting the magazine images into thirds, and then reconfiguring the facial fragments to create new portraits. Rephotographing the montages digitally, I reduced the image sizes and transferred the new portraits to light- sensitive plates. The plates were etched and printed in a technique similar to photogravure but using water rather than acids for processing.
    Head of State - Series of 3 Photos
  • Alex Snyder - Alexandria, VA<br />
8x12 The Women’s March on Washington, DC took place on January 21, 2017. It’s estimated that 500,000 to 1 million people participated in DC with over 3 million participating nationally. It was historic. While leaving, I wondered if I had a photograph that summed up the experience. In the crowd of thousands I saw this little girl being lifted onto her father’s shoulders. A young girl who might change the world someday. A young girl who is listening.
    Her Name is Louisa and She Can Hear You
  • Maurice Mufson - Huntington, WV<br />
16x20 This photograph represents a moment in time and place of two people executing an ordinary task, enjoying a restaurant lunch. They are unaware of the photographer. The photograph is organized in an asymmetrical pattern and rendition in black and white obscures the individual people and thus we can visualize ourselves in their place. This was a perfect setting to witness the couple’s special rendezvous.
    Hidden in Plain Sight
  • Ruth Worley - Athens, Ohio<br />
12x8 Grabbing pictures through the passenger side window of my Roadtrek camper van was a common occurrence during my sixteen months on the road exploring the American west. Our national parks and monuments offer endless visual delights.<br />
This picture was taken in Monument Valley, Arizona. Having lived in the east all of my life, I got quite a kick out of the open range policy that lets livestock run free. This could never happen in Ohio!
    Home on the Range
  • Lauren Bacho - Gainesville, FL 11.5x17 "I use photography as a way to make sense of the moments I encounter. I create my best pictures when I’m surrounded by chaos. I am constantly chasing the light, peering around corners hoping to catch a glimpse of it. My life is dedicated to my work. Without that work, I am lost."
    Inauguration
  • Ronnie McClure - Canterbury, NH<br />
27x39<br />
I think of the camera as more of an artist’s sketchbook. I sketch out my ideas frequently 6-7 miles above the earth from within a commercial aircraft moving at about 600 mph. I am interested in Line, Shape, Texture, Color as a semi-abstract form, but like to maintain a remnant of reality. Most of my work takes place at a computer. My tools are Lightroom, Photoshop, and Corel Painter. I paint, draw, and manipulate color and values.
    Incursion
  • Bill Berris - Solon, Ohio<br />
16x20<br />
My love of photography began at age 12 in 1966 with my father’s Argus 620 Box Camera. The goal of every photo I take is to show our world in a way that people have never seen it before. My use of Black & White is to invoke emotion for the viewer. “Inside the Viaduct, Cleveland Ohio” is the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Built in 1912, this bridge crosses the Cuyahoga River. Below the deck of the bridge is the viaduct where the streetcars carried passengers across the river until the 1950’s. This photo gave me the opportunity to create the photographic imagery of the early 1900’s.
    Inside the Viaduct, Cleveland Ohio
  • Anna Bruce - Arvada, Colorado<br />
12x12<br />
This photo gave me the opportunity to create the photographic imagery of the early 1900’s.
    It's Time to Fly
  • William D. Wade - Pittsburgh, PA<br />
11x17<br />
William D. Wade, an artist and photo-journalist, has a B.F.A. in Photo-Communications from Ohio University. He has been published and exhibited internationally and is a former staff photographer and photo editor for the Akron Beacon Journal, The Pittsburgh Press, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, along with the Zuma photo agency. This Northeastern Ohio home bears signs of their outdoor life, of two farming and hunting brothers and their sister, who never married and are now all gone from this earth.
    It Was A Home For Two Brothers and A..ster
  • Doug Peterson - New York, NY<br />
48x48 "Kaleidoscope" comes from the greek words kalos, eidos, and skope, which together mean "observation of beautiful forms." In this series I've captured, folded, mirrored, and sampled the human form so it can be observed abstracted from the context of societal expectations. The final composition reflects the natural symmetry and beauty of the body in a way that is obscured by our expectations and judgements when viewing bodies in popular culture.
