Tag Archive for ‘Beauty’
Beauty, Composed: Larry Wolfe
Larry Wolfe’s photos are of beautiful things, cropped and composed and highlighted to show off the subjects’ best qualities … and at the same time, to evoke deeper feelings: serenity (again, see above), joy, inspiration.
The Mystery of Beauty, and Vice Versa: Teresa Magel
Teresa Magel’s work — punctuated with flowers, bees, butterflies and other images of fragile beauty — is a consciously chosen, unironic homage to her view of the feminine ideal, be it in the ballroom or the dance hall.
Practice Makes Perceptive: C. Fred Schoell
Schoell has a strong eye for color, light and balance, and his photos convey those strengths … well, beautifully. For all of that accessibility, though, there’s still a challenge in Schoell’s work, both for the photographer and the viewer. The former is a challenge of presentation, the latter one of perception.
Switching the Price Tags: Misty Gamble
The visual moments in this show all come from a previous generation. Gamble’s ceramic figures (including :”Chanel No. 5,” pictured above in detail) and hand-cast high-heeled pumps are all frozen in the mid-20th century. Hairstyles, color schemes, clothing … it’s all so very Camelot.
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