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Hello:
This Friday July 11th, is the latest photo show with my work in it. It has been a great experience setting this show up and I think there will be a few surprises for those of you that decide to go to it? We are having images from two clubs that I am a member of as well as a couple of relatively famous photographers from Denver (Hal Gould and Loretta Young-Gautier of the Camera Obscura Gallery) and a photographer from Montana. We will have images from 24 artists on display!
The show will take place at the Smokebrush Foundation 218 West Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO. You can find it in the Art Depot district just under the Colorado Avenue Bridge on the North side of the street. The show starts at 5 PM on July 11th and goes through July 23rd. Visit the smokebrush website for details. http://www.smokebrush.org/happenings.htm
It was interesting setting this show up! The staff of the Smokebrush center did all the work of actually intaking the images, and putting them on display. I put out a notice that we were looking for images with two photo clubs here in Colorado Springs and requested that they let me know if they were planning to put images up in the show. I received 13 responses from people that they wanted to put images in. 24 people actually brought images to the show. With such a great response we had to turn down a number of pieces of work but, every artist got at least one image into the show. The end result is 88 great photos for people to view! The show is free and open to the public and a number of the images are up for sale so feel free to bring your wallet.
Originally there was going to be a fashion show to go with the photo show. The fashion show was canceled as the producer of the fashion show is unavailable to put it all together. It is unfortunate as in excess of 44 people were participating in the fashion show. We were going to have models, designers, a DJ, a lighting person, a body painter and we invited photographers to photograph the fashion portion of the show. I hope this show can take place at some point in the future. It is amazing the details that go into producing a fashion show of this nature! Well, as the show states “Life Goes On.”
I hope a lot of you make it to the show and take the time to let me know what you think by commenting to this blog!
Peace,
Bill Young – Figurative Photo
Hello:
Well, I just got back from my trip to Montana. It was a good trip over all! At the same time it was sad. I went to video tape the funeral of my good friend Joe Papez. I am doing a documentry on Joe, and I have to say he really lived a full life ending at just over 100 years of age. There were 100’s of people there, music, and good food. I think it was pretty close to the way Joe would have wanted it. I only have a few pieces to gather at this point and then I will be able to edit the documentary! I hope to have everything done by this time next year!
While on the trip I did some photography of Owl’s, Turkey’s and their young, deer, sky lines, trees, flowers, and friends. I also visited with family and friends. It was a good trip over all. Now I have to get ready for my next trip. This week I have to work on the Archeoastronomy of the American South West photos so I can finish my next book. I have been working on this book for about five years now and I look forward to getting the words, and drawings together to go with the photos. I am also in the process of preparing for the next book on Archeaoastronomy which will be associated with Winter Solstice. As soon as I get those photos going I have a trip to New Mexico to be at a family reunion, and then back to the springs again and working on the Show for July 11th. I hope to get some time in to blog from time to time but, I don’t know what internet access is going to look like over the next few weeks?
Have a great week!
Bill
Welcome to the blog of Figurative Photo! I am new to this blog stuff so I hope I can keep it interesting and up to date. I will use this as a chance to let you know what is going on with me and my work. I do photography and videography. I enjoy both mediums and have a lot of projects in the works. I have a few projects that you can look into right now.
1. A show at the Smokebrush Center in Colorado Springs! I have a show called “Big.” It showcases some of my images as bigger than life!
2. I have an installation piece in the Show Shelter also at the Smokebrush Center.
3. A book “Year in the life of a Camera” has five of my photos in it. You can pick up a copy at Blurb.com. This was a fun project by the Circle of Confusion photo club here in Colorado Springs.
I have several other projects in the works so check back and find out what is going on. Also check out my web site! FigurativePhoto.com. I will also be posting some more information about current shows, I have been receiving some interesting reactions to “Big” and I will attempt to respond to some of them in this blog.
Have a great day and feel free to comment on my work!
Bill Young
Photographer/Videographer – Figurative Photo/Ripple Effect Productions.
