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Poco Photo: A Celebration of Black and White Photography
16/07/2008
 On the evening of July 12th, photographers and photography fans came together for a celebration of black-and-white photography with the PoCo Photo Collective, a group of photographers based in Portland, Oregon who came together through their shared use of the Portland Community College darkroom. Nineteen photographers participated in the exhibition, presenting an array of material that ran a wide stylistic gamut from Phil Kuglin's stark and vast desert landscapes of the American Southwest to Katie Slick's blurred and energetic rock musicians to Dawn Bergstrom's hand-colored florals. Technical effects such as solarization and toning were present as well as an array of films and camera formats.
Beside each artist's photography was a statement explaining their approach to the medium as well as a description of the work that they were presenting. For example, Kerry McAllister spoke of her art as being "descendant of a childhood spent immersed in comic books and graphic novels, seduced by the combination of pencil and pen. Or a young adulthood caught between the fantasy of classic film noir on the tube and the sensory overload of music and album art continually discovered at the local secondhand record shop." During the opening reception, guests mingled and enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and wine while taking in the photographs, appreciating each artist's story. |
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