Wednesday, June 18, 2008
ICELAND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - June 12 - July 28, 2008
Fire and Ice: Images by Ron Rosenstock
June 12-July 28, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 19th 5-7 PM
Panopticon Gallery is pleased to present contemplative landscape photographs from Ron Rosenstock's travels through Death Valley, CA and Iceland. Named "Fire and Ice", the exhibition contrasts softly lit images of glaciers and water with bold abstract images of mesquite sand dunes.
Rosenstock spent 40 years meticulously crafting large format black and white photographs using the Zone System devised by Ansel Adams. "Fire and Ice" marks Rosenstock's first significant exploration of color photography. Photographer B.A. King states: "Ron's new work...[is] full of joy and fun, wildness and lyricism. Underneath it all is the famous Rosenstock flare for composition and reverence for light, to which we now can add an admiration for color."
"Fire and Ice" is Rosenstock's first body of work created entirely with digital imaging technology. "I do not consider [digital photography] a substitution for film, but an addition to my repertoire as a photographer," states Rosenstock. "Technique is finite, but vision is infinite".
Images in the show appear in Rosenstock's book Journeys (ISBN: 0971379521) published last year by Silver Strand Press. Rosenstock published three other monographs with Silver Strand Press: The Light of Ireland (with an introduction by Paul Caponigro) (ISBN: 0615112188), Chiostro: Photographs of Italy (ISBN: 0971379505), Hymn To The Earth, (with poetry by Gabriel Rosenstock and an introduction by Carl Chiarenza) (ISBN: 0971379513).
Born in 1943, Ron Rosenstock earned his MA degree in photography from Goddard College. His work is heavily influenced by his mentors Minor White and Paul Caponigro. Rosenstock's photographs are held in numerous private and museum collections, including: the Fogg Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Center of Photography, the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Fidelity Investments Art Collection and the Polaroid Collection. He taught photography at Clark University from 1972 through 2002 and now leads international travel photography workshops in Iceland, Morocco, Italy, Peru, and the Czech Republic.
Founded in 1970, Panopticon Gallery is one of the oldest galleries in the United States dedicated solely to photography. The gallery specializes in 20th Century American Photography and emerging contemporary photography. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday, 11 AM to 5 PM and is located near the Kenmore Square T stop on the Green Line. Please contact marketing@panopt.com for additional information or images from the show.
Contact:
Isa Leshko
Marketing Director
Panopticon Gallery of Photography
502c Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
phone: 617-351-0030
cell: 978-590-8129
e-mail: marketing@panopt.com
web: http://www.panopt.com
June 12-July 28, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 19th 5-7 PM
Panopticon Gallery is pleased to present contemplative landscape photographs from Ron Rosenstock's travels through Death Valley, CA and Iceland. Named "Fire and Ice", the exhibition contrasts softly lit images of glaciers and water with bold abstract images of mesquite sand dunes.
Rosenstock spent 40 years meticulously crafting large format black and white photographs using the Zone System devised by Ansel Adams. "Fire and Ice" marks Rosenstock's first significant exploration of color photography. Photographer B.A. King states: "Ron's new work...[is] full of joy and fun, wildness and lyricism. Underneath it all is the famous Rosenstock flare for composition and reverence for light, to which we now can add an admiration for color."
"Fire and Ice" is Rosenstock's first body of work created entirely with digital imaging technology. "I do not consider [digital photography] a substitution for film, but an addition to my repertoire as a photographer," states Rosenstock. "Technique is finite, but vision is infinite".
Images in the show appear in Rosenstock's book Journeys (ISBN: 0971379521) published last year by Silver Strand Press. Rosenstock published three other monographs with Silver Strand Press: The Light of Ireland (with an introduction by Paul Caponigro) (ISBN: 0615112188), Chiostro: Photographs of Italy (ISBN: 0971379505), Hymn To The Earth, (with poetry by Gabriel Rosenstock and an introduction by Carl Chiarenza) (ISBN: 0971379513).
Born in 1943, Ron Rosenstock earned his MA degree in photography from Goddard College. His work is heavily influenced by his mentors Minor White and Paul Caponigro. Rosenstock's photographs are held in numerous private and museum collections, including: the Fogg Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Center of Photography, the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Fidelity Investments Art Collection and the Polaroid Collection. He taught photography at Clark University from 1972 through 2002 and now leads international travel photography workshops in Iceland, Morocco, Italy, Peru, and the Czech Republic.
Founded in 1970, Panopticon Gallery is one of the oldest galleries in the United States dedicated solely to photography. The gallery specializes in 20th Century American Photography and emerging contemporary photography. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday, 11 AM to 5 PM and is located near the Kenmore Square T stop on the Green Line. Please contact marketing@panopt.com for additional information or images from the show.
Contact:
Isa Leshko
Marketing Director
Panopticon Gallery of Photography
502c Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
phone: 617-351-0030
cell: 978-590-8129
e-mail: marketing@panopt.com
web: http://www.panopt.com
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