[Alt-photo] Re: Bob Kiss's exhibit in Charleston

[BOB KISS]

DEAR DIANE,
	I am blushing at your message below and, believe me, it is very
difficult to get a 62 year old former fashion photographer who lived through
the 80s to blush!!!  
	All seriousness aside, thanks so much for your kind words.  It was
really great to meet you.  For those of you who don't know Diane, she is an
adorable woman filled with kindness, charm and spirit.  It was and is so
nice that my work is appreciated by one of my peers who knows what good is.

	I explained to her that I had worked four weeks, 12 to 15 hour days,
7 days per week to get those prints made.  The 8 hour days we put in at the
gallery before the show getting the prints in the frames seemed like a
vacation!  LOL!!!  Also, anyone who has printed for and hung a show knows
that, near the end, you no longer know if the prints are good any more...you
are, at best, flying on autopilot and praying to be finished in time!
	Again, thanks Diane for the encouraging and kind words!
			CHEERS!
				BOB
	

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Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 7:00 PM
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Subject: [Alt-photo] Bob Kiss's exhibit in Charleston

Hey all,

I just thought I'd report that I was down at the NC coast this past
weekend-- not all that far from Charleston, SC-- so we took a ferry part of
the way, and then drove on down to see Bob's opening for his Barbados
chattel house images ("The Spirit of Place . . . ") at the City Gallery at
Waterfront Park, overlooking the Charleston Harbor.  Bob's
platinum/palladium images, up to 20x24, are spectacular-- really stunning--
from the exquisite printing to the presentation.  I was in awe.  I'm also
thinking Barbados must have the most beautiful light ever, or Bob went out
only when there was perfect light-- and it's all translated perfectly in his
imagery.  The opening was packed, with people of all ages actually engaged
with the work-- which is always refreshing to see.  They even had a model of
a chattel house installed.  There were equally intriguing images from Julia
Cart, a Charleston native, who has documented similar chattel houses along
the SC coast.  I was also impressed w
 ith some of her quite large images, printed softly on vellum, and hung
simply on wire, so you could just walk back and forth through them.  It's a
wonderful exhibition, which offers so much history-- on through October I
*think" --  and definitely worth a trip if you're in or near the area.  Bob
has a beautifully reproduced book of this work, too.

Oh-- and right around the corner from the Gallery (actually, right around
every corner in Charleston, it seems) is this terrific little bar/cafe--
East Bay Meeting House-- which has great beer offerings, Hendricks gin, and
amazing tapas.

To get a chance to meet Bob and talk with him was so much fun.  I've not met
that many people on the List, but I'm always curious as to what List members
are like in real life, after reading their posts for years on end.  I'm
consistently taken aback as they're almost never ever like what I imagine.
I wonder what that means.  We don't write like we talk?  We don't look like
we sound?  I'm not sure, but it's always fun.  Oh.  And Bob is super young
looking and very tall.  And his prints are amazing.  :)
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