Larissa Leclair

Larissa Leclair has teamed up with One Hour Photo to feature photographers from this exhibition. Read the initial post here. Today’s photographers are Bryan Ewsichek, Lynley Bernstein, John Vanderslice, Ramon Vega, and Zev Schmitz.

11-noon: Bryan Ewsichek

Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
colorful, tradition, deflated

How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
While I appreciate the concept of the show, and I submitted a photograph that I am proud of… I also realize that the world will not end if no one sees my photo ever again. That said, it elevates the importance of seeing my photo within the hour that it will be projected.

What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
The particular subject matter of my photograph illustrates the fleeting nature of American traditions and instinctual consumer nature… So it seems appropriate to essentially discard the image.

Website: http://www.ewsichek.com

12-1pm: Lynley Bernstein

1-2pm: John Vanderslice

Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Blonde on bronze

How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
Ignore the “never be seen again” part.

What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
C’est la vie.

Website: http://johnvanderslice.com

2-3pm: Ramon Vega

3-4pm: Zev Schmitz

Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
The salted inversion

How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
I find it strange when artists become protective and nostalgic about their work. Anyone who photographs daily or even weekly has amassed an incredible amount of images by years end and should be happy to display the strong images in any occurrence, if only once.

What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
I hope it is well enjoyed.

Website: http://zevschmitz.com

Birth of a Cloud ©Zev Schmitz

Zev Schmitz was selected for the juried exhibition “Nostalgia” at the Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery. The selected photograph above, Birth of a Cloud, is from his series “Plume.” The cloud, in the context of this exhibition, came to symbolize for me the concept of nostalgia in abstract form – an ungraspable entity. “Plume” is an ongoing body of work that came out of the series “Still Limits.” About “Still Limits” Schmitz writes, “[t]he horizon is a symbol of perceptual failure – an unreachable and undefinable mark which dictates our understanding in both two dimensional and three dimensional space. Selections from “Still Limits” are shown below.

Tactile Horizon ©Zev Schmitz

Horizon Finder ©Zev Schmitz

Extended Horizon ©Zev Schmitz

Imposed Horizon II ©Zev Schmitz

Zev Schmitz has his BFA in Photography from MICA. His website is www.zevschmitz.com.

photograph ©Estelle Dougier

“Nostalgia” opened yesterday at the Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery and the artist reception is this Friday, April 9, from 5-7pm. It was a pleasure selecting work for this exhibition. Thank you to all the photographers who submitted their photographs.

Nostalgia
selections by Larissa Leclair
PhotoPlace Gallery
3 Park Street, Middlebury, Vermont
April 6-May 1, 2010

Artists Reception: April 9, 5-7pm

Photographers for the gallery exhibition: Geoffrey Agrons, Amber J. Anderson, Alexander Anisimov, Kristyna Archer, Gretchen Arnold, John Bergholm, Andrew Bovasso, Shelly Cohen, Meghan Cronrath, Raleigh Crowder Rodger, Shana D’Attilio, Adrienne Defendi, Joseph Deiss, Blake Dieters, Estelle Dougier, Polly Gaillard, Ken Gibson, Nancy Goodrich and Jill Mass, Sarah Hadley, Steffanie Halley, Brian Hollingsworth, Yoav Horesh, Emma Horning, Daniel Hughes, Hugh Jones, Amy Kwalwasser, Emma Leblanc, Clay Lipsky, Zachary Mazur, Caitlin McCaffrey, Carly Miller, Julianna Nagy, Jackson Nichols, Julia Paul, Emma Powell, Timothy Price, Nadia Sablin, Angelika Schilli, Zev Schmitz, Dennis Yermoshin.

Photographers for the on-line gallery: Iwan Bagus, Shelly Calton, Claudia Danielson, Gerry Davis, Gina de la Chesnaye, Lisa Fanning, Steve Genatossio, Stephen Hilger, Sarah Paz Hyde, Jeni Jeffrey, Jill Keech, Jonas Kulikauskas, Walter Landry, Nick Marshall, Marilyn Maxwell, Kathryn Mayo, Sonia Melnikova, Trevor Messersmith, Cynthia Miller, Sissel Myklbust, Allen Palmer, Nancy Ridenour, Eric Rippert, Anastasia Samoylova, Stefan Sappert, Virginia Saunders, Debora Schwedhelm, Peggy Shaw, Len Speier, Duane Stevens, Gayle Stevens, Athena Petra Tasiopoulos, Ira Wagner, Willie Wright, Zelda Zinn.

If you can’t make it to Vermont, the work is available online and the exhibition catalog, which features all 75 photographers, can be purchased through the Blurb bookstore.

Congratulations to all the photographers!