The New England Large Format Photography Collective (NELFPC) is having a great 50 image group exhibit titled “Collective Vision” at the Valley Photo Center Gallery (link) in Springfield, MA from April 3 – 29, 2018 . The Valley Photo Center is located in Tower Square (second floor mezzanine near the food court), 1500 Main St, Springfield, MA (map)
There will be a closing reception on April 29, 2018, from 1-4 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet with NELFPC members and talk about their photographic art. (Link 8)
Participating NELFPC Artists: Joe Azoti, Glenn Curtis, Marie Curtis, Jim Fuller, Dan Groth, Ken Hanson, Jack Holowitz, Bob Jenks, Tim Jones, Gene LaFord, Laszlo Perlaky, R.J. Phil, Steve Sherman, Lloyd Trainor
Four of my photographs made with my large format (4×5) film camera, processed in my darkroom, and digitally printed as an archival pigment print on luster paper will be on the show, and one of my prints (Rock Wall) received a lot of positive feedback.
What a great honor to be an elected Honorary New Englander and to be with this highly talented, large format film based photography group! Unfortunately, I will not able to attend, but if you are in New England area, visit Springfield, stop by and see the exhibit.
This is Marie Curtis’s write up with help of Steve Sherman and Ken Hanson to the VPC wall:
COLLECTIVE VISIONS
Large Format conjures up many images in the mind. Some people expect to see BIG PHOTOGRAPHS when they come to an exhibit, and now, labs will make a print for you called “Large Format”, meaning it will be a big image, suitable for a wall, not a desk or photo album.
Why are we calling The New England Large Format Photography Collective (NELFPC) “Large Format “? Well, for several reasons, the two most obvious are that we use film that is 4 inches by 5 inches and larger (some MUCH larger) and we use cameras that necessitate that size (4×5-20×24.) Our cameras look like accordions to simplify the visual, meaning they have a bellows in between the lens and the film. Many of the cameras are wooden; some are metal. While these large pieces of film can make large images, some photographers choose not to, and can exhibit a small image, sometimes known as a contact print. It takes life when the negative is placed directly on the photographic paper to produce a same size rendering showing subtle details that can be lost when making an enlargement. It came from a large format camera, using large format film.
We have all joined together because of our passion for this type of photography. Some started early in life, some later, some have taken photos in exotic places, some in their backyard. Some process their own film, and make their own prints in the darkroom; some use a digital method. The results are such that they have produced an image that pleases them and they hope pleases you, the viewer. We call ourselves a “Collective” because we all work to common good of the group.
Please enjoy a walk through this exhibit and try to imagine why the photographer was excited by the object or scene recorded and used the exacting process to create the final exhibition print. Feel free to ask of us any questions you may have about the why’s, where’s and how’s of these photos.
The Members of NELFPC.
Notes and Comments from e-mails and Facebook:
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- When I got to VPC, the monitors were on and displaying the portfolio from last year, nicely done with caption/titles, nice background, etc. I hadn’t expected that. We got Steve’s movies showing, and that worked out just fine. But the drives I made yesterday proved more challenging. In the end, I re-installed the drives for the portfolios and brought the drives I made home. We couldn’t get the monitors to change images as in a slide show. I’ll try making slideshows next and see if Keynote will export them as mp4 files. That’s what we got. Whoever put up the monitor content, thank you. It’s working but not changing real well, but it looks good–much better than the dark screens. All for now, and thanks to Jack for getting Steve’s thumb drive. The videos play on the monitor facing the entrance. (Holly Gettings)
- Laszlo, Good for you on the new show. Keep up the good work. Alan (Alan Montgomery)
