[Alt-photo] Re: Katharine Thayer Exhibit in Astoria, Oregon

[Christina Anderson]

OH my goodness, Diana, thanks for clarifying! Lobbying your HUSBAND, LOL. That is too funny.
Tom and I were in a gallery in New Orleans once, and I used this technique: I said to him, "You know which image I would buy if I were buying?" and I told him. He told me that was the exact image he would buy, too! So we somehow managed to fan each other's fire and bought it! It was surprising because we are really not art collectors per se and didn't have the money at the time but we actually agreed on a piece of artwork, which in itself was surprising.
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
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On May 20, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Diana Bloomfield wrote:

> Hey Chris,
> 
> Gosh-- I better clarify what I mean about Chia's images--- First off, they are absolutely stunning, breathtaking images-- really, to die for.  No-- what I actually meant was-- and I guess I should have been clearer-- I was lobbying for somebody to buy those white tulips for me!   My husband, Peter, traveled with me.  That's why I said I was mentioning all the future predictable holidays (birthdays; anniversaries; Christmas)-- because I think I really really need those white tulips in my house.  That image (well, all of them) would look really spectacular on my walls. ;)   In fact, that one in particular did have a red dot on it by the time I left, but I have no idea who bought it, unless it's a surprise for me (for one of those future predictable holidays).  If it's not a surprise for me, and years go by and I never see it again, then I'll be very sad. ;)  Honestly, there were so many images I would loved to have taken home with me.  I could go on and on about all of them.
> 
> Robert Adams does live in Astoria.
> 
> Katharine grew up in Oregon, but I'm not sure she ever lived in Astoria.  She moved around some in Oregon, but she last lived in Rainier, which is about 50 miles east of Astoria.  She lived high above the Willamette River, or possibly that's still the Columbia (not sure)-- across from these paper mills.  From a distance, they look almost other-worldly.  I know she was photographing those a lot before she died.  
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> Astoria seems like quite a viable town.   So many small towns here in the Southeast are just dying, or dead (loss of textiles and tobacco, mostly), so it's always a bit surprising to me to see active small towns with wonderful independent coffee shops and bookstores and a great photography gallery(!)-- no chain stores in sight-- nice to know that that still exists somewhere.
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> Diana
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> On May 20, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Christina Anderson wrote:
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>> Diana,
>> Thanks SO much for the report and links. So wonderful to see people's work and so much of it is beautiful!
>> 
>> Question: what do you mean by "lobbied really hard;" was there a question of its inclusion in  the show??  If so I am just flabbergasted that there was a question about the tulips, because that image is just glorious. I have always loved Chia's gum work, very elegant, romantic, textural. And white on white in gum is a real eye-stopper.
>> 
>> But anyway, thank you for all the time you took to orchestrate, travel, and report about this show. 
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>> Tom and I passed through Astoria a few years back, never having any idea that that was where Katharine lived. 
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>> I think Robert Adams lives there if I am not mistaken? 
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>> But it is quite the quaint town. In fact, we were towing a boat and boating on the Columbia, and got it stuck in the middle of the river in the sand, in Astoria. Scary, and dumb, at the time. Ate at a quaint "biker" bar, too.
>> Chris
>> 
>>> And Michael sent me these links which are close-ups of all the work that's in the show, so you can go through these, too.  They are amazing.  I'm not going to name names of all those prints I kept staring at, because that would be everybody's-- but I will say that I lobbied really really hard for those white tulips of Chia's.  I don't even know how you do something like that.  I brought up Mother's Day; future birthdays; future anniversaries . . . 
>>> http://lightbox-photographic.com/exhibitions/twofriends/
>>> http://lightbox-photographic.com/exhibitions/twofriendsjuried/
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>>> -Diana
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