Sunday, October 25, 2009

Banff Mountain Book Festival-1

FINALIST
Message just received:
On behalf of the 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival, I am pleased to inform you that Himalayan Portfolios: Journeys of the Imagination, by Kenneth Hanson, has been selected as a finalist -- one of four in the Mountain Image category.

Gail and Charles Fields and this blogger, expect to be present at this international festival from Thursday, November 5th to Saturday, November 7th. Book signings Friday and Saturday.

The other Mountain Image finalists:
Above All: Mount Whitney. David Stark Wilson. USA
The Alps – A Birds Eye View. Matevz Lenarcic. Slovenia
Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies. John Marriott. Canada

Monday, October 19, 2009

The Large Format Conspiracy Again

Fall Exhibit
New England Large Format Photographic Collective,
NELFPC, Until November 6
Gallery hours and directions: http://www.belmonthill.org/

Those in the Boston area may see a selection of work by collective members at the Landau Gallery in the Robsham Arts Center at Belmont Hill School, 350 Prospect St, Bellmont MA. Gene LaFord, once more, did a great job of hanging the show. A cheerful opening was held last Sunday despite rain and sleet. Great gobs of wet snow assaulted those of us driving from Connecticut just after we had entered the Mass Pike. This is my section of the exhibit:

The NELFPC was created a few years ago to bring together like minded practitioners and promote the art of the view camera. See Blog Jan 5, 2009.