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 Elaine Heron and Judy Kramer each have 3 prints accepted in the June juried exhibit at the Pacific Art League, "Animals: Facts, Fairy Tales, and Fantasy." (Sample images at left: top image by EH and bottom by JK.) The exhibit will be in the Main Gallery at 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, from June1--28. The opening reception is on Friday evening, June 1, 5:30--8 pm. (While there, visit the Norton Gallery upstairs to see “Palo Alto Camera Club – A Celebration of Artistic Vision”- an exhibit of 30 prints by club members, selected by curator Kate Jordahl from over 100 entries. |
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Member Barbara Tuffli's image “Twisting Edges” (of Yucca gloriosa variegata) was just published in the Garden Club of America's online magazine, 'focus'. (As of May 2, there is no link). A larger view of this image may be seen on the winners page of our June 2011 print competition. |
| 9 prints by 5 club members (Branko Radonjic, Deborah Plumley, Edward Nunez, Marvin Wax & Laurie Naiman) have been selected from over 1500 entries to the 2012 Michael H. Kellicutt International Photo Show at the Coastal Art League Museum in Half Moon Bay. A public reception will be held there on Sat July 7, 2012 from 5-8 pm. |
4 of the above prints will be hung on the wall (amid a total of 45) and 5 will be shown in a book at the museum. |
| Prints by 6 members of our club have been accepted for exhibit in the May 2012 show entitled 'Captured by Light' at the Pacific Art League. Reception Fri May 4 from 5:30 - 8 pm. |
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Member Elaine Heron's image entitled 'Golf Ball Iceberg' received a Merit Award in the Seascape/Water category among the 2012 Single Image Contest Winners in the Feb 2012 issue of B&W magazine. The online image can be viewed here.
ADDENDUM 5-1-2012: This print was also accepted for a show at the Vermont Photoplace Gallery. |
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Member Srividya Narasimhan has a photo featured in the assignment theme of 'Abstracts' in the recent online Outdoor Photography magazine. (April 2012) |
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One of member Dan Hartford's images was selected for the “San Francisco” portion of the “Great Cities Exposed” exhibition. On this web page you can see it by scrolling down to the 3rd image entitled 'A Familiar Chinatown Scene'. |
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Member Hiroshi Suzuki has 8 images from his recent project entitled "Winter Shadow" included in the group show, "Crafted at Rayko"
at Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco. His images are platinum-palladium prints taken by a large format camera and exhibited in the side gallery. Opening reception Sat Mar 24, 6-8 pm. From Mar 15 thru Apr 6. |
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Bill Jackson also has a print in the April "Secret Gardens" exhibit of the Pacific Art League - entitled "New Growth in the Garden of Light". Details of the show as below. |
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Seventeen of Judy Kramer's landscape and wildflower images appear in a newly published book from UC Press, titled "California Native Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide," by Helen Popper. It is available at amazon.com.
Also, the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) has just published (Mar 2) its 2012 Expressions magazine with two of Judy's images (among the top 250). The magazine can be purchased online (print or digital) at MagCloud.
