Another of our KCPS members, Helena Fierlinger, has an exhibition on at the Mahara Gallery in Waikane from 29 August to 27 September.  Her photographic exhibition is entitled “Natural Design”.

Click below for further details of the upcoming Mahara Gallery exhibitions, and a floor talk by Helena at 11 am on 16 September.

KCPS member Hal Gimpelson will have a second solo show in the Art Space at the Paraparaumu Library from 23 August through 11 September.

It includes 15 abstract close-ups of rust and graffiti on railroad cars and prints of sunsets.  Some of these images have been seen at KCPS meetings but have been refined.  Some of the sunsets are now printed about 1.5 metres wide.  To whet your appetites, below are a couple of the images on show.

©Hal Gimpelson

©Hal Gimpelson

Emerging Light Gallery

For poetry readers, three of Hal‘s writings have also been selected by three artists to create new works.  It’s a fascinating show combining writer and visual art at an annual show entitled Con-Fluent at the Emerging Light Gallery in Plimmerton from now (it started on 14 August) to late September.

A metal piece by eco-jeweller JoAnna Mere is entitled Exhale/Poumoana with words from Hal’s Never Stopping, a felting work by Birgit Moffatt based on his Carving Aotearoa, and a third piece composed of layered and carved photos based on his We Can’t Photograph Every Cloud.

Mike Martin from KCPS, and Fred Wotton who will be our judge for the Spring Salon, are just two of the excellent monochrome photographers who will be exhibiting in “Monochrome 2015”.  This runs from 2—13 September at the Odlin Gallery, 9-11 Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt.  Open from 10:00 am — 4:00 pm daily.

Further details are below.

 Monochrome 2015

The Monochrome Group, a group of highly
experienced amateur photographers, will
show their work in an unusual exhibition in
Lower Hutt this month.

Monochrome 2015 will be the group’s second
exhibition, the first of which, in January
2013, set attendance records for the Odlin
Gallery.

The group, whose members come from
throughout the Wellington region, was
formed some 15 years ago with the intent of
preserving traditional photography.
Devotees of the darkroom, the group
members continue to use film and
chemicals rather than digital cameras and
computers.

Nine members will each present images in
an exhibition at the Odlin Gallery, near the
Dowse Gallery, in Lower Hutt, from 2
September 2015.

One of the group, retired engineer Brian
Smith, uses a large Kodak 2-D view camera,
a model maufactured between 1921 and
1950. Its 8×10 inch negative is equivalent to
a 1.3 Gigabyte digital file and produces
images far more detailed than those from
the average digital camera. Contact prints
from these negatives show domestic and
other interiors.

Another member, Johnsonville resident
Fred Wotton, now in his 80s, has been a
member of the group for over 10 years. His
speciality is capturing panoramic scenes
with his 35mm Leica rangefinder camera,
which he has been using for the past 54
years.