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PHOTOMIDWEST FESTIVAL 2014
A CELEBRATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
September 25–October 31 • www.photomidwest.org
Complimentary Event Guide
Hymn Book, Vol. II
Joelle Ford
Calendar of Events
FRE
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Thursday
Sept. 25
Kickoff Reception and Gallery Walk with Juror Wally Mason, 6 pm
Overture Center for the Arts, Galleries I and II, Refreshments Promenade Lounge
p5
Friday
Sept. 26
Film “Somewhere to Disappear” with Alec Soth, and Gallery Walk
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (public $10, free to members)
p6
Fri–Sun
Sept. 26-28
FR E
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Focus Weekend 9 am–10 pm each day (check each session schedule)
PhotoMidwest Studio and other locations in Wisconsin
Saturday
Sept. 27
Film “In No Great Hurry” on Saul Leiter, lecture and reception
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (public $10, free to members)
p9
Thursday
Oct. 2
Yvette Marie Dostatni, Photographer of the Month talk 7 pm
Conventioneers PhotoMidwest Studio
p 16
Monday
Oct. 6
John Lorimer Class, 7 pm (see www.photomidwest.org/education for details)
How To Get Better Photos From Your DSLR, PhotoMidwest Studio
FR E
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Monday
Oct. 6
Norman Seeff Talk and Film, 7–9 pm
Finding You Voice, Living Your Dream, UW-Madison Institute for Discovery
p 16
FR E
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Tuesday
Oct. 7
Norman Seeff Talk and Exhibit, 3:30–6:30
The Power & Passion to Create, Promega
p 16
FR E
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Friday
Oct. 10
Gallery Night
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s celebration of local arts venues
p 17
Suzanne Rose Workshop, 9 am–3 pm Fri, 9–4 Sat and Sun
Photoshop Intensive for Fine Art Photographers, PhotoMidwest Studio
p 17
Fri–Sun
Oct. 10–12
Tuesday
Oct. 14
Steve Wetzel Class, 7 pm (see www.photomidwest.org/education for details)
How To Shoot Star Trails, PhotoMidwest Studio
Fred Ritchin, Lecture and Book Talk, 4 pm
Image War/Image Peace, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
p 17
FR E
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Thursday
Oct. 16
FR E
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Friday
Oct. 17
Robin Chapman & Peter Miller, Book Talk, 7 pm
Mystery & Metaphore: Pairing Photographs & Poems, PhotoMidwest Studio
p 18
FR E
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Sunday
Oct. 19
Kevin Miyazaki Book Talk, 9:30 am
Perimeter–A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan, Madison Central Library
p 18
Wednesday
Oct. 22
George DeWolfe Lecture, 7 pm
The Concept of Interpreted Print, PhotoMidwest Studio
p 18
Thur–Sat
Oct. 23-25
George DeWolfe Workshop, 9 am– 5 pm
The Interpreted Print, PhotoMidwest Studio
p 19
With George DeWolfe in the Field (PhotoMidwest members only), 11 am
Photoshoot at John Muir Memorial Park, Marquette County
p 19
Sunday
Oct. 26
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Welcome to PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
This is the 8th biennial PhotoMidwest Festival offering numerous ways to view, learn about, and appreciate
photography. There are some important changes for this year, both with the event and our own organization. As
we expand our geographic reach and our mission, the former Center for Photography at Madison has officially
taken the name PhotoMidwest.
At the start of the Festival we added Focus Weekend–an intensive three-day series of lectures, workshops, photography field trips and two films. To participate in Focus Weekend, attendees must purchase either a two-day
or three-day pass and select a morning and an afternoon session. The regularly scheduled photography classes
continue through October at the PhotoMidwest Studio (formerly CPM) on Paterson Street in Madison.
We are grateful to the organizations joining us this year as sponsors and partners: the Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art (MMoCA), the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW–Madison, the Overture
Center for the Performing Arts, Isthmus, the Society for Photographic Education and FlakPhoto. PhotoMidwest
2014 received generous support from the Madison Arts Commission with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board. PhotoMidwest is an all-volunteer organization with over 200 members. The 2014 Festival is the
product of 18 months of planning by our Festival committee consisting of: Ken Halfmann, Richard Linton, B.
Tracy Madison, Paul Nylander, Franklynn Peterson, Rebecca Power, and Mike Rausch. Without them, the 2014
PhotoMidwest Festival would not be a reality.
Bill Pielsticker, 2014 PhotoMidwest President and Festival Committee Chair
This project is funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission with additional
funds from Wisconsin Arts Board.
