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Mirror to the World: Notes on Locations
Each photographer in the Mirror to the World show provided a brief statement to accompany their images. Below is the text from mine, which includes notes on the locations represented. The show remains up at Photoworks at Glen Echo Park through April 17. More info and gallery hours here. Mark Parascandola My first experiences with photography were associated with abandoned architecture. When I was about 12, I received a small German camera with a 110 film cartridge as a gift from a family friend. At the time, a department store was being demolished in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, where we lived. […]
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March 18 Exhibit Openings
I am participating in two photography exhibitions opening this week on Friday March 18. I plan to be at Mirror to the World first and head over to the Flash opening later. Mirror to the WorldDocumentary Photography 2011Opening Reception Friday March 18 6-9PMPhotoWorks Gallery, 7300 MacArthur BlvdGlen Echo Park, MD Tenement Fire, Bushwick Brooklyn Rachel Eisley Included in the show are Michael Borek’s studies of an abandoned lace factory, Claudia Copeland’s images from the Folger Consort, and Mark Parascandola’s haunting photographs of abandoned buildings. Rachel Eisley documents a tenement building fire in Brooklyn, and Erica Wissolik has photographed […]
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Mirror To The World
“Abandoned Lace Factory” by Michael Borek Mirror To The World: Documentary Photography 2011 March 11 – April 17, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, March 18, 6-9 p.m. Photoworks Gallery in historic Glen Echo Park is proud to present Mirror To The World: Documentary Photography 2011. Mirror To The World seeks to celebrate narrative photography — story telling with photos and words. This exhibit represents some of the best in documentary photography, by a local group of six not-yet-famous photographers. Curated by nationally recognized documentary photographer and author, Frank Van Riper, this show offers a series of intimate “picture stories” — including an exploration of abandoned prisons, a rehearsal and performance by […]
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