I love photographs. Right now there is an awe
some exhibit at the Central Library in the east gallery. The Fort Worth Camera Club is celebrating their 80th year with an exhibit at the library that will run through December 4th.
It is a must see...and is FREE. You can even park for free if you use a meter after 6pm or on the weekends or park in the 3rd Street garage--that's the garage entrance just after Quizno's on 3rd Street.
Some of the prints that stick in my mind from the exhibit are several still lifes of car or machine parts, a lone feather on a solid blue background, and ducks or geese in a stone courtyard. These are just a few of the many photographs that make up this exhibit. There are also several display cases containing old cameras that are very interesting.
Some of the prints that stick in my mind from the exhibit are several still lifes of car or machine parts, a lone feather on a solid blue background, and ducks or geese in a stone courtyard. These are just a few of the many photographs that make up this exhibit. There are also several display cases containing old cameras that are very interesting.
Do you have a favorite photographer?
Do you find solace in Ansel Adams' naturescapes or Robert Mapplethorpe's flowers?
Maybe you're intrigued by the early war photography of Mathew Brady or Roger Fenton.
Or even the glam of fashion photographers like
Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, and Annie Leibovitz.
Maybe the grit and stark reality of photojournalists like Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange or Lewis Hine is more to your tastes.
Other photographers that are worth checking out include Peter Magubane who documented life in South Africa, Salgado Sebastiao who works in Brazil, Roman Vishniac who documented the lives of Jews among other things, and Man Ray whose revolutionary photographic techniques created avant-garde works of art.
And if all this inspires you to do some art work of your own, the library has books to help you with that too.
Digital photography Manuals at the library
And in case you were wondering, my own photographs accompany this entry.
Pic 1: A large art glass candelier displayed in a glass shop on the RiverWalk in San Antonio, TX
Pic 2: An iris along the walkway at the Japanese Sunken Garden, San Antonio, TX
Pic 2: An iris along the walkway at the Japanese Sunken Garden, San Antonio, TX
Pic 3: My great uncle with his navy buddies in Cuba circa 1930s
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