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December 21, 2022

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Shades of Gray exhibition

Shades of Gray
10th Anniversary Photography Exhibition
Saturday, December 10 to Saturday, January 21, 2023

Curated by by Ann Jastrab, executive director of Center for Photographic Art, and Jan Watten, founder of Gray Loft Gallery.

Participating Photographers

Laurel Anderson Malinovsky, Norman Mark Aragones, Minerva Amistoso, Ryn Arnold, Francis Baker, Jayne Biehn, Rose Borden, Maria Budner, Kimberley A. Campisano, Jessica Chen, Sara Chieco, Norma Córdova, Anthony Delgado, Tony Devarco, Ann Marie Donahue, Gene Dominique, Bonnie Drucker, Rory Earnshaw, Allyson Ely, Diane Fenster, Robel Fessehatzion, David Gardner, J. M. Golding, Marsha Guggenheim, Najib Joe Hakim, Chuck Harlins, Brenton Haslam, Richard Hay Jr., Matthew Hoang, Christine Huhn, Candice Jacobus , Becky Jaffe, Phoenix Kanada, Ellen Konar and Steve Goldband, Nadine Levin, Richard Lohmann, Ernie Luppi, Erik Mathy, Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Don Melandry, Melina Meza, Charles Moulton, Eric Murphy, Steve Napoli, Charlotte Niel, Deborah O’Grady, Eben Ostby, Mark Overgaard, Ginny Parsons, Anne Rabe, Steven Raskin, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Charles Reilly, Philip T. Sager, Jenny Sampson, Neocles Serafimidis, Ellen Shershow, Douglas Stinson, Styrous, Gordon Szeto, Alison Taggart-Barone, Michael Teresko, Vince Thomas, George Tomberlin, Jeff Weston, Susan West, Stephanie Williamson, Nick Winkworth, Yelena Zhavoronkova

installation photos by Styrous®

Detail photos on Gray Loft Gallery blog (link below).

Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 1:00 to 5:00 pm Masks requested in the gallery.

Gray Loft Gallery

2889 Ford Street, third floor

Oakland, CA 94601

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J. M. Golding

Gray Loft Gallery

Ann Jastrab

Deborah O’Grady

Eben Ostby

Jenny Sampson

Shades of Gray

Ellen Shershow

Styrous®

Michael Teresko

Vince Thomas

Jan Watten

Stephanie Williamson

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J. M. Golding

Gray Loft Gallery

Ann Jastrab

Deborah O’Grady

Laurel Anderson Malinovsky

Jenny Sampson

Michael Teresko

Vince Thomas

Jan Watten

Stephanie Williamson

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November 21, 2021

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Yellow! opening reception a Grand Slam!

photos by Styrous®

The Gray Loft Gallery presented it's new exhibition Yellow! last night and the attendance was impressive. I guess people are "socially exhausted" from COVID-19 restrictions; all wore masks, of course.

Yellow!

This is the fourth color themed exhibitions for the Gray Loft; the previous colors represented were Red, Green and Blue (links below). The sheer number of photographers was mind boggling and the various photographic mediums and techniques represented was awe inspiring.

Participating Photographers:

Stephen Albair, Mima Cataldo, Francis Baker, Gary Beeber, Rose Borden, Maria Budner, Virginia Chabre, Nina Chiappa, Sarah Christianson, Marna G. Clarke, Joshua Curry, Tony DeVarco, Gene Dominique, Lisa Erdberg, Laura Epstein-Norris, Diane Fenster, J. M. Golding, Cheryl L. Guerrero, Marsha Guggenheim, Kent A. Hall, Najib Joe Hakim, Judi Iranyi, Josie Iselin, Laura Kiernan, Ellen Konar/Steve Goldband, Philip Krayna, Claire Maen, Erik Mathy, Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Charles Moulton, Maureen Mulhern-White, Jeannie OConnor, Eben Ostby, Mark Overgaard, Anne Rabe, Steven Raskin, Charles Reilly, David Robinson, Philip T. Sager, Jenny Sampson, Neo Serafimidis, Elizabeth Sher, Gail Skoff, Susan Sperry, Douglas G. Stinson, Michael Teresko, George Tomberlin, Jill Van Hoogenstyn, Jacqueline Walters, Sally Weber, Rusty Weston, Jeff Weston, Susan West, Anita White, Stephanie Williamson, Nick Winkworth, Mitsu Yoshikawa, Yelena Zhavoronkova

The jurors for the exhibition were Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten, founder of the Gray Loft Gallery.

Show dates:

Saturday, November 20 – Saturday, December 18, 2021

Closing Reception

Saturday, December 18, 4:00 – 6:30 pm

Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, #32
Oakland CA 94601

Jenny Sampson, Jan Watten & Dorie Meister

J. M. Golding

Sally Weber

Jan Watten & Leslie Grunditz

Dorie Meister & Steve Nakashima

Christine Ferrouge of Gallery at the Werkshack came to the reception; her gallery is currently featuring the work of Jan Watten and Francis Baker (links below).

