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In Viewpoint’s Main Gallery David Ashcraft, Jimmy Fike, and Magnus Stark The Order of Things November 6 to December 7 Members Reception: November 8, 5:30 - 8:30

Magnus Stark, Younique

David Ashcraft, untitled (from The California Coast)

In November, Viewpoint’s main gallery features three photographers – David Ashcraft, Jimmy Fike, and Magnus Stark – who have very different approaches to making photographic art. David Ashcraft David Ashcraft is a Californian whose work fits comfor- tably in the tradition of West Coast photography. He studied with many of the iconic West Coast photographers, including John Sexton, Richard Garrod, Alan Ross, and Henry Gilpin. His subject matter centers on continued on page 2 Jimmy Fike, Dandelion

Viewpoint Photographic Art Center • 2015 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 • 916-441-2341 • www.viewpointgallery.org Gallery Hours • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 12 to 6 p.m. • Friday, Saturday: 12 to 5 p.m. • Sunday, Monday: Closed November 2013 Page 2 N E W S L E T T E R

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the hallowed West Cost themes of the natural landscape, closely observed details, and abstractions. His concerns are with beauty and personal expression. “For me, the creation of art is a form of active meditation and the making clear or known of what is inside of me,” he writes. “Art gives birth and expression to the emotions and feelings inside that I cannot express through other means. I find it helps me to explore and discover the mysteries of the universe and to create my own mysteries. It gives a depth to life that I would not other- wise experience and enjoy.” Ashcraft's photographs are created using film cameras. The film is scanned and digitally processed; then digital negatives are created and used to make contact prints on art paper hand-coated with platinum/palladium solutions. Ashcraft moved to Oakhurst, California, in 1985, and began photographing the southern Yosemite Sierra. He has remained in Oakhurst, opening the David Ashcraft David Ashcraft, untitled (from The Sierra Nevada) Gallery there in 1999. He has exhibited frequently, especially in the Central Valley. His photographs have appeared in major magazines, and are held in many public and private collections around the world. His website is davidashcraft.com. Jimmy Fike Jimmy Fike's exhibit comprises selections from his series, J.W. Fike's Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Continent. “Within my system,” Fike explains, “the plant is excavated, arranged in the studio, photographed, then illustrated digitally in such a way as to render the edible parts in color while the remaining parts, less emphatically, read as photo- grams. The plants in these images hover above an infinitely black space, referencing contact prints of botanical specimens from the dawn of photography.” The photographs “serve as archive and guide for an uncertain ecological future…. These edible plants grow all around us, in yards, alleys, ditches, and empty lots. Each testifies to our symbiotic evolution with all of life, and functions as both poetic metaphor and concrete proof of our intimate tether to the natural world.” continued on page 3

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Jimmy Fike was born in Birmingham, Ala- bama, and earned BA in Art followed by an MFA in Photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has taught art at Wake Forest and Ohio Universities and is currently an Art Faculty Member at Estrella Mountain College in Phoenix, Arizona. His photographic work endeavors to find creative, con- temporary ways to approach landscape by incorporating place, identity, ecology, and mythology. His website is jimfike.com. Magnus Stark Magnus Stark, who was born in Sweden and resides in Bangor, Maine, makes film-based images without using a camera. “Like a chemist in a lab, I experiment with the raw film by sometimes treating it with a variety of common organic substances, before exposing it to extreme elements. What happens to film if you pop it in the microwave? Submerge it in a hot tub? Stick it in the freezer? And what happens if you do that for an hour, a week, a month or a year?” The goal is to create “something new ... something I have not Magnus Stark, No Map To Follow seen before; something which surprises me. I seek to create images which have the power Duane Michals. After moving to California, he worked to provoke and therefore illuminate the his way through various photography-related jobs to a unknown, the esoteric.” career in architectural photography. His workhas been exhibited throughout the U.S. and Europe, and pub- Stark says that after processing the film, “I lished in several major photography magazines. He now witness the extraordinary: the black and white lives in Bangor, Maine. His website is magnusstark.net. film has picked up color – astonishing color. And … it seems to have captured an image. Perhaps that image was there always, lying dormant until this very moment. Per-haps it was waiting to be awoken, waiting to be dis- covered. Or perhaps it is not there at all.” He then scans and digitally processes the images and makes archival inkjet prints, some in selenium-brown tones and some in full color. Born in Sweden, Magnus Stark moved to the U.S. in 1985. Growing up in Sweden, he was given a plastic Diana camera and instruction in his father's darkroom, and took inspiration from a wide range of sources, including Ingmar Bergman films, Edward Weston, and Chris Fraser, Passing 1 (from Wider Circles exhibit; see page 5) November 2013 Page 4 N E W S L E T T E R

