BEN MARCIN : Postscript

Postscript

BEN MARCIN

Last House Standing And ( Other Stories)

Ben went back.Time moved forward. 

Diptych 2 Baltimore

Diptych 1 Baltimore

BEN MARCIN : Portraits of a Different Kind

GO + See
BEN MARCIN
Last House Standing And ( Other Stories)
December 18 - January 25 2014
C. GRIMALDIS GALLERY
523 N. Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21201
410 539 1080

Red Brick Rowhouse West Baltimore

Baltimore Maryland

Blue Solo House West Baltimore

Rowhouse Philly

Rowhouse Philly

I saw these photographs last summer when they were submitted to Musing. I see the silent indicators of not only place and the character of these buildings  but what is revealed about cities and change in America . 

" My interest in these solitary buildings is not only in their ghostly beauty but in their odd, almost defiant, placement in the urban landscape. Often three stories high, they were clearly not designed to stand alone like this. Many details that might not be noticed in a homogenous row of twenty attached row houses become apparent when everything else has been torn down. And then there's the lingering question of why a single row house was allowed to remain upright. Still retaining traces of its former glory, the last house standing is often still occupied. " Ben Marcin.

http://benmarcinphotos.com

Just a little more about Barbie Beach

BARBIE IS ON THE ROAD

DONNA ROSSER  - from Barbie Beach " Don't Worry Baby "

Barbie Beach has left LaGrange. Rosser’s Barbie Beach images are on display at Dogwood Gallery in Tyrone, Georgia. There they join the Atlanta Celebrates Photography exhibit, Double Exposure. This exhibit is a partnership between Rosser and another local photographer, Dale Niles. Rosser’s focus for the ACP exhibit is the versatility of the iPhone. Her images on display include 4x4 Instagram photographs and up to 24x24 prints. Reception for the Dogwood exhibition is October 12, 6:30 to 9pm. For more information visit dogwoodgallery.net.

And now for something completely different

BARBIE BEACH & BEYOND

When I was in Georgia I went out to LaGrange Georgia to view an exhibition call  Barbie Beach & Beyond, shown at the Cochran Gallery. A two person show that will.run until October 3.
Donna Rosser and Anne Jarrell Berry who are showing a different type of work in the SlowExposures  exhibit a looser  free and fun series here.          

The Walking Dead cast who film in the area have taken to dropping off zombie Barbies.     

Barbie Beach is a civic blast so if you  driving on highway and 154 and 16 stop, take a look

I did and I laugh and laugh and I cried  John

DONNA ROSSER - All Summer Long

Barbie Beach and Beyond

Donna Rosser

Just east of the intersection of Georgia Highways 154 and 16, on the south side of 16, lies Barbie Beach of Turin.  This small landmark has made a big splash in the community. Home/property owners constructed the patch of sand as a protest to the power company digging up part of their yard. The scenes change with the season or current event. As a child I spent many hours playing with Barbie. My collection included a convertible, airplane, camper, horses, beach house and much more. Photographing Barbie Beach brought back many fond memories of those times I spent playing with my Barbies alone and with friends. Barbie is always fun and frivolous. Barbie Beach reminds each passing motorist that life is short, let's have some fun. What is not to like about the beach and of course Barbie fits in with the beach scene quite easily. Remember, once you get the sand from Barbie Beach in your shoes, you will have to come back. The beach is the beacon to us to slow down, relax, and to recharge our batteries. The sounds of the waves lull us into a sense of pure relaxation. At the beach we forget our day-to-day cares. Both the real beach and the created Barbie Beach help us smile and see that life does not need to be so serious all of the time. A little fun, humor, and perhaps something a bit risqué is  a nice way to take a break from our daily life whether it be the real beach of by the chance of a Barbie Beach driveby.

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea."

e. e. cummings

Barbie Beach of Turin, GA - Fan Club  on Facebook

ANNE JARRELL BERRY - Siren

DONNA ROSSER -California Girls

DONNA ROSSER - Things We Did Last Summer

ANNE JARRELL BERRY - Frankenstein

ANNE JARELL BERRY - Zombie Queen

D ROSSER - Roadside

STRANGE FRUIT

Come + See
SlowExposures
September 20 - 29  2013
FIN FUR FEATHER FOLIAGE
Whiskey Bonding Barn
Molena GA

ELIOT DUDIK  -  CAN WE SPEAK

DONNA ROSSER - WOLFIE

MARILYN ROGERS - TRINITY

JACK SPENCER - MAGNOLIA 12 ,1999

LARRY JEROME - MAGNOL1A  1

VICKI HUNT - ALABAMA COTTON

SCOTT ALLEN - FRASER MAGNOLIA

SOUTHERN TREES

" Southern trees bear a strange fruit", a line from a song by Billie Holiday for most of the time while choosing images of the south these words echoed in my mind. How could something so wonderful the (south) be a marker for pain and human evil.I love the south and I would not have left if love hadn't given me a reason and wings to  soar above it and fly away. Like most people born in the south I still get misty eyes when I think of home, yet I still see it for what it is which always makes me feel a little uneasy.

 I would like to thank all the artists who made this exhibition possible and mrbennette's on ground crew Donna Rosser,Dale Niles, Anne Jarell Berry,  Marilyn Rogers and Don Miller.  This exhibition which is part of SlowExposures

will close on this Sunday evening  

THE INSPIRATION

Come + See
SlowExposures
September 20 - 29  2013
FIN FUR FEATHER FOLIAGE
Whiskey Bonding Barn
Molena GA

SUSAN WORSHAM - MARGARET WITH HUMMING BIRD VINE


This image by Susan Worsham is the one that inspired this exhibition.I saw it last fall ,I knew the flower and had seen hummingbirds sipping their nectar,All of sudden it took me back to a day when I was looking out my window thinking only of that moment (in the moment you are not thinking about it you are living) and the little faire birds flitting about.

They were the first hummingbirds I ever saw up really close and of course they were magical and the silence and green held me captive one late summer afternoon.                      

This spring I was asked recommend photographer for a new book about the South and this was one of the images that came immediately to mind. The simplicity of this photograph is part of its' power.It allows you to fill in the details.Susan and I met this summer and I was able to tell her about my reactions to her wedsite.She was a pleasure to be with as many of the photographs on her
site are.

 

BIRDS OF THE AIR

Come + See
SlowExposures
September 20 - 29  2013
FIN FUR FEATHER FOLIAGE
Whiskey Bonding Barn
Molena GA

ANNE JARELL BERRY - DUCK AND PEACOCK

MATT BROWN - BARNARDSVILLE NC

JERRY SIEGEL - BIRDS PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA

KEITH CARTER - RAVEN

Dogs were never a satisfying pet for me ,cats are good,I have had snakes and lizards which I like.but what fascinate me are birds the idea of flight " I 'll flight away ",so if I want to soar I could never have a bird as a pet.The reality destroys the idea of freedom of being able to float above the world like no other animal.The reason the caged bird sings is because he is sad.