Themes and Variations

A Group Photography Show

Wednesday, October 26th through Saturday, November 19th, 2022

Gary Anthes

Why do we reach? Because we can; we no longer swing in the trees. After that, it gets complicated.

Steven Marks

Frail Deeds Dancing

This picture, drawn from a new project, Invisible Lines, may be considered a trace of Time. Our lives are, when night finally settles, frail deeds dancing: we who breathe air sooner or later will not. Except in photographs.

In memory, Joseph Hirsch (1965-2022)

Jo Levine

These images are united by content and mood. To make them, I arranged natural materials (bark, twigs, berries, flowers, leaves, stone) and photographed them against a dark background in my studio. They project an aura of quiet mystery, as if they were totems that could have been used in the solemn rites of some ancient nature religion.

Beverly Logan

“In-Between” is a grid of sixteen images taken from an Amtrak train as it passes between two world-power giants: the financial muscle of New York City and the political potency of Washington, DC. At an average speed of sixty miles an hour, the train zooms past towns and cities passengers have little time to observe. These images stop that action and allow viewers to consider the lives of the people they pass – what lies in-between.

Beverly Logan is a photographer who uses her vast archive of over a quarter of a million images much in the way a knitter uses skeins of yarn or a potter uses mounds of clay. By combining images taken over forty years she recreates the stories the images once told. 

Bob Burgess

F8 and Be There

Some landscapes appear as lucky accidents and some are the reward for an early morning effort.
Regardless, they can be glorious and their beauty can be transforming.
The images I have chosen here represent some of the many encounters I have witnessed and gathered.

Elizabeth Curren

Summer Moon Photos

The full moons of summer rise and spill over the horizon like liquid gold. I wait and watch for those moonrises with such anticipation and am never disappointed.  The moon is beautiful everywhere, of course, but it is especially spectacular over Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.  All of my moon photos are attempts to stop time and to connect with the sense of place that the Bay holds over me. 

During summer nights I search the beach for Horseshoe crabs as they climb up from the shoreline to lay their eggs above the highwater mark.  Our dog loves these night walks and the reflections from the moon capture his attention. Back at the house, we watch the moon’s arc through the windows. 

These photos were taken with my cell phone.

The full moon is always moving, always changing, always pulling the tides, impacting the evolutionary cycles of so much of our ecosystems. On Narragansett Bay, the June full moon is the time of the Horseshoe Crab mating. The males ride the females as the wash up onto the beaches and lay their eggs above the high-water mark. It is a narrow window of opportunity: just on or two nights during the full moon and yet this species has continued to survive for over 400 million years.

Kepler, our Golden Retriever, loves to race around in the summer darkness. The sparkle of the moon’s reflections catches his attention. He sees things differently but we both agree that the moonrise is magical.

Langley Spurlock

Ischia Ponte Scalini

In the Bay of Naples
On the isle of Ischia
Staircases dance
From streets to doors

Lynda Andrews-Barry

Aerial Views of America Taken During a Trip Home
Glimpses of Everyday Life from Above

Suliman Abdullah

Susan Raines

Bicycles, murals and graffiti are all forms of art.  When I photograph I am attracted to them either by themselves or when I find them together.

Andrea Kraus

A madonna is an idealized virtuous woman who, in all her divine glory, seems to be able to do anything. These "Madonnas" are from different countries, including India, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Myanmar among others. These women were photographed in their everyday life and show their unique beauty. The “Madonnas” all have a halo and are encrusted with various shiny stones.

Lisa Allen