Fall 2013: 'Not Quite Black and White,' photographs by Joe Kashi
by Michelle Saport |
Show: "Not Quite Black and White," photographs by Joe Kashi. Location: arc gallery (UAA/APU Consortium Library, First Floor, Entrance Area) Show dates: Friday, Nov. 8-Friday, Dec. 13 Opening and reception: Friday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Joe Kashi presents full color spectrum photos that, although RGB images, hold an overall
ambience reminiscent of traditional black and white photographs, primarily due to
his choice of subject material and lighting.
These photos are full color spectrum RGB images that nonetheless have an overall ambience reminiscent of traditional black and white photographs, primarily due to choice of subject material and lighting. If you look closely, you will see small areas of bright color, for example, reddish-orange sandstone pebbles among dark grey beach rocks, as well as areas of subtle color wash. I've used this approach as a melding of modern digital imaging and of traditional black and white photography, which conveys a sense of abstraction by eliminating color cues that inform our ordinary view of daily life.
These photos are "what the lens saw" rather than constructed, collaged, or otherwise manipulated beyond basic RAW image processing with Adobe Lightroom 5. Only normal darkroom-type corrections, such as exposure, contrast, color balance correction, and clarity (edge acutance), were made.
Minor White, Sun in Rock, 1947, silver gelatin print
About: Joe Kashi is a trial lawyer in Soldotna, Alaska. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from MIT in 1973 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1976.
He particularly thanks his wife Terese Kashi, Ph.D., for her support and encouragement to resume serious photography after a 25 year hiatus, as well as the University of Alaska, Anchorage, for sharing their gallery space for this exhibition. He would also like to remember in appreciation the late Minor White, who chaired and inspired MIT's creative photography program and with whom he somewhat casually studied fine art photography while pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies in unrelated disciplines.
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