Christine Ferrouge, Jan Watten & Francis Baker

Viewfinder links:

Gray Loft Gallery

Seeing Red ~ 2018

Something Blue . . . ~ 2019

The Meaning of Green ~ 2020

J. M. Golding

Leslie Frierman Grunditz

Ann Jastrab

Dorie Meister

Jenny Sampson

Jan Watten

Sally Weber

Werkshack

Yellow!

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Francis Baker

Gallery at the Werkshack

Gray Loft Gallery

Ann Jastrab

Jan Watten

Congrats to the Gray Loft Gallery

for an excellent Yellow! exhibition!

Styrous® ~ Friday, November 19, 2021

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June 14, 2021

J. M. Golding & Al Brydon ~ Tales from a Non-Existent Land

J. M. Golding & Al Brydon ~ Tales from a Non-Existent Land

A collaboration between photographers Al Brydon and J. M. Golding, Tales from a Non-Existent Land, is being featured on the Ilford Photo online magazine.

The project is fascinating; each expose a roll of film in a plastic Holga camera, send it to the other, and re-expose it - not knowing what is already present in the latent image. A perfect example of what John Cage described as "Chance Operation" in music.

photo by Mark Wheeler

Golding describes the process as, "The random magic of two unconscious processes and two Holgas." The results are quite astounding.

The pair started to make this work roughly ten years ago, after a chance encounter on a photo sharing platform. This led to a mutual appreciation of each other's work and they found that both saw the potential of the landscape to resonate with inner experience and make it visible.

Both photographers were using a camera called a Holga; an incredibly simple plastic medium format camera known for its low quality lens which produces a very dreamy aesthetic, frequently including lens flares and vignetting. These image characteristics, and the simplicity of this lo-fi process of making images, attracted each of them to using it in the first place.

Each start with one roll of film and expose the roll as normal. Then the film is rewound and the exposed roll is sent to the other. Each then re-exposes the film through their own cameras, creating a double exposure. Golding is based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California while Brydon is based in the North of the UK; he is also a co-founder of the Inside the Outside collective (link below).

They never plan the photographs, relying on serendipity and knowing each other’s work. This is likely to influence the exposures they make, whether or not with conscious intent. Over the years they’ve become better at predicting what the other might do. Yet there's still a glorious element of surprise once the films have been developed.

Viewfinder links:

John Cage
J. M. Golding

Net links:

Al Brydon

J. M. Golding

Ilford Photo ~ Tales from a Non-Existent Land

Inside the Outside Collective

Good job, Guys!

Styrous® ~ Monday, June 14, 2021

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December 14, 2019

Exquisite Little Things closing reception

photos by Styrous®

The second Exquisite Little Things closed last night. It was the end of another brilliant assemblage of the work of talented Bay Area artists by Jan Watten. It seems it has become an annual event at the Gray Loft Gallery (links below).

Steve Nakashima

Jill McLennan, Tom White & Jan Watten

J. M. Golding &

Minoo Hamzavi &

Tom White & John Wood

Jan Watten

Minoo Hamzavi

J. M. Golding

Stephanie Williamson & Ed Summerfield

Da Gang

Viewfinder links:

Exquisite Little Things
Exquisite Little Things 2

Gray Loft Gallery

J. M. Golding

Minoo Hamzavi

Jill McLennan

Styrous®
Ed Summerfield

Jan Watten

Tom White

John W. Wood

Stephanie Williamson

Net links:

J. M. Golding

Gray Loft Gallery

Minoo Hamzavi

Jill McLennan
Ed Summerfield
Jan Watten

Tom White

Stephanie Williamson
John W. Wood

Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 14, 2019

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December 8, 2019

Exquisite Little Things 2

installation photos by Styrous®

Jamey Brzezinski

Fernando Reyes

Adel Shaw

Katie Hawkinson

Suzy Barnard

Cuong Ta

Connie Harris

Sas Colby

Styrous®

Jenny Sampson

Neo Serafimidis

Jill McLennan

Jennifer LaPierre

Lin Fischer

Ginny Parsons

Jan Watten

Ed Summerfield

J. M. Golding

Stephanie Williamson

John W. Wood

Simone Simon

Tom White

Counterpoint Studios

Sue Matthews

Jude Pittman

Minoo Hamzavi - fashion

Susan Tuttle -jewelry

Dorie Meister - jewelry

Viewfinder links:

Suzy Barnard
Exquisite Little Things
Gray Loft Gallery

J. M. Golding

Minoo Hamzavi
Jill McLennan

Dorie Meister

Ginny Parsons
Jenny Sampson
Simone Simon
Styrous®

Ed Summerfield
Susan Tuttle

Jan Watten

Tom White

Stephanie Williamson

John W. Wood

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Suzy Barnard
Jamey Brzezinski
Sas Colby
Counterpoint Studios
Lin Fischer

J. M. Golding

Gray Loft Gallery

Minoo Hamzavi
Connie Harris
Katie Hawkinson
Jennifer LaPierre
Sue Matthews

Jill McLennan
Dorie Meister
Ginny Parsons
Jude Pittman
Fernando Reyes
Jenny Sampson
Neo Serafimidis
Adel Shaw
Simone Simon
Styrous®
Ed Summerfield
Cuong Ta
Susan Tuttle
Jan Watten

Tom White

Stephanie Williamson
John W. Wood



Sunday, December 8, 2019

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