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The Exhibition catalogue, Seeing Myself, Seeing Others: The Art
of the Portrait, is now available for ordering directly from Blurb books. Softcover price is $22.95, plus
tax and shipping.
Click here to visit the Blurb online bookstore to preview and order the catalogue
From the earliest days of photography, portraiture fascinated practitioners of the darkroom arts. While many
commercial photographers earned their living recording appearances, some turned their lenses on themselves and others with
surprising results. Today portraiture--of self and or of others--yields some of the most probing images in contemporary
photography. Photographers explore humor, discomfort, intimacy, and the uncanny to photograph faces, and sometimes even
souls.
PhotoPlace Gallery is pleased to welcome Andy Bloxham as juror of "Seeing Myself, Seeing Others: The
Art of the Portrait." For this exhibition Andy selected forty portraits for exhibition at PhotoPlace
Gallery. He also chose an additional thirty-five portraits for the gallery’s “On-Line Annex.”
All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalogue available for purchase.
Juror's Statement: Being asked to juror this exhibition was an honor, while the actual
process of doing so was quite difficult. The idea of a portrait can take on many interpretations, as the hundreds of submitted
images submitted proved. Narrowing it down to the finalists was no easy task. Photographers submitted many, many great images
that required repeated rounds of views to get down to the chosen work you see now.
What makes a great portrait? Is it the expression on the face or the
presence of the form? There is no one specific formula. The headless body in Heidi Lender’s image strikes a contrast
to the frozen gaze in Frank Hamrick’s work. These different images show it is not just the aesthetic or look that captivates,
but the emotions a portrait conveys. Even the emotion isn’t to a standard. Content can be serious, such as the work
from Mariana Bartolomeo and Megan Otto, or humorous, from Ashley Matthews and Tom Johnson. Each artist approached a topic
from his or her own unique perspective. An oncoming light’s effect takes on two different mindsets with Sergei Isaenko
and Bryan Bankston’s photographs. Sometimes the idea of a portrait doesn’t even involve a literal human, as is
the case with Laura McCormick’s work.
I could
go on and on about each of the selected artists and why each image works so well, but there is a common thread behind all
selected work. For reasons specific to each image, the chosen photographs are the ones that caused me to pause and investigate
further. As I looked through the submissions, the work you see now made me forget all other images for just a moment. They
struck emotional connections that invested me in their messages. Congratulations to the photographers, and best of luck in
your future work.
Andy Bloxham
SEEING MYSELF, SEEING OTHERS
The Art of the Portrait Photos chosen
for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery all photographs are copyright
of the individual artists and may not be reproduced without their permission
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Ryan A. Adrick
Dayton, OH Angelo
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Elizabeth Albert
Belmont, MA Late
Afternoon at Philbin Beach
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Christopher Andres
South Bend, IN Sparkle Vet, 2010
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Karen Asher
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada The Ice Cream Man
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Iwan Bagus
Washington, DC Like an egg on the tip of the horn
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Bryan W. Bankston II
Greenville, NC From a Great Height
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Mariana Bartolomeo
Tucson, AZ Don
Juan V
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Carissa Battaile
Denton, TX Kathryn
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Lisa Brockman
San Diego, CA Strength
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Marna G. Clarke
Point Reyes, CA Self-Portrait
on Turning 70 #1, 1978/2010
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Roy DiTosti
Stow, MA Self,
Post Op
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Seth Dunne
Manchester Center, VT Edge
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Eva Fazzari
Saddle Brook, NJ Untitled,
2011
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Gerald Figal
Nashville, TN In
Wonderland
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Kelly Flynn
Fairview, TX iLatex
Series - Cowboy
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Joseph Forsse
Dry Prong, LA
Orleans Voodoo
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Frank Hamrick
Ruston, LA Kristin
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Wolfgang Hastert
San Diego, CA Shadowman
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Michael S. Honegger
Paris, France Transparent
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Dacia Idom
Lake Charles, LA Change
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Sergei Isaenko
Boone, NC Concrete
Walls
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Tom M. Johnson
Lakewood, CA Louise
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Brenda Kele
Millville, NJ Embrace
