Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 12/2/15 – 1/2/2016.
Reception: Tuesday, December 1, 6 – 8 pm.
I have two pieces in a group show on the topic of dogs; there will also be five concurrent solo shows on the same topic.
Atlantic Gallery, 548 West 28th St., Suite 540, NYC. 12/1-12/2015.
Reception: Thursday, December 3, 6 – 8 pm.
A small works show sponsored by PWP (Professional Women Photographers). I have two photographs in this exhibit. All work is reasonably priced.
There are various ways in which color can be paramount in a photograph. It can define a mood and elicit an emotion from the viewer. It can highlight or isolate a particular subject. And, by fanciful alteration or exaggeration, color can turn the ordinary into something magical.
For this small works show, we are showcasing images that are defined by their exceptional or unusual use of color.”
In case you missed me in the Gowanus studio tour you have a second chance! I will be participating in the Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studio Tour, November 7 – 8 (12 – 6 pm)… save the dates. I will be exhibiting at 374 14th Street, Brooklyn 11215 (corner of 7th Avenue), second floor, not in my usual downstairs space (but in the same building).
As indicated before, I will be showing a lot of new work, in addition to your old Holga favorites. Over the past year I have expanded on my “People Walking” series and have started a theme of ground pictures…. which includes “Street Abstractions” (abstract images of the ground, painterly in nature), and “Nature Out of Context”, which is close-ups of leaves and such on the sidewalk.
I have also been posting these types of pictures on Instagram (instagram.com/susanbowenfoto) on an almost daily basis.
The closest subway stop is the Seventh Avenue stop of the F train. If you exit at the wrong end (Eighth Ave) just go downhill one block, and then go 5 blocks south to 14th Street.
Hope to see you there!
I will be participating in the Gowanus Open Studio Tour, October 17-18, 12 to 6 pm, in a borrowed space at 301 Douglass St., Brooklyn, NY 11217 (between 3rd and 4th Avenues). It is only a few blocks north of the Union Street stop of the R train.
I will be showing a lot of new work, in addition to your old Holga favorites. Over the past year I have expanded on my “People Walking” series and have started a theme of ground pictures…. which includes “Street Abstractions” (abstract images of the ground, painterly in nature), and “Nature Out of Context”, which is close-ups of leaves and such on the sidewalk.
I have also been posting these types of pictures on Instagram (instagram.com/susanbowenfoto) on an almost daily basis.
It is a bit hard to find me on the online map (below is a detail). If walking up Douglass from 4th Avenue, I’m on the right 3/4 of the way up the block towards 3rd Avenue (just shy of the Brooklyn Music Factory and Gowanus Arts banners). I’m on the ground floor just inside the garage door.
Union Street and the R train are 2 blocks south of the detail shown. The streets go Union, Sackett, Degraw, Douglass. Hope to see you there!
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 9/9 – 10/3/2015.
Reception: Thursday, September 10, 6 – 8 pm.
Group show upstairs on the topic of monuments and temples. I exhibited two images: ‘War Memorial and DePew Fountain’ and ‘Monument Circle and State House’.
I am happy to announce I have been selected as a finalist for Critical Mass 2015, an international competition organized by Photolucida. The 200 jurors will select the top 50 this month. Awards are a possibility, but the main benefit is exposure. Wish me luck!
Update: I wasn’t selected for the final 50, but it was an honor to have been a finalist.
I’m on a billboard! My piece ‘Skateboard Park, Arms Up’ is being included in a public art exhibition on billboards in Los Angeles sponsored by a non-profit organization called The Billboard Creative.
This is the image used on my billboard:
And below is a picture from Chris Danes!
From the Billboard Creative website:
“This is the inaugural show from The Billboard Creative, a non-profit founded in 2014 with the goals of giving artists access to a mass audience and to make art as accessible to Angelenos as the numerous billboards that they view every day. Pieces from 14 artists from seven countries and working in a range of media will be on display throughout Hollywood and LA through May 15. Download a map to the billboards, including QR codes for Google Maps for each installation – then hit the road on your own art tour or simply keep your eyes open on your daily journeys.”
Here is a link to the map of all the artist’s billboards: Billboard Creative Map. The billboards will be up April 25 – May 15. Mine is on the corner of West 3rd St. and South Serrano Avenue.
Where did the palm tree go?! Images provided by Billboard Creative.
The images were shot with me moving towards my subject as they move towards me. Technically that is a bit tricky. I shoot with most automatic features turned off (to make the camera maximally responsive), and I pre-focus the camera. I shoot too fast to really compose or to know what I’m getting; I have auto review turned off. So I’m carrying over the chance and surprise aspects of my Holga work to my newer digital way of working.
The video is 2 minutes long. I hope you enjoy it.
December 2, 2015 – January 2, 2016