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247 Market Street . Lockport, NY 14094 716.478.0239 |
February
7 – March 8
Market Street Art Center launches its 2009 season with “Observations,” a photography exhibit featuring the works twenty-four photographers. Unlike many shows there is no central theme to this exhibit. Although juried by the MSAC Show Committee, applicants were not restricted on content, composition or technique. “With the digital revolution, there’s been an explosion in photography and a lot of previously undiscovered talent is coming to the fore,” says Joe Buczkowski, Executive Director of the art center, “we wanted to do an exhibit that showcased the variety of techniques, old and new, that are available to photographers.” One such new technique is digital manipulation of photos via a computer editing program like Photoshop. Such images were, at first, disdained by many traditional photographers as amateurish but opinions have softened in recent years and manipulated photography has been more and more accepted into the art scene. The Market Street Art Center announced the winners of the “Observations” photography show at a reception held Saturday, February 7th. The show was judged by Dennis Stierer and awards for first, second and third place were handed out.
Dennis Stierer, who lives in Lockport, is a self taught photographer whose career has spanned over the past 35 years photographing rodeos, fashion shows, theatre, opera and nature. His work has been displayed in numerous exhibitions and has appeared in National Geographic Magazine. He has twice been president of the Buffalo Society of Artists. |
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