Favorite
Places Photo Exhibition
7/10-8/31/2013
Four
Local artists exhibit photographs of favorite places in Contra Costa County
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Jeff Brooks-Manas
·
Terin Christensen
·
Tim Taylor
·
Kristiina Teerikorpi
This community
spirited exhibit is curated by Ginny Mangrum.
The City
of Walnut Creek, in conjunction with the Walnut Creek Downtown Library presents
annual exhibitions in the Library Community Art Gallery. This
program is part of the Arts, Recreation and Community Services Department,
administered by Bedford Gallery under the direction of the Walnut Creek Arts
Commission.
Where:
Walnut
Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway
Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
Open for
viewing--Mon-Thur 10-8pm, Fri-Sat 10-6pm, Sun Closed
Contact: ginnymangrum@gmail.com
925-287-0158
Only call them for general directions and library inquiries.
Blog Site: http://photocallforart.blogspot.com/
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Artist Bios-
Blog Site: http://photocallforart.blogspot.com/
Please drop by our blog site created to provide updates and information about the project
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Artist Bios-
Tim Taylor was born in Oakland, and the family moved
to Contra Costa County in 1956 currently lives in Pleasant Hill. Tim’s current digital photographic process
practices evolved from several decades of black and white wet darkroom. He comes from a more formal educational
background in the arts.
“I had always taken a variety of art classes
throughout my life, my
first photo class was during a summer school session
when I was in second grade. I studied architecture in high school,
and during my first year of college at Diablo Valley College,I
decided to take
a semester off from path and by coincidence,
enrolled in a photography class.For a variety of reasons, I never
looked back. However, to this day, my
architecture studies are a
huge part of how I use the frame of a camera, and
many
other elements of my artwork and design. I continued on to San Francisco
State University for both my BA and MA. I had the incredible opportunity
to
study with some luminaries in the photographic community, as
well as with some
other students that have become forces in their own right.”
His featured photographs are of beautiful
movements of horses entitled “Large Animals”.
Terin Christensen is a native Californian
who currently resides in Danville. She
is a relative newcomer to the photographic processes and enjoys using her
digital camera to photograph places contained within extensive landscapes of
Contra Costa County. For this exhibit,
Terin chose to photograph private spaces within her own yard and views from a
friend’s property that is extensive and open.
She wanted to project images that spoke to the beauty of the out of
doors yet isolate small private moments and places within them. Her digital prints are in black and white, and
she chose to use the light jet printing process.
Kristiina Teerikorpi, a resident of
Moraga, CA is a student of traditional black and white darkroom film and
printing process and is studying at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. She has been an avid photographer taking on
many different applications of alternative photo printing and processes. She loves to photograph and has been
shooting and printing with a voracious appetite since 2010 when I first met her
as a student in one of the photography classes I taught at the college. Kristiina, in this exhibit presents a
beautifully printed photo essay about a winery in our area. They are silver gel prints made from black
and white film.
Jeff Brooks-Manas, a 17 year
resident of Contra Costa County is a dedicated photographer I met at a MeetUP
photo shoot I arranged last year when we started this project. He stands out as a very skilled photographer
who creates moods as in paintings with the way he balances his color. He says “I love shooting landscapes. There
are so many beautiful subjects, and they’re so accessible. We are fortunate to
have so much park land – City, Regional and State – so close to us. I enjoy
sharing my corner of the world, through social media. I have also had some of
my work printed on local agency calendars, and in print ads. All of the photos
I have in the show are of places that are within 15 minutes of home, and I
visit them frequently. Beauty is everywhere, as long as you are open to see it.
You can also see something unique in a scene that you have been by several
times. It’s all about slowing down, and being present.”
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