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Holiday gallery hours

The gallery is open Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 29th & 30th 1-5, or Thursday 1-5.

We are closed on Friday January 1.

We will also be open on Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 2nd & 3rd between 1-5.

Arup Biswas exhibition at the Marjorie Evans Gallery

CPA member Arup Biswas is having a solo exhibition “Whispering Landscapes” at the Marjorie Evans gallery (adjacent to the CPA gallery).

Says Biswas about his work,

In these photographs, I strive to capture a rare intimate conversation with the landscape. Many times I would spend hours in a location before I could listen to the landscape. To [...]

Luminosity catalog

Several people have asked me how they can order a copy of the catalog for the current exhibition. There’s a link on the CPA website, but I’m adding one here as well, hoping that will make it easier to find.

The ImageMakers of Montereyat The Center for Photographic Art on Blurb

Posting CPA members’ exhibition announcements

In response to a request, we’ve decided to start posting CPA members’ exhibition announcements on this blog. I’ve created a new category for such posts. If you’re a member and you’d like your announcement posted, just email the information to webmaster at photography.org. Try and keep the text under three hundred words. If you want [...]

A new home page

We’ve revamped the CPA home page. The old one was just a splash screen that served as a menu for you to choose where you wanted to go. The new one offers a lot of information about the Center and its current programs right up front.

Thanks to Robin Ward for the new home page. Also, [...]

Some background on ImageMakers of Monterey

The ImageMakers of Monterey was formed in April 1996 by a group of fine art photographers on the Monterey Peninsula who wanted to create a venue where they could exchange ideas about the rapidly evolving world of contemporary photography.  They also wanted to review and discuss new work in progress by their fellow artists.  From [...]

List of artists for the upcoming ImageMakers exhibition

Charles Anselmo
Jeffrey Becom
Fred Chamberlain
Rita Costa-Hollmann
Annelies de Kater
Dixie Dixon
Jodie Dodge
Michael Dunn
Richard Garrod
Jerry Ginsburg
David J. Gubernick
Art Haseltine
Louis Hembree
Bert Ihlenfeld
Richard Knepp
Craig Lovell
Robert Nielsen
Jane Olin

Kenneth Parker
Robertson Parkman
Maria Prince
Deborah Rantz
Nancy Raven
Robin Robinson
Tom Schleich
Ernie Schoenhoeffer
Sandy Schoenhoeffer
Roger Smith
Jacqui Turner
Brett Thomas
Tracy Valleau
Jack Wasserbach
Gregory Weeks
Shirley West
Steve Zmak

Auction statistics

Several people have asked for some stats about the auction. I am happy to oblige.

We had 78 works to sell, including the “bonus” picture of Al Weber at Badwater by Jim Ginney.
We sold 40 photographs, for a total on $9925, not including tax.
We will pay commissions of $1006, so the net to Center (before credit [...]

A statement by the ImageMakers of Monterey

Luminosity—The Art of Image-Making

In art, luminosity is often thought of as the quality of light the artwork emanates. Painters use intelligently crafted color and tonal variations to recreate this light. A photographer captures a [...]

The auction

The auction
We had a good group last night for the auction, and sold a lot of great work. It was nice to see old friends and new faces in the room. It was a little disorganized, and I take full responsibility for that. We’re learning. Next year will be better.
Thanks to all who came
Thanks to [...]