    Kaleidoscope - Series of 3 Photos
  • Doug Peterson - New York, NY<br />
48x48 "Kaleidoscope" comes from the greek words kalos, eidos, and skope, which together mean "observation of beautiful forms." In this series I've captured, folded, mirrored, and sampled the human form so it can be observed abstracted from the context of societal expectations. The final composition reflects the natural symmetry and beauty of the body in a way that is obscured by our expectations and judgements when viewing bodies in popular culture.
    Kaleidoscope - Series of 3 Photos
  • Doug Peterson - New York, NY<br />
48x48 "Kaleidoscope" comes from the greek words kalos, eidos, and skope, which together mean "observation of beautiful forms." In this series I've captured, folded, mirrored, and sampled the human form so it can be observed abstracted from the context of societal expectations. The final composition reflects the natural symmetry and beauty of the body in a way that is obscured by our expectations and judgements when viewing bodies in popular culture.
    Kaleidoscope - Series of 3 Photos
  • Ross Taylor - Denver, CO<br />
20x30 "Much of my work is an intersection between intimacy, trauma and the struggle to overcome. Over the past years, I’ve crystallized this understanding and work to create projects that help shed light and insight into such situations, with an intimate and respectful approach.<br />
<br />
This notion is rooted in my belief that artists often create powerful works that are reflective of their own experience, as a way to process them and build community, and connections, with those who view the work."
    Last Moments - Series of 2 Photos
  • Ross Taylor - Denver, CO<br />
20x30 "Much of my work is an intersection between intimacy, trauma and the struggle to overcome. Over the past years, I’ve crystallized this understanding and work to create projects that help shed light and insight into such situations, with an intimate and respectful approach.<br />
<br />
This notion is rooted in my belief that artists often create powerful works that are reflective of their own experience, as a way to process them and build community, and connections, with those who view the work."
    Last Moments - Series of 2 Photos
  • Gregory Spaid - Gambier, Ohio<br />
16x20 The Leaf Cutting series is one aspect of a much larger project I am working on about trees and the importance they have for our health and the health of our planet. These are camera-less photographs made from negatives I make by hand -- a process know as cliché verre. My process is a hybrid one. After making a negative, I scan it, process it digitally, and then print it as an archival ink jet print.
    Leaf Cut #17 (Oak), 2018
  • Gregory Spaid - Gambier, OH 16x20 The Leaf Cutting series is one aspect of a much larger project I am working on about trees and the importance they have for our health and the health of our planet. These are camera-less photographs made from negatives I make by hand -- a process know as cliché verre. My process is a hybrid one. After making a negative, I scan it, process it digitally, and then print it as an archival ink jet print.
    Leaf Cut #1 (Maple), 2018
  • William LeGoullon - Phoenix, AZ<br />
29.5x24 (Un)Intended Targets is concerned with the abusive and often unregulated relationship between recreational shooters and the specific locations frequently visited by them in Arizona. By examining objects that have been left behind after being used for legal and illegal target practice, William LeGoullon draws connections to the lawless and erratic nature of the once wild west while also providing context to how firearms fit within the fabric of American culture and the various symmetries between nature and the human experience.
    Mannequin Head - from (Un)Intended T..ries
  • Linda Teufel - Worthington, Ohio<br />
18x24<br />
To celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary we took a trip to Peru . After visiting iconic Machu Picchu, we toured the countryside. Driving down into these salt flats in Maras was breathtaking. Hundreds of terraced pools of salt water in varying states of evaporation creates shades of white to reddish browns. This ancient salt stream has been running since Incan times and provides most of the salt to the local area.
    Maras Salt Mines
  • Lisa Kyle - New York, NY 8x8 "iPhone image of my son after his 8th grade graduation. He was talking and I asked him mid-gesture to hold his pose.<br />
Because I no longer make my living as a photographer, I rarely use my DSLR’s for personal work. I find myself shooting more and taking more risks with my iPhone. Of course, everyone has a camera in their pocket now and that has contributed to me being forced to find other ways to pay the bills."
    Max, 14
  • Katherine Runevitch - Athens, Ohio<br />
8x8 Over the past 10 years I have been photographing the changes of the seasons to report to the Phenology Network. This photo is a study in the seeding process. This is important because changes in climate affect whether a plant can survive at all in certain location. My aim is to document life cycles, and also to show beauty that can be found year round. Katherine Runevitch is based in Athens and has been working in the arts her entire life.