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Focus Weekend (FW) Friday, Sept. 26–Sunday, Sept. 28
This year’s PhotoMidwest Festival opens with a new idea—the Focus Weekend. The Focus Weekend is a concentrated weekend of workshops,
discussions and photoshoots. A two-day or three-day Focus Weekend pass is required for all events. The three–day pass is for the entire weekend, and the two day pass is for Saturday–Sunday. Tickets to individual sessions are not available. When purchasing a pass, participants will be
able to select a morning and an afternoon session for the selected pass. Passes include admission to both evening film screenings. Some sessions have limited enrollments, and event registration is first come, first serve. For complete and current information on events, registration and
focus weekend passes visit www.photomidwest.org/festival/focus-weekend
Sunday
9/28
Saturday
9/27
Friday
9/26
Early
Morning Session
9:00–12:00
Wet Plate Workshop
Gayle Stevens
Brewery Photoshoot
Ale Asylum
Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:00–4:00
Portfolio Review School
Jurors: Wally Mason, Sarah
Stankey, and Paul Henning
Alternography Lectures:
Stock Photography Today;
Gayle Stevens: Wet Plate
Documentary Changes/ChalVicki Reed: Altered Views
lenges Panel
Street Photoshoot: Farmer’s Market
iPhoneography Workshop
Curator for a Day Workshop: Behind the Scenes
Andy Kraushaar and Martha Glowacki
Dinner
Evening
6:00–Late
Alec Soth
Tour and Film
“Somewhere
to Disappear”
Evening Reception &
Saul Leiter’s Film “In
No Great Hurry”
Pierre Stevenson: A Narrative
Society for Creative
Pierre StevenPhotographer’s Toolbox
Anachronism Photoshoot
son: Low Light
Mickey Kienitz:
Studio Photography
Workshop
Drone Photography
Workstations
Landscape Photoshoot, Malcolm Stack Foundation
Cave of the Mounds Photoshoot
Focus Weekend Passes
• 3-day passes for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
• 2-day passes for Saturday and Sunday events
Regular Pricing
three-day $199 / 2–day $159
PhotoMidwest/CPM Members
3-day $149
2-day$119
Focus Weekend (FW) event
­descriptions are found in this
guide on pp. 5–9 and pp. 14–15.
Register online at www.photomidwest.org/festival
Focus Weekend
JUROR’S TALK: PhotoMidwest Exhibit opening and juror’s talk, Thursday, Sept. 25 Overture Center, Galleries 1 & 2, 6:15 pm
Reception Promenade Lounge, 6–9 p.m.
Wally Mason (to preview thumbnails of exhibit entries, see pp 10–11)
Wally Mason is the director of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University
of Nebraska and was recently the director and chief curator of the Haggerty
Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From
1996-2007 he was the Director of the University of Maine Museum of Art.
He has curated over 90 exhibitions, most recently: Dark Blue: Water as
Protagonist; The Europeans: Photographs by Tina Barney; Alfred Leslie: The
Killing Cycle..,Philip Guston: Inevitable Finality, The Gemini G.E.L Prints;
The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and a Constructed Identity;
Whatever is There is a Truth: Robert Rauschenberg’s Prints; Berenice Abbott:
Cities Portraits; Prospect of Light: Plastic and Pinhole Images; Jocelyn Lee:
Youth; Millions Taken Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere;
Drawing as Thinking; John Marin’s Maine; Richard Estes: Recent Prints;
Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky: British Pop Art; Being Where: Looking Into Landscape
and The Potential Self: Portrait as Signifier. Prior to moving to the museum world, he taught at Phillips Academy,
Western Michigan University, University of Vermont and University of South Florida. Mason holds a BA from
Beloit College and an MFA from Indiana University.
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP: , Friday, Sept. 26, 9, am–noon.
S. Gayle Stevens: Wet Plate Collodion
S. Gayle Stevens received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago in 1999. She was named one of the Critical Mass Top Fifty
Photographers for 2010. She is an educator, speaker, juror, curator and
an active member of the photographic community. Ms. Stevens has
worked in antiquarian photographic processes for over 15 years. Her
chosen medium is wet plate collodion for its fluidity and individuality.
Wet plate collodion was the state of the art methodology for photographic processing between the 1850s and 1880s. This workshop is
for those new to the wet plate process. Students will be working with
a Holga medium format plastic camera (cameras provided) and wet
plate ambrotype photograms. Topics covered will include setting
up a wet plate darkroom, shooting and processing wet plate images,
finishing plates, and scanning finished plates. All materials will be
provided.
For the most recent information on all PhotoMidwest events,
visit www.photomidwest.org/festival
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Focus Weekend
FW PASS REQUIRED PHOTOSHOOT, Friday, Sept. 27, 9 am–noon, Ale Asylum Brewery
Ale Asylum Photoshoot
Photographers are always looking for inspiration, and the recently
expanded Ale Asylum brewery near the Dane County Regional Airport offers plenty of inspiration. The working portion of the brewery
has several 100 gallon tanks for fermenting and conditioning the beer,
tall ceilings, lots of natural light, mazes of pipes, a bottling line. Head
brewer Chris Riphenburg will host this photo opportunity, providing
access to nearly all parts of the plant. Participants will meet at 9 am at
the PhotoMidwest Studio and carpool to the brewery. The shoot will
end by noon. Participants should bring their photo equipment and
wear shoes suitable for wet slippery surfaces.
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP, Friday, Sept. 26, 1–4 PhotoMidwest Studio
Portfolio Review School Wally Stevens, Sarah Stankey & Paul Henning
Many artists, photographers included, believe it’s worth the cost
to pay for one or more portfolio reviews. However, if you’ve never
had your work reviewed you may not realize the potential benefits of these one-on-one critiques. Such benefits may include
suggestions on improving your work, new areas to explore, opportunities to exhibit work, suggestions on marketing your work,
connecting with others in your field, and more. Artists may also
have questions about who they should request to review their
work. PhotoMidwest’s three-member panel of professional reviewers will evaluate individual portfolios, offering
their own unique perspective. A question-and-answer session will follow the public reviews.
