HOME...is where the camera is

Home. We photograph our houses, our yards, our children, our friends, our celebrations, our anxieties. And we move beyond ourselves to photograph homes of others--strangers, as well as people we know. Home is where the camera is, and it's where we use it to record our lives and the lives of others. PhotoPlace Gallery was honored that esteemed photographer Julie Blackmon acted as juror for this exhibition on the theme of "Home." She chose forty photographs for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from March 1st through March 26th, 2011. She also picked an additional thirty-five photographs of these subjects for the gallery’s “On-Line Annex.” All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalogue 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. Please scroll down to see selected photographs.

After looking at nearly 1,000 photographs over the past few days, so much compelling work made it difficult to chose just 75. It was apparent early on in the process that photography's reflection in our personal lives at home is continually evolving to reveal a change in how we interpret and visually depict the subject of "home," both because of the ever-changing definitions of family in our culture, and because of the photographic technology available to us in the last few years. Yet when it comes down to the themes of family life and home. . . some things never change. The intimacy, the tenderness, the passion for life and those we love, the small stories found in the most ordinary everyday moments, and even the sometimes inescapable angst built into all of it, are the same things that have defined "home" long before our digital cameras and computer software came along. In the end, the work that seemed the strongest to me either immediately moved me on some level of humanity that I could connect with, or simply held my attention and kept me coming back again--much the same criteria I use when I edit my own work at home.

Julie Blackmon

	Richard Allen Ashmore Orange, TX Childhood, 2010
	Bridget Burke Dearborn, MI Arson
	Roman Camarda Seattle, WA Mom
	Joy Christiansen Erb Poland, OH 42EE
	Sarah Crew London, United Kingdom Lampshade
	Billy Cunningham New York, NY Caitlyn and Kyle Feeding their Baby Taylor
	Bryon Darby Mesa, AZ untitled
	Candace Dobro Boonton Township, NJ Eric's Toes
	Desiree Edkins Scottsdale, AZ Sparklers
	Julie Elman Athens, OH Renovation
	Ashley Feagin Ruston, LA Celebration
	Jenny Fine Columbus, OH The Saddest Day
	Robert Forlini Lake Peekskill, NY Mother's Day, Lake Peeksill, NY, 2004
	George Gati Poughquag, NY Past and Present
	Susanna Gaunt Grand Rapids, MI Sad
	Marilyn Gelfand Montreal, Quebec Will at Home
	Shawna Gibbs Claremont, NH untitled
	Yeinier Gonzalez Collierville, TN Home V
	Steffanie Halley Savannah, GA Denver Sunshine
	Carolyn Hampton Sherman Oaks, CA No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
	Suzanne Hanson Kingston, MA Sunday at the Lake House
	Paul Haverstick Waterbury Center, VT My Window
	Maxine Helfman Dallas, TX Too Short
	Margaret H. Hiden Atlanta, GA Marbury Women
	Jamie Johnson Sherman Oaks, CA Sisters
	Joan Katz Brooklyn, NY Heidi's House
	Danielle Khoury Fort Worth, TX Tea Party
	Alysia Macaulay New York, NY Summer Reading
	Ashley Matthews Pineville, LA Time Out
	Laurie B. McCormick Los Angeles, CA Sundays on Corley Street
	Laura Noel Atlanta, GA The Good Uncle, 2008
	Karen Novotny Santa Fe, NM The Green Room
	Cynthia O'Dell Fillmore, IN untitled (From the series Maggie's Light)
	Robin Odland Warrington, PA The Parlor
	Desiree Pfeiffer San Francisco, CA untitled (from the series Little Fifteen)
	Douglas D. Prince Portsmouth, NH Brice, Brian and Scott with BB Gun, Florida, 1973
	Laura Beth Reese Allston, MA Allston House
	Mackenzie N. Reynolds Madison, WI When She Calls Home
	Debora Schwedhelm Tampa, FL untitled
	Kristen Spickard Columbus, OH The TeeVees

Geoffrey Agrons Cape May, NJ Same as it Ever Was
Joel Anderson Lykens, PA Retired Coal Miner
Nick Arnold Tekonsha, MI Thanksgiving
Richard Allen Ashmore Orange, TX Pond, 2008
Collin Avery Bozeman, MT Soap
Julie Barnofski Houston, TX Nikki and Keith in the Living Room
Drora Bashan Herzliya, Israel Time Out. Uri and Miki
Sydnee Bickett Bloomington, MN Dorothy, 2009
Kim Blodgett Somerville, MA Woman's Work
Melanie Boisseau Scranton, PA Demented Dog
David Bowman Minneapolis, MN untitled (Lyndale Series, #2)
Ellie Brown Philadelphia, PA Of Sugar and Spice
Jennifer Bucheit La Crosse, WI untitled
Gerry Davis Williston, VT Ghosts, Ancestors Watching
Brittany Denham Columbus, OH 211 Mountain View St. Apt. 3 Gilette, WY 82717
Allen Einstein Bloomfield Hills, MI Home is Where the Ride Is
Laura Glabman Hewlett, NY Wilson Road #1
Susan Evans Grove South Orange, NJ Grey Mare Lane
Suzy Halpin Winnetka, IL Breakfast Rush
Suzanne Hanson Kingston, MA Ghost in the House
Jordan Hood Dundee, MS Running
Stine Loe Jenssen Oslo, Norway Bedroom Angel
Jamie Johnson Sherman Oaks, CA Doll House
Hugh Jones Arlington, VA Manarole, Cinque Terre, Italy
Thomas Ladd North Easton, MA Pucara
Dimitra Lazaridou Athens, Greece Sophia's Way 2007
Susan Lirakis Center Sandwich, NH Sophie & Kittens
Alysia Macaulay New York, NY Light Touch
Erica Moffitt Millburn, NJ Bath time
Jes Schrom Ruston, LA Making Room
Debora Schwedhelm Tampa, FL Skyler
Rivka Tabak Herzeliya, Israel Home
Julie Verdini Portland, OR Grandma's Couch
Katherine Walters Mishawaka, IN In the Frig
Michael Wessel Roanoke, VA Saturday April 7, 2007