Category: Image City Exhibits

This is the third Women’s Perspectives exhibit at Image City Photography Gallery.  The exhibit includes the following photographers: Kimberly Benedetto, Diane Dersch, Cindy Shadler El-Gaaly, Joyce Freitas, Christy Hibsch, Donna J. LaPlante, Melissa Mance-Coniglio, Margy Meath, Sandi Osterwise, Martha Price and Patty Singer.  The original idea for this exhibit began when Margy Meath had a conversation with Image City Partner, Dick Bennett.  Margy was aware of the fact that women faced challenges when trying to have their work made public.  For example according to some of the data collected by the “Women Photograph Dataabase,” eight of the world’s leading newspapers have actually printed far fewer lead photographs by women than men.  (https://www.womenphotograph.com/data)

After Margy and Dick had this conversation, Dick suggested that perhaps Margy might consider organizing an Image City feature show that focused on female photographers. Margy immediately began the process.  She intentionally invited women that she knew were comfortable about displaying their work, as well as others who had never entered a show. Margy says, “Working collectively to support one another has been a highlight for this group.  It has been especially awesome for me to see talented photographers find their artistic voice and move beyond their apprehension in sharing their work.”

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Emily Stauring, the current featured photographer at Image City Photography Gallery, says “I will photograph until I die, and I will l probably die photographing.” Emily, who has had a camera in her hand since the age of 4, says that photography is who she is and how she sees the world.  She started with film, migrated to digital, then just recently went back to film.  She says she has “sold to every continent in the world, has collectors everywhere, and used to sell at art shows in 8 different states.”  Emily seldom uses a tripod or conventional methods when photographing her subjects.  She says “I do what I need to get the shot, then edit it by emotion.”

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When one walks into Image City Photography Gallery from April 18-May 14, 2023, the first word that might come to mind is dramatic.  David Bleich’s feature exhibit entitled Windows includes a collection of renderings of the Stata Center at MIT. It also includes urban landscapes and two images of water sites.  The Stata Center, designed by renowned Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, is a whimsical mesh of modern and quirky, with shiny tilting towers and angled walls.  The title of David’s exhibit arose when he noticed that the unconventional windows Gehry gave to the buildings were a keynote feature of his images.  

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Walter Jakubowski’s intriguing photography exhibit which includes many abstract images from his ongoing series entitled “A Stranger in a Strange Land,” is on display at Image City Photography Gallery during the Holiday Show from November 29-December 23, 2022. 

Though Walter mainly considers himself a landscape photographer, his interest in photographers such as Eliot Porter, Ernst Haas, David Muench and illustrator Maxfield Parrish inspired his photography. Porter and Muench’s work awakened him to the more intimate vs. grand landscape tradition. Over time his compositions started to lean more into the abstract. 

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Anyone who loves gardening or photography are in for a fabulous treat during November, when visiting the Neuberger Gallery, located within Image City Photography Gallery. Messages from the Urban Garden is a collection of photos created by Michael Tomb and Marcia Zach of https://studiomichaelino.com Intimate details of flowers and vegetables have been lovingly and creatively captured by Michael and Marcia throughout their exhibit.

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Something inside James Christopher Knight ignited him as he made his way up the creaking old staircase of the woman’s Parisian apartment on Rue du Fauborg Saint-Martin.  In the doorway, they embraced.  At that moment he knew he loved her.

According to James, the photos in his series, Paris Love Affair, on display at Image City Photography Gallery, until the end of October, is “a love story of images burning inside my heart, the heart of a lover who will never forget his passionate courtship with an enchanting, green-eyed girl, from the City of Lights.”

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Urban Offerings is an exhibit of photographs, by Image City founding partner Betsy Phillips, which centers on the rich visual delights offered in urban environments. Images range from the totally abstract, often found on walls, windows, and manmade objects such as dumpsters and cars, to the strong shadows created by the play of light on urban architecture, as well as people just being themselves, sometimes thought provoking, sometimes providing a bit of humor – or both. The exhibit offers images of New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, New Orleans, Portland, OR, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The series includes images that span ten years.  As Betsy wandered through the lively streets and viewed abstracts all around her, the cities themselves energized her. Her biggest challenge when designing her exhibit was the amount of time necessary to go through all her files and choose images that made sense together.  

Betsy’s series includes a total of 25 images.  In the foyer of the gallery visitors can see a colorful abstract. When viewers enter the gallery, they will see a unique image called Cops-This American Life- hanging in the back alcove.  The work consists of a series of vertical strips of images of police officers armed with assault weapons, set against a backdrop of provocative models with brightly colored lips. The juxtaposition of the two creates a strong contrast for the viewer. Movement is created by suspending the strips from fishing line. The main wall features large color abstract images, while the back wall contains black and white images surrounding a 29 x 39 image of MOMA, black and white, with a pop of red. The East Wall completes the show with a mix of red, white, and black urban images.

After seeing this series, Betsy hopes that the viewers see the visual pleasures that exist in the ordinary.  

Image City is proud of the fact that we install new shows every month.  Beginning in October our featured show will be described in detail in this section of our blog.  If you are interested in seeing a preview of our current show, please click here: http://www.imagecityphotographygallery.com/Current.htm