Volunteers Urgently Needed! Viewpoint Calendar

Viewpoint urgently needs volunteers to fill November several open positions. If you think might be able to fill any of these needs, or would like Print Night, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m. more information about these or other volun- Members Reception, Friday, Nov. 8, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. teer positions, please contact Jeff Redman at Workshop, Judy Yemma, Creating Custom Note Cards, [email protected]. Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. - noon ! The Workshop Committee needs a new Second Saturday Reception, Nov. 9, 5:30 - 9 p.m. Coordinator to lead Viewpoint's work- Workshop, David L. Robertson, Digital Printing and shop program. Post-Processing, Sunday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Board Meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. ! The Auction Committee needs someone to log auction prints as they come in. Student Print Critique Night, László Bencze, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. ! The Reception Crew, which provides Workshop, Terry Nathan, Principles of Composition, refreshments for receptions and other Saturday, Nov. 16, 9 a.m. - noon events, needs a new Coordinator. Art Review Afternoon, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2 - 4 p.m. ! Viewpoint needs a writer to produce press Portfolio Night, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. releases for exhibits and other events. Student Lecture, Pete Perez, Flash Photography, ! We currently have a critical need for two Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. docents on Tuesdays (contact docents@ viewpointgallery.org). December

Print Night, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. Student Print Critique Night, Ric Hornor, Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. Field Trip, Aerospace Museum of California, Friday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m. Workshop, Terry Nathan, Reading and Critiquing Photographs, Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. - noon Board Meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. Student Lecture, Lewis Kemper, A Photographer’s Journey, Thursday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m. Members Reception, Friday, Dec. 13, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Second Saturday Reception, Dec. 14, 5:30 - 9 p.m. Holiday Party and Print Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m.

All events at Viewpoint except Field Trip.

For printing, there is a full-page calendar on the last page of this Newsletter.

Tim Engle, Blackbird (from Wider Circles exhibit; see page 5) November 2013 Page 5 N E W S L E T T E R

In the Step Up Gallery for November Rebecca Gregg and Former Students Wider Circles November 6 to December 7 Members Reception: November 8, 5:30 - 8:30

Study. Learn. Teach. Share. Take. Give. The ten photographers in Wider Circles studied at Sierra College and then expanded the circle outward, each making a life while Michael Kirby, Fire making a living in photography. The exhibit includes work by Tim Engle, Chris Fraser, Jeff Gros, Drew Herrmann, Michael Kirby, Gene Rodman, Jon Sadler, Daryl Stinch- field, Tee Taylor, Kathy Walker, and Rebecca Gregg. Today they are studio owners, assis- tants, freelancers, commercial photographers, photojournalists, artists, and professors. The show is a small sample both of their work and of the professionals who are engaged in the dynamic lifelong process of being students of photography.

Jeff Gros, Cafe

Gene Rodman, Tempest Rebecca Gregg, Remnant 3 November 2013 Page 6 N E W S L E T T E R