FILM, Friday, Sept. 26, 6 pm–9 pm. MMoCA exhibit, introduction and Film @ 6:30 pm.
Somewhere to Disappear
Somewhere to Disappear chronicles photographer Alec Soth as
he traveled nearly 20,000 miles across the United States for his
project, Broken Manual. Developed over a period of several
years, Broken Manual features images of individuals who have
chosen to establish a life alone and live, as it were, “off the grid.”
Somewhere to Disappear will be introduced by FlakPhoto creator
Andy Adams at 6:30, with the film showing at 7 pm. The event
is co-sponsored by MMoCA and PhotoMidwest. Pass holders,
­MMoCA and PhotoMidwest members are admitted free. Public
welcome, $10 at the door. Focus Weekend pass holders are welcome to join a MMoCA docent guided tour of the Soth exhibit
prior to the showing of the film. Following the film screening,
there will be a public reception at 9 pm at the Madison Central
Library.
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
FW PASS REQUIRED PHOTOSHOOT: Saturday, Sept. 27, 6:30 am-noon
Dane County Farmers’ Market
The Dane County Farmers’ Market is the largest produceronly farmers’ market in the country, meaning that all of the
vendors, about 300 throughout the year roughly 160 participating every Saturday from April through the first week
in November, must grow or make their own products. No
reselling is allowed. Thousands of people attend this iconic
Madison market every week. Participants should gather at
the Starbucks (1 East Main) on the Capital Square prior to
heading across the street to the market.
FW PASS REQUIRED LECTURE: Saturday, Sept. 27, 9 am-10:30 am, Tamarack Gallery, Madison
S. Gayle Stevens Disappearance: Another Silent Spring
S. Gayle Stevens most recent series of photographs,
Flight Forest Disappearance, was inspired by Rachel
Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring. That title referred to
the silence of the birds due to the pesticide DDT. In 2014
pesticides and the related loss of habitat continue to
endanger the pollinators and the birds. Individual plates
and installation views represent each of the series. Flight
illustrates habitat loss endangering several bird species. Forest illustrates deforestation due to over cutting
or development, and Disappearance evokes the colony
collapse disorder of pollinators. It is Stevens’ intention
to create further awareness of these issues through her
installations.
For the most recent information on all PhotoMidwest events,
visit www.photomidwest.org/festival
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Focus Weekend
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP Curator for a Day,Saturday, Sept. 27 9 am–4 pm, Wisconsin Historical Society
Martha Glowacki and Andy Kraushaar
This two-session workshop will provide insight and understanding about the tasks of curators today. The morning session is hosted by Andy Kraushaar, curator of visual materials at the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS). Since 2001, Kraushaar is responsible for
promoting public appreciation, understanding, and use of the of visual materials, including photographs. He will guide participants through the WHS visual materials archive,
describing the range of tasks and the knowledge he brings to bear in the course of his
work. The second session is hosted by Martha Glowacki, director of the Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery. Glowacki has been a curator, exhibition designer, and grant
writer/fund raiser for the Watrous Gallery since it opened in 2004. Along with sharing the
Watrous Gallery’s archive and her responsibilities there, Glowacki will also address the
advantages and potential conflicts between the two roles.
FW PASS REQUIRED LECTURE: Saturday, Sept. 27, 10:30–noon, Tamarack Gallery, Madison
Vicki Reed Altered Views
Vicki Reed has explored many alternative processes during her 30 years working with photography. She began her career as a photojournalist where capturing
a place, person or event accurately was important. Now she is more interested in
capturing a mood or idea and manipulation is fair game. She will share work and
ideas centered around lith printing, encaustic, photogravure, lumen prints and
cyanotype. She also will discuss the impact that digital technology has had on the
practice of some of these alternative methods. Reed is represented by Unlimited
Grain Gallery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. An image from her series, The Growing
Season, was purchased by the Racine Art Museum for their permanent collection.
Ice Crystals, a video she captured several years ago on the shores of Lake Michigan
was recently acquired by the National Geographic Channel.
FW PASS REQUIRED LECTURE: Saturday, Sept. 27, 1 pm–2:30 pm Tamarack Gallery, Madison
Franklynn Peterson Stock Photography Today
PhotoMidwest member Franklynn Peterson will present a Rohn Engh Lecture on Stock
Photography for Extra Revenue. Rohn Engh is a veteran stock photographer, author and
publisher. Many photographers have gotten their start thanks to his seminars. He was publisher of PHOTODAILY, a marketletter that provides stock photographers with daily current photo needs of specific markets. His popular book series, “Sell & ReSell Your Photos”
(Writers Digest Books) (Amazon.com). has helped many photographers break into stock
photography to earn a part-time income, or to join the ranks of full-time pros. Rohn Engh
died unexpectedly in August. This lecture is intended to honor his long and remarkable
career.
