Item #1. It’s fun and easy. Now is the time to become a facebook fan of Rick Gayle Studio. I will be posting information about my own work, the work of others and special projects. There’s a link to my all time favorite photographer Irving Penn who has been my inspiration since I picked up my first camera. Check out the video about Chicago photographer Dennis Manarchy’s “American Portrait” project. All you have to do to become a fan is click on this link and this information and much more will be at your finger tips….http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Rick-Gayle-Studio-Commercial-Photographer/314717546369?ref=ts
Item #2. I’ve been asked to participate in an exciting project created by writer Joey Parks. The project involves 26 photographers and 26 writers. In short each photographer is paired up with a writer and each team is assigned one of 26 city blocks to document in anyway we see fit….but it must be rooted in its past, present or the plans for its future….. In Joey’s words: 26 Blocks is unique art project based on the concept of children’s A – Z building blocks. Words, sentences, and stories can all be built one block – one letter – at a time. Downtown Phoenix is like this. Each city block contains its own stories, sentences and words. They’re built by those who came before, who inhabit that block now and who will do something on that block in the future. Sometimes we need the perspective of another person to see the stories those blocks contain. 26 Blocks fuses the insights of 26 photographers, 26 writers and a sculptor/painter to reveal to us 26 Blocks of downtown Phoenix – in a way we may not have seen it before.
There will an exhibit at After Hours Gallery to be announced….
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