June 10th Opening at The Darkroom Gallery (Longmont, Colorado)

Building, #37 (The Great Escape). New York City, NY, 2015

Next Friday will be “Second Friday” in Longmont and the galleries will all be open. There will be music, mingling humans, food and drink…

At Julie Cardinal’s The Darkroom Photography Gallery, there will be an opening for a new show called “Architecture-Structure-Form”. The above piece of mine was juried into the exhibition along with 54 other images. So, come on out and take an artistic gander!

Here are the details:

What? A new photography exhibition called “Architecture-Structure-Form”. Juror: Kate Zari-Roberts. The show will run from Friday, June 10, 2016 through, Sunday July 31, 2016. After this date, the show will be moved to Bin 46 Food and Wine Bar in Longmont (600 Longs Peak Avenue) through August 13, 2016.

Where? The Darkroom Photography Gallery, 515 Main Street, Longmont, Colorado 80501; Telephone 303-485-7191. This is right on the downtown main drag–where the Friday night action is! Look for the gallery right next door to the Longmont Theater.

When? The opening is Friday, June 10, 2016, from 5p.m. to 9p.m. The show runs as mentioned above.

Why? Because humans, by nature, are artists!

[Background on my image, above: It is a single image, not a composite, converted to monochrome. I was struck by the juxtaposition of the tenement-style building and the  man “running away”, with some difficulty, from that boxed-in life. Careful framing included only the elements I wanted in the photograph and eliminated, especially, the bulk of the advertising on the giant billboard sitting to the left.]

POSTSCRIPT: With some 55 photographs on display at the gallery, my image above was awarded an Honorable Mention at the show–one of three that were given out. A very nice compliment! In addition there were the standard first, second, and third place prizes. Here is the complete awards list and image titles with artist website links (to be updated when I confirm all the info):

First Prize:

Second Prize:

Third Prize:

Honorable Mentions (3):

In addition, at this show, it was nice to see the fine work of a number of many accomplished local photographers who are also friends: Bruce Henderson, Peter and Charlene Bandurian, Maureen Ruddy Burkhart, Murth Murthy, Cary Wolfson, and Jack Sasson.