October & November 2008: Ira Gardner

Gornergrat Glacier, Zermatt Switzerland 20x20 Print 2008

Faculty member Ira Gardner is exhibiting for the first time here at SFCC a show entitled "Places I have known" which is a collection of landscape photos taken recently in Switzerland and the Canadian Rockies. Ira started mountain climbing in the Canadian Rockies 20 years ago and now enjoys leisurely hikes with his wife and son.

The images were all photographed on traditional black and white film, scanned and and manipulated for tonal values, and then printed back onto traditional black and white silver paper.

September 2008: R.L. Dietz

R.L. Dietz is presenting a selection of new images from his project : "Uber-Wide Vision"

Pictured here is the home made camera and
and one R.L.'s circular prints. Note the size difference
between the 35mm roll of film and the yellow box of 5"x7" film

R.L. is exhibiting a collection of new landscape photographs. These circular photographs represent a full frame image taken on 5"x7" film with a camera he built himself. By combining a 50mm wide angle lens on a large sheet of film he is capturing all of the light that passes through the lens and in doing so is revealing the true nature of vision. Our eyes see a circle of light instead of the rectangular shapes we've grown accustomed to seeing in the photographic print.

R.L. reminds us how simple photography can be by building a home made light tight box and cutting out an opening for a lens. The scenes he captures may be familiar, but when presented in his wide angle circle format, we learn to appreciate the act of "seeing" all over again.