    Midwinter Walk
  • Ardine Nelson - Columbus, Ohio<br />
30x24 Specimens at the OSU Museum of Biological Diversity are beautiful, terrifying, and often repulsive. They are a visual curiosity with an innate quality that draws one in even closer. What is this fascination with inspecting dead things? The jars, boxes and drawers of specimens from the various collections each have the possibility of a visually interesting composition, a relationship between the companions I wished to discover, document and present to you the viewer.
    Museum of Biological Diversity #5454
  • Joe Patronite - Tucson, AZ<br />
16x20 Our country’s cultures are rich, differ in mannerisms, people celebrate life in vastly diverse ways. Working quietly with inconspicuous Leica rangefinder cameras, searching for the “decisive moment” style is my preference in pursuit of honest views of humanity. Images which reflect quirkiness in society, mixed with spontaneity and some humor, are what I strive to create. “My Americana” has allowed me to travel across our land and document daily life of our nation.
    My Americana - Series of 2 Photos
  • Joe Patronite - Tucson, AZ<br />
16x20 Our country’s cultures are rich, differ in mannerisms, people celebrate life in vastly diverse ways. Working quietly with inconspicuous Leica rangefinder cameras, searching for the “decisive moment” style is my preference in pursuit of honest views of humanity. Images which reflect quirkiness in society, mixed with spontaneity and some humor, are what I strive to create. “My Americana” has allowed me to travel across our land and document daily life of our nation.
    My Americana - Series of 2 Photos
  • Jonathan Chape - Kenilworth, New Jersey<br />
20x20<br />
I find myself able to best articulate what’s in my mind into a single visual scene. I am able to use photography as a personal therapy session, omitting the use of any words. My images come from my own emotions, thoughts, and sometimes experiences. While my work can show darkness, there is a sense of freedom I evoke when creating a final image. It’s my goal to bring that darkness into the light no matter how fraught it can be.
    Never Wake the Dreamer
  • Amanda Abbott - Huntington, WV<br />
13x19 My latest series of photographs explores the various aspects of small town living as I work to show how both hope and desperation can thrive within a community. The outside world might not understand why people choose to remain in towns otherwise considered run down. Tradition and family oftentimes anchor people to their hometown, for better or worse. Through my photos I will tell the stories of those who chose to remain and the lives they live.
    New Haven
  • Robert Commer - Batavia, Ohio<br />
24x24 My goal with Art in Decay is to build a believable artifact of time, connecting my image with the surface that I print it on. Each steel plate is unique and interacts differently with the image. Each plate is hand distressed with months of rusting followed by many hours of sanding and stripping. Sometimes impressions of found objects are hidden in the surface texture. Night Tree is an expression of time, as a lonely tree endures and stars swirl past.
    Night Tree
  • Richard Tsong-Taatarii - Minneapolis, MN<br />
21x27<br />
John Thompson is embraced in St Anthony Village, Minnesota, USA, after speaking out at a memorial rally for his close friend Philando Castile, two days after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting of Castile. In July 2016, Officer Yanez had pulled over Castile’s car in Falcon Heights Minnesota as it had a broken brake light. Yanez fired seven shots into the vehicle, fatally wounding Castile. Thompson was a high-profile presence at rallies following his friend’s death.
    Not My Verdict
  • Jessa Janes - Willoughby, Ohio<br />
11x14 "There are 3 things that nature has given us that will always make me scramble for my camera, or cry because I don't have it. A foggy sunrise with horses among the landscape. It is quintessential perfection.<br />
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This particular morning, my horse decided to pose atop the hill in his pasture while gazing off into the distance. The result was a rather majestic shot of him in the thick morning fog."
    Out of the Fog
  • Jonathan Adams - Winchester, Kentucky<br />
16x20 “Everybody is a photographer” is a statement that many are troubled by, but I love the change that digital/smartphones has brought to visual storytelling. When I came across this family at Ash Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio I thought this summed it up well. Photography is experiencing a revolution, where it wasn’t just the ability of a few but how the masses, even those who seek a simpler lifestyle, can embrace this visual tool to tell their own stories.
    Picture This
  • Kenner Bush - Athens, Ohio<br />
8.5x6.5 I am always looking for a picture, a habit acquired from years interpreting the landscape in black and white. Today I explore still life. Rather than simply recording the subject itself, I seek a presentation inviting involvement on a more emtional level. It helps to have a spouse who spotted these leaves in a parking lot and convinced me to bring a few home.