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
FW PASS REQUIRED PANEL DISCUSSION Saturday, Sept. 27, 2:30 pm–4 Tamarack Gallery, Madison
Craig Schreiner et al Photojournalism: Changes & Challenges
Photo by Peter Patau from Signs of Protest
Access to documentary images and the stories they tell is practically unlimited
today. However, photojournalists and documentary photographers have needed to
navigate waves of the rapid change in what they’re being asked to produce and how
their work is funded. How have photographers adapted to these changes? What have
been some of their greatest challenges? What opportunities do new media have to
offer photographers interested in documenting and narrating important stories? A
panel of photojournalists moderated by photographer and teacher Craig Schreiner
will explore these questions and what they mean for photographers interested in
documentary work. This panel will leave participants with a better understanding of
photography and its role in the documentary media landscape.
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP Saturday, Sept. 27, 1–4 pm, PhotoMidwest Studio
Suzanne Rose iPhoneography
During this workshop Suzanne Rose will share her complete portable m
­ indset
of iPhoneography by revealing how to develop a concrete photographic
­practice from capture to print through innovative workflows with a fine art
approach.
Please arrive with iPhones fully powered and preloaded with the required
camera and editing apps. A full list of required apps and equipment suggestions will be sent directly to participants via email prior. In addition to classroom time, field trips will be part of this workshop. All iPhones and iPads are
welcome. Open to all skill levels.
FW RECEPTION, LECTURE AND FILM Saturday, Sept. 27, 5 pm–9 pm MMoCA
James Rehm on Saul Leiter and film “In No Great Hurry”
In No Great Hurry is a documentary film on one of the 20th
century’s most beloved street photographers, Saul Leiter
(1923–2013). Leiter, a contemporary of Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon could have been celebrated as the great pioneer of
color photography long ago (his fashion work was published in
Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire), but he was never driven by the
lure of conventional success. Instead he preferred to drink coffee
and photograph in his own way, amassing an archive of work
piled high in his New York City apartment. In No Great Hurry
follows Saul as he deals with the burden of clearing a houseful of
memories, becoming world-famous in his eighties. The event is
co-sponsored by MMoCA and PhotoMidwest. Pass holders, MMoCA and PhotoMidwest members are admitted
free. Public welcome, $10 at the door.
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014 Invitational Juried Exhibit
The PhotoMidwest Invitational Juried Exhibit is co-sponsored this year by PhotoMidwest (formerly the Center for Photography at Madison)
and the Overture Center for the Arts. This is the first year the guidelines for the exhibition required that either the artist live in or the subject
of the photograph be about the 13 Midwestern states included in the scope of the PhotoMidwest. The 2014 juror was Wally Mason, formerly
the director of the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University.
Forty-two works were juried into this year’s exhibit. Thumbnail images of these works are on these center two pages. The exhibit is in
Galleries 1 and 2 at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison Sept. 25–Nov. 30, 2014. An opening reception and Juror’s Talk is on Sept.
25, from 6–9 pm at the Overture Center.
ANN THERING
ANN CONNOR
DONALD KOUBA
ANNE CONNOR
B. TRACY MADISON
CHARLES PERE
JAMES THORNBERRY
JEFF BURK
BRENDAN HOFFMAN
ANNE NYE
THOMAS JACKSON
MICHAEL KNAPSTEIN
JOELLE FORD
BRENT ALDRICH
DONALD SYLVESTER
ELI DURST
LISA MARIE STEVENS
DIANE HAMMER
ANNE CONNOR
ANNE NYE
ELI DURST
DONALD KOUBA
PAM HEANEY
RON WIECKI
LOIS BIELEFELD
JAMES THORNBERRY
PETER PATAU
LOIS BIELEFELD
THOMAS JACKSON
SUZANNE ROSE
KAY GUNDLACH
ELI DURST
MATTHEW HAYNER
THOMAS JACKSON
GARY WAHL
PETER HEWSON
ZACH FELTS
JOHN KALSON
HELENE MCAULLY
BRYAN STEIF
RON WIECKI
BRENT ALDRICH
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Group and Individual Exhibits
Exhibitor and Venue
Stacey Meanwell
Attic Angel Place
8301 Old Sauk Rd., Madison, WI
Reece Donihi & Paul Thoreson
Blue Spoon Café
550 Water St., Prairie du Sac, WI
Focal Flame
Capital Lakes Retirement Center
333 W. Main, Madison, WI
Jack Long
Lakefront on Langdon Gallery
800 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Suzanne Rose
PhotoMidwest Gallery
303 S. Paterson, Suite. 2-D
Madison, WI
Yvette Marie Dostatni
PhotoMidwest Gallery
303 S. Paterson, Suite. 2-D
Madison, WI
Alternography Interest Group
Fair Trade Coffee House
418 State St., Madison WI
Signature Seven Photo Group
Lowell Conference Center
610 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Dates
Sept. 9–Oct. 25
Title and Information
Worlds Seldom Seen
Sept. 1–Oct. 31
Black and White Photos
Oct. 11–Nov. 30
Madison in Motion
Sept. 12–Oct. 21
A Brief Moment of Perfection
Reception Sept. 20 from 8-10pm
Sept. 3–Sept. 30
Night Visions
Oct. 2–Oct. 31
Conventioneers
Opening reception: Oct. 2, 7–9 pm
Gallery Night, Oct. 10, 5–9 pm
Aug. 10–Oct. 30
Grounds for Development
Sept. 1–Oct. 31
The American Landscape–Seven Perspectives
­Reception Lowell Lobby, Sept. 21, 1–3 pm
Travel Interest Group
UW Pyle Center, 3rd Floor
702 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Don Sylvester
Driftless Studio
214 State St., Madison WI
Focal Flame
UW Hospitals and Clinics
600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI
FlakPhoto
Madison Central Library
201 West Mifflin
Madison, WI
Hillary Quella, Carolyn Knorr, et al
UW Hospital and Clinics
600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI
Carol Chase Bjerke
Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
Sept. 27–Oct. 30
Journeys: The Photographic Journeys of the
­PhotoMidwest Travel Interest Group
October
My Madison
Oct. 4–Nov. 1
Madison in Motion
Sept. 26–Oct. 30
Midwest Print Show
Opening Reception at the Madison Central
­Library Sept. 26, 9 pm
Oct. 4–Nov. 1
Monochrome
Sept.12–Nov. 2
Touch/Stones
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Additional exhibits are listed at www.photomidwest.org/festival/exhibits
Exhibitor and Venue
Patricia Delker et al
Commonwealth Gallery, 100 S. Baldwin
3rd Floor, Madison, WI
Rebecca Power
Silverwood County Park, Edgerton, WI
Dates
Oct. 7–30
Title and Information
Interstate 90 and 34
Reception Oct. 16, 6:30–9:30 pm
Aug. 21–April 1
Thomas Ferella
Silverwood County Park, Edgerton, WI
Aug. 21–April 1
Carolyn S. Knorr
Prairie Café and Bakery
6702 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave.
