C.R.I.T. at Evie Salon Studio

Saturday February 7th, from 6:00 till 9:00 pm, C.R.I.T. will be having an opening reception of photographic works at Evie Salon Studio in Somerville Massachusetts. Artwork will be on display from February 7th till February 28th.

Image: ©Traverse Day Robinette, Design: ©Nicole Elkins

Evie Salon Studio exhibition includes works by Traverse Day Robinette, Laura Miner, Hannah Bemelmans, Nicole Elkins, Dina Shaposhnikova, Kitty Ethridge, Hannah Engelson and Kate Trenerry.

Laura Miner: Sprinkles

This is a new work in progress in which I photograph sprinkles out of their usual context. They lack a reference of scale and paired with a plain background it manipulates the viewer's understanding of the subject matter.


Sprinkles (Orange and Blue) © Laura Miner  2014

It is difficult to understand how large the subject is, and most observers look for ques in the texture and color to reconcile this. Most believe at first glance that they are jelly beans - if it is edible at all. And while that is still a good guess (a small sugary morsel) the guess isn't small enough. My titles explain it all: Sprinkles.


Sprinkles (Pink) © Laura Miner  2014
 

Sprinkles (Red and White) © Laura Miner  2014

The first photo, Sprinkles (Orange and Blue) was the jumping off point. I had taken photos of sprinkles in various ways to explore their textures and shapes. This photo was the only one during that session where I separated two from the larger group. This image was chosen for a juried show at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA called Massachusetts. The show was simply a selection of new and emerging artists from Massachusetts who work in various mediums. There was something about Orange and Blue that made me add it to three of the sprinkle photos I would submit for that show, and it obviously struck a cord with the jurors too.

Sprinkles (Triple White) © Laura Miner 2014

Sprinkles (Yellow and Green) © Laura Miner 2014

After that I felt encouraged to continue exploring this format: one to three sprinkles having their portrait taken in front of a seamless background. I'm trying out different pairings in size and color, as well as picking out oddities in each individual. The darker pink flecks in Sprinkles (Pink) really struck me. I will continue to pursue this with different angles and lighting.



Traverse Day Robinette: A Thing Called Love

District of Columbia; Part One, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

I want to show a moment in time when I was in love. A time when nothing mattered except to be with this individual. It has been over three years since that summer. I can’t forget this time, nor am I suppose to. 

District of Columbia; Fireworks, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

 Our past is not always something we want to remember yet it is a part of us regardless of what we want. Our memories make us who we are. Saying this doesn’t make it any easier for me to share these images.

New York City; Window, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

 You were always away during the summer and I had to go looking for you. You were pursuing those dreams of yours. I just didn’t know it yet, but I was not in those dreams. 

New York City; Fountain, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

Shadows of a memory are all that remain. You slipped away. We drifted away.

Ponkapoag Shadows, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

Traverse Day Robinette: For Whom the Bell Tolls

February 2011 I went for a long weekend in Hancock Vermont. I had planned on shooting black and white landscapes.  Somehow I forgot my film and only had 10 sheets of 4x5 instant film and a two sheets of slide and two sheets of black and white film in my film holders. Times like these one wonders why does anyone still shoot film.

Self Portrait; For Whom the Bell Tolls, 2011 © Traverse Day Robinette

I did some hiking and a bit of shooting. Mostly I froze my fingers off while trying to make images in the icy woods of Vermont. I made a few instant images at Texas Falls and they were technically off. I had intended to have the scene back lit but my cold hands took so long to set up the shot that the sun actually moved from behind the tree. It is a sad day when the sun moves faster than you. I had two choices, 1) Move my camera to another vantage point and start over or 2) Stay put and make the image shooting straight into the sun. As you have probably have guessed I was not interested in loosing another race to the sun. I must say it was hard for me to let go and make an image where I knew I had given up control.

Snowfall, 2011 © Traverse Day Robinette

Life is a funny thing and photography is no less strange. My photography professor Nick Nixon once said “Make pictures now and ask questions later”. Unfortunately at the time this was of little use, while in college everyone wanted questions answered “now”.  These words have been echoing in the back of my mind since graduation. I consistently find myself photographing without reason or direction of events pertaining to daily life. Answers to these questions seem to surface years later and bring a greater focus to works already made. This is something I had never anticipated to happen.

It Tolls for Thee, 2011 © Traverse Day Robinette

I put these images aside and did not think of them for some time. They represented the scene not as I had wanted them to, but in a totally different manner.   After a year or so I found myself drawn to the quiet beauty they held.  I started to form a story and to think how they were like scenes from “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway. I had brought along this novel while on my trip and I found myself reading in the window. It was snowing outside and in the book. I look at these images from Texas Falls and they represent the snow fall and what was to come.  This sequence was also contrived with the purpose of representing my insecurities with what is before life and after death.

Eric Dietrich: U.S. Naval War College

Eric Dietrich served in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 - 2005 before taking up photography. In 2008, he attended the New England School of Photography studying photojournalism and started working for himself in 2009. In October of 2010 he began working for the U.S. Navy as a mass communication specialist and then became the staff photographer for the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Eric writes, "I worked at the U.S. Naval War College as a staff photographer for much of 2012 and during that time I photographed a number of guest speakers. As I sorted through them later, it occurred to me that I could put together a small collection. Some of the photos are of the style that, if they were of a politician or celebrity, might have graced the pages of a newspaper. In others I tried to capture moments that one might overlook. Altogether, I tried to display a facet of military life that people might never know existed."

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NEWPORT, R.I. (Oct. 23, 2012) Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander, Europe, addresses students from the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) and Senior Enlisted Academy during a visit to the NWC. Above him is a photo of Stavridis with Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 8, 2012) U.S. Naval War College (NWC) Professor Emeritus Porter Halyburton holds up a photo of his wife and daughter during a lecture at the NWC about his time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Halyburton was held captive for seven years in a number of prisons, including the infamous “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hanoi Hilton.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 10, 2012) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Juan Garcia III addresses sailors and Marines during an all-hands meeting at the U.S. Naval War College. Garcia spoke about the 21st Century Sailor and Marine program and the future of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)
 

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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 23, 2012) Audience members listen to Swanee Hunt, the Eleanor Roosevelt lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, deliver her lecture “Inclusive Security: Vital or Vacuous?” at the U.S. Naval War College. Hunt spoke about the importance of including women in security and peace processes. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

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NEWPORT, R.I. (August 29, 2012) Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff and 1997 U.S. Naval War College (NWC) alum, speaks to international students at the NWC. Kawano visited the NWC as part of a weeklong tour of the United States as a guest of the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

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NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 18, 2012) Retired Air Force Master Sgt. John Almeida, 91, is recognized as the oldest service member present during the Air Force’s 65th birthday celebration at the U.S. Naval War College. Almeida is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)