The Panocturnists - Award Winners

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We are happy to have Chris Faust serve as Juror for The Panocturnists exhibit! His commentary follows:

"As a juror this was a difficult group of images to choose from. I've juried on four occasions for various nonprofit galleries, the Ohio Arts Council, And the Minnesota State Fair twice (an average of 800 entries each). This proved to be hard because of the diversity and in some cases the great deal of effort that went into the work.

"As with all jury work, it is subjective. I should probably reveal some of my sensibilities because it may or may not be obvious though the work on my website. I'm not particularly an "ain't nature grand" kind of guy and that kind of work needs to really hold my attention. I prefer more "cultural landscapes" when I go out and make photographs. I'm not limited to rotational images*, but my definition of a panorama is one that gives the feel of the expansive. I have a questioning view of the constructive photograph, the over photoshoped image. I think in the present day, with the use of Photoshop, there is a new trend of "photo illustration" - and we have to recognize a new category in this field and judge this work separately. I'm a film guy and so as a result, my feelings lie there."

*(by rotational I mean cirkut , or widelux type images)


Best of Show:

Under the Fore River Bridge
by Lance Keimig

"This feels to me like a photograph I would have made. It has no real "Photoshop" feel to it. It's fairly formal and monumental and an image that I could appreciate for a long time. It would be nice to see a whole study of maybe 20-30 images."



Honorable Mention:

Intake
by Troy Paiva

"It could have a more expansive feel to it, but I really like the mystery. Again, I would feel very comfortable looking at this image for long time. Each time I look at it, I get something new from it."


Juror Biograph

"My photographs represent a collection of landscapes made over the last eleven years. Part of this work has always dealt with a fascination I have for what has been called cultural landscape. The way that people use private and public landscapes reflects differences in local cultures and marks history.

"Landscapes are constantly changing which has given an urgency to my need to document this change and record the decisive moment. Common subjects that anyone can see on any given day revealed in an uncommon way will remain my particular aspiration."

Chris Faust, Juror
February 2010
www.chrisfaustphoto.com


Your Choices / Thoughts
For participants and viewers alike - Be sure to drop by The Nocturnes NPy Blog - where we will post an announcement on Feb. 19, 2010 - and leave a comment or two (we're sure you'll have some!) re: this exhibit.


And, to see what we might have been looking for read the original Prospectus for this show.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Tim Baskerville, Curator
February 2010
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Best of Show



Under the Fore River Bridge
by Lance Keimig (Boston, MA)

Honorable Mention

Intake
by Troy Paiva (Redwood City, CA)





Chris Faust, Juror





Bay City Milling, Winona, MN 1991
by Chris Faust (St. Paul, MN)

 

Bait Shop, French Island, La Crosse, Wisconsin by Chris Faust