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

[Kerik Kouklis]

Diana,

Thanks for sharing your experience. What a perfectly eclectic  show, as an
all-gum show should be.

-Kerik

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> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of Christina
> Anderson
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:07 AM
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> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Katharine Thayer Exhibit in Astoria, Oregon
> 
> 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
> christinaZanderson.com
> 
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Diana
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 20, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Christina Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Tom and I passed through Astoria a few years back, never having any
idea
> that that was where Katharine lived.
> >>
> >> I think Robert Adams lives there if I am not mistaken?
> >>
> >> 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/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Diana
> >>>
> >>>
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