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Forgotten Places: North Dakota Volume I
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01/04/2012: Two Museum Shows
Taube Museum, Minot, North Dakota Now thorugh February 24 eight of my images from the “Forgotten Places: North Dakota” series will on display as part of a group photography exhibit at the Taube Museum of Art in Minot, North Dakota. The exhibit includes photographs by 10 participants in Tillman Crane’s “Spirit of Structure” workshops in [...] - More
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12/10/2011: Moon and Jupiter
I haven’t been doing much shooting lately because I have been extremely busy during the holidays with the Berkeley Arts Council Holiday Art and Craft Market. But about a month ago I decided to follow up on my successful moon imaging (see previous post.) Having just acquired a Panasonic GH2, which is a higher resolution [...] - More
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10/05/2011: Waxing Moon
6 October 2011, 00:44 UTC Waxing moon photographed with a Panasonic G2 digital camera and a 80mm refracting telescope (400mm). Since the camera is Micro 4/3 the multiplier is X2 so the telescope is equivalent to 800mm on a 35mm camera. - More
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10/04/2011: Dunker Church
Yesterday was yet another dark, gray day, so I took a ride over to Antietam and photographed the Dunker Church. The small structure has been well restored without losing its 19th century flavor. The cloudy weather outside provided a lovely, soft natural light for the interior. - More
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09/27/2011: More Spirit of Structure
The third day of the workshop took us to the Maine State Capitol in Augusta. We were fortunate to be given access to most of the building, including the House and Senate chambers, since the legislature was not in session. Here I photographed the building with a formal approach, which felt appropriate for this environment. - More
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Current and Recent Exhibits
Forgotten Places: North Dakota
Solo Exhibit
Redbrick Gallery
404 West King Street, Martinsburg, WV
October 22 - November 28, 2011
Reception October 22, 4-7pm
2011 West Viginia Juried Exhibit
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
and the Stifel Fine Arts Center
Wheeling, West Virginia
September 30m 2011 - January 2, 2012
Forgotten Places: North Dakota
Solo Exhibit
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
40 South Carroll Street, Frederick, MD
August 13 - September 25, 2011
Annual Juried Exhibit
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
40 South Carroll Street, Frederick, MD
June 4 - July 24, 2011
FotoDC FLASH Exhibit
Crystal City
2450 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
(12th & 13th Floors)
March 17-April 17, 2011
18th Annual Tri-State Photography Exhibit
Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland
February-March, 2011
First Prize, Black and White
Tamarack
David L. Dickirson
Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, WV
"Architectronic"
January - April, 2011
"Inspired" Juried Art Exhibit
Historic Buildings and Structures
Commissioner's Gallery, The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
Purchase Award: Permanent Collection of the West Virginia State Museum
January-June, 2011
West Virginia Arts and Craft Guild
Biennial Competition
November 2010 - April 2011
Honorable Mention
About Me
Like the ancient world composed of the essential elements
of earth, air, fire, and water, a photograph depicts a subject with
the essential elements of light, shadow, form, and texture. My images
seek to capture that essence of the subject: the way it reflects light,
it’s form and texture, and how it is modified by light and shadow.
I have been doing photography for something over 40 years,
starting with a folding camera and black & white roll film. Over
time I dabbled with various formats but mostly I worked in 35mm. I enjoyed
the versatility of the 35mm SLR and took on the challenge of making
high quality images from this small format.
In the 1960s I worked in a small photo studio where I
spent many hours in the darkroom making black and white prints. Then
I moved from still photography to television and video. I have now come
full circle, returning to photography as art after a 30-year career
in visual communication.
Several years ago I embraced the digital world. I now
shoot with a Nikon digital camera and my darkroom is a computer, Adobe
Photoshop and an archival inkjet printer. The image quality and creative
control that you can get with the “digital darkroom” is
just astounding.
With the great progress in the development of digital
tools for photography over the last few years, the debate is pretty
well settled as to whether digitally captured and processed images are
valid art forms.
To me, photography is about the image, and the photographer’s
vision. All of the technical tools, whether film-based or digitally-based,
are are nothing more or less than tools for translating the photographer’s
vision into a medium that can enjoyed by others.
Thank you for looking at my work. I hope you find something
here you like.
Rip Smith
Email: sterlingimageswv (at) gmail (dot) com
Snail Mail: Sterling Images, PO Box 969, Martinsburg,
WV 25402
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