When one of the country’s oldest and most respected photography galleries announced its first-ever juried invitational exhibition earlier this year, it was no surprise that the event immediately sparked interest.
More than 300 photographers across the country deluged the Camera Obscura Gallery, 1309 Bannock St., with nearly 1,400 entries.
Owner Hal Gould and his longtime associate Loretta Young-Gautier — both fine photographers in their own right — served as jurors and chose 80 photographs by 72 artists. The works are on view through Oct. 24 in a packed exhibition aptly titled “The Art of Photography Today.”
While the selections offer a considerable range of styles and approaches, it’s hard not to wish for more experimentation and originality. There are too many cliched images of running horses and hot-air balloons.
That said, some notable inclusions can be found, such as Sean Dolan’s “Curvature,” an innovative work that is as much sculpture as photography, and Allen Birnbach’s fantastical “Loxachatchee River Study No. 7.”
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