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PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE MONTH THIRD THURSDAY PROGRAMS get their work seen by professionals and get direction for their
After a very successful run in 2009, the 2010 schedule February 18 — Friends and relatives may like your photographs, next step. This program, PORTFOLIO REVIEWS: WHAT, WHY
for the Photographer of the Month is filling fast. Thanks but chances are they are not the objective reviewers the serious AND HOW, offers a panel of guest photographers, curators and
to all members and groups that exhibited the wonderful photographer needs. Across the country, photographers are others who know the contemporary photography market in
photographs and gave interesting and thoughtful gallery seeking out and attending professional portfolio reviews in a presentation designed to explain what the portfolio review
talks. Here’s the 2010 line-up so far: an effort to get objective feedback, make networking contacts, is all about. The panel will consist of persons who have been
reviewers at regional and national
February: TOM MILLER events, and photographers who have
March: For several months, the Human been reviewed. Discussion will cover
Interest Group has been working on a what a portfolio review is, how your
project called What Makes Madison Special. work can benefit from a review, how to
Come to the March 4 presentation by prepare for a review, what the review
nine members of the group who have their experience is like from both sides of
images from Madison on display. the table, what a reviewer is looking
April: DAVID SCADLOCK for, and the type of review that is best
May: Gallery Night, for you. If you have aspirations for
contact Reece Donihi your photography, you don’t want to
June: PATRICK PATTERSON miss tonight’s program.
THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP meets at If you want to add your name to this impressive exhibitor This movie dominated the 1991 Australian Film Institute
7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. Contact list, e-mail me at wayne.brabender@ces.uwex.edu or call awards, winning seven in all, including best film, director,
Steve Walsten at 237-6330 for more info. 608-577-3300. script, actor, supporting actor and editing.
Milwaukee Art Museum {Visit www.mam.org/streetseen Art Institute of Chicago {Chicago} Chicago Cabinet: Minneapolis Art Institute - Josef Sudek and Czech
for details} Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in C.D. Arnold Photographs of the World’s Columbian Photography through February 28. Also, New Pictures 2:
American Photography 1940–1959. More than 100 Exposition through February 28. Also, In the Vernacular. Marco Breur experimental abstract images that invites the
photographs in this major exhibit of street photography, Ordinary and utilitarian pictures from souvenir viewer to ponder, “what is a photograph?” February 18
focusing on works by LISETTE MODEL , LOUIS FAURER , TED postcards, government archives, police case files, pin- through August 7.
CRONER , SAUL LEITER , WILLIAM KLEIN and ROBERT FRANK . ups and pages of mass media. Fine art photographers
An extensive list of programs and special events are being sought to distance themselves from these images, but IOWA
offered in conjunction with the exhibit. January 30 were also influenced/inspired by them. February 26
through April 25. through May 31. Dubuque Museum of Art {Dubuque} Quiet Courage:
Images of Women from the North American Indian by
Ha g ger t y Mu s eu m {M a rque t te Un i ver sit y, Chicago Museum of Contemporar y Photography Edward S. Curtis Striking images of American Indian
M i lwau kee} Barbara Morgan: Montages. Some of { C h i c a g o ; 6 0 0 S . M i c h i g a n Av e } 5 0 % G r e y : women from the Curtis collection. Through March 28.
Morgan’s most innovative photographs, produced in C o n te m p o ra r y C z e ch Ph o t o g ra p h y R e co n s i d e re d
the 1930’s and 40’s from the museum’s collection. Also throug h March 28. INDIANA
Lucinda Devlin: The Omega Suites 12 images from
penitentiaries. And Stella Johnson: Cameroon Images Catherine Edelman Gallery {Chicago; 300 W. Indianapolis Museum of Art {Indianapolis} Paired
from Al Sol. Through April 18. Superior} Lauren Simonutti: 8 Rooms, 7 Mirrors, 6 Clocks, Photographs through March 21. Twenty sets of paired
2 Minds and 199 Panes of Glass. Most artists strive to images show ing how d if ferent artists approach a
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum {Oshkosh} Elliott say something; this work reaches deep inside to reveal subject matter. Included are CA RLE T ON WATK INS /
Erwitt: Dog Days opening April 17. a raw, truthful and powerful world. Through March 6. ANSEL A DAMS , EDWA RD WESTON / HA RRY CA LL AHAN ,
Also, Keith Carter: Seen & Unseen March 12 through MINOR WHITE / DOROTHEA LANGE , LEWIS HINE / LISETTE
Chazen Museum {Madison} Imaginary Architecture: May 1. Artist’s talk, Columbia College, March 10, MODEL , WALKER EVANS/ BERENICE ABBOTT and ALFRED
Photographs by Filip Dujardin. Opens March 20. 6:30 p.m. Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave. STIEGLITZ / W. EUGENE SMITH
Drop off will be Tuesday March 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
at the UW Hospital. Pick up will be April 5 from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. Members are asked to make prior arrangements
if they are unable to drop off or pick up their work at the
specified times. The reception date and time for the members
show is Sunday March 14th from 3–5 p.m. If you have any
questions contact Becky (becky@mckenziefam.com).
Phase 1 is focused on the area around the Dells as well as several other sites
in Sauk County. These include Bennett’s Leaping the Chasm at Stand Rock,
a view of Devils Lake from Devils Doorway, and anther of Bennett’s more
famous images, Under the Overhanging Rock, a triptych Bennett manually
merged on a single sheet of paper when printing.
The exhibition of the paired images from Phase 1 will begin next summer
and will include a showing and presentation during PhotoMidwest
Bill Pielsticker by B. Tracy Madison
2010 in October. Plans include presenting Bennett’s work and the
current view, ideally shot from the same perspective as the original, side
by side in black and white. Where room permits, the current view will In the case of Under the Overhanging Rock which was featured in a recent Wisconsin
also be shown in color. Geological Survey calendar, Pielsticker notes “it has taken five visits to the site and three
shoots for me to realize that Bennett had to have built a platform to get high enough to obtain
As photographers, members may be interested in some of the difficulties Pielsticker has the effect he was after. That’s what I’ll do in the spring, now that I’ve figured it out – I think!”
encountered in this work. Several of Bennett’s images are fairly intimate, meaning a
small change in camera location can make a large change in perspective. In other cases, Members and others can keep track of the project at www.hhfastforward.com. The website
few common points exist between the original image and today’s perspective, making is still “under construction” but offers some blog entries and several paired images to review
lining them up a challenge. The Wisconsin State Journal article can be found via a search engine online.
We are trying to work out several grants for those that need
them. More info will be coming out soon. If you are a group
leader, please let Bob Beaverson (bbeaverson@charter.net)
Madison by Ilia Guzei
know of your concerns or questions .
Doors will open at 5 p.m. There will be music, food and drink to rival the best celebrations we’ve had. Silent
auctions will close at 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m. The photographs and other auction items will appeal both
to collectors and to a general audience. In addition to the silent auctions there will be one or more bins
with photos available at a set price.
As an open house, we want to showcase CPM’s work while we have a good time. Please invite one or more
non-members to join you for all or part of the evening. Anyone signing up for membership that evening
will be offered a discount for their first year membership.
If you wish to donate an item, whether a photograph or something different, please contact Bill Pielsticker
who is tracking donations. You can email him at bill@pielstickerphotos.com.
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