(photo from the collection of Robert E. Jackson)
I just made my first visit to Ampersand gallery on Alberta (here in Portland) and I must say I was quite impressed! There's a very good show up of enlargements from photo booths from the collection of Robert E. Jackson (see image above), a great collection of used and new photo books, and found, vintage photos for purchase. And a really friendly and knowledgeable proprietor, Myles! If you're in town, and on Alberta, please stop in and have a look!
(photo © David Heath)
Another good show that's currently up here in Portland that I haven't gotten the chance to see yet is at Charles Hartman Fine Art. The show is titled "Faces: Vintage and Contemporary Photographic Portraits," and contains the work of many of the masters, as well as several contemporary photographers. Here's a link to a web gallery of images. (The image of woman w/ child above is from the show, by David Heath)
Also, if you're headed to NYC -- there was recently a nice review in The New York Times of coordinated exhibits by NYC galleries of photography about the city. Here's nice slide show of images from the exhibits. It makes me want to get up to NYC right away to go see them!
Other interesting finds -- here's a couple of links to photographers and photography sites that I have come across:
Jeffrey Ladd, and his blog about photography and photo books, also another noteworth portland photographer Benji Wagner. I've added these links to my links list on the right.
Lastly, I've been invited to shoot some new photographs for an upcoming exhibit at the Oregon Jewish Museum about Portland Jewish memory/history of place. It's a nice chance to produce new work, to be a part of the Portland Jewish experience/community -- and respond to concept of memory/history with my photography (which is always something that is in the back of my head anyway -- as Walker Evans said: "...to photograph the present as it will be seen as the past... "
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