A reminder that the Minneapolis Photography Center's exhibit titled "Landscapes: Unfeigned or Illusory" is still open and will run through June 13th. It is an exhibit of 71 landscape images curated from over 2400 images submitted by 443 photographers from 17 different countries. For directions to the MPC and more information on this exhibit and other events go to: wwww.mplsphotocenter.com.
An art review of the exhibit was recently written up in the Minneapolis Star: www.startribune.com/entertainment/art/92976384.html?page=1&c=y. This review presents a mixed reaction to the exhibit with kudos to two Crosstown Camera Club members who had images in the show.
The review starts by making an obvious point; good landscape photography is more than documenting the image makers location, especially when everyone has a digital camera and can produce good quality results. Its concludes the exhibit is "problematic" and "disappointing" because it presents some images that were deemed little more than tourist shots. In the reviewers opinion about a third of the show was found to be "riveting" by conveying a personal vision of the photographer. Included in this category was the image by John Olson titled "Under the Wabasha Bridge" (featured in the article) and Cynthia Fleury's image "Rustic Beauty on the North Shore". You should read this article, visit the exhibit before it ends and draw your own conclusions. In the meantime, congratulations to both Cynthia and John for their fine work.
You should note the MPC continually sponsors exhibits on various topics. Any photographer can submit images for these exhibit competitions. The next one is titled "Black and White: People, Places and Things". There has been a call for entries, and the submission deadline is July 23, 2010. To get more information about this upcoming exhibit, or to submit images for competition, go to the MPC website under >exhibits and click >call for entries.
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