In The Beginning

       
                                                    In The Beginning (photos)
       
        Three years ago today, June 13, 2009, LightBox opened it's doors to the public! Since that day over 450 photographers have shown prints on the walls of the gallery, we have had countless events, artist presentations, workshops, classes, openings, gatherings and members photo group meetings.
       The journey has been quite an adventure, and as any gallery owner can tell you, a lot of very hard work! Three years later we are still looking ahead and gathering momentum to make LightBox everything we hoped for in the beginning! Over the years from the day we took on the job of building the space to prepare for the grand opening on June 13th, 2009, we have invested everything we have, both sweat and cash into our dream of bringing a Photographic center and gallery to the NorthCoast of Oregon.
      
       Today we celebrate what is and it is with great pride that we thank you all for your interest over the years and for being followers of LightBox! Enjoy these photos that show our adventure from the day we took possession of the space to the day that we opened the door, these pictures show some very fond memories of the days when LightBox was just a dream and we went forward with the belief that you can "leap and the net will appear"! best, M&C

Plastic Fantastic Show III

Juror’s Statement

I am forever inspired and enthused by the ingenuity of artists who break the rules and make something undeniably their own by using the most basic of tools. Due to the technical limitations of toy camera photography, many photographers become content by merely recreating dreamy effects and a complementary mood. But artists who take it one step further, such as Matthew Cetta, S. Gayle Stevens, Erin Malone and Daniel Grant stand out from the crowd and should be applauded for creating wonderfully unique imagery with these simplistic, optically challenged cameras.

Being asked to juror the Plastic Fantastic contest for the second year in a row was a great honor. Thank you to Michael and Chelsea for entrusting me with this great privilege. I congratulate all of the selected exhibitors and applaud everyone who submitted.

-Susan Burnstine June 2012

First Place Award

Matthew Cetta’s first place image Ammonia from his series Photogenic Alchemy is a visual and technical delight. What may have been just an average image of the Brooklyn Bridge becomes something truly fabulous through his use of a microwave and alternative chemical treatments. He asked himself the most important question, “What if?” and created something truly fabulous.

Second Place Award

Second place winner, S. Gayle Stevens is a modern day alchemist who bends, breaks and redesigns the rules. She is one of the most imaginative practitioners in alternative photography and last year’s first place winner. Once again, she has offered us another unforgettable and haunting image with Emergence of Darkness.

Third Place Award

Erin Malone ‘s Something Still Remains Undone is a quiet, majestic and affecting image, elevated to magnificence via the photogravure process.

Honorable Mention

It’s not an easy task to create an effectively seductive image with a toy camera. But Daniel Grant’s knocked it out of the ballpark with his image, The Couch. As part of his series My Affair With Diana, The Couch leaves as much to the imagination as it reveals, making this a truly mysterious, alluring image.

Thank You to the photographers of Gravitational Pull


David Bram, 
Michael Itkoff, 
Ben Huff, 
Kathleen Robbins, 
curated by Jennifer Schwartz 




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