FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE NATURAL WORLD: featuring the work of Rondal Partridge, Christina Seely, Stephen Harrison and Daniel Disipio.
Santa Barbara's East/West Gallery presents a look at man's impact on the natural world through a collection of photographs from the 70's - today.
April 5- May31, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday April 12, 6-9PM
As part of the “Art for Activism” series, 10% of all profits from the exhibition will be donated to Elings Park Foundation a private, non-profit organization that maintains and protects 230 acres of reclaimed land for recreation and preservation in the heart of Santa Barbara's Las Positas "Elings" Park. http://www.elingspark.org
East West Gallery
714 Bond Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Contact: Henri Bristol
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(l.) Stephen Harrison, “Cyclone House” 22” wide x 15” high.
(r.) Christina Seely from LUX series.
East West Gallery presents The Natural World, a photographic examination of human's impact on their natural environment by pointing out the tenuous relationship between man and nature. The understated B/W photographic essays of Rondal Partridge taken in Yosemite National Park, the son of legendary photographer Imogen Cunningham examines the beginning of the environmental movement in the 1970s. In contrast, the contemporary work of Stephen Harrison, who's digitally enhanced "photographs" imagines a world dominated by imposing human constructs, or looming natural disasters, all portrayed in a quiet, almost ambivalent manner. Christina Seely, from her series LUX, documents our ever increasing demand for electric power through her subtle and provocative photographs taken by the artificial glow produced from the 3 brightest (and most energy consuming) regions on our planet. And finally, Daniel Disipio portrays a landscape of abandoned buildings, billboards, and telephone lines, taken with polaroids as if to document a post-apocalyptic event with the noticeable absence of life as we know it. The combination of photographs together present a thought provoking look at our potential path in our involvement with the natural world.
