Hot Selections from the 2004 FotoFest International Meeting Place
June 25 – August 28, 2004

Artists from Denmark, Czech Republic, England and the U.S. are included in this international exhibition. Selections were made at the International Meeting Place/Portfolio Review program offered by FotoFest in Houston last March.*

Both black and white and color photographs show diverse styles, from portraits of teenage ballroom dancers to environmental landscape. Beginning with Morten Nilsson (Denmark), stark color portraits of adolescent and teenage ballroom dancers present an extreme view of the dance subculture. The young dancers are severely posed in perfect form with glittery costumes and makeup. The figures look so stylized, like mannequins.

Igor Malijevsky (Czech Republic) is represented by a suite of black and white photographs quite different from the above. These are poetic, melancholic, surreal images, reminiscent of the style of this Central European art world.

Andrew Buurman’s (England) document, The Serpentine Swimming Club, features black and white portraits of club members at the lake. The Serpentine Swimming club was founded in 1864, members arrive every Saturday morning at 8:00 to race in the murky lake of London’s Hyde Park, no matter what the weather. Both old and young participate in this weekly event.

Ken Rosenthal (U.S.) black and white, out of focus images originate as old family photographs. The finished work evokes memory responses that are real and fantasy.
Rick Turek’s (U.S.) color photographs of ventriloquist heads are morphed into an homage to Francis Bacon. And finally, John Ganis (U.S.) has produced an essay, Consuming the American Landscape. These color photographs emphasize man’s industrial presence within America’s majestic landscapes.


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