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Lamia Khorshid
Miami Beach, FL Tea Party, 2010
from the series Inherent Spaces
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Allyson Klutenkamper
Portsmouth, OH Circumstance #03
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Heidi Lender
Garberville, CA Untitled,
from the series Once Upon
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Julius Lester
Belchertown, MA Ancestral
Memories 3
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Ashley Matthews
Pineville, LA Sylus
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Laurie McCormick
Los Angeles, CA Time to Weigh In (Miniature Moments in my Daily Life Series)
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Robert Moran
Bar Harbor, ME Sand
Worn Glasses - Timbuktu
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Christopher Mortenson
Las Cruces, NM Pool
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Megan Sue Otto
Garner, NC January
31, 2011
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Curtis Peltz
Portland, OR Ellis
Island II
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Lindley Rust
Jackson, WY It's
So Good to See You
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Wendy Sacks
Pittsford, NY Elaine,
From the Series: Immersed in Living Water
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Debora Schwedhelm
Tampa, FL Skyler
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Monica L. Shulman
New York, NY Me
& Myself (Self-Portrait)
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Roberta Stone
Jamaica Plain, MA Tess
and Louise
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Mare Vaccaro
Lexington, KY Secrets
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Allison Welch
Coralville, IA Seeing
the Elephant
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SEEING MYSELF, SEEING OTHERS
The Online Gallery Annex all photographs are
copyright of the individual artists and may not be reproduced without their permission
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Jimmie Allen
Springfield, MO Mahmaud
- Latino Market
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Christine Back
Montclair, NJ Suzanne
as Spectrum
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Susan A. Barnett
New York, NY Chenman
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Julie Barnofski
Houston, TX Weekend
Dinner Plans
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Brenda Berry
Bainbridge Island, WA Maria
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Paedra Peter Bramhall
Bridgewater Corners, VT Dead Lolita
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Susan de Witt
Portland, OR Ten
to Two
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Paul Diette
Weybridge, VT There's
Still Life in the Shadows
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Mary Doering
Orleans, MA Man
Still Trying to Figure Her Out
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Ruth Dudley-Carr
Quincy, MA Intensity
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Dena Elisabeth Eber
Toledo, OH Holocaust
Survivor
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Arthur Fields
Denton, TX Hold
On
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Arthur Fink
Peaks Island, ME Bates
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Bob Gates
Jamesville, NY Protective
Custody
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K.J. Gifford
Bethel, VT Teatime
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Paul Greenberg
Dallas, TX Mr.
Tuxedo
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Hugh Jones
Arlington, VA Alice
in Wonderland
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Paul M. Jones
Fairfield, CT Miggs
as Brahma
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Beatrix Jourdan
Dakar, Senegal Sinbad...The
Last Voyage
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Minny Lee
Gilette, NJ Self-Portrait,
Mestre, Italy
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Briney Lindemuth
Las Vegas, NV Wires
2
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Paul Matte
Brockville, Ontario, Canada Dominic
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Julie Michelle
San Francisco, CA
Jesus Loves You
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Judy Nayer
New York, NY Jordan,
Badlands
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Charlotte Niel
Oakland, CA Skin
Deep
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Kate Shannon
Mansfield, OH Untitled
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Michael Sibilia
Hopewell Jct, NY 6/2/08
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Karen Swanson
Woodstock, VT Danny
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Sarah Szwajkos
Rockland, ME Sheldon
Singing I
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Susan Tennenbaum
Glencoe, IL Mesfin
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Carrie Tomberlin}
Weaverville, NC Love Comic
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Sarah Toscano
New Hartford, CT White
Burka
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Linda Winski
Dallas, TX Fifteen
Years After the Genocide
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Brandy Worsfold
Citrus Heights, CA Dream Eater
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Diane J. Wren
South Portland, ME Fingernails (from the series What You Don't See)
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