The Harvest of Research and Image Serendipity

As we think about our own work, coming across images randomly is a joy and a thought twister. This season's harvest:

Dimitri Tsykalov's violent meat in Commando

Offset by Feature Shoot's Food Photography ranging from tasteless to tasteful:

Henry Hargreaves

Jonathon Kambouris

Caren Alpert

Martin Klimas

Sung Yeonju

Stella Exhibition - Chicago Photography Center

Stella Exhibition October 15-16, 2011

Saturday, October 15th photographers Aimee Beaubien and Margaret Wright will be in-residence with the Stella Art Cart giving art advice from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Group exhibition by members of the Stella Collective including Aimee Beaubien, Suzette Bross, Patty Carroll, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Christine Di Thomas, Mary Farmilant, Alice Hargrave, Jean Sousa, and Margaret Wright.

Ponder Food As Love (#1 Figheart)

Ponder Food As Love (#2 Plum)

Ponder Food As Love (#4 Cantaloupe)

We Celebrate Chicago Artists Month

AT THE CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER

Stella, a collective of Chicago photographers, will be in residence on the evening of Friday, October 14th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 15th from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Concurrently an exhibition of their work will be on view, and members of the group will be dispensing free art advice to aspiring photographers. A Friday evening panel discussion entitled Artful Networks will launch the weekend events.

Artful Networks / So You Want to be a Fine Art Photographer

Friday, October 14, 2011

7:00 - 8:00 p.m. (as part of our fall lecture series)

Advice is only good if someone listens. Members of Stella, a Chicago photography collective, will discuss issues, from the practical to the whimsical, related to being a photographer. They will touch on alternative ways to get your work out, the business of being an artist, the energy of a group, and opportunities provided by chance and good fortune. Panelists include Aimee Beaubien, Suzette Bross, Patty Carroll, Barbara Ciurej, and Mary Farmilant.

Stella Exhibition

October 15-16, 2011

Saturday, October 15th photographers Aimee Beaubien and Margaret Wright will be in-residence with the Stella Art Cart giving art advice from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Group exhibition by members of the Stella Collective including Aimee Beaubien, Suzette Bross, Patty Carroll, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Christine Di Thomas, Mary Farmilant, Alice Hargrave, Jean Sousa, and Margaret Wright.

Please note: The Art Cart will be at CPC during the day on Saturday, but not Sunday.