    Pine Needles with Ginkgo Leaves, 2018
  • Randy Olsen - Oceanside, OR 22x34 As much as 6.3 billion tons of plastic sits in landfills, in the ocean, or scattered across the landscape of multiple continents. Only nine percent of plastic waste is recycled into other products. A woman who lives in the Kalyan Dumping Ground outside Mumbai adds a touch of color to her outfit before going to work. And although it is difficult to walk through slippery mounds of garbage, most of these trash pickers spend their entire day searching for plastic.
    Plastic Pickers India
  • Jessa Janes - Willoughby, Ohio<br />
14x11 "I absolutely love taking photos of animals that aren't typically seen as ""pretty"" or ""fancy"" and portraying them in an artistic way. I often do black background portraits for horses and as a joke, decided to photograph my chicken in an elegant fashion.<br />
<br />
This particular image has been a favorite of many, as well as my own. It's not some thing you see often and people don't seem to know if they should laugh at it or enshrine it."
    Portrait of a Hen
  • Dan Westergren - Arlington, VA<br />
13x19 Since I first stood on the North Pole ten years ago, I have been repeatedly drawn back to the polar regions. Antarctica is no longer difficult to visit, but very expensive. So, to get there I travel as a guide. What would Roald Amundsen think of the ease with which we visit these extreme environments? That is the though constantly running through my mind as I now turn my camera inward.
    Power and Absurdity of Visiting the ..otos
  • Dan Westergren - Arlington, VA<br />
13x19 Since I first stood on the North Pole ten years ago, I have been repeatedly drawn back to the polar regions. Antarctica is no longer difficult to visit, but very expensive. So, to get there I travel as a guide. What would Roald Amundsen think of the ease with which we visit these extreme environments? That is the though constantly running through my mind as I now turn my camera inward.
    Power and Absurdity of Visiting the ..otos
  • Dan Westergren - Arlington, VA<br />
13x19 Since I first stood on the North Pole ten years ago, I have been repeatedly drawn back to the polar regions. Antarctica is no longer difficult to visit, but very expensive. So, to get there I travel as a guide. What would Roald Amundsen think of the ease with which we visit these extreme environments? That is the though constantly running through my mind as I now turn my camera inward.
    Power and Absurdity of Visiting the ..otos
  • Dan Westergren - Arlington, VA<br />
13x19 Since I first stood on the North Pole ten years ago, I have been repeatedly drawn back to the polar regions. Antarctica is no longer difficult to visit, but very expensive. So, to get there I travel as a guide. What would Roald Amundsen think of the ease with which we visit these extreme environments? That is the though constantly running through my mind as I now turn my camera inward.
    Power and Absurdity of Visiting the ..otos
  • Andrew Musil - Athens, Ohio<br />
4x5 This photograph documents an installation that literalizes photography’s ability to present visions otherwise unseen, in this case, a view of the projector’s own light bulb. It demonstrates a relationship of an image and the technology that constructs it.
    Projector Projecting its Lightbulb
  • Connaught Cullen - Chauncey, Ohio<br />
18x24<br />
When I was a child, my siblings and I played in the woods and fields near our house on the edge of a small town. It was fantasy play, we daydreamed we were explorers, adventurers, super heroes. Now when I move through the landscape my thoughts turn to adult matters. But every once in a while my thoughts return to childhood play. The desire for fantasy and adventure still exist. After all these years, I’m still Dorothy, looking for Oz.
    Ripple
  • Jesse Thornton - Huntington, WV<br />
36x24 The night sky is a favorite subject of mine. An endangered ecosystem that every living creature depends on, the starry sky has inspired humankind throughout history. It has given us perspective on our place in the universe, allowing us to dream bigger, and I feel compelled to document this precious resource that is quickly being lost to light pollution.
    River of Dreams
  • Jacqueline Bon - Cleveland Heights,Ohio<br />
25x36 I am in search of rugged romance — the true feeling of a subject, a fleeting moment, and all the texture around it. My photographs are a combination of reality, open-ended narratives, and subtle metaphors. As a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, I approach the subjects of my work from both a documentarian and highly personal perspective. The result is a body of work that is meant to linger in the mind of viewer like a strange dream.
