Part of one Vernacular Photographic Collection
"A Found Photo" will be opening at the D3 PROJECTS gallery in the saturation of Art to be seen,@ the spacious Bergamot Station Arts Center.
The address is 2525 Michigan Ave #D3 , in the area of the beach town in Southern California by the name of Santa Monica.
Internet info @ http://www.d3projects.net/
I have taken a quick look preview, at the nearly one hundred Vernacular images each one framed and designated to be appearing for the random new eye. They row geometrically in regimented order allowing any pair of eyes to visually float towards sensational thought and visual pleasure. The straight line of pictures makes one go in and out of moments of picture time documentation.
Many ideas come to mind when landing on an island of picture.
For me, I will list some of the appreciation I stuck into my mind’s pocket.
Just as everything has a personal definition this list should be defined similarly, to taste.
Streamlist:
1. I want this one.
2. When was this made?
3. I understand.
4. Amazing that it still exists.
5. Reality was, and is infinite.
6. Familiar
7. Close to home.
8. Composition
9. Chance
10. Documentation
11. Time
12. Place
13. Sensibility
14. Impression
15. Awareness
16. Emotion
17. Private
18. Story
19. Memory
20. Detail
21. Personal
22. Note
23. Gift
24. Human
25. Album
26. Show and Tell
27. Travel
28. Experience
29. Change
30. Expression
31. Abstraction
32. Language
33. Communication
34. Commemoration
35. New
36. Old
37. Family
38. Here and Now and Then
39. Impulse
40. Activity
41. Invention
42. Seeing
43. Being
44. Proof
45. Life
46. Style
47. Humor
48. Environment
49. Day and Night
50. People
51. Animal
52. Architecture
53. Creativity
54. Inspiration
55. Need
56. Emphasis for the purposes of illustration (E.F.T.P.O.I)
57. Journalistic
58. Diary
59. Sharing
60. Natural
61. Setup
62. There
63. Artistic
64. Prize
65. Curiosity
66. Children
67. Innocence
68. Sophistication
69. Anonymous
70. Simplicity
71. Instantaneous
72. Snap
73. Enigmatic
74. Interpretation
75. Meaning
76. Vision
77. Candid
78. Catch
79. Playing
80. Event
81. Transportation
82. Process
83. Caption
84. Season
85. Birth
86. Youth
88. Old age
89. Landscape
90. Interior
91. Exterior
92. Dialogue
93. Friends
94. Action
95. Still life
96. Possession
97. Costume
98. Portrait
99. Photographing
100. Self
The above list is my list. Not in any particular order. Not complete. Just a stream of consciousness. Attributable to some of the meaning of the reception of imagery.
The exhibition will be a treat for the hungry eye. The great news is that it is free. As free as acceptance. The found photo made by someone’s camera in the past, presents the present. The gift of definition will be made individually. The beauty is of making a new meaning, to something that had once another meaning entirely.
My favorite picture in the show was the night shot of the theater’s marquee, and its letters of
information , reminding me of Jazz music of the night .
A new visual archive is exposed to public.
I say go see this show!