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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1995)
ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE Exhibit showcases platinum prints ■ PHOTOGRAPHY: H ■ process gives modern artwork its unique style By Anne Mosor-Kornfeld Bit** Four American artists. attr.K i ed by (In' warm tones creator! In negatives placed directly on paper with a Sight-sensitive plat inum solution, exhibit their work at the Umversitv Museum of Art from now to September "QjiHemporary Platinum Pho tographers” features prints by Pan Burkholder. Lois Conner Douglas Frank and Dennis Purdy. Fheir subject matter varies from surrealistii land si apes, panoramu views of China, portraits and computer digitized images Lawrence Fong, registrar at the University s Museum of Art. said the artists "all chose to use a historical process because tra ditionally platinum photogra phy is so direct The platinum prints require time and patience to prodm e. Fong said Susie Morrill i ll-imwifl.ll: nl the Photography .it Oregon Gallery, helped organize the exhibit and said Jhe prints are extremely expensive to produce "The exhibit looks at conlein porary artists using a Instore il process dating from the 1800s and offers a huge range of tones file innovative, creative appli cations of these artists really work well with one another," Morrill said Douglas Frank needed a home-built, llxl-t pinhole cam era for extremely wide angle views to bring out the rotnam e of the landscapes in his prints l.ois Conner used a "banquet" Jude Hobbs and daughter Gabrieile examine a photograph at the Con temporary Platinum Photographers exhibit at the Museum of Art (amera, designed for group por traits, while IHmnis Burkholder scanned his photos and then manipulated tin* images before printing them using the plat inum process Because the work is so differ ent Morrill also said. It's important to understand the process 1 he tonal i runt ions, the contact prints and the one to nne transformation makes these prints very seductive." To develop the photographs, negatives are placed directly onto paper Morrill said no enlarger ts involved and the photographer controls the image hy the choice of paper, the light source and the chemical solu tion used. l ine art photographer Dennis Purdy, a Portland resident, demonstrates the platinum printing pro* ess and discusses lint work on display at l_* to p m Aug 5. ■ the exhibit of a voting woman undergoing a contemplative, emotional transformation lit* t gives photographs ricti depth and tonality 1 work in the platinum prta ess fora more powerful pre sentation With platinum tin* image present is much more intense and the range of tones is incredibly beautiful," Purdy said t he exhibit continue* through Sept .14 and admission to the Museum of Art is free A n*< ep Uon for the artists is Aug 10 from 4 t* p in. The museum is open from noon to 5 p m. Wednesday through Sunday for more information, tall I4t. t»^7 { SPRINGFIELD < SCIEKTIRC : SUPPLIES 1 1tl4 Mm Ur—* t IpU&a*, Or— ■ fjcr? /moLifts' l mow-# ra \ / ** \ / SAT tO-6 Tennis & Racquetball Restring Specials Reg. $t >.00 1 'ig, 16g Ke>; S20.00 1 16g COURTSIOE TENNIS & APPAREL 1122 West 7th • 342-7208 _ Open 7 days n week ROLLER BLADE RENTALS 2m» $4°° 4 HRS ^000 £ ALL DAY $10°° tV) Ct*f>o*H rvqutrvd (**•<*» tnclu«*e«l w*tt> iwW) y\MPiR:SON'S “■■ar 199 W 8Ih Euqono • 4ft4- 7344 All Ways Travel Student Discounts ‘Absolutely Set vice Chii^es lull Servue A^cnev An Iiauil rtf llotel'Paikages t )pc n Mon Hi X U> S (M) mm /t/ Jtu hohday tmvcJ! •••On Campus*** 346-1491 in Lhc L.M.LLUL Getf a Jetta »w» KWiO ‘5 Dtiff'- - I !c W1 ,*W(htfC« :« SM,1 itf Of* Jf ! •' W : M.t *■; Irtt* #;;?»»«*!* *« Vtt, it* iih( town* M TH^nf! fmflimr urtar si'1* «*, ■** »■ jj r, Ntt l' •smgen lUSivnv-hc”? ^(hKappaurdl MOTOWB LTD /tM* • i.m ft ** w«wr ft pti f*M* * Hkw+*t •*«*■» 2300 We*t 7th Avonue, Eugeno 343-8811 Z7//AMWA' 13 H Lincoln Willamette towen Building 345-1810 L Haircuts...s8 r«*g SIS with shampoo & conditioner k spirals •••••» J7 r«*X SS0-6S w/ conditioners, cut S ityie Longer, color treated hair slightly mor*> Coupon food ntth Sherry A C«rl '**<•# Hjmut-- Stasia R.»if 4 fkMc**v*i. Vhnwfy <-€*♦- -A-'iKtr & U«ii B Good Through August ?1, l *>")*. Inventory Clearance Sale! St o< Gifts OX & more! 895 E. 13th Ave. Open : M-F 7:45-6 • Sat 10-5 • Sun 12-5 x * * 111,1
