Two Great Exhibits In One At The Sordoni Art Gallery

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. March 21 - May 13 . Landscapes Within Landscapes  &  Process . Sordoni Art Gallery Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania   The gallery is currently open by appointment only. Email email melissa.carestia@wilkes.edu . Landscapes Within Landscapes 50 large prints survey the artist's career; this exhibit illuminates how the perception of nature and the nature of perception are deeply intertwined. How we see the land changes how we see ourselves. The artist suggests we are land, not apart from nature but a part of Nature. . Process 25 small prints unveil the artist's practices in detail, showing how process influences perception. . Enhanced with audio, video, and hybrid texts, the two exhibits combined offer a unique look into contemporary visions of land and changes in photographic practice. . Catalog A catalog expanding upon the exhibit will be available at the venue.   Sign up...

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Landscapes Within Landscapes & Process – The Catalog

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. Sordoni Art Gallery produced a beautiful catalog for my exhibits Landscapes Within Landscapes & Process. The catalog is a limited edition and available at the venue only. In addition to the preview above, you can enjoy some of the content here. . Explore the Viewing Room here. Read my essay Why I Photograph here. Listen to the poems in the catalog here. Listen to my interview with NPR's Erika Funke....

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There Are Many Kinds Of Writing On The Walls And In The Catalog For My Exhibits Landscapes Within Landscapes & Process

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The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University. The exhibit walls and catalog for Landscapes Within Landscapes & Process include many forms of writing. . Statements Read my statements Landscapes Within Landscapes and Process. . Poetry Listen to the poems here. (30, 21, 19, and 10) . Creative Nonfiction Read my creative nonfiction essay Why I Photograph here. (16) . Metadata A print of metadata in Lightroom illustrates that text becomes a part of my images from the moment of their creation. . Mindmaps Mindmaps show developing flows of ideas (elements, verbs, adjectives, form, feelings, emotions, associations). . Infographics The text on my webpage was turned into an infographic for a wall outside the gallery. Read 10 Health Benefits Of Adding More Nature Into Your Life here. . Though my images are silent, it's clear that words are with me from start to...

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The Joys Of Scale & Materials

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. Big metal prints made at Blazing Editions make a significant contribution to my exhibit Landscapes Within Landscapes at Sordoni Art Gallery. The two above are 40x60” and given the space, could go even bigger. The same prints are huge in my New England farmhouse. . There’s the size that feels good for the space and the size that feels good for the image. Some images change at different sizes; sometimes better, sometimes worse, sometimes just different. There’s an art to finding a compelling balance. I think of David Byrne’s TED talk How Architecture Helped Music Evolve. . .My reflection in a metal print made at Blazing Editions. . Many metal prints are on display in my exhibit Landscapes Within Landscapes at Sordoni Art Gallery through May...

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Why I Photograph

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. Warning. These images may contain more than one photograph (not always exposed by the artist), digital effects, drawings, invisible metadata, and may be supplemented with text, audio, and video at your discretion. The artist discloses his practices generally but deliberately does not specify which practices are used in a given image to raise questions about how we know what we know, include the viewer in his ongoing practice of becoming more mindful of how we see, and leave room for each individual's unique experience of the works. These images and the following piece of creative nonfiction are deliberately designed to create some disorientation and more clarity. . . "Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second." - Marc Riboud . . I photograph...

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