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From the reception, Whole Plate Show 8/26

We had a great reception tonight. A bit quieter than the opening, but what we lacked in volume we made up in quality. It was really nice to be able to engage with everyone who visited and talk about the work. That’s the real reward for running a gallery – having a conversation with your audience and hopefully educating them about something they hadn’t seen before or thought about quite the same way. A real bonus surprise was the family of Heather Wetzel, one of the artists in the show, stopped by to see the exhibit. Given most of the artists in the show are scattered to the four corners of the planet, or at least the continental US, it was a pleasant happenstance that her mom and siblings dropped by to attend the show for her by proxy.

Whole Plate Show Schedule

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the Whole Plate show. Art Reactor will be open August 27th from 7-9 PM, with light refreshment available. We will also have regular open hours Saturday the 28th from 10am to 4pm. We will also be open September 4 and 5 from 10-4. Any other times you would like to come see the exhibit, please call for an appointment, available weekdays after 7pm or any time on weekends.

Whole Plate show catalog

The Whole Plate Project – Art Reactor Gallery August 6- September 10, 2010

The Whole Plate Project is a community of photographers working in the Whole Plate format (6.5 x 8.5 inches). Whole Plate was the original photographic size, derived from book printing requirements. It is an extremely well-balanced proportion, and offers a comfortable middle ground between the portability of 5×7 and the grand scale of 8×10. With standardization around 4×5, 5×7 and 8×10, whole plate fell out of favor and into obscurity. Along with the revival of historical processes such as wet plate collodion, platinum, and gum bichromate, the whole plate format has been undergoing a contemporary renaissance as more and more photographers are re-discovering their photographic roots.
The purpose of this exhibition is to showcase the work of photographers working in whole plate format. This exhibition is a contemplation of historical themes, genres, effects, or a historical meditation on modern and contemporary movements, events and ideas.

The Artists:  Read the rest of this entry »

Whole Plate Project show is up on the wall!