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Twists on Tradition In Photography Shows

Harrison, Helen A

2003

Overview

Walter Cieben and Stephanie Selles have turned their lenses on participants in street demonstrations. Mr. Selles focuses on anti-war protesters on Wall Street, highlighting their individuality rather than their common cause. Ms. Selles's shot of anti-abortion picketers injects wry humor into an otherwise deadly serious event by catching one of the protesters holding her sign upside down. Mary Jessiman, Barbara Imperiale and Allison Schubert take a more formalistic approach to their work. Ms. Schubert's two views of vine-covered trees are less nature studies than examinations of the organic interaction of natural forms. Ms. Imperiale's small vignettes of gauzy fabric are abstract pictures of light and shadow that sacrifice detail in favor of mood and atmosphere. Ms. Jessiman's study of factory smokestacks, amusingly titled ''Candy Cigarettes,'' illustrates how a photograph can draw a visual analogy between disparate subjects. [Bridget Lanigan]'s photograph ''Mom,'' above, is on display at the Stepping Stone Gallery in Huntington. ''Winter 2003,'' left, a digital print by [Joan Powers], is on view at fotofoto in Huntington, a new cooperative gallery whose first show features work by its 15 members. ''Coma,'' a toned and collaged silverprint by Rosemary Warner, is in the fourth biennial invitational exhibition at the Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College in Oakdale.

• Publisher: New York Times Company
• Subject: Art exhibits / Cieben, Walter / Dugdale, John / Holcomb, Kristin / Lanigan, Bridget / Photography / Powers, Joan / Saville, Lynn / Selles, Stephanie / Tornabene, Annmarie / Weems, Carrie Mae / Youmans, Lois