Middleton, WI
Norman Seeff
Promega BioPharmaceutical Technology
Center
5445 East Cheryl Parkway, Fitchburg, WI
Franklynn Peterson
Social Justice Center
1202 Williamson St., Madison, WI
Starlight Tews and Laura Werner
Tamarack Studio
849 E. Washington Ave, Suite 102
Madison, WI
Women’s Interest Group
UW Pyle Center, 1st Floor
702 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Human Interest Group
UW Pyle Center, 2nd Floor
702 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Paul Vanderbilt
Watrous Gallery
Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street 3rd Floor, Madison, WI
Black & White Group
Pyle Center 2nd Floor
702 Langdon St., Madison, WI
Southwest Six
Pasquals at Hilldale
670 N Midvale, Madison, WI
Mike Engelberger, Kurt Westbrook and
Sean Lamb, Lakeside Street Coffee House
402 W. Lakeside St., Madison, WI
October
Visions of Albion
Viewing by appointment only
[email protected]
Terra Externa
Viewing by appointment only
[email protected]
Rain and Fog
The Power and Passion To Create: Photography
and Film Sessions
Exhibit hours weekdays, 8 am–4 pm
Reception Tuesday, Oct. 7, 4:30–6:30
Oct. 1–Jan. 1, 2015 Injustice: The Evidence
For hours call 608-227-0206
September and
October
Oct. 10–Oct. 24
Synergy–A Fusion of Nature, Yoga &
Photography
Sept. 28–Oct. 31
Perspectives
Reception Oct. 12, 1–3 pm
Sept. 6–Oct. 31
The Performing Arts
Reception Oct. 12 1–3
Sept. 12–Nov. 2
The Archive as a River: Paul Vanderbilt and
Photography; cosponsored with Wisconsin Historical Society–Reception Sunday
Sept. 14, 1-4.
Our Vision
Reception Oct. 12, 1–3
Sept. 7–Oct. 30
Sept. 26–Oct. 31
Southwest Six: Featuring the diversity of the
American Southwest
Sept. 15–Oct. 30
Untitled
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Focus Weekend
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP Sunday, Sept. 28, 9 am–Noon, Tamarack Gallery
Pierre Stevenson A Narrative Photographer’s Toolbox
Start the day hanging out with Pierre in a casual environment as he
shares a wide variety of images from commercial, to fine art, portraiture,
underwater, weddings and photojournalism and walks you through how
he created each. Pierre will share his thought process and how he decides what tools and skills to use based upon the story he is trying to tell.
Then participants will work in small groups to capture a very specific
predetermined message. The goal is to encourage you as the artist to
not simply get to know how to use your gear and knowledge, but, more
importantly, when to use them to enhance the storytelling.
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP, Sunday, Sept. 28, 9 am–noon, PhotoMidwest Studio
Mickey Kienitz: Drone Workshop
Drones allow unique views when shooting photography and video. For
less than $1,500 you can shoot HD video and high resolution photography with stunning results. This workshop will discuss how to set up a
system for drone photography and how to optimize your GoPro camera
with custom lenses. If you’ve considered purchasing a drone, this will
help you to understand the good the bad and the ugly of flying a low cost
drone for video and photography. Numerous examples of drone photography and video will be shown and weather permitting the end of the
workshop will feature an actual drone flight. Michael Kienitz traditional
photography has appeared in Life, Time, Newsweek and other major publications worldwide. He is an electronic imaging instructor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
FW PASS REQUIRED WORKSHOP Sunday, Sept. 28, 12:30 pm–5 pm, PhotoMidwest Studio
John Lorimer et al Studio Photography Workstations
Students will be divided into three small groups and the group will rotate through
three different studio lighting environments. They include studio monolights, taught
by professional photographer Debbie Borth; speedlites, taught by professional photographer John Lorimer; and shooting macro in the studio, taught by professional
photographer Sean Lamb. Each of the modules will be 90 minutes long and will give
students hands on experience using the equipment with their own cameras. The
monolight and speedlite modules will involve shooting live models. In each module
students will work with professional equipment to create quality photographs. Small
group size will guarantee personal attention and maximum hands-on participation.
