2 Photographers Works In Progress: Ron - Polaroid Work and Truth From Perceptions

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Ron - Polaroid Work and Truth From Perceptions

Self Portrait

I am exploring making images using Polaroid cameras (a Polaroid 420 and a Spectra 2) with Fuji and Impossible Project instant materials.

In the past, Polaroid Type 55 Pos/Neg 4"x5" was my workhorse film. That film has been discontinued for quite some time.

I am excited about the possibilities that I am seeing. With regard to the instant photograph, do I simply have this photograph as the single original or do I scan it and enlarge it through digital printing? These are a couple of questions that I haven't answered yet. Making books of these images is another possibility.

So, here are some recent "Polaroid" photographs and a video by Satch.

9-29-2011

I have completed the first phase of Truth From Perceptions. There are about 135 photographs from which to cull the exhibit. I have made over 500 negatives during the last nine months. Now the editing begins. In some cases I will be presenting differing perspectives and "contact prints" that will show the process by which I came to the final image.  
This project has caused my thinking about my photography to be more focused and I foresee big changes coming. Final decisions and discussion about these changes will come after the exhibit.

2 Photographers Works In Progress?

This is an endeavor that presents 2 Photographers, Ron Kern and Mike Stroup, who are pursuing their own artistic ideals, aesthetics and projects.

About the exhibition:

This exhibition is presented as “works in progress.” The viewer is invited to examine the work that has been developed as part of ongoing larger photographic projects. Therefore the work is presented in a informal manner which enables the viewer to consider and contemplate the work without pretense.

2 Photographers Works In Progress will have at least three prongs:

1) The exhibition hosted by

Midland Arts and Antiques:

December 31, 2011 - February 7, 2012

Our exhibition is a part of IDADA's Super Bowl TURF initiative.

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2) The sharing of our works's process and direction and thoughts about photography via social networking sites and presentations.

3) Creation of a dialog among the 2 Photographers that will inform our work and enrich our artistic experience.

This description is organic and may evolve over time.

Artist Statments

Ron Kern's Statement:

Having studied the art of photography for over twenty five years, I am a self taught photographic artist. My main influences are Robert Frank, David Michael Kennedy, Aaron Siskind, and Ed Ruscha.

I aspire to discover and reveal the spiritual essence and truth of my environment. For me, photography is a vital element of life; it is esoteric and abstract, yet temporal and existent.

Anything at any time can be subject matter. Often I make images as a reaction to the environment in which I find myself or to something that I observe by looking beyond the obvious characteristics and form of a subject, either instantly or over a period of time.

Mike Stroup's Statement:

Travel to a world of shadows and memories, of images that speak of times, people and places long past. Mike Stroup’s mystical photos are not of the literal world, but attempt to create a timeless mood and feel of inner peace and quiet contemplation.