    Roadside Americana
  • Richard Tsong-Taatarii - Minneapolis, MN<br />
21x27 At the Red Cross field hospital in Kutupalong,<br />
Rohingya Anowar Sadek, 10, visited his father Kamal Hossain, 37, who had a leg amputated in a traffic accident when he was run over by a wood loaded truck. The influx of more than 700,000 refugees since last August has made living in refugee camps a daily struggle for survival. The field hospital is the only 24-hour facility within an hour's drive and has seen 25,000 patients since it opened last fall.
    Rohingya Father
  • Douglas Taylor - Bellbrook, Ohio<br />
24x36<br />
Photography is the tool that allows me to explore, understand, and interpret; people, animals, landscapes, cityscapes, and objects. I share these interactions by way of handmade prints created by the following printmaking processes: gelatin silver, digital pigment, platinum-palladium, polymer photogravure, and gum bichromate. These various processes, created in the 19th – 21st century, help define what the content means to me and what I want to share with viewers of my work.
    Running Mountain Goat
  • Mariel Tyler - New York, NY 30x20 In shooting portraits, my main goal is to merge my understanding of the subject and produce an image that reflects their personal energy. Artists are a constantly evolving, and their music is always a direct reflection of who they are at that moment in time. Creatively aligning our aesthetics is an important aspect of my approach.
    Sam Smith
  • Jim Koenigsaecker - Sacramento, CA<br />
11x14 Students studying together at Rosanna Junior School in the village of Kyebanda, Uganda. The photographer, Jim Koenigsaecker, helped build the school and has provided scholarships for about 200 students to attend. Jim earned a degree in journalism from Ohio University and worked at newspapers for 10 years covering everything from the White House to the Olympic Games. As newspapers began their decline, Jim continued his education at the Harvard Business School and founded Innovations Housing to do philanthropic work.
    School Children
  • Maddie Jones - Cincinnati, Ohio<br />
8x11 "I'm mostly interested in portraits of myself and close friends. My work is very natural. I use a lot of natural light and shadows in my work and natural tones when editing. This photo was a happy accident. I was playing around with a prism I bought for portraits and the sunlight created a rainbow that was warped by the shape of the prism and the lens. "
    Self Portrait
  • Maurice Mufson - Huntington, WV<br />
16x20 This photograph represents a moment in time and place expressed by the boy copying a painting in a museum, an ordinary activity. He appears oblivious to the photographer. The photograph follows the lines of the museum room, with symmetrical features that characterize museum settings, and the boy and father add asymmetry. I was fortunate to find a young boy thoroughly immersed in creating art.
    Some Aspire, Some Admire
  • Paul WIlbur - Columbus, OH<br />
11x14<br />
I have been interested in the relationships of people, places, and things in relationship to themselves, the photographer, and the environment. I deal with the emotions of darks, lights, contrasts, and shadows. I deal with the daily struggles in life and bring my fight with depression, bipolar and fears. Daily life is difficult.
    South Side Drive Inn
  • Garett Wood - Irvine, CA<br />
0x0<br />
“If someone looks at one of my photographs and doesn’t have an emotional response to it, I have failed as an artist.”
    Superbloom in Anza Borrego
  • Max Catalano - Athens, Ohio<br />
12x18 Time can be cruel when it comes to photography. Often it feels like just one aspect out of my control could improve or destroy an entire image. I always wonder how a shot can change in thirty minutes, or a season. But every once in a while, the elevator opens at just the right moment.
    Synchrony
  • Dirk Shadd - St.Petersburg, FL<br />
6.11x10.50 Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop looks on while the ice is littered with sticks, helmets and gloves as a brawl breaks out in the last minute between the Lightning and Detroit Red Wings after the Bolts went up 5-2 during third period action of game two of the Stanley Cup playoffs at Amalie Arena in Tampa (04/15/16).
    The Gloves Come Off
  • Kirsteen Titchener - Newton Abbot, Devon<br />
60x46<br />
Capturing multiple digital images and blending them using modern editing techniques allows me to break rules and create impossible photographic images that still appear plausible.
    The Missing Series: Wisteria
  • Dirk Shadd - St.Petersburg, FL<br />
10.54x16 It's beginning to look a lot like baseball season. Richie Watkins, 51, with the City of St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation Athletics Department, prepares the softball fields for rec leagues at Woodlawn Park in St. Petersburg (02/06/18). Watkins works to spike and hand rake the fields before putting down the bases and the lines after the rec league season ended last week, and before the next season begins next week. Watkins, who has been working with the city for nine years, is also an assistant baseball coach at Boca Ciega High School. Regarding MLB spring training beginning soon, Watkins said, "It's just a great time to be here in this area. It's a great chance to see a lot of team in the area that you normally would not see during the season."
