Exhibit dates: August 9-September 3
| | The juror for our portrait exhibit will be looking for portraits that "bring the viewer into a visual dialogue with the sitter". It's a challenge to have such rapport with your subject that they let down their guard and suddenly you know that you have an extraordinary Portrait - with a capital "P"! Have you got portrait shots that draw out your subjects in ways that reveals personality, character, emotions? How does this happen? This is what earned early photographers the title of "spirit catchers"!
Our Juror, Graham Gordon Ramsay , has had his photography published in Atlantic Monthly, Time Magazine, Science magazine, La Figaro (France), Die Weltwoche (Switzerland). Technology Review, and many others. When not photographing around the world, he is a photography instructor at MIT. |
Exhibit Catalog Available at VioVio:
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portrait captures a moment in the life of the sitter. If the portrait
speaks to us clearly, we come to understand something new about the
person represented, and through the process of seeing the portrait we
learn something new about ourselves. We see these pictures and have our
own personal reactions to them--feelings, emotions, memories. We
create narratives in our minds about who these people are, what they
feel, where they come from, and how they see their world. I made the selections for this exhibition based on the premise that an intimate portrait is a revelation. I chose a first round of images that were well executed from a technical and compositional standpoint. From that subset of images, I looked for portraits that draw the viewer into the stories of the people being photographed. I favored images that evoked an element of the personal and the truthful about their subjects. GGR |
Glass Barriers Maria Elena Gioka Athens, Attica Greece |  | Annie, packing Nicholas Shepard Brooklyn, NY USA |  |
Self portrait: the faces of a personality Adriano Castelli Milan, Lombardy ITALY |  | Curtis "Thunder" Bert Halstead Belmont, MA USA |  |
Chris Blake Dieters Sarasota, FL USA |  | The Painter's Brother Brent Harrewyn South Burlington, VT USA |  |
The Painter Brent Harrewyn South Burlington, VT USA |  | Chloe Brook Hewitt / Rose Riot Photography Roswell, GA USA |  |
George, morning (2008) Charles Rozier Westport, CT USA |  | Black Angeles #15, Los Angeles 2009 Dick Sanders La Quinta, CA USA |  |
Faces On The Street #24, Los Angeles 2007 Dick Sanders La Quinta, CA USA |  | Inquietude Drew Hoffman Blacksburg, VA USA |  |
Katie's Dad Elspeth Maxwell Brooklyn, New York USA |  | Brant Erica Brown Burlington, VT USA |  |
from the series My Ethiopian-American Portraits Eyakem Gulilat norman, OK USA |  | Nicole & Diana Hila Vugman rehovot, israel Israel |  |
People of Hoi An Vietnam 1 Hugh Jones Arlington, VA USA |  | Self-Portrait, Chemo 4th Cycle, 03.2006 (Aftermath series) Kerry Mansfield San Francisco, CA USA |  |
Homeless Mike Leroy Allen Skalstad milwaukee, WI USA |  | Kenny, 15 year old American Catcher from the All Star Series Lisa Levine Alameda, CA USA |  |
Jeffrey Lisa M Jones Jefferson Township, PA USA |  | Pete Knows Lorin Duckman Burlington, VT USA |  |
Helena Maria Elena Gioka Athens, Attica Greece |  | Unique Luisito Maria Elena Gioka Athens, Attica Greece |  |
The Young Man and the Sea Maria Elena Gioka Athens, Attica Greece |  | Daniel Mary Economidy Chicago, Illinois USA |  |
The Regular Mica McCann New York, NY USA |  | Bye-Bye Baby michelle sank Exeter, Devon United Kingdom |  |
Birds of a Feather Monica April West Coopersville, MI USA |  | At The Races With Jim Nick Roberts Louisville, KY USA |  |
Draining Love Pere Ibanez Barcelona, Barcelona SPAIN |  | A Man Selling Fox Skins, Huntsville, TX Rebecca Finley The Woodlands, TX USA |  |
Chris in a Hotel Room, Queens, NY Rebecca Finley The Woodlands, TX USA |  | Tearing with Joy robert c. anderson chicago, IL USA |  |
Sissy and Pup Sarah Balch Shaker Hts, oh USA |  | The Space Between Sarah Balch Shaker Hts, oh USA |  |
Megan Sita Mae Edwards Wyoming, MI USA |  | Jessalyn Sita Mae Edwards Wyoming, MI USA |  |
My Father at 78 Years Old sue lezon chazy, ny USA |  | Cluj, Romania Wendy Simmons Brooklyn, NY USA |  |
The Vermont Photo Space Gallery is all about giving contemporary photographers the opportunity to have their work evaluated by a qualified juror for display in our Vermont gallery with very little expense or hassle. We provide free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. This makes it very easy and inexpensive to get your work on display.
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