J. Wesley Brown

I'm a fan. Have been since Critical Mass 2008.
His work is cinematic and moody, voyeuristic and just plain cool. His series semblances is the big lonely city at night. In looking over his website, the images are great, but I miss the words, I want to know why these women are sitting alone at a bus stop, where were they? where are they going? I love telling stories, so I just add my own narrative, but every once in awhile a clue would be great.



Wesley's work was part of our New Directions 2010 show and I was thrilled to see it up on the wall. Being a generous and all around good guy, he created a special edition of Bus Stop for Life Support, our program to provide support to Doctors without Borders and Haiti relief.
I think he has a great career ahead of him, what do you think?

Down + Out | Andrew Binkley - Best of Show

Andrew Binkley, from the lovely Hawaiian Islands, is part of our New Directions 2010, Down + Out show, and our Best of Show choice by our juror Dr. Carol McCusker. His series Crossings has an arresting quality to it, making the viewer stop, pause and really delve into the facets, like a diamond, of all of the intricacies in the exposures. The bold color on the neutral background helps to define the organized chaos in a vibrant form.

As the Best of Show winner, Andrew has been awarded a gift certificate from Blurb Books to self publish his work. Congratulations Andrew and a huge Thank You to Blurb for supporting Wall space and New Directions.

His series Crossings, is working within the themes of intersection, of sharing paths, transforming or changing relationships, and the unknown connections between people through time. Here are more images from his series.









In looking deeper at his work, I loved his black and white series, Just Being. These beautiful black and white constructions have balance, symmetry, and a certain quietness that is respectful of the subject, meditation.
Here are some images from that series -

life support

I wanted to do something. I think we all did. We started out with such hope for this new year, I don't know anyone who wanted to even see 2009 in the rear view mirror. When the earthquake happened in Haiti, I needed to do something. One of our New Directions artists, Jeff Antebi, had a photograph in the show of Cite Soleil, a Haitian slum. He and I talked about a benefit using his photo, and from there, I saw the power of an image, and wanted to expand the idea.
I am so honored to represent such tremendous artists, all banded together to create Life Support. The gallery and our artists are donating all of the proceeds, so 100% of the purchase goes to the group Doctors Without Borders. I can't think of a more worthy organization.

For those of you who have already shopped Life Support, thank you. For those of you who haven't seen the work yet, take a look. Here are some of the images available.




Wedding Clothes, Aline Smithson



Magnolia, Charles Grogg




Full Moon, Bill Finger




Bonnie, Brenda and Betty, Lydia Panas



Capitol Reef Storm, Mitch Dobrowner


Aajooba and Me, Priya Kambli



Kurama Sake Barrels, Ron Reeder



Architectural Detail No. 73, Randall J. Corcoran



Our New Directions 2010 artists are also participating. Purchase one of their special editions for $25 and all proceeds are contributed to Doctors Without Borders as well.

Thank you for helping us make a difference in peoples lives.

Emily Nathan + Haiti Relief

Emily Nathan Has generously donated all proceeds of her gorgeous print, Green Sea to aid in supporting disaster relief in Haiti.

To purchase this print take a look.

Thank you for your support.

Jeff Antebi, Cite Soleil + Doctors Without Borders

Jeff Antebi, one of our New Directions participants has a beautiful image of one of Haiti's poorest slums, Cite Soleil on the wall in the gallery. Jeff and I humbly ask you to support Doctors without Borders, OxFam or the Red Cross to help provide basic services and care that are so desperately needed in the country after the earthquake. On the gallery's website, we have an 8x10 print available for a price of $25. all of which goes to the relief organization of your choice. This small amount will go a long way to providing medical supplies and food to this impoverished nation. If you do not wish to purchase a print, support the relief effort in other ways.

Text Haiti to 90999 to instantly donate $10.
Give directly to Doctors Without Borders here.
Give to the American Red Cross.
Give directly to OxFam here.
MSNBC has a list of relief organizations working in Haiti here.

We are pleased to do our part to help. We hope you will as well.

Catching up

I have been remiss.
it has been a busy January, and I have so much to say and will say soon.
I promise. Stay tuned.

Rayko Plastic Camera - Call for submissions

It's not to late - January 5th is the deadline to get your work in front of Ann Jastrab and the Rayko Photo Center crew to be showcased in their fabulous Plastic Camera Show.

Here is the info - get thee to the post.