The Awakening
Next week is the opening of The CLICK! Project at the Conn-Artist Gallery in Hendersonville. I was asked to be a part of this project last summer and as it was the first time my photography was invited to be shown in a gallery, I jumped at the chance with glee! It turns out to be so much more than just an opportunity to hang work.
The project involves 14 fabulous photographers from the Western North Carolina locale. Some are professional landscape photographers, and some are photo enthusiasts with a flare for amazing work. We got together and began to plan our show. We picked Valentine’s Day to open because it just made sense, we are doing this because we love what we do. And this is what we want to show the world. So 14 photographers will open on February 14 for 14 weeks. And each of those weeks will include some awesome workshops. I’ll write more about mine later down the line. For now I want to focus on the opening and what I wanted to show!
Now I’ve been a photographer for a long time and I have a large amount of fine art photography adorning my hard drives that I have yet to print. And yet, for all that work, I knew what I wanted to hang in this show needed to be fresh. And besides, with a brand new super nice camera in hand that I just came into possession of in early December, I wanted to hang pictures that used the capacities of the new rig! Enter the Sunrise Project.
I’m an active member of Google Plus. As a result I’ve added a major amount of knowledge about photography to my repertoire. It’s hard not to there with such a thriving photography community. One of the members of G+ invited me to participate in a 365 project. That’s a year long commitment to take a photo every single day. Well I already do that, I wanted something a little more challenging and that documented some kind of every day activity. To be able to chart it’s progress for an entire year. I also needed something that wasn’t going to lock me into a location, in case I ever wanted to leave home. What better thing than the sunrise? It is always there, whereever I am, every morning without fail. Although sometimes obscured, that part suits me fine. I like shooting pictures of fog and rain! Plus those days give me the opportunity to do something different.
In any case, as I started to say before I got all tangental, we of The CLICK! Project are opening on Valentine’s Day and are having a reception. If you are in the Western North Carolina area, we’d love to see you there. Come say hello! You can find out all about the other artist on The CLICK! Project’s web page. I can’t tell you how awesome these sunrise shots look all printed up on large canvases. You’ll just have to come in and see for yourself!
February 14, 2012, 5:30-8:30 pm
The Conn-Artist Art Studios & Gallery in Hendersonville, NC
611 Greenville Highway (South Main/Rte 225)
Hendersonville, NC 28792
You can watch a short introductory video here:
CLICK! Photo Project from Jared Kay | Amplified Media on Vimeo.
