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My photograph, Jingletown Fog, is currently on view in Shades of Gray at the Gray Loft Gallery in the Jingletown section of Oakland, CA.
I
remember the day I shot this scene. I've
crossed these tracks a thousand times and each time has been different from
any others in one way or another. This is natural, it's why many photographers,
artists, etc., become fixated on one thing or another.
I
was trudging
home from BART, tired and exhausted when I crossed the tracks. Midway I
stopped dead and was transfixed at what I saw, or rather didn't see;
mystery presenting itself to me to ponder the depth, emotion, ideas it
generated. Would I be able to capture all this?
I have loved fog since I was a little kid (link below).
I loved to hear the sound of the fog horns with their heavy bass
echoing through the velvety blanket of fog. I miss the sound of
them.
It was such a great shot I decided it had to be with a totally different type of frame than what I've always used, black or white. Tom (link below) usually passes on black and white frames; often making his own, some funky, some not but all interesting. Every so often he has a work that needs a fine set of duds; I took his lead and did just that with this.
I
was fortunate enough to have found a great framer in Alameda, Cheap
Pete's, that opened recently just before my previous exhibition, Jingletown Originals (link below). I was happy with the solution they had come up with so went back to them.
Styrous® ~ Jingletown Fog
Shades of Gray
10th Anniversary Photography Exhibition
10th Anniversary Photography Exhibition
The exhibition will be open until
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Other 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
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
