Philip Ringler says, "My work is about communicating difficult, ambiguous feelings and philosophies by using the medium of Conceptual Photography. It’s about communicating the stuff that keeps me up at night: the looping thoughts about something that I experienced as a kid or in a relationship that I just can’t shake, some spiritual or political experience that feels impossible to talk about, some big, esoteric idea that I just have to get out, but doing it in a way that is symbolic, not autobiographical.  It’s about communicating something I feel is important about the world and want people to think about, feel, question. My work is about giving presence to the opaque stuff that I can’t just say or describe, and I try my best to do it with humor, wit, and earnestness.  

I always challenge myself to make photographic art that is as ambitious and fully realized as possible, often failing along the way, but always learning and exploring new paths in Art.
I strongly believe that my Artwork shouldn’t just be wallpaper. It has to have more depth and nuance than mere design. I don’t want my work to be a one liner either, it shouldn’t just be formulaic and easy to understand; that’s what entertainment is for. I’m trying to make photography difficult for myself and my viewers. I’m not doing this to be pretentious or craft some persona, but to celebrate intellectualism and depth in art in a way that moves the medium forward without derailing completely. I appreciate artists that challenge me and I choose to do the same.

I believe that the project determines the style and technical choices based on the specific needs of each series. Sometimes I shoot color, other times black and white. I typically shoot 35 mm or full frame digital, but will use whatever the project calls for. I don’t typically do heavy post-production in photoshop. I create a lot In-Camera and either work with natural or studio lighting. I either travel to the location where I’m going to go on a kind of conceptual scavenger hunt, like at an amusement park or zoo, or I'm going to build sets myself and use props or whatever it takes to make the image.

My hope is that the viewer will bring their unique experiences to my work and co-create narratives and unveil symbolic meaning by seeing, learning, and imagining. If you end up with more questions than answers, feel something differently, or start thinking about the world in a new way, the work has succeeded."

Philip Ringler has been making photographs professionally since he was 19. His career spans nearly 30 years working for newspapers, magazines, businesses, and independently as an artist. He worked as a live music photographer, photographing punk and experimental bands. He also worked as a commercial photographer, doing book, advertising, and catalog work.

He’s been published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Wired, Black and White, et cetera. 

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at California State University, East Bay and earned a Master of Fine Arts from John F. Kennedy University’s Arts and Consciousness Program. 

He’s taught university classes and led workshops and lectures around the world. He worked as a curator for 15 years and has owned two photography businesses.

His primary love is Fine Art Photography, especially the Philosophy of Photography and exploring work about the medium itself. His studies in Art Theory, East Asian Philosophy and Art, along with living and traveling in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, have informed much of his work in the past 10 years. 

Philip’s artwork is in private collections, galleries, and museums all over the world. He exhibits in the US and internationally, especially biennales, contemporary art fairs, and private galleries in Europe and Asia. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida with his partner Anna, and cats, Penny (calico) and Carl (cow).

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Prescott Moore Lassman says, "I am a photographer based in Washington, D.C. focusing mainly on black-and-white photography — somewhere between street and documentary with a strong dose of minimalism for good measure. 

My subject matter and interests are eclectic, but my approach is mostly intuitive. I search for images that resonate, for moments of synchronicity in everyday life. Because this approach relies on unconscious triggers, my photographs are often richly symbolic, though their meaning is not immediately clear (at least not to me).  For me, this is the essence of photography: capturing an image that resonates and then, over the course of months or years, figuring out why. 

The photography series
Subterranean documents life underground in the subway tunnels. The subway is a quintessential urban landscape that I’ve been fascinated by for nearly 40 years. Something changes when you go underground. People withdraw into their own inner thoughts and operate in a dreamlike state. Whether they are by themselves on a subway platform or crushed together in a crowd, they often move through this subterranean world as if they are all alone, as if they don't recognize the existence of other commuters or workers standing or working right next to them.

As a result, life underground can often take on the otherworldly feeling of dreams, where the familiar and the fantastical routinely intermix. This series attempts to capture some of the strangeness and wonder of this solitary, subterranean world in the subways."

Career Highlights-

City Hall Art Collection, Washington, DC
Individual Artist Fellowship, DCCAH, Washington, DC
First Place, The Human Spirit, LA Photo Curator
Best In Show, Exposed DC 17th Annual Photo Show, Washington, DC
The Photo Review 2023 Competition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Soho Photo National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Carte Blanche, Lucie Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (online)
8th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
Published in: Black & White Magazine, Shots Magazine, AAP Magazine, The Sun Magazine, Antietam Review, and The Washington Post

www.instagram.com/lassman_lenswork
 

Timothy Kennedy says of his series 'IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY', " Growing up in Upstate New York, when I heard about New York City, I was dazzled by romantic images of a gleaming modern metropolis. Later in life, I learned from my marriage into a family in the outer borough of Queens that New York City was also a down-to-earh place. Gritty Flushing was easily transcended by weekend family visits to Jones Beach on Long Island.

While I appreciated all of this, I felt the magical presence of Manhattan that was just a no.7 train ride away from Main Street in Flushing. My exhibit IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY tells my story as I transported myself between both worlds - a short subway ride apart."

www.timothykennedy.net

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Carole Glauber says, "My photography is shaped by my interests in history and biography. From there, it is based on my experiences and observations, derived from my sense of spontaneity and curiosity intertwined with intuition. Over the years, my work is about people and places, sometimes up close and sometimes more distant.

My photographic practice comes from my personal journeys and quiet observations—sometimes we need to lose ourselves in the chaos to self-reflect and create order. Here, gesture, light, and composition merge to display what just happened in the split second of time"

Carole Glauber is photographer, photo-historian and author based in Israel since 2017.

She has a B.S.Ed. in History and a M.Ed and is the author of two books, “Personal History” (Daylight Books) and “Witch of Kodakery: The Photography of Myra Albert Wiggins 1869-1856” (Washington State University Press).

Her photographs have been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Israel, and Australia and have received awards from the PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, the International Photography Awards, the Tokyo International Foto Awards, the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, the Pollux Awards, the Mobile Photography Awards, and International Krappy Kamera Competition in New York City.

Her book, “Personal History,” a 30-year  photographic series of her sons made with a 1950’s Brownie Hawkeye Camera, received awards from PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and the Budapest, Tokyo, and Moscow International Foto Awards.

She is the recipient of a Peter E. Palmquist Photographic History Research Fellowship, a Winterthur Museum Fellowship, an Oregon Humanities Fellowship, and numerous grants for her photographic research.

www.caroleglauber.com 
www.instagram.com/carole_glauber  
 

Don Agnello says "While much of my work involves inanimate objects, I regard Street Photography as my greatest challenge.
Out in the chaotic hustle bustle of an ever changing urban landscape my goal is capturing a moment in time when the elements fall into place to tell a story.

To me a successful photograph of this sort must be visually accessible, and maintain enough interest to hold the viewers attention. Layers of meaningful subject matter add to the context for an overall message that causes the viewer to linger, pondering the story within."

www.donagnello.com
www.instagram.com/donagnello


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