Student Program Art Review Afternoons

Print critiques and lectures for high school and Art Review Afternoon sessions begin with a short presentation college students take place on Thursday eve- relating to the artistic aspects of photography. After the presen- nings, starting at 7 p.m. and ending by 9 p.m. tation, up to five members can show one print each for an in- depth discussion on the impressions of the works on the These events are free to all students. Street viewer and their effectiveness in conveying their intent. parking is also free after 6 p.m. The event takes place at Viewpoint. Parking near Viewpoint is More about speakers and critique leaders can free on Sundays. The size of the group is not limited and be found in the Student Program section of everyone is welcome. the Viewpoint website (viewpointgallery.org; select PROGRAMS –> STUDENT PROGRAM). Jim Klein and Anne Miller: Questions, comments, and suggestion are always welcome; email them to Abstract Photography [email protected]. Sunday, November 17, 2 - 4 p.m. As an art medium, photography is unmatched in its Upcoming Student Lectures ability to capture details of our world, to freeze our Thursday, November 21, 7 p.m. experiences into two-dimensional slices of time. But if Pete Perez: Flash Photography capturing reality is always the starting point for cameras, how can abstract photographs communicate anything of Pete Perez will demonstrate the use of cam- relevance? era strobe and portable flash units in portrait photography, both on- and off-camera. He will At this Art Review Afternoon, Jim Klein and Anne Miller also answer questions about camera will describe how abstract photographs can change how equipment and choices for getting started. we view the world, how they can introduce ideas and insights and emotions that may be entirely unrelated Thursday, December 12, 7 p.m. to the reality captured by the camera. We'll take a look Lewis Kemper, A Photographer's Journey at some of the best abstract photographs from the 20th Lewis will take you through his personal jour- century and how they affect how we see our world. ney to becoming a professional photographer. Anne Miller, known for her abstracts, will walk us This presentation will be enlightening for through how she photo-graphs and then review her student photographers who wish to pursue abstract images. photography professionally. There will be no Art Review Afternoon in December. Upcoming Student Print Critiques Led by prominent local photographers, student print critiques take place once a month Separate Newsletters at Viewpoint, on a Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Both physical prints and digital images are for November and December accepted for discussion and feedback. Occasionally, when circumstances dictate, Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m. Viewpoint will publish newsletters monthly with László Bencze rather than bimonthly. This is one of those occasions. There will be a separate newsletter Thursday, December 5, 7 p.m. for December; then, hopefully, we will return with Ric Hornor to bimonthly newsletters. November 2013 Page 7 N E W S L E T T E R

Workshops Member Nights

Principles of Composition Holiday Party & Terry Nathan Gift Print Exchange Saturday, November 16, 9 a.m. - noon Wednesday, December 18, 6:30 p.m. UC Davis Professor Terry Nathan will address such topics as frame dynamics and shape; In what has become a very popular and anticipated graphic and photographic elements; compos- Viewpoint tradition, the December Member Night will ing with light and color; and visual design be the Holiday Party and Gift Print Exchange. Join us on basics, including contrast, rhythm, balance, Wednesday, December 18, for refreshments at 6:30 weight, and energy followed by the print exchange at 7:00. Reading and Critiquing Photographs For those new to the event, the Gift Print Exchange is Terry Nathan like one of those white elephant gift exchanges, with gift Saturday, December 7, 9 a.m. - noon opening, thefts, broken hearts, and wild euphoria. The only difference is that the gifts are all fine photographs By the end of the workshop, you will have by Viewpoint members. Previous Print Exchanges have an expanded vocabulary and knowledge base been tremendously successful; last year, over 50 prints that will enable you to more effectively de- changed hands. scribe, interpret, and evaluate photographs. To participate, you just need to bring a mounted and wrapped photographic print. As always, please follow Field Trips these guidelines for the Gift Print Exchange: • Prints can be any size you choose. Aerospace Museum of California • Digital prints should be made using archival inks. Friday, December 6, 1 to 5 p.m. • Prints should be mounted and matted as for the Members' Exhibit (with acid-free overmat and The final Viewpoint field trip of 2013 will take mount board). place on Friday, December 6, at the Aero- • Prints should be signed, and your name should be space Museum of California (aerospaceca.org). printed legibly on the back of the mounting board. The field trip begins at 1 p.m. with a tour of the facility (no extra cost); if you want to skip • Prints should be in clear protective sleeves and gift- the tour, you can join the field trip at 3 p.m. wrapped, with no gift tag. The field trip ends when the museum closes • Subject matter should be tasteful and appropriate. at 5 p.m. • In other words: Bring a print that you would be Meet-Up: 1 p.m. at the Aerospace Museum, proud to exhibit and happy to receive. 3200 Freedom Park Drive, McClellan, CA The Gift Print Exchange is an optional part of the cele- 95652. bration, of course, and it's almost as much fun for spec- Cost: $8 admission; no extra charge for tour tators as for participants. We encourage all members to attend, whether you choose to join in the Gift Print Sign Up Online! Exchange or not. If you plan to attend, please register online at viewpointgallery.org/fieldtrips/home. If you have questions, email Because of this event, [email protected] there will be no Portfolio Night in December. November 2013 Page 8 N E W S L E T T E R