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
FW PASS REQUIRED PHOTOSHOOT Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 pm–6 pm, Ridgeway and Cave of the Mounds
Landscape Photoshoot
This two-tiered photoshoot gives photographers the opportunity to interpret two very
different landscapes. The first stop is at the Malcolm Stack Foundation property near
Ridgeway in Iowa County. The Foundation land is home to spectacular pine relics, soaring sandstone cliffs, numerous rock outcrops and shallow caves and rock shelters. The
rocky outcrops have protected the pine relics from fire, resulting in quite aged trees and
allowing for regeneration. The second site the Cave of the Mounds, in Blue Mounds.
Cave of the Mounds, a National Natural Landmark, has been identified as the most
beautiful cave in the upper Midwest, and is commonly referred to as the jewel box of
America’s major show caves for the variety and delicacy of its formations. Participants
will depart for the shoot from the PhotoMidwest Studio.
FW PASS REQUIRED PHOTOSHOOT Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 pm–5 pm, Wingra Park, 824 Knickerbocker St.
Society for Creative Anachronism
This photoshoot will take place at Wingra Park (see map p 23) during a full
dress event of the Madison chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating the arts and skills of pre-17th century Europe. The Madison chapter is
among the most active in the US and has earned a reputation for excelling
in creativity. It is suggested photographers on this shoot use model releases.
PhotoMidwest members James Thornberry and Franklynn Peterson will
have them available. In case of rain, this event will be held at the UW-Madison Stock Pavilion.
FW PASS REQUIRED SEMINAR, Sunday, Sept. 28, 7 pm–9 pm, Tamarack Gallery
Pierre Stevenson 100,000 ISO
As technology continues to advance so does a photographer’s capabilities. Pierre
Stevenson will conduct this seminar that delves into a world of mood, color, texture,
and diminished lighting and learn how to master it. Participants will explore no–flash
weddings and sessions, the power of one light, alternative lighting, extreme ISOs and
dynamic range, moving beyond one light applications, trade-offs and rail shooting
without a tripod.
For the most recent information on all PhotoMidwest events,
visit www.photomidwest.org/festival
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
PHOTOMIDWEST PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE MONTH, Thursday, Oct. 2, 5-7 pm PhotoMidwest Studio
Yvette Dostatni Conventioneers
Since 2002, Yvette Marie Dostatni has been investigating conventions. She has photographed everything from the bizarre, such as the Player’s Ball for pimps and prostitutes, to the decidedly dull, the Korean American Dry-cleaners Association
Convention. Conventions are pulsating living time frames of eccentric individuals
who are living out their fantasies, dreams and aspirations. They are for the most part
undocumented. It is a microcosm of American society. It is an alternative to the daily
process of living. Because the world becomes a more isolated place in which people
communicate by email and text message, the gatherings of people of similar tastes,
ideals and styles is more important than ever. Dostatni will discuss this as well as her work in her Photographer
of the Month presentation at the PhotoMidwest Studio. Dostatni began her career as a photojournalist for the
Northwest Indiana Times. Her work has been published in National Geographic Magazine and Esquire. In 2012
she was one of 20 American photographers invited to Lishui Photo Festival in China.
TALK AND FILM Monday, Oct. 6, 7–9 pm, Henry DeLuca Forum, UW Institute for Discovery
Norman Seeff Finding You Voice, Living Your Dream
TALK AND EXHIBIT, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7 pm, Promega BioPharmaceutical Technical Center, Fitchburg, WI
The Power and Passion to Create: Photography and Filmed Sessions
Norman Seeff, a native South African who moved to the United States in 1969, is a physician turned internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker. Seeff ’s talk Monday
evening,Finding You Voice, Living Your Dream, followed by a screening of his documentary,
The Triumph of the Dream. He has been documenting the inner dynamics and outer expressions of the creative process with hundreds of artists and innovators for close to four
decades. As a result, he has identified a seven-stage archetypal map of how the creative
process unfolded that appeared relevant to all creative endeavors across multiple disciplines.
The film is the result of the time Seeff spent working with a team of NASA scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California as they prepared to land the two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on Mars. It reveals the power of imagination and the drive to dream and vision the future, as the ultimate
source of all creation. In this session, we will screen the film and Seeff will facilitate an audience dialog around
the practical elements of his seven-stage creative dynamic in action.
On Tuesday at Promega, Seeff will give a talk titled The Power and Passion to Create expanding on his theme
on the dynamic process of creativity. He will discuss his exhibit, The Power and Passion to Create: Photography
and Film Sessions, and present several short films illustrating his creative journey and his work with scientists. A
reception from 4:30–6:30 pm at Promega precedes Seeff ’s talk.
