Call for Submissions: The Photographic Nude 2015

Call for Submissions: The Photographic Nude 2015, we're excited to have Robert Gojevic from @blur_magazine as juror http://t.co/YQDU0mEXzI

— LightBoxPhotographic (@LightBoxAstoria) November 26, 2014

Post by LightBox MobileMagic.

Blue Mitchell of @platestopixels and @DiffusionMag serves as juror for MobileMagic XV. Prints for everyone Worldwide! http://t.co/PvFNFRPzR5

— LightBoxPhotographic (@LightBoxAstoria) November 13, 2014

NOVEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER

2014 Northwest Symposium for Alternative Process Photography. 
The Earlybird Deadline for reduced admission was extended and ends this weekend, Sunday the 27th.
http://www.altphotopacifica.org/Events.html
Ladies and Gentlemen, on the weekend of September 12-14th LightBox will host in Astoria, Oregon this Symposium with an incredible list of presenters. Mark Osterman, Bill Vaccaro, S. Gayle Stevens, Susan deWitt, Diana Bloomfield and Doug Ethridge. Held in the Liberty Theatre in downtown Astoria, the weekend symposium will be accompanied by the opening of “Altered Views”, an exhibit at LightBox Photographic Gallery of 21st century historical antiquarian process photographic work juried by S. Gayle Stevens, .
Please register today and join a list of amazing participants who already have, and help us to make this event a weekend to remember for alternative process photography in the Northwest!
Let us know you are going to attend?
http://www.altphotopacifica.org/Events.html

                  Please join us in welcoming these great alternative process photographers to Astoria!

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                             "Tress in the Sand" ~ Otherworld: The Salton Sea - Jody Miller

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Summer Artists Showcase 2013

We are very proud to exhibit the fine photographic prints of these very talented Photographic Artists!
Please visit the gallery before August 6th to see this work on the walls.

Erin Malone - “The Park”

Bill Vaccaro - “The Things She Left Behind”

Michael Kirchoff - " Fractured View"

                          JULY 13, 2013 THROUGH AUGUST 06, 2013

                                 

                             Plastic Fantastic Show IV

                          June 8, July 6, 2013

                                        

LightBox Photographic Gallery will celebrate its fourth anniversary with the opening and artist’s reception of the Plastic Fantastic Show IV on Saturday June 8, 2013 from 6-9pm.

The exhibits’ first place award winner, Bob Gervais of Portland, Oregon, will give an artist presentation and slide show Saturday at 4pm, before the exhibits’ opening. Bob is recognized for his work using a holga plastic camera to shoot street photography in many locales from NYC to Merida, Mexico. Please contact the gallery for reserved seating for this artist talk.
Featuring photographic images made with plastic “toy” cameras, with this exhibit we celebrate the gallery’s anniversary every year! The Plastic Fantastic Show IV stays true to pure film photography and the use of plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. No digital photography is considered.
LightBox is very honored to have  Susan Burnstine  as juror once again for the Plastic Fantastic Show. Susan is an award winning professional fine art photographer based in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts and random household objects.  Susan is represented in galleries across the world, her images are mesmerizing and dreamlike, using film with the purity of the process as a vital element, without relying on digital processing. 

Portland Photo Month Exhibit

An exhibit by fine art photographers of Portland, Oregon
This exhibit will run from April 13 to May 4, 2013,
with the opening artists reception on Saturday, April 13th from 6-9pm

In recognition of Portland Photo Month, April 2013, LightBox Photographic Gallery invites all Portland Photographic Artists to submit work for the PDX Photo Month Exhibit . This group exhibit celebrates LightBox’s appreciation of the Portland Photographic Community. We wish to showcase the best work from the Portland Photographic Community under one roof for this show. We are looking for work that shows the unique vision and creativity of the photographer. Photographic works of any medium and theme are considered. One image from 40 photographers to be featured in the exhibit.

We are pleased to have Jim Leisy as juror for this exhibit. Jim Leisy is a photographer, photography activist, publisher and founding board member of the Portland Art Museum’s Photography Council.

The Photographic Nude 2013
March 9 – April 6, 2013

Opening and Artists' Reception, Saturday, March 9, 2013, 5-9pm

Dedicated in memory of Ruth Bernhard and her creative spirit

With Featured Artists - Kat Moser   and Hillary Atiyeh 


Congratulations to the following Photographers for having been accepted into this exhibit

Ryuta Sakurai • Ekaterina Bykhovskaya • Dan McCormick • David Pitcher • Gary Samson • Glenn Steiner • Jim Henderson • Michael Datoli • Michael Puff • Michele Serchuk • Noel Tendick • Radoslaw Brzozowski • Rana Young • Rebecca Ackporiaye • Scott Bulger • Stephanie Houston • Terry Donnelly • Steve Wilkenson • Paris Carter • Mike Floyd • Harper Parson-Grey • Jim Leisy • Terry Thompson • Francisco Vargas • Teresa Meier • Steve Russell

This juried exhibit explores the artistic and creative view of the body and it’s form, celebrating the nude in photography by embracing a variety of styles, welcoming the timeless elegance of a classical study as well as alternative and provocative styles. LightBox was pleased to have Chris Kovacs, founder, editor and publisher or Adore Noir Magazine as juror.

