melanie photo blog: December 2011

12.15.2011

photo-eye 2011 Staff Show

Cropped images shown above by Allison Ramirez, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal, Cliff Shapiro, Melanie McWhorter and Sarah Bradley, respectively

The 3rd Annual Staff Show

Photographs and other works by Allison Ramirez, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal, Cliff Shapiro, Melanie McWhorter and Sarah Bradley.

Opening Friday, December 16th, 4:30-7:00 pm
On Display through February 4th, 2012
At photo-eye Bookstore, 370 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501

A reception and opening party will be held Friday, December 16th from 4:30 to 7 pm at photo-eye Bookstore. This year’s exhibition will feature photographs, drawings, masks and other mixed media formats by photo-eye Bookstore and Gallery staff. Artist and staff members featured are Allison Ramirez, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal, Cliff Shapiro, Melanie McWhorter and Sarah Bradley.

Contact Melanie McWhorter (505.988.5152 x112) for more information.

Come visit us if in Santa Fe!

12.12.2011

Adventures in China: Lishui Photo Festival

Read a brief post on some of my experience for Lishui 14th International Photography Festival in China on photo-eye's Blog.

For more reading from some of my humorous travel companions, visit Jennifer Schwartz's entries Taking China by Storm, Day... I have no idea what day it is in China, Holgas, hikes and holes, Back to Shanghai or And the China Adventure Comes to an End or Michael Sebastian's blog.

12.07.2011

Access2Editors

I am one of the editors to be selected for the new portfolio review website Access2Editors. Access2Editors will help people prepare for a more successful review experience...finalize sequencing, get feedback on a statement, etc. Access2Editors is partnering with CENTER's annual competitions leading up to Review Santa Fe. The prizes are listed on the respective pages for CENTER's The Project Launch Award and The Project Competition Award. More info on Access2Editors can be found by visiting the site.

Postcards By My Desk: McNair Evans

McNair Evans is from my world-- both the American South and, of course, photography. He is a southern gentleman and being the small photo world as it is, we have some friends in common who still live and practice the art in South Carolina and surrounding states. His photos bring to mind the slow living in this area of the United States. He captures quite moments that could be almost anywhere, but are undeniably Southern. His card with the image from the project and zine, A Journal of Southern History, make me pine for my homeland every day (even though I simply think I am too cosmopolitan, I am a country girl at heart). Many of his images are taken in the winter months, with leaves falling off the deciduous trees and the kudzu even relenting for a while. The fading light that falls over most of the images giving them a glow and light falls on its subjects who for a time can forget the unrelenting heat of the hot summer months. There is an ease and comfortable feeling to his photos that epitomize the lifestyle of this region. This project and others can be found on his website and blog.