And ... two her images have been accepted in the April "Secret Gardens" juried exhibit of the Pacific Art League. Exhibit dates are April 6--26, with the First Friday reception on April 6, 5:30--8 pm, 668 Ramon Street, Palo Alto. The two images are Seed Silouette (digital winner in January) and Bee Treat, on left. |
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Two images by Judy Kramer have received honorable mentions in the Anza-Borrego Foundation's 2012 Desert Photo Competition in the category of Desert Plants. Link to follow. |
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Two prints by member Judy Kramer will be in juried exhibits at the Pacific Art League in February, one of which ('aerial View') is shown on the left. The shows will run February 3--23, with the First Friday reception on Feb. 3, 5:30--8 pm. |
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Three prints by member Laurie Naiman were part of an exhibit of desert photographs entitled 'A Black and White Affair' at the Tecopa Artist Group gallery (near Death Valley) from Jan 13 - Mar 8, 2011. Opening reception on Sat Jan 14 from 2-5 pm. |
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A print entitled 'Iguazu Falls 2' by member Elaine Heron won Best of Show award among photos in the 2011 Annual Coast Arts League Juried Competition |
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Two images from member Mitch Nelles' 'Industrial Design' portfolio were accepted in the 2011 Year-end Gallery of Lenswork Magazine (Nov-Dec issue, #97) |
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Images by Elaine Heron (2) and Laurie Naiman (1) entered in the Center for Photographic Art (Carmel) 2012 Juried Competition have been accepted for inclusion in the web gallery. The print gallery show opens on Jan 21, 2012. |
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17 prints by members Rafael Riquelme, Marvin Wax, Laurie Naiman (& colleague Tony Williams) comprise a group exhibit at the Tecopa Artists' Gallery near Death Valley from Nov 11, 2011 to Jan 12, 2012. Opening reception on Sat Nov 19. DETAILS (incl slide show) |
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Prints by members Deborah Plumley (at left entitled "Baylands Towers"), Judy Kramer (entitled "Bristlecone Survivor") and Hiroshi Suzuki ("Highway 1 in Dusk") were accepted for exhibit at a juried Pacific Art League show on the themes of "Scapes: Land, Sea & City", running from Nov. 4-23. There will be an opening reception on Friday evening, Nov. 4, 5:30--8 pm at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. Free parking across the street in the underground garage of City Hall. |
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'Art in Motion', a collection of prints by member Leonard Brzezinski will be on display in the upstairs gallery of Keeble & Shuchat Photography from Oct 13 thru Nov 9, 2011. Reception Sat Oct 22 from 1-4 pm. DETAILS |
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Two images by member Judy Kramer are among 250 being honored by NANPA, the North American Nature Photography Association, in their annual Showcase competition. The photos will be published in their 2012 Expressions magazine. Larger views of these images can be seen on the NANPA website at 'Beetle' and Skink'. |
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This snapshot of a 1964 Dodge Dart convertible (w/ author Dr Richard Franke) by member Duane Stevenson was taken on the road between Albuquerque, NM and Needles, AZ way back when, and published in Automobile Magazine (in their Cross Country Classic section. |
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Member Charles Anselmo's solo exhibit entitled "Deconstructions: La Habana" - Images of Cuba on Paper and Silk at PHOTO Fine Art Gallery in Oakland is coming to a close this Sat Sept 17. Charles will be speaking at a closing reception from 4-6 pm that day. |
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This print of penguins diving into the ocean by member Elaine Heron won the Gold Medal (Wildlife) in the PSA 2011 annual competition. Five of her other entries were accepted into the online catalog. |
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Member Gil Draper is having a solo show of 34 prints entitled "Flowers Plus" from Aug 14 to Sept 3, 2011 at Allegro Framing and Art, located in the Ladera Shopping Center - 3130 Alpine Rd, Portola Valley Ca 94028. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday 11am to 6 pm. |
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Member Bill Jackson has 20 framed abstract images on display in the lobby of the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View. The exhibit is a solo juried show (titled “Abstracts are Fun”) that runs from Aug 23 through Oct 17, 2011. (No opening reception.) The lobby is open on Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 12pm to 1pm and one hour prior to every public performance.
(The TheatreWorks presentation “Sense and Sensibility” at the MV Center for the Performing Arts runs from August 24th through September 18th, providing an opportunity to see a play in a nice venue and also view the images.) |
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Member Judy Kramer is having a solo exhibit of her wildflower close-up photography, entitled "A Bee's Eye View" at the Pacific Art League in downtown Palo Alto from Sept 2--30, 2011. (Story on p 44 of the Aug 26 issue of Palo Alto Weekly.)
