WATER

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Water. Our most essential element. We are born from it. We cannot live without it. Its beauty captivates us. Its floods devastate us. The PhotoPlace Gallery exhibition WATER features photographs that capture water in all of its myriad physical and metaphorical forms. We are honored that noted photographer and educator Connie Imboden served as the juror for this exhibition. She selected forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from September 4th through September 29th, 2012. She also chose an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery’s “Online Annex.” All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes.

Connie Imboden’s photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The National Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, France, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany and many other public and private collections throughout Europe and the Americas.

Juror's statement:

Water is a subject near and dear to me. I have spent almost thirty years exploring the mesmerizing qualities of it – how it can distort, magnify, elongate and reflect and so it was a joy for me to see other photographers exploring it and finding rich and varied approaches. There were many, many wonderful images submitted for this exhibition and that made the selection process very difficult. As I was going through all the submissions I found myself attracted to the photographs that rely on a special way of seeing – of using the water to see in a new way, rather than finding a special subject or event and making a picture of it. It is through the seeing and the exploration, that the image becomes unique and original and can transform an ordinary subject into something extraordinary.

Connie Imboden
July 13, 2012

Geoffrey Agrons Kensington, CA Pineland
Drora Bashan Herzliya, Israel Stavanger Marina Web
Stephen Beattie Burlington, VT Thin Ice
Steve Burkett Centennial, CO Portland Harbor Booms
Daryl Burtnett Concord, NH Window Frost #1
Marilyn Canning Chicago, IL Sea Wall
Lauren Coulson Boston, MA Psychological Portrait
Ruth Dudley-Carr Quincy, MA Fate
Kenneth C. Evans Maple Park, IL The Frozen Sky
Isabel Foley Columbus, OH Untitled
George Gati Poughquag, NY Street Sweeper Passing Under the Waterfall
Robin Dru Germany Slaton, TX Maxie Park: Can
Sarolta Gyoker Ottawa, Ontario Music of the Lake
Denis Hagen Wheaton, IL Fuzzy Coy - 9
Robert Hecht San Rafael, CA Tree Stump Under Water
Hugh Jones Arlington, VA Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC
Morrow Jones New Hartford, CT Rooftop
Alexandra Kondracke Los Angeles, CA Village
John Kuchle South Hadley, MA Stone and Reflection
Joan M. Ladendorf Hanover Park, IL Ice Mountains
Jack LaForte Northampton, MA Mist Rising on Lake
Dale Leifeste Beacon, NY Carp
Cameron MacMartin Quincy, MA Echo Bridge
Suzan Mandla Ottawa, Ontario Lady of the Lake
Cristin Martin Pantego, TX Underwater Fish
Katherine McHale New York, NY Boat Wake
Sayeed Mehmood Monticello, AR Untitled
William Miller Brooklyn, NY Untitled (Gowanus Canal)
Kat Moser Omaha, NE Pool of Tears
Katarin A. Parizek State College, PA Bird Floating in Sea Smoke Swimming through the Sky
Lori Pond Los Angeles, CA Ice
Adam Santelli Studio City, CA T1
Michael Seif Watertown, MA I Become You
Daniel Robert Southard Arcata, CA Trouble
Carmen Spitznagel Sandberg-Waldberg, Germany Flood
Brian Van de Wetering Los Angeles, CA Breakwater
Kristin L. Ware Converse, TX Runoff Island
Michael L. Wilson Lake Villa, IL Rails and Water
Nick Winkworth Menlo Park, CA Shore Line
Haydee Yordan San Juan, Puerto Rico Water is my lover

	Maria Åkerblom Sannahia, Sweden Snow Virgin
	Joanne Barham New York, NY Untitled
	Kay Beausoleil Quebec, Quebec Waterglass as Universe
	Lorraine Boogich North Miami Beach, FL Sailing Biscayne Bay
	John M. Boyd Weston, MA Table Cover
	Cate Brown North Kingston, RI Foam Edge
	Leigh Celent Brooklyn, NY Above, Below
	Tom Chesnut Sand Lake, NY Creation
	Mark Collins Dallas, TX Buoy
	Becky Crump Evanston, IL Watering
	Chloe Cryan Wall, NJ The Drifting Drones
	Dena Eber Toledo, OH Mikveh 2: Immersion for Peace
	Suzanne Engelberg Tiburon, CA Wave
	Michelle Fader Tampa, FL Untitled
	Robert Forlini Lake Peekskill, NY People at Fountain, NYC, 2011
	Tony French New Orleans, LA Untitled
	Michael Goodhart Bristol, VT Celestial
	Daniel Grant San Francisco, CA Narcissus
	Gray Hawn Austin, TX Water Spirit
	Jane Heater Massillon, OH Water Flame
	Takako Hickey Santa Clara, CA Golden Gate
	Jeanne C. Hildenbrand Saugerties, NY Reflection 14
	Wilson Hurst Warrensburg, MO Cove
	Doug Johnson Marlborough, MA Fluid Dynamics III
	Daniel Kariko Greenville, NC Tank, Sulfer Mine Island, Louisiana
	Sophia Koopman Warmenhuizen, The Netherlands Wave
	Susan Lirakis Center Sandwich, NH When You Hear Water
	Joanne Manzella West Los Angeles, CA Solidified Water
	Sheila Newbery Berkeley, CA Ascent, No. 1
	Russ Rowland New York, NY Tanya #1
	Lawrence Russ Southport, CT The Graces Below
	William J. Scharf Point Richmond, CA Iceland, Black Sand Beach, Study 2
	Magnus Snorrason Belmont, MA Network
	Tom Vani Kirkland, WA Ocean Galaxies
	Sandra Chen Weinstein Lake Forest, CA Untitled I