Member News I

For details about local exhibits mentioned, see Local Exhibits by Viewpoint Members (page 11).

Rebecca Gregg received a Juror Merit Award (Still Life category) in the Grand Prix de la Decouverte Interna- tional Fine Art Photography Competition, which drew over 5000 entries. internationalfineartphoto.org Mary Aiu, who specializes in equine photography, will be the Spotlight Artist at Vacaville Art Gallery (vacavilleartgallery.com) to Dec. 21. Her image Along for the Ride will appear in the Fall publication of Horse & Driver Magazine. maryaiu.com James Hirschinger participated, along with his wife, painter Imi Lehmbrock-Hirschinger, in the PlacerArts Autumn Art Studios Tour (placerarts.org), Nov. 8 –10. zoomaru.org/James_Hirschinger Debra Small had one of her salt print nudes from her portfolio Nudes: A Romantic Encounter on display in the Femme Fatale exhibition at the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles for the month of October. She also has images in the Winter Splendor online exhibition by Still Point Art Gallery (stillpointartgallery.com), with one of the images to be published in the winter issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly (stillpointartgallery.com/quarterly.htm) on December 1. debrasmallphotography.com Jim Klein's print was selected as one of the top three Rebecca Gregg, Window Light, Paris contributions to the Roseville Lottery of Arts, judged by Scott Shield, Crocker Art Museum Chief Curator. jimkleinphotography.net

James Hirschinger, Parking Lot Abstract No. 3 Mary Aiu, Along for the Ride November 2013 Page 9 N E W S L E T T E R

Member News II

Richard Halliburton, Irrigation Pipeline

Richard Halliburton was awarded second place for his Alan Craig Barnard, Ephemeral Wetlands photo Irrigation Pipeline in the Architectura Obscura Competition sponsored by AIA, Central Valley Chapter. richardhalliburtonphoto.com Janine Mapurunga reports on her project Sacramento Farmers and Chefs (sacramentofarmersandchefs.com): “I had a huge exhibit on Sept. 14th in Sacramento, with 60 portraits from this project that measure 42 x 28 inches. There were 450 people at the exhibit opening night.” mapurunga.com Alan Craig Barnard has prints in the Visions 2013 Open Photography Show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center (sacfinearts.org). More of his work will be on display during December and January at Temple Coffee on 9th Street in downtown Sacramento. alancraigbarnard.com Lewis Kemper has two new apps available and offers a discount to Viewpoint members. The Photographer's Toolbox for Lightroom is at fulltouch.com/LR5 (coupon code: LKB1066) and Light, Color and Composition: Tips to Improve your Photographs! is at fulltouch.com/ZkG (coupon code: LKVP593). lewiskemper.com Michele McCormick has a print in the Visions 2013 Open Photography Show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. michelemccormickphotography.com

Michele McCormick, Phone November 2013 Page 10 N E W S L E T T E R

Member News III

Dave Hennessy has a print in the Visions 2013 Open Photography Show at the Sacra- mento Fine Arts Center (sacfinearts.org). Rob Floerke is exhibiting wildlife photographs at Gallery 1855 in Davis (daviscemetery.org) in November. yolo-fotoman.smugmug.com Jerry Berry participated in the PlacerArts Autumn Art Studios Tour (placerarts.org), Nov. 8 –10. 1x.com/member/jerryberry‎ Anne Miller is exhibiting Street Play at The Artery (theartery.net) in Davis through November. annemillerphotography.com Gene McKinnon had a reception for Wild Thing at Wild Wings on Nov. 9 in The Nest at Wild Wings Golf Club (wildwingsgolf.com) Dave Hennessy, Rolling Stock in Woodland. The exhibit continues to Nov. 24. artistpresentations.com/genemckinnon

