Peterson Hall
Linfield College Nursing School Campus
2255 NW Northrup Street
Portland, Oregon 97210
Exhibition: Land of the Stratus
Photographs by Dennis DeHart
Dates: September 25-October 22, 2010
Gallery Hours: 9am - 5pm Monday - Saturday
Artist Reception: September 25, 5-8. Wine and hors d’oeurves
Camerawork Gallery is pleased to present Land of the Stratus, a show of recent photographic works by Dennis DeHart. Land of the Stratus is a multi-layered photographic exhibit that simultaneously engages the tensions and parallels of the natural and cultural worlds.
Land of the Stratus investigates landscape imagery through a combination of constructed and non-constructed photographs. In many instances, a kind of trauma is or has occurred in the photographs. The photos bear witness to the trauma, while equally embracing the sublimity of seeing.
Land of the Stratus takes the form of large-scale panoramas. Stylistically, DeHart references historical genres including 19th century travel and landscapes photography. In addition, the work is informed by his print research at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. During DeHart’s research, he studied prints from such preeminent 19th Century photographers as Carleton Watkins and Timothy O’Sullivan, among others.
The prints are made on 13”x40” photo rag paper with pigment inks. Technically, the images are photographed with a full frame digital SLR using HDRI. DeHart also employs digital montage and compositing techniques, drawing from conventions of directional and staged photography.
Camerawork Gallery is the oldest fine art photography gallery in the United States. Camerwork Gallery is a community based fine art photography gallery that has exhibited shows continuously since 1970. We exhibit photographers from the Northwest with occasional exhibits by photographers from any location nationally.
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