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- Charlotte Gibb - Get Intimate: Making a Personal Statement with Intimate Landscapes Charlotte Gibb - Get Intimate: Making a Personal Statement with Intimate LandscapesWednesday, 20 May, 2020Special Program with Charlotte Gibb
- Creating Impactful Images using Lightroom Classic and Photoshop
Creating Impactful Images using Lightroom Classic and PhotoshopWednesday, 4 DecemberCommunity Presentation 7-9pm Mitchell Park Community Center with Julieanne Kost, Digital Evangelist at Adobe - "How I Did It" and Camera Bag Sharing
How I Did It and Camera Bag SharingThursday, 17 October, 2019Special Program with Bob Carlin, Ken Fowkes and Deborah Plumley
PACC Member Ken Fowkes has been awarded 1st place in the Abstract/Adult category of the 2020 Peninsula Photo Contest for his image, Pondside.
Images by Ken and the other 2020 winners are reproduced in the Friday, May 22, 2020, paper issue of the Palo Alto Weekly, beginning on page 26; and online at https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/05/22/life-in-motion
There was a virtual award ceremony on Thursday, May 21.
Don Feria, one of the judges, said: Â Â Pondside is a fresh and inventive interpretation of a scene that has possibly been seen by countless eyes. The forced movement of the vertical play against the natural horizontal pattern is executed brilliantly, and the uneven pattern of the darker, wood-like lines adds a visual tension that allows the mind's eye to resolve the scene, thus including the viewer in the artistic process.
Ken explains:  Pondside was taken with a quick upward flick of a long lens. Camera motion has blended the plants growing at a pond’s edge with the light reflecting from its surface. Details are erased, inviting us to explore the scene through color, shape, and texture.
Ken is a two-time winner:  The Shaman's Horse was awarded 1st place in the 2018 Abstract category. He also would like to remind members that PACC's longtime member, great friend, and passionate photographer Laurie Naiman won 1st place in that category last year for his image, Hitchcock's Fork, taken with his iPhone at a local outdoor cafe:
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/06/07/peninsula-photo-contest-winners-capture-awe-inspiring-moments-in-a-click
The Peninsula Photo Contest is an annual contest organized by the Palo Alto Art Center, the Palo Alto Weekly, and The Six Fifty.  It is open to all individuals who live, work or attend school in any city within the 650 area code.
Winning photos and those selected for exhibition will be displayed at the Palo Alto Art Center from September 12 to November 15, 2020. Â Â
Details:
https://peninsulacontest2020.artcall.org/pages/exhibition-info
- The exhibition will run from September 12 to November 15.
- Location:
 Palo Alto Art Center
 1313 Newell Rd
 Palo Alto
- Normal Gallery Hours:
 Tuesday-Saturday 10 - 5
 Thursday 10 - 9
 Sunday 1- 5
 Closed Mondays
Currently (May 21) the gallery is closed.
Pondside
An exhibition of images by PACC member Jim Colton, Distant Lands, will be on display at the Los Altos Hills Town Center. Since retiring in 2013, Jim and his wife Mary Jo have traveled to many distant lands. The 47 prints included in the exhibition illustrate the beauty they have found everywhere in the world.
Reception:
Date to be determined -- as for many local events, the reception has been postponed due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Refreshments and live music will be provided.
Art Walk & Talk:
Date to be determined.
Jim will give a visual tour of the exhibit, conveying the essence of lands near and far through a Q&A session.
The reception and the Art Walk & Talk event are open to the public. Â Both will take place at:
Los Altos Hills Town Center
26379 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills
The exhibition will run from March 20 through August.
The gallery is open on weekdays:
-- 8 am to noon
-- 1 pm to 5 pmÂ
Details:
Los Altos Hills Spring / Summer 2020 Activity Guide--
https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3368/PDF-Activity-Guide-Spring-Summer-2020
in the Events section.
Havana after an Evening Rain
The EcoCenter on Embarcadero Road will present an exhibition, Baylands and Beyond – Natural Northern California, comprising photographs by PACC member Chris Stevens-Yu.
The exhibition has been postponed until later this year, tentatively August and September, due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Reception: To be determined. Â
EcoCenter
2560 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto
The Environmental Volunteers organization was founded in 1972, and its mission is “to promote the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on environmental educationâ€.
Details will be provided here when finalized:
https://www.evols.org/blog/event/baylands-and-beyond-ecocenter-art-exhibit/
First Light at the Baylands
Black & White Magazine, the ultimate resource for connoisseurs and collectors of black and white fine-art photography, has been published since 1999.
One of Elaine's images is The Conversation, which she captured in the Fly River Territory of Papua New Guinea:
pacamera.com