Chris selected a total of thirty images and the gallery awarded an additional ten gallery choice images for a total of forty prints in this years exhibit. The exhibit consists of works from 26 photographic artists from around the country, as well as Japan, Poland and France.

Michael Puff of Montara Ca. received the Juror’s award for his image, untitled #1.

Scott Bulger of Northwood N.H.,
Ryuta Sakurai of Osaka, Japan,
Michael Datoli of Long Beach, Wa.
received the juror’s honorable mentions.
We would like to give a special congrats to the award winners!

Complete information, artists links and images are on our  showpage

We wish to thank those who contributed as donors to our fundraising campaign, became members of LightBox, or purchased prints from our Duet and e•mer•gence exhibits. The funds raised through these events will help launch LightBox into the future with our goals set high. Thank you for believing in LightBox. With your donation or membership we are entrusted to work hard to continue to promote and educate in the photographic arts for years to come!

We wish to give a special thanks to the following individuals.

Tom Kittel, Bill Vaccaro, Linda Fitch, Susan Burnstine, Jon Lingel, Britt Aximon, Craig Huber, Diana Bloomfield, Stacy Gardner, James Rohan, Rich Bergeman, Michael Kirchoff, Carolyn Hampton, Larry Gloth, R.L. Potts, Gary Wilson, Walt O’Brien, Bill Garvin, Sandy Noyes, Robert Adams, Kerstin Adams, Mark Wiltrakis, Jeffrey Ross, Stu Levy, Judy Kittel, Jim Congleton, Jim Leisy, Cynthia Kirk, Doug Potts, Stephanie Houston, Marcy Merrill, Mickey Anderson, John Ritchie, Joni Kabana, Andrew & Melanie Halliburton, Larry Huhn, Joan Bowers, Barbara Hammond, Patricia Garner, David Pitcher, Gary Seelig, Lorraine Richey, Dan Nelson, Keith Neufeld, Jana Uyeda, Carol & Larry Scott, Kat Moser, Michael Mathers, Alex Benenson, Ken Hochfield, DonnaLee Rollins, Ellie Ivanova, Bill Jensen, Randy Severson and Jim Ballard.

We would like to thank for one last time all the great Photographers that participated in e•mer•gence.

e•mer•gence

February 9 – March 2, 2013

A totally unique and inclusive print sharing exhibit

To build a connection between fine art photographers and give exposure to artists of all levels.
e•mer•gence is an exhibit of 123 photographic prints from 79 photographers from around the world.
The photographers in this exhibit have contributed prints to this show in an inclusive call.

Please check out all the work, visit these artists websites and support these artists
SHOWPAGE

Complete e•mer•gence Images

e•mer•gence photographers

Amy Fichter  • Andrew Haliburton • Blue Mitchell  • Brandon Sorg  • Britt Aximon  • Carolyn Hamptom  • Cecily Caceu • Celine Downen  • Christa Blackwood  • Christopher Bird  • Clarke Galusha  • Claudia Danielson  • Cody Swanson • Craig Alan Huber  • Cristóbal Zepeda  • Dan McCormack  • Dan Tree  • David L. Vik • David Lee Myers  • DeAnna Foran •
Deb Schwedhelm  • Deon Reynolds • Diane Martin Peterson  • Don Frank  • Donna Lee Rollins  • Donna Rosser  • Ellie Ivanova • Erin Malone  • Erin McGuire  • Friderike Heuer  • George Tuton  • Heather Frandsen  • Heather Pyles   • Jan Bogle • Jan Swan • Jeanne Wells  • Jenn Walton  • Jeremy Boutwell  • Jim Congleton • Jim Leisy • Jim Rohan  • Joan Bowers • Jody Miller • John Kay • John Ritchie  • Jon Lingel • Keri Friedman • Kristy Hruska  • Kurt Norlin  • Leigh Oviatt  • Leslie Hickey  • Leslie Peltz • Lydia Agundez  • Magnus Börjesson • Marico Fayre • Maya Trysil • Michael Datoli • Michael Dickens • Michael Kirchoff • Michael Mitarnowski  • Michael Wilson  • Mickey Anderson • Nicole Gelinas  • Randi Feller • Rebecca Akporiaye • Rich Bergeman • Roger Dorband • Ron Hammond  • Shannon McClatchey • Sharon Asplan • Stacy L. Gardner  • Stephanie Houston
Natasha Bacca  • Steve Blair • Steve Wilkenson • Suzanne Goodwin • Teresa Meier  • Tom Kittel  • Zan Hare

LightBox believes in the fine art photographer, the individual vision that each exhibits with their artistic expression and the importance of the beauty and quality of the final print. Each image and print submitted from every photographer was included in this exhibit. e•mer•gence celebrates each photographers desire to be seen, the thrill of discovering a creative and unique vision, and the ideal of print sharing and the appreciation of the final print. With print sharing as the goal, each photographer will receive a print from another photographer when the exhibit comes down.

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 




Complete Show images

The PDX Photo Month Exhibit

The PDX Photo Month exhibit has opened! All the photographers and the images are posted on the Showpage. We are looking forward to a great time at the astists' reception on Saturday, April 14, from 6-9pm. Thank you to all the Photographers who submitted work for this show!

The Photographic Nude 2012

All the images from The Photographic Nude 2012 are now on our showpage, with the award winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted and congrats! to all who were chosen for the exhibit, it was great to see so many of the photographers at the opening Saturday night! best, M&C