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Newburyport Art Association
Third Annual Juried Photography Show
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August 19-September 12, 2000
In this exhibition, the work of 47 member photographers was juried by Allison Kemmerer
Associate Curator, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
Ms. Kemmerer has been at the Addison Gallery since 1992. She earned her Certificate of Museum Studies and M.A. in Art History at Boston University in 1991 and a B.A. degree at Boston College in 1986. Prior to coming to the Addison, she was Acting Director of the Boston University Art Gallery. With a curatorial focus on photography and contemporary art, her recent exhibitions include: Referencing the Past: Six Contemporary Artists, Riding 1st Class on the Titanic!: Photographs by Nathan Lyons and Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children, 1969-1999.
Ms. Kemmerer’s overall comments on the show:
I was impressed by the quality and range of work submitted. While there was a fair amount of portraiture and still-life, landscape was clearly the dominate mode of representation. It was exciting to see the diversity of work within these categories - from "straight" photography to more experimental and manipulated images from representational to abstract, from grand and panoramic to more intimate views. In jurying the show and later awarding works, I was most interested in those photographs that I felt possessed strong formal as well as expressive qualities.
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 AWARD FOR BEST IN SHOW
Debra Ball
Red and Yellow Series, #1-4
Color photographs (four images)
I especially liked how this series of images combined representation with abstraction and how the train is increasingly stripped down to its basic essentials. Although each image can easily stand on its own, the foursome creates an intriguing narrative as well as a dynamic study in form and color.
Allison Kemmerer, Juror
 AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Kiki Taron Kinney
Winter Light
Black and white photograph
I was impressed with all of Ms. Kinney’s landscapes, but was particularly struck by this image. In addition to being a beautiful print with a nice tonal range, I felt the composition was exceptional. I also liked how it conveys a sense of the tree’s fragility as well as its ultimate resilience.
Allison Kemmerer, Juror
 AWARD FOR BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Bill Franson
Batman
Black and white photograph
I like the juxtaposition between the sharp focus superhero and the blurred background as well as the way each echos the other. For example, the parallels between the vertical tree trunk and the upright do-gooder and the two bat ears and two ducks. But what I like the most about Batman is the vulnerability as conveyed through his slightly open costume and bent ear.
Allison Kemmerer, Juror
 AWARD FOR COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Marianne Pernold Young
Big Red Apple
Color photograph
What struck me first about this image was the color - it is simply gorgeous. Equally seductive is the big red apple. I also liked the "push and pull" between the three-dimensional fruit and foliage and the flat blue void.
Allison Kemmerer, Juror
 AWARD FOR DIGITAL OR MANIPULATED IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
John Raleigh
Pilings
Die sublimation digital diptych prints
I liked the diptych format and how it encouraged me to consider each photograph in a way I wouldn’t if they were single images. The contrast between the similarity of the images and the differences in color and composition created an interesting tension.
Allison Kemmerer, Juror
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Marge Motes
Flag Series II
Black and white photographs
Diptych
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Jeanne M. Ventura
Mid-town Motion - NY
Black and white photograph
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Randolph H. Radke
Misty Morning, Seal Cove, ME
Black and white photograph
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