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Free – Lecture: The making of LIGHT WAVES: Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior by Craig Blacklock
Lecture: The making of LIGHT WAVES: Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior by Craig Blacklock Wednesday December 7th, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Admission Free Opening Reception in Museum from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm following lecture Landscape photographer, Craig Blacklock will give a presentation on his decades of photographing Lake Superior, and his newest work, Light Waves: Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior, currently on display in the Centre’s museum. Light Waves is an enthralling series of otherworldly images isolating the complex mirror of Lake Superior’s surface, producing a purely abstract representation of the palette and textures lying outside of the frame. The presentation will include a mesmerizing, 15-minute video in which Blacklock has animated dozens of still images set to music. In the book’s introduction, Daile Kaplan writes, “Water, the planet’s most elemental substance, is reimagined by Blacklock as visual metaphor. His photographs—light-infused, affecting interpretations of color and form—play with the shifting nature of perception while capturing the glorious collaboration between sun and lake in vivid color.” What others have said about Light Waves: “Each image celebrates the unseen forces of nature, bold and compelling imagery immersed in light, emotes an expressionist mood, the flow of energy and spectrum of tonal and color variations rarely seen behind Aurora’s fine palette…astonishing in scope.” —Martin DeWitt,
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Free – Museum Reception “LIGHT WAVES—Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior” with Craig Blacklock
Craig Blacklock LIGHT WAVES—Abstract Photographs of Reflections from Lake Superior Having grown up under the tutelage of his nature photographer father, Les Blacklock, Minnesotan, Craig Blacklock began his career in 1976. Since then, he has garnered numerous national and international awards, had over 30 solo museum and art center exhibitions, and been featured in several international publications, including Outdoor Photographer and American Photo. Most photographers have one recognizable style they apply to varied subjects throughout their lives. Conversely, Craig Blacklock, has devoted his life’s work to depicting the interface of land and water in wilderness areas, specifically, Lake Superior, where he is constantly exploring new ways to express our relationship with the natural world. In his landmark 1993 book, The Lake Superior Images, and several books that followed, Blacklock presented the lakescape with the immaculate compositions and honed technical skills of a fine art landscape photographer—always with the urgent plea to preserve the beauty of these wild places. For his 2004 book and exhibition, A Voice Within—The Lake Superior Nudes, Blacklock created large-format black and white images of his wife, Honey, writing, “Now, working in shades of gray, I seek to depict what it feels like to be within these settings — acknowledging my presence in the wilderness.” Russel Hart, executive editor at American Photo magazine wrote, “Blacklock’s pictures
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