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The
Photo Continuum Newsletter
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CLASSIC CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
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FEBRUARY
2009
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The Photo Continuum is the next step in the evolution of online
galleries, in artists' growth and achievements, and--most
importantly--the newest opportunity for collectors of photography to
explore work by contemporary artists. We are very pleased to
present bi-monthly exhibitions featuring the work of one of the artists
we represent, as well as the work of guest artists throughout the year.
The seeds for this venture were first sown in the Contact Printers
Guild, a group of dedicated photographers making fine-art contact
prints. Because it was limited to contact prints, the Guild was
not able to include some wonderful photographers and their work, so the
idea of a more inclusive gallery was born. We will expand from
that base and showcase images by committed photographers working
today.
We hope you will continue to explore our gallery on a regular basis to
see some of the finest photography available on the web.
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 Artists Represented
Ray
Bidegain
Ray has been taking photographs his whole adult life. He started in
high school and was immediately drawn to the process and possibilities
of photography. By the end of his senior year, he was photographing
weddings for one of the studios in Tucson, Arizona where he grew up.
Later, while studying commercial photography at Brooks Institute of
Photography, Ray learned, in detail, the technical aspects and craft of
fine photography. He spent the next 20 years working as a commercial
portrait photographer. During this time, he continued his personal
work--photographs made for himself rather than for a client commission.
In 1998, he began printing these personal photographs in
platinum/palladium.
"Finally, I had found a combination of craft that spoke clearly
what I wanted to say. For me, the fine platinum/palladium print is the
perfect expression of my work." Over the last decade, he has
been spending more and more time on personal work and on refining his
printing technique.
To see more of Ray's images, click here.
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 Gerhard
Bock
Gerhard has been involved in photography since the early 1990s. He
started out focusing on the "grand landscape" and nature
untouched by the hand of man, but over the years his interests have
changed and now he photographs everything he finds beautiful, be it in
nature or in the middle of an urban area.
"My goal is to see and capture beauty in all its myriad
forms," he says. "That includes things others find ugly or
mundane. But as long as my pictures cause you to feel something--good
or bad--I have succeeded."
To see more of Gerhard's images, click here.
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 Colin Graham
Colin, living on the NW coast of Washington state, is a photographer
and carpenter extraordinaire. He made the camera and equipment
used for the photographs on his personal website and on the Photo
Continuum website. The two interests mesh well in other ways: Building
things around the Olympic Peninsula has given him the chance to be in
many spectacular places in the cold, rainy, and harsh off season, or in
other words, when the area really shines.
Colin's work is not strictly literal, but still is somewhat grounded:
in cycles of recovery, in views of the coast affected by storms and
seasons, and in the landscape changed by industry and man.
To see more of Colin's images, click here.
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 Patrick Kolb
Patrick's career in photography began more than thirty years ago in the
travel book publishing industry as a photographer and book
designer. Although he started out photographing in color, it was
not long after a chance meeting with Ansel Adams one day in the
foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains that he switched to black and
white photography. These days, Patrick has settled on the art of
platinum printmaking as the last step of his artistic expression.
As he travels around now, he has expanded his vision to accept all
possibilities as subject matter. "With the tools we have
available today and the processes from the past, it is a whole new
life." These days, Patrick continues to use his
traditional approach to a subject to explore the relevance it has
today.
To see more of Patrick's images, click here.
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 Ian
Leake
Ian's nudes celebrate beauty. His work explores the female body;
he looks for the graceful lines, elegant shapes, and subtle shadows
which reveal something special about the person he works with.
His "glimpses" are minimalist compositions, of perhaps the
curve of a back or a hand reaching upwards, offering a gentle
alternative to the sharp, high-contrast imagery that surrounds us in
the modern world.
Ian uses traditional photographic processes: working mainly with
large format film cameras, and making platinum/palladium contact prints
from in-camera or enlarged negatives.
To see more of Ian's images, click here.
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 OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT
The Timeless Beauty of Italy
Platinum prints by Patrick Kolb
We are pleased to show these images by Patrick Kolb and to share his
talent of blending his vision of Italy with his platinum-printing
talents. What could be more fitting for our first show than to
display these platinum prints of such an enduring subject? Each
handcrafted print adds to the whole exhibition to tell a story of Italy
as the artist saw it in 2008.
Please click here to visit our current
show.
Our Guest Artist for March will be David Burbach.
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 Workshops
Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Ray Bidegain
February 21-22, 2009 $325
The Wet Plate Collodion workshop will take place at the University of
Washington campus in Vancouver, Washington. We will spend two
days working with view cameras, making wet plate collodion images; both
Tintypes and Ambrotypes will be attempted. Ray will supply all the
materials and equipment needed--you can just come and learn this
wonderful and historic technique. This will be a very hands-on workshop
and you will leave with several fine images and the knowledge needed to
make more at home. The fee is $ 325 for both days.
Please email
Ray to let him know if you will be able to attend
either of these workshops or if you have any questions.
NOTE: Ray's image "Emogene in Stripes," a 4x5 wet
plate collodion on aluminum (above), is currently hanging at the Museum
of Fine Art in Houston as part of the exhibition titled
"Remembering John Cleary" which will run through May 10, 2009.
Pacific Northwest Photographic Workshop with Ray Bidegain
March 20-22, 2009 $350
Spend three days immersed in photography on the Pacific Coast in
Manzanita, Oregon with photographer Ray Bidegain. Students will have a
chance to work in the landscape and surrounding locations
independently, as well as one-on-one with Ray Bidegain. We will spend
evenings looking at photographs and discussing the techniques and
aesthetics of fine art photography. There will be demonstrations on
platinum printing and wet plate collodion photography. Ray will
photograph with the students to help them individually with questions
on composition, exposure, and camera operations. All formats are
welcome, although demonstrations will be made using a large- format
camera that Ray uses for all his work.
We will all stay together in a big, rustic house right across from the
beach, and the workshop hosts will provide all lodging and meals. We
will have dinner together around the large table in the evenings and
students will find breakfast and lunch for themselves from the
selection of food stocked in the kitchen. There is a large living room
with a big fireplace, perfect for lively discussions. We plan a weekend
of photography in a relaxed environment full of support and encouragement. This
workshop is limited to 8 students.
For more details on either workshop, please check Ray's website .
Platinum/Palladium Workshop for Cameras Large & Small
with Ray Bidegain & Patrick Kolb
Inversnaid Photography Centre,
Scotland
June 14-19,2009 £718
Stay at a romantic hunting lodge near
Loch Lomond in Scotland while studying platinum/palladium print making.
Over six days, you will master the skills necessary to produce fine
platinum/palladium prints at a reasonable cost.
For most of the history of platinum printing, photographers needed
large-camera negatives. While we follow and honor that tradition, we
are also able to use negatives from smaller cameras and digital files
to make platinum prints. During this workshop, we present additional
instruction in the making of enlarged digital negatives for platinum
printing. Come learn this contemporary approach to this timeless
process.
Price includes VAT, all accommodations and meals, and tuition during
workshop. Chemicals and paper are extra to fee, allow approximately
£30. Class is limited to eight participants. Click here to learn more about the
workshop and here for
Inversnaid's booking form.
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