The envelope please....

I want to thank Mr. Slade for an amazing effort, culling and working with all of our submissions to create a compelling and cohesive show.

Showing in our New Directions 2009 exhibition will be -

Katharyn Addcox
Christa Bowden
Shawne Brown
Lane Collins
Rachelle Fox
Priya Kambli
Maja Georgiou
David Ondrik
Dalton Rooney
Christy Speakman
Zach Stadel
Bill Vaccaro
Bahar Yurukoglu

we will have more information in the upcoming days, as well as a selection of images in the show.

I want to thank everyone who submitted and for those of you lucky to participate, I am looking forward to the show being a great success.

collectible on capitol hill

Just a reminder - don't miss an opportunity for really amazing food, good company and great art!

we are celebrating the holidays on Capitol Hill at City Catering, and bringing the collectible show with us!

Thursday night 18 December | 5.30-7.30pm
City Catering Company
1318 E. Pine St.
Seattle
206/721.0334
get there this way

eat. drink. be merry. buy photographs.
sounds great to me. but lets face it, I am biased. I am so proud of the artists, and the work - I think it is something everyone should own.

see you there!

here is a small selection of the tremendous work in the show -


Natalie Young's Georgia & Sabine, #12


Nicola Dill, Waterway's #2


Charles Grogg, Fern Curls


Tara McDermott, Shoreline, Beach #6

Holding our collective breath.

The clock is ticking, and we are all awaiting Mr. Slade's choices for New Directions 2009.

As soon as I have the results, and we hope that is soon, we will start notifying everyone as to the choices, and I will post a list here on the blog.

After perusing the submissions myself, George has some really difficult decisions to make, I don't envy him. I am sure he will put together a great show for us.

I can't wait. (I know, neither can you....)


Chloe by Polly Chandler, one of 2008's participants

Critical Mass results are in!

Well - The top 50 of Critical Mass have been announced, and I am excited to say that we are working with some of them.

As a juror in the first and second round - I just want to let all of you know, it was a lot of hard choices. There was a truckload of really good work. I am always excited to see great work, and this group was no exception. Was there a group that didn't make it that I wish had? Yeah, just off the top of my head would be Susan Burnstine, Mitch Dobrowner, Lydia Panas and Aline Smithson. My vote was only one of a couple hundred. Next time I'll campaign, send out flyers, sky writers, whoever I can get to listen to be sure my choices get all the way to the top. I will do my best to showcase a number of people who should have made it, but did not.

Here is the list for those of you who haven't seen it yet, and we are so excited to represent or work with some of this tremendously talented group.

Jeffrey Aaronson














Angela Bacon-Kidwell - is currently in our Collectible show
Cara Barer
David Paul Bayles
Damion Berger
Rita Bernstein
Pelle Cass


















Tom Chambers - We are so honored to represent Tom's incredible work.
Alejandro Chaskielberg
Céline Clanet
Ian van Coller
Livia Corona
Katrina d'Autremont
Matt Eich
Jeffris Elliott
Andy Freeberg
Amanda Friedman
Joy Goldkind
Cig Harvey
Jessica Hines
Thomas Holton
Dave Jordano
Priya Kambli
Jim Kazanjian
Jaime Kowal
Ferit Kuyas
Pablo Lopez Luz
David Leventi
Alison Malone
Rania Matar
Graham Miller
Lucas Oleniuk
Louie Palu
Eric Percher
Cara Phillips
Reiner Riedler
Christina Seely
Brian Shumway













Sarah Small - also in our Collectible show up now thru the end of December
Tema Stauffer
Will Steacy
Marcela Taboada
Daniel Traub
Antonio Turok
Carlo Van de Roer
Manuel Vazquez
Lori Waselchuk
Lisa Wiltse
















Natalie Young - yup. another artist we are excited about here at the gallery. Natalie was part of our On Location show this summer, and is currently in our Collectible exhibition.
Mi Zhou

Times up. Now the waiting begins.

Thank you to everyone who submitted for New Directions.
We had over 200 entries, so George has almost 1,000 images to look at.




We will have decisions to everyone as soon as we hear from our very esteemed juror, who will be very busy going over so many fabulous entries. I will be highlighting some here after the judging comes back - I don't want to skew the process with my selections just yet.

The show will open in January - mark your calendars. Mr. Slade will be in the gallery and up at PhotoCenter during the weekend.

6 January - 7 February, 2009
Artist Reception with Mr. Slade, 5 February, 6-8pm
Lecture by Mr. Slade in conjunction with Photographic Center Northwest-

Contemporary Photography Now, or, Today is So Yesterday

Location: PCNW Auditorium, Tickets: $6 regular, $4 Members & Students

Given the proliferation of venues for contemporary photographic artists how do viewers and makers navigate the flow of images and assimilate the dialogue surrounding them? Mr. Slade examines the new wave of photographic practice from the perspective of a curator, consultant, and writer currently caught in that wave, trying to historicize, interpret, and articulate while simultaneously just staying afloat.

and for those of you who want more input into your work - Photographic Center Northwest will be having their annual PhotoRevu that same weekend, and George will be one of the many reviewers available to talk to, learn from and have see your portfolio.

The FOTO REVU is a unique opportunity for members to receive one-on-one professional critiques by some of the Northwest's most respected people in the field of photography including gallery owners, museum curators, publishers, artists & educators. In the last decade photo review events have become the primary venue for fine art photographers to network & show their work to people that can make a difference in their future. Experiencing Foto Revu is an excellent stepping stone to participating in the international review events such as Fotofest, Review LA, Photolucida, PhotoNOLA and Review Santa Fe. There is a lottery system before the sessions begin to select your reviewers and to assure fairness. A reception with the reviewers and photographers will follow the event in the gallery. $150 per session: (morning session - 5 twenty minute reviews) (afternoon session - 5 twenty minute reviews) (late afternoon session - 5 twenty minute reviews)...(Full Day = 15 reviews for $$450). Contact PCNW front desk to register. Stay tuned for a list reviewers.

New Directions 2009 submissions

image by Shauna Doyle Hammond, participant of New Directions 2008

wow.

I am so excited about the submissions pouring into the gallery for the juried show!

Mr. Slade will be thrilled and overwhelmed at the response we have gotten from some top notch photographers, and I am excited to sit down soon with a beverage and go through the work myself with the help of my highly talented assistants.
But I can't yet - I have to get everything together for our juror.

If you are perusing our pages tonight and see that it is the last night for submissions, you are in luck. We are extending the deadline until Monday at 6pm pst. I am trying to catch up with everyone who has submitted so far, and since I am still processing information, if you can get it to us by Monday at 6pm, your in!

Thank you to everyone who has submitted, and we wish you the best of luck!

Nicole Dextras

Nicole Dextras photographs filter into my mind on these days with ugly grey skies, rain and darkness, and in viewing her images, I get a sense of beauty in all that grey that I may not find just looking out my window... I think her work is beautiful. I came across the work at the 23 Sandy Gallery, run by the fabulous Laura Russell. I have been haunted by the work since. The series I find most serene and beautiful is Iceworks. Her decision to encase clothing in ice, then watch them degrade over time and document the shift, is stunning in her muted color palette, choice of landscapes, and connection to the surrounding environments.

what do you think?