Opening reception Friday, Sept 9 from
5:30--8 pm
An invitation can be seen at http://www.earthwitnessphoto.com |
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Two images by member Elaine Heron were accepted in a juried show at the Open Shutter Gallery in Durango, CO. The show will run from Aug 12 to Sept. 7. Her photo entitled 'Golfball Iceberg' was awarded Best Color. |
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Two prints by member Bill Jackson were accepted for exhibit in the Faces & Figures juried competition at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. Opening reception is Fri Aug 5, from 5:30 to 8 pm, Runs through August. |
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Member Barbara Tuffli’s image “Twisting Edges” of Yucca gloriosa variegata leaves received first place in the macrophotography class, “Edgy”, at the Visions 2011 Flower Show: California on the Cutting Edge, in Carmel, CA. Garden Club of America (GCA) photographers from across the U.S. were invited to enter the show sponsored by five G.C.A. clubs from the Bay Area (winners not listed on website). |
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Two of member Judy Kramer's wildflower images received awards in the 2010 Waterton Wildflower Festival Photo Contest. The contest is limited to images taken in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, during the wildflower festival, June 18--26, 2010. |
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Among over 1600 images entered in the 2011 Michael Kellicutt International Photo Show competition at the Coastal Arts League Museum in Half Moon Bay, images of three club members have been recognized. Edward Nunez will have 3 prints on the wall, and Bill Jackson and Laurie Naiman will each have one print in the Display Book. A reception and awards ceremony will be held at the museum on Sat July 9 from 5-9 pm, and is open to all.
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Member Judy Kramer received three awards in the 2011 Anza-Borrego Desert Photo Contest, sponsored by the Anza-Borrego Foundation and Institute. The awards are:
Morning Light - 3rd Place, Desert Landscapes;
Cholla Greets the Dawn - Honorable Mention, Desert Landscapes;
Smiling Brittlebush (photo on left) - Honorable Mention, Desert Plants
The photos will be on exhibit at the Borrego Art Institute Feb. 19--March 5, 2010, with an awards ceremony and reception on March 5 |
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This print entitled 'I Like Lichen' and one entitled 'Target Practice' by member Judy Kramer were accepted for exhibit at a juried Pacific Art League show entitled "Works on Paper" running from Feb. 4–24. There will be an opening reception on Friday evening, Feb. 4, 5:30--8 pm. |
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The image 'Carrizo Spring Palette' by member Edward Nunez was the winner in the Plant Life category of the Windland Smith Rice International photography awards ran by Nature's Best Photography (Jan 2011). A larger view of this image may be seen on Edward's personal website. |
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This image, 'Humpback Whale Breaching', by member Xavier Cohen was among the top 100 entries in the 2010 National Park Foundation annual contest. (registration required to view these entries.) (Jan 2011) |
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Member Laurie Naiman's image entitled "A Helping Hand" was awarded first prize in the Spirit of Giving photo competition sponsored by Stanford Blood Center. DETAILS |
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Member Scott Marmer's image entitled "Chinese Caverns 3" won 2nd place (from over 500 entries) in the Image Wizards + OpenCamp Photo Contest. DETAILS
Scott's image also won the Grand Prize in the True Vision HDR Photo Contest (Jan 4) |
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Member Judy Kramer's image, entitled "Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California," is included in the 2011 calendar published by the National Natural Landmarks program of the National Park Service. All of the 13 featured photos can be seen here. |
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New member Dan Hartford's photo "Morning at the Bend" won first place in two recent photo contests:
Phase 1 of the Unified Color Technologies True Vision HDR Photo Contest (May 2010), and first place among U.S. entries in the Road Scholar (Elderhostel, Exploritas) Quarterly Photo Contest (Aug 2010) |
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Member Marvin Wax's print "Baylands Rain Storm" won 2nd prize in the 2010 Michael Kellicutt International Photo Competition at the Coastal Arts League gallery in Half Moon Bay. Prints on display thru July 5, and include those from members Edward Nunez, Gordon Frierson & Branko Radonjic. |
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Member Xavier Cohen's image taken in Acadia National Park was awarded the Grand Prize in “Share the Experience™, the 2009” Official Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest (3-19-10) |
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