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SENSITOMETRY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION

June 28th
– August 31st



Opening
Reception



Thursday,
July 11, 2013

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Media Loft is pleased to announce our summer exhibition.  Seven established photographers present their
individual photographic explorations giving 
the audience the  full experience
of their process. Martin Kruck, Fred
Levine, Christopher Lovi, Alan Model, Marc Weinstein, Suzanne Revy and Dale Zheutlin
‘s work will be on view throughout the summer.



 



Martin Kruck explains, “My photographic
projects often involve multi-layered interpretations of place. This recent
series entitled ‘Habitorium’, makes a
study of constructed habitats -- those spaces designed to satisfy both the
emotional and bodily needs of its occupant. Views of hotels, zoos, museums,
parks, and other human and animal environments, are combined to create new
scenes that explore the idea of post-naturalistic photography. More enclosures
than landscapes, the images tend to reveal how extremely studied life is.
Nature and artifice form inversions throughout the series, adding to the uneasy
feeling the spaces we inhabit are for test subjects.



Fred Levine’s “Stop action photography is the
bread and butter of the sports’ photographer. 
The majority of shots are taken during the heat of competition, where
the photographer is only an observer. 
This series of photographs were taken under studio conditions where we
had an opportunity to interact.  My
intent was to capture the fun and showmanship of some of the Harlem Wizards”.



Christopher James Lovi‘s work speaks to “an unspoken understanding
created by a fence of where we can go and where we can’t that takes place as
you walk down the street.  We respond to these visual and physical
barriers which I believe influence how we perceive public and private
space.  My photographs explore these thresholds,
boundaries, and borders that fences create. 
I’m applying the visual layers of space and materials to recreate the
tension that unfolds as I walk along the street”. 



Alan Model’s
“greatest joy as a photographer is the act of discovery. The elements of
anticipation, recognition and concentration are essential to me.  I venture out with my camera exploring the
environment with no preconceived notions as to what subjects will interest me.
My images suggest things worth considering that might have been overlooked.
People in unobserved commonplace experiences are of interest to me, as well as
the imprint humanity has made on the environment through the ages, culturally
or otherwise”.



 



Marc Weinstein
explains his  “ images are an interaction
between an  unknown  and unintended  calligrapher,  
 the quality of lights' incidence off of the "tar"
medium, and the ability of the photographer to engage the moment of
presentation.



 



Suzanne Revy’s work reflects “the simple
days of summer, when our daily obligations as a family are a bit more relaxed,
and as the light of the sun lingers well into the evening, it’s easy to feel
seduced into thinking that it will never end. And yet, every year, with the
hint of color in the trees that appears late in August, the summer slowly fades
into autumn, we head back to school and work and obligations, and the summer
months quickly become an ephemeral memory”.



Dale Zheutlin‘s work “blurs
the boundaries between painting and photography. Each piece begins as a
photograph, though a casual observer might be surprised that a photograph is
present. In some pieces the image is obscured, in others remnants appear. It is
up to the viewer to discover the images that are being revealed or concealed”.



 



Media Loft,
founded in 1978, was established to provide a unique working environment for
artists, designers, craftsmen and a variety of art-related businesses. In 1983
it moved to its present site in the historic Knickerbocker Press building
complex and in 2003 it converted to a condominium to create affordable
live-work space for its artist community.



The Gallery at
Media Loft has been established to provide exhibit space for its Artists in
Residence as well as for artists from the community and beyond. We are
committed to quality exhibits, providing guidance to new artists for
installations, promotional opportunities and, in general, how to bring their
work to public attention.



 






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