For the most recent information on all PhotoMidwest events,
visit www.photomidwest.org/festival
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A Celebration of Photographic Arts
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXHIBITS, Friday, Oct. 10, 5-9 pm, Various galleries and other venues (pp 12–13)
MMoCA Gallery Night
Showcasing the city’s vibrant arts community, Gallery Night is a long-time
Madison tradition. Organized each spring and fall by MMoCA, Gallery
Night offers art lovers and art novices alike, an opportunity to enjoy a
wide variety of exhibitions, opening receptions, special events, demonstrations, and refreshments at venues throughout the city. The Oct. 10
event includes five venues featuring PhotoMidwest photographers. At
the ­Watrous Gallery at the Overture Center for Performing Arts is Paul
Vanderbilt’s The Archive as a River. The UW Hospitals and Clinics are featuring the Focal Flame Group’s Madison in Motion. Yvette Dostatni’s Conventioneers is at the PhotoMidwest Studio gallery, and the Driftless Studio
is exhibiting Don Sylvester’s My Madison. For addition exhibit information Photo of Paul Vanderbilt courtesy
Wisconsin Historical Society
see pp. 12-13 of this guide.
WORKSHOP, Fri–Sun, Oct. 10–12, Friday 9 am–3 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am–4 pm, $355 Members, $395 Regular
Suzanne Rose Photoshop Intensive for Fine Art Photographers
This intensive three-day workshop will guide serious photographers through the
instructor’s personal post-processing workflow with Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop CS6 and the new Tony Kuyper actions panel. The demystification of Tony
Kuyper’s newest action panel will be a highlight of the workshop. This workshop is
especially designed for those looking to not only expand their personal knowledge
of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw and the TK panel but to also establish
a high-quality personal capture and post-processing workflow. Participants are
asked to bring a laptop with Photoshop CS5 or later and the TK action panel, as
well as 10-12 personal prints to share and three RAW capture files of their most successful images. Register for
this workshop at www.photomidwest.org/festival.
BOOK TALK AND LECTURE Thursday, Oct. 16, 4 pm, Phillips Auditorium, Elvehjem Building, Chazen Art Museum
Fred Ritchin Image War/Image Peace
Fred Richin, dean of the school at the International Center for Photography, will
discuss how photographic images can be used to affect positive societal changes. The
older paradigm for photojournalists was to simply record events with the hope that
people and their governments would be moved to respond to the injustices pictured.
Given evolving media and political climates, however, including the billions of images
now available online from all kinds of sources, the purpose and effectiveness of media,
in particular of visual journalism, has been called into question. Ritchin’s book, Bending the Frame, addresses the new and emerging potentials for visual media to impact
society on which Ritchin will elaborate during his lecture. Following the presentation,
PhotoMidwest and the Society for Photographic Education will host a reception for
Ritchin at Tripp Commons in the UW Memorial Union from 5-7:30. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Society
for Photograhic Education (SPE) and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the UW–Madison.
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PhotoMidwest Festival 2014
BOOK TALK Friday, Oct. 17, 7 pm PhotoMidwest Studio
Robin Chapman & Peter Miller Mystery and Metaphor
Robin Chapman is the author of 12 books of poetry. Peter Miller is one of the
few contemporary practitioners of photogravure etching and has published 300
editions of his etchings executed in a semi-abstract style combining the 500year European intaglio tradition with Zen minimalist aesthetics. Their book,
Dappled Things, pairs Chapman’s poetry with the photogravures of Miller.
These two collaborators will discuss the correspondence between graphic and
poetic imaginations and about the role chance plays in creative projects. The
Hopkins-like soundscape of Chapman’s keenly observed poetry of her Wisconsin surroundings resonates with Peter Miller’s landscapes of Japan and Asia.
This talk, as well as Kevin Miyazaki’s book talk on Sunday, Oct. 19 are part of
Madison Public Library’s Wisconsin Book Festival.
BOOK TALK Sunday, Oct. 19, 9:30 am, Madison Central Library
Kevin Miyazaki, Perspectives
Commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University to create photographs reflecting the importance of freshwater, Milwaukee-based photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki embarked on a two-week, 1,800-mile drive around Lake Michigan. The result of this
journey is his book, Perspectives, Miyazaki set up his portable studio on beaches, in parks,
on boat docks, and in backyards, photographing those he met along the way. From residents,
environmental scientists, and artists to a Native American water rights advocate, surfers, and
commercial fishermen, Lake Michigan holds a powerful place in their lives. Miyazaki’s work
has appeared in Martha Stewart Living, Travel + Leisure, Midwest Living, and The New York
Times Magazine. His series Camp Home, in which he documents the reuse of Japanese internment camp barracks from World War II, has been exhibited at the Photo Center NW and SOIL Gallery in Seattle, the RayKo
Photo Center in San Francisco, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the Madison Museum of Contemporary
Art, and the James Watrous Gallery in Madison. His talk is part of the Madison Public Library’s Wisconsin Book
Festival.
LECTURE Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7 pm, PhotoMidwest Studio
George DeWolfe, Concepts of the Interpreted Photograph
In the past 20 years teaching the B&W Master Print and Digital Fine Print, George
­DeWolfe noticed a creative gap among students in the production of prints that has nothing to do with technical or aesthetic concerns. This is the visualization of what a photograph can be at the moment of exposure and realizing this image through to the print
stage. The difficulty comes when one deviates from what is normal in front of the camera
and how to change that into something that has presence, mystery, mood, light, or any
other quality. A print that has this changed character other than the original representational image is called the Interpreted Print. DeWolfe talks about a workflow to realize an
interpreted print.