Gene McKinnon, Nick's Cafe

Submit Your Member News to [email protected] If you can, please include an image or two (with titles) Anne Miller, Curves #60 and your website URL. November 2013 Page 11 N E W S L E T T E R

Local Exhibits featuring Viewpoint Members

Anne Miller, Street Play. The Artery, Davis, Vision 2013: Annual Photography Show. Sacramento to Dec. 2. theartery.net Fine Arts Center, to Nov. 23. sacfinearts.org Rob Floerke, Wildlife. Gallery 1855, Davis, Hallberg Merit Awards 2013 Exhibition. Campus Center, to Nov. 26. daviscemetery.org Sierra College, Rocklin, to Dec. 14. sierracollege.edu John Johnson. Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners, Roseville, to Dec . 7; reception Thursday, Nov. 14, 5 - 9 p.m. williamspluspaddon.com Gene McKinnon. Wild Thing at Wild Wings. The Nest at Wild Wings Golf Club, Wood- land, to Nov. 24. wildwingsgolf.com Mary Aiu. Vacaville Art Gallery, to Dec. 21. vacavilleartgallery.com

Rob Floerke, Wolf

Gene McKinnon, Nightclub

Anne Miller, Fence #8356 November 2013 Page 12 N E W S L E T T E R

Exhibits on Other Walls

More exhibit listings at www.photographmag.com/eventlisting?®ion=13

Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite. Ansel Adams Oakland Museum of California, Oakland. Show, Nov. 17 to Dec. 28. Ray McSavaney, Jan. 5 Peter Stackpole: Bridging the Bay, to Jan. 12. to Feb. 22. anseladams.com museumca.org/exhibitions

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Shifting Photo, Oakland. Henry Bowles: Matches, Nov. 21 Sands: The Beach and the Desert in 20th-Century to Jan. 11. photogalleryoakland.com Photographs, to Dec. 29. Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, to Jan. 5. Peter Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco. A Sense of Henry Emerson: The Honest Landscape, Nov. 27 to Place, to May 1. pier24.org May 4. museum.stanford.edu Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco. Edward Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock. Roman Loranc: Burtynsky: Water, to Dec. 14. renabranstengallery. Distinguished Artist 2014, Jan. 29 to Mar. 23. com carnegieartsturlock.org Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco. Janos Szasz, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel. Light Years: A to Dec. 21. kochgallery.com Retrospective of the Photography of Ron James, Nov. 16 to Jan. 4. photography.org Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco. Charles Gate- wood: 50 Years, to Nov. 30. roberttat.com Corden/Potts Gallery, San Francisco. Portfolio: Gallery Artists, to Dec. 31. cordenpottsgallery.com Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco. George Tice: A Photographer's Photographer, to Nov. 30. De Young Museum, San Francisco. David Hockney: scottnicholsgallery.com A Bigger Exhibition, to Jan. 20. deyoungmuseum.org SF Camerawork, San Francisco. Annual Benefit Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Diane Arbus: Auction Preview Exhibition, to Dec. 6. 1971-1956, to Dec. 28. fraenkelgallery.com sfcamerawork.org

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco. Seven Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo. Philip Hyde, Sisters, to Dec. 7. jenkinsjohnsongallery.com to Dec. 31. smithandersennorth.com

Modernbook Gallery, San Francisco. Brigitte Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco. Sean Carnochan, Dec. 5 to Mar. 1. modernbook.com McFarland: Glass Mountains, to Dec. 21. wirtzgallery.com Monterey Museum of Art, Pacific St., Monterey. Portraits of Meiji Japan: Photography from the Weston Gallery, Carmel. Ansel Adams, to Jan. 5. 1880s, to Dec. 31. montereyart.org westongallery.com November 2013

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