Friends, Readers in the New York Area:
This is an invitation to the first public exhibition of my photos. It’s not at the Tate Modern; it’s at Village Green Realty in Kingston. They called me up over the summer and asked me to hang some photos for the October First Saturday Gallery Walk.
That’s at Coldwell Banker office (Village Green Realty) at 268 Fair St., Uptown Kingston, at 5 pm on Saturday, Oct. 3. It’s easy to find, about five minutes from Exit 19 on the Thruway.
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Ange from the Book of Blue series; Paris 2005. Photo by Eric Francis.
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From the press release: “As a writer and editor, I’ve worked with some truly talented photographers. I’ve learned a little bit from all of them,” he said.
“But I really learned photography on the streets of Paris. On the day of the second Bush inaugural in 2005, I bought my first digital camera [knowing absolutely nothing, at a store called Fnac]. Suddenly doing photography was free, and I was living in one of the most photogenic cities in the world, the birthplace of photography itself.”
The exhibition is a retrospective of my past four years of work, including a series of photos from central Paris, images from Burning Man 2009, photos of Uptown Kingston and a series from the Book of Blue, portraits of women looking in mirrors. The exhibition includes about 27 images from the United States, Canada, France and Belgium.
The exhibition’s curator is Sarah Bissonnette-Adler. [She’s my assistant here in Kingston who spent weeks searching through my collection of 2 terabyte disk drives looking for cool photos, and even found a few. She patiently took care of all the editing and framing, and set up the catalogue of prints as well.]
I am devoting the whole evening to this and I’m sure I’ll be at it all day Saturday as we hang the show. Please stop by if you’re anywhere in the area. When we’re done at the real estate office I’ll open up my studio (which is right around the corner) and we can hang out.
Many thanks, and love to see you there —
If more young children were breast fed, perhaps nipples wouldn’t be frightening to them. Since I just discovered a hair on my breast yesterday morning (first time for everything, right?), I can understand a ban on hairy nipples; not that the hair frightened me, it was just a bit disconcerting!
Like Len, I get the feeling that this exhibit will bear some fruit for you (or bare some fruit, if you prefer)…best of luck!
Eric,
Christinef has a good point. Remember the Mercury-Venus aspect for your presentation at the APA? Well this weekend is not identical but it is reminiscent.
Dagnabit, even for a West Coast boy like me, Kingston sure seems like nice place. Best wishes, i have a feeling there will be a seed planted somehow.
The exhibit is in several groups; divided by area of the room. It’s a bit of “best of.” We were working around a ban on nudity, since it’s a real estate office, including a ban on nipples, which frighten young children. So we created a retrospective; four images from Paris, four images from Kingston, a good few from the Grandmother Land, three from Burning Man, and then a series of about seven of women in mirrors. I’m looking at it as a test marketing experiment, social event and introduction of my work to the community. It’s even getting a little press…
It’s great to hear that your art will be on display for your Kingston community and others to appreciate– and for it to be so under a full moon, which includes a seemingly appropriate invitation of Mars & Venus by sign. Enjoy it! – C
Exciting. So I’m wondering how the curator decided upon which work to show. Is there a continuous thought or theme in the work that she chose? Or is it “the best of”… I like the idea that she would go through your archive, its a process in itself and is then ultimately a part of the final work. If we want to look at the exhibition as a whole instead of individual pieces. Was it collaborative or did she have the final say in the selection process? Do you have a name for the show?
Would love to see it. Have fun
janet
That’s great Eric! Congratulations! Wish I could check it out, but hey, here I am in Colorado enjoying our fabulous Autumn. October’s the best month here. I just can’t tear myself away.