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A Celebration of Photographic Arts
WORKSHOP Thursday–Saturday, Oct. 23-25, 9 am–5 pm, PhotoMidwest Studio, $355 Members, $395 Regular
George DeWolfe, The Interpreted Photograph
This three-day workshop expands on the themes of George DeWolfe’s
Oct. 22 lecture. (DeWolfe presented the original Interpreted Photograph Workshop in Santa Fe in 2013.) It provides participants the
skills necessary to flow from visualizing what a photograph can be
from the moment of exposure, changing the character of the image
from the original representational one to an Interpreted Photograph.
Knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop is essential for participants
in this workshop. Students will also use the Color Efex Pro 4 and
Silver Efex Pro 2 software and will be introduced to Corel Painter 12.
The workflow over the course of the workshop will take students from
the visualization of the image through digital darkroom techniques
creating variations of mood, light, presence, color saturation, hue manipulation and abstraction. Registration for this workshop is on-line
at www.photomidwest.org/festival.
FIELD TRIP AND PHOTOSHOOT Sunday, Oct. 26, Noon departure from PhotoMidwest Studio (PhotoMidwest members only)
George DeWolfe, John Muir Memorial Park
Renowned landscape photographer George DeWolfe will lead a membersonly field trip to the John Muir County Park in Marquette County. See
how DeWolfe would approach this landscape the first time he visits it. John
Muir, renowned “Father of the National Park System” and first president
of the Sierra Club, moved from Scotland to Marquette County, Wisconsin
at the age of 11. The family farmstead included a portion of what is now
the County Park. Now a State Natural Area and restored prairie and oak
savanna, come and experience what Muir called his “Wisconsin wilderness.” This field trip will depart from the
PhotoMidwest Studio parking lot at noon on Sunday, Oct. 26 for the one-hour drive to the park. If the weather
cooperates, the fall colors should be at or near peak. We anticipate remaining at the park until sunset. Car-sharing to and from the park is encouraged. This trip will go on rain or shine.
For the most recent information on all PhotoMidwest events,
visit www.photomidwest.org/festival
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C. S. Knorr Photography
Exhibiting in October 2014
The Pyle Center-Madison
The Prairie Café-Middleton
Pasqual’s-Monroe Street
The Premiere of Lake Windsor
UW Hospital Surgical Waiting Room
The American Landscape:
Seven Perspectives
Contact: [email protected]
Landscape images by 7 local photographers
who work together to develop their signature
styles. Exhibit demonstrates the varying styles.
Reception at the Lowell Center (lobby), 610
Langdon Street, on September 21st, 1-3 p.m.
“Southwest Six”
Featuring the diversity of the
American Southwest as experienced
by six photographers.
September 26th – October 31st
Pasquals at Hilldale
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Paul Thoresen and Reece Donihi
The Blue Spoon Café
Prairie du Sac,WI
From 9-1-14 to 10-31-14
For Info:
Reece Donihi
[email protected]
Paul Thoresen
[email protected]
Black and White Group
20 Photographers at
Pyle Center 2nd floor
From 9-7-14 to 10-30-14
Reception 10-12-2014 1-3
For Info:
Reece Donihi
[email protected] or
Wayne Brabender
[email protected]
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Additional Festival Venues
Ale Asylum
2002 Pankratz St., Madison
Lake Wingra Park
824 Knickerbocker St., Madison
Promega
5445 E. Cherry Pkwy., Fitchburg
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Who we are
PhotoMidwest was founded in 1998 as The Center
for Photography at Madison to provide a home
for photographic advancement in Madison and
southern Wisconsin. Renamed in 2014 to reflect
members interest in the growing Midwestern photographic community, PhotoMidwest and our biennial PhotoMidwest Festival is a volunteer organization providing a rich mix of education programs,
including formal classes and workshops, lectures,
exhibitions, and a series of regularly scheduled informal meetings of members and guests to discuss
a myriad of photography topics.
“
To connect, educate and inspire all
who create, support, and appreciate
photography as a means to personal
expression, throughout the Midwest.
”
— The PhotoMidwest Mission
The Studio is full for the Signs of Protest book release during
PhotoMidwest Festival 2012
Why we are changing
PhotoMidwest Festival 2012 guest photographer Kiera Faber presenting as “Photographer of the Month”
Visit us
The PhotoMidwest gallery is open to the public every
Sunday from 12 - 4 pm, in addition to our “Photographer of the Month” reception on the first Thursday of
each month at 7 pm., and our Third Thursday Lecture,
also at 7 pm.
After 17 years as The Center for Photography at Madison, why did we decide to change our name to PhotoMidwest? It wasn’t an easy decision. The Midwest
is a large area, and although there are many active
groups dedicated to photography, they are largely
disconnected.
There are hundreds of professional photography educators in the region, but their talents remain largely
focused in their local communities. Through our biennial PhotoMidwest Festival we’ve tried for many years
to start a conversation within the region; but once
every two years isn’t enough. We need to step up our
own game, to become the change we want to see.
www.PhotoMidwest.org for more information
PhotoMidwest
303 S. Paterson Street. Suite 2–D
Madison, WI 53703