    The Playing Field
  • James Shirey, Athens, OH 30x20 I use my photography to show people what they could see if they paid more attention and had better eyes.
    The Triplets of Belleville
  • Stephanie Taiber - Chicago, IL 20x28 Resonance explores the tension between internal and external constructs of female identity. Within this tension, I discover longing and desire, fear and power, manipulation and isolation. Incorporating Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway into my own autobiographical story, I am exposing the pervading silence between how a woman is seen and how she sees herself. Pink flows between these sensibilities, connecting moments into a chronology dictated by impact, hinting at a presence that attaches then recoils from an implied cast of others.
    The Unseen Might Survive
  • Lauren Pond - Columbus, Ohio<br />
12x18 "Truck driver Ben Blackburn participates in a Bible study facilitated by Transport For Christ, a trucker ministry that has placed dozens of ""mobile chapels"" at truck stops across the U.S. In addition to study sessions and worship services, the chapels serve as a source of support for drivers enduring the difficulties of life on the road.<br />
<br />
Lauren Pond is a documentary photographer who specializes in faith and religion. She received her Master’s degree in photojournalism from OU in 2014."
    Trucker Chapel
  • Joshua Zawiski - Stow, Ohio<br />
0x0
    Two Brothers
  • Barbara Vogel - Columbus, Ohio<br />
18x12<br />
The “clickless” portrait work I present here is created from a hand-held wand scanner, an instrument designed to be used on flat materials. I used to think there was a “decisive moment”, Bresson’s coinage, when my photographer’s eye and brain signaled my hand to press the shutter. With the wand scans, which take over five seconds, a different intimacy and image develops. The veils of light gives each face a serenity that elevates the person beyond the commonplace. I cover these images with fused encaustic medium because its adds to their other-worldly, unattainable quality.
    Ursula
  • Elizabeth Haen - Tega Cay, SC<br />
14x14 Anxiety can be all encompassing. It can cover the world, creep into every corner and make even the smallest of tasks feel like an epic fight against the tide. She keeps her head down, and just keeps trudging through what no one else can see, making sure the work gets done. Step, by step. Each wave a new battle, all progress a reason to celebrate.
    Waves of Anxiety
  • 22x33 Melissa Farlow - Sweickley, Pennsylvania - A free spirit races down the beach as a storm clears. Dramatic clouds drew me out for a walk between storms that pounded the coast for days. It was my first winter in the Oregon and this dog’s moment of joyfulness spoke to me.
    Wild At Heart
  • Sanwal Deen - Seattle, WA<br />
24x32 My first memory: the TV blinked on, and so did I. It glowed. On screen, a man reached for his beloved in an alley plastered with Bollywood posters. Being Pakistani in the U.S., my art is to reach with one hand like the man in the movie. The other is poised over the shutter of my camera; I wait for you to reach back. This series is a love song to what we do with our hands: Work.
    Work - Series of 5 Photos
  • Sanwal Deen - Seattle, WA<br />
24x32 My first memory: the TV blinked on, and so did I. It glowed. On screen, a man reached for his beloved in an alley plastered with Bollywood posters. Being Pakistani in the U.S., my art is to reach with one hand like the man in the movie. The other is poised over the shutter of my camera; I wait for you to reach back. This series is a love song to what we do with our hands: Work.
    Work - Series of 5 Photos
  • Sanwal Deen - Seattle, WA<br />
24x32 My first memory: the TV blinked on, and so did I. It glowed. On screen, a man reached for his beloved in an alley plastered with Bollywood posters. Being Pakistani in the U.S., my art is to reach with one hand like the man in the movie. The other is poised over the shutter of my camera; I wait for you to reach back. This series is a love song to what we do with our hands: Work.
    Work - Series of 5 Photos
  • Sanwal Deen - Seattle, WA<br />
24x32 My first memory: the TV blinked on, and so did I. It glowed. On screen, a man reached for his beloved in an alley plastered with Bollywood posters. Being Pakistani in the U.S., my art is to reach with one hand like the man in the movie. The other is poised over the shutter of my camera; I wait for you to reach back. This series is a love song to what we do with our hands: Work.
    Work - Series of 5 Photos
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