This past Saturday, we celebrated the opening reception for Light Sensitive 2024, our annual exhibition dedicated to traditional and alternative photographic processes. The gallery came alive with stunning works showcasing the creative possibilities of light and chemistry, all crafted by talented artists who continue to push the boundaries of these timeless techniques.
A highlight of the evening was a special showcase by Dennis Collins, a distinguished artist whose mastery of these photographic methods has spanned decades. Dennis shared a captivating selection of prints from his extensive career, offering attendees a glimpse into the evolution of his artistic vision.
We’re thrilled to announce that Dennis Collins will return for an artist talk Wednesday, December 4 in Gallery 4! This special event, held in the gallery, will provide an opportunity to hear about his inspirations, techniques, and experiences as a photographer throughout his career. Keep an eye out for the official date—we can’t wait to see you there!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this exciting kickoff. If you missed the reception, the exhibition will remain on view in the gallery until January 11th, 2025—stop by to experience the magic of Light Sensitive 2024.
As Wikipedia describes it, “street photography is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places”.
Over the past several weeks, we have conducted three successful sessions of our “Capturing the Unexpected” street photography workshop, led by the accomplished Neil A. Miller. Participants embraced the opportunity to step outside their comfort zones and capture unscripted moments of life. Throughout the workshop, they focused on refining their observational skills in public settings and thoughtfully curated their images to share with Neil and their peers during the concluding session.
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Last weekend, we had the opportunity to host our Advanced Digital Printing workshop with Richard Jackson!
In this hands-on class, participants explored the vision and intention behind their images, working through a process of deconstructing their work to translate it from the computer screen to prints on paper. Over the course of three days, students focused on editing and producing test prints, culminating in a collection of final prints. The workshop also covered important topics like lighting, color space and gamut, rendering intent, paper choices, and working with commercial print labs.
Take a look behind the scenes as students honed their skills in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, creating stunning prints and bringing their creative ideas to life on paper.
This past weekend, we held the opening reception for our first members exhibition at the new gallery location in Gallery 4 at HD SOUTH. The event showcased over 80 prints from many of our Art Intersection members, highlighting the diversity and talent within our community. It was great to see such a strong turnout, with visitors and artists alike enjoying the variety of work on display. The reception was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our members’ creativity and connect with both familiar faces and new guests in our new space. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special event!
Over the past few afternoons, instructor Lisa Zirbel taught our students the fundamentals of photography in both digital and traditional film mediums. Students learned to shoot 35mm black and white film with manual SLR cameras and create enlargements from their film in our photo lab. They also had the opportunity to make studio-lit portraits, which they processed using Adobe Photoshop to produce inkjet prints of their photos. Additionally, they combined film and digital photography by making cyanotypes using digitally printed negatives from their own images, and by using botanicals and expired photo paper to create lumen prints in the sun during class.
Students used our continuous lights and strobes to experiment with studio portraiture.
While they were working on making prints in our darkroom and digital lab, students made lumen prints (above) by laying botanicals such as flowers and leaves onto photo paper inside contact printing frames. To make these lumen prints the contact frames were left outside in the sun during the afternoon to produce one-of-a-kind prints!
Students also made cyanotype prints from their own digital images using transparencies and Art Intersection’s UV exposure units.
Though experimenting with cyanotype didn’t stop at photographic prints—students made cyanotypes on silk scarves using more harvested botanicals.
To end all of our teen camps, on the final day we display the students’ work on the wall and invite their friends and families for a critique session to reflect on what they learned and the challenges they faced while creating their art.
Last weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting our Advanced Digital Printing workshop with Richard Jackson!
During this intensive class, students identified their vision and intention of their images, then through deconstruction of the images, translated from the computer screen to dimensional prints on paper. Three days of editing and test prints to create a collection of final prints.
Topics covered also included lighting, color space and gamut, rendering intention, paper selections, and working with commercial print labs.
Take a peek behind the scenes of the workshop and watch as the class perfected their images in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, working to produce extraordinary prints and bring their creative visions to life on paper.
This past Sunday, April 28th, Art Intersection had the pleasure of hosting our Worldwide Pinhole Photography event. It was a delightful gathering as over a dozen photographers from our community joined us in Downtown Gilbert, capturing both digital and film pinhole images.
Image credit: Tatiana Padgett; taken with a Fujifilm XE-1
The day concluded with a delightful potluck lunch at the Photo Arts Lab, where our community of photographers came together to not only share their love for the art but also gather and recharge after a couple of hours spent capturing moments under the sun.
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Last night was a blast as we hosted our latest After Hours Member Mixer in our new digs at the Art Intersection Photo Arts Lab! It was such a joy to catch up with our community and chat about all the exciting changes happening at Art Intersection.
Alan gave us a sneak peek into the year ahead with a roadmap jam-packed with awesome events planned for both the Photo Arts Lab and Gallery 4.
And let’s not forget the highlight of the evening—Juan Garcia’s incredible digital prints, crafted from a 4×5 negative under Alan’s guidance, from scan to print. It was a taste of the creative magic we’re cooking up for future gatherings with artists in our Art Intersection community!
We’re excited to dive into this new chapter at Art Intersection. Keep an eye out for more information by signing up for our email newsletter here!
