
For
Immediate Release
August, 2005
Contact: Gemma de Santos
Tel. (713) 520-1200
Alton
LaDay
Tel. (713) 528-1703
DeSantos Gallery
Presents: Clay Harmon
WHAT: Clay Harmon: Strangely
Familiar – the magic of light, lens and process
WHEN: September 3, 2005 -
October 1, 2005
WHERE: Saturday September
3, 2005 FROM 6:30 -8:30 PM at DeSantos Gallery
Houston TX June 2005 – Houston
photographer Clay Harmon shares his fascination with the way in
which the photographic frame, the lens and the process combine to
see the world in his De Santos Gallery (1724-B Richmond) exhibition
“Strangely Familiar – the magic of light, lens and process”
Thursday September 1st – Saturday October 1st. An opening
reception with a brief discussion with Harmon will be held Thursday
September 1st from 6:30 – 8:30pm.
The alchemy that occurs at the momentary intersection of light,
lens and location is heightened by this photography artist during
the printing process revealing a mysterious transformation of otherwise
ordinary and banal places. “My thought on this exhibition
is to show the differences and similarities between these various
modes of using the camera, and how they are all more similar to
each other than they are to our perception,” Harmon said.
The images in this show are all printed using hand coated platinum-palladium
or platinum-palladium-gum printing techniques. “The printing
processes are difficult to master, time-consuming and sometimes
fraught with failure.” Harmon added. “However, they
allow me to make the images the way I like them to look.”
The images were made with cameras of all sorts – ultra-large
format view cameras, fifteen dollar plastic-lensed cameras and traditional
35mm cameras.
About the De Santos Gallery
The De Santos Gallery
is owned and directed by Luis and Gemma de Santos who are natives
of Spain and long-time residents of Houston. They built the gallery
with Houston architect Fernando Brave who recently won the 2005
American Institute of Architects Design Award for this building
design. The De Santos Gallery specializes in photography (including
traditional and new media) from contemporary European and Asian
photographers including Anna Halm-Schudel, Roman Loranc, Sang-Nam
Park, and Kimiko Yoshida. The gallery also has work available by
North American and Latin American artists: Clyde Butcher, Linda
Butler, and Edgar Moreno among others.
The De Santos Gallery
is located at 1724-A Richmond Avenue at Dunlavy Street in the museum
district of Houston. Gallery hours are: Wednesday through Saturday
from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 713-520-1200
or visit www.desantosgallery.com
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