Digital and Gelatin Silver: Hometowns and Beyond, highlights the great changes in the technical processes of photography since the advent of the medium. Classical film and gelatin silver print processes have given way to digital and computer based printing. Photographers Joe Quinlin, working with film, and Linda Williamson working in digital, showcase the exciting possibilities of each process for exceptional beauty and creativity. Both artists focus their lenses on their hometowns, the historic cities of Lowell and Concord.
Joe Quinlin practices traditional black and white photography using a medium format camera with film roughly twice the size of a 35mm negative. He develops the negatives and makes his prints using fiber-based paper in a darkroom. “I focus my camera lens primarily on icons of the past that have weathered the years to remain standing in an ever-changing environment.” This show features photos of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, a building that pre-dates the founding of the city. He is inspired by the work of Walker Evans and Kosti Ruohomaa and originally became interested in photography while working as a newspaper reporter.
Linda Williamson works in both color and black and white digital photography. “Growing up in a town as steeped in beauty as Concord has inspired my life and my work”, she says. “Basically, it is the world and traveling through it that inspires me.” This show includes images from Concord and from her travels. Linda’s interest in photography has grown from an early age when she was given a camera on her 12th birthday. She has felt an urge to document life, friends, births, weddings, etc. “My life just seems to unfold in a series of photographs,” she says.
Digital and Gelatin Silver: Hometowns and Beyond will be showing in the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue, 2nd floor of the A-Mill building, from October 28 through November 22, 2009. An opening reception with the artists will be held on Friday, November 6 from 6pm to 8:30pm. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 4:30pm. For information about the exhibit visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
- Location: Lowell, MA
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