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Opening Night at Keyes Art:Terri Gold

“There is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering.
The thing, which has been living in your imagination suddenly, becomes a part of the tangible world.”
Freya Stark

Usually  this wonderful quote reminds me of my travels but it also  applies to the feeling of finally showing the  work.

Completing the circle.

It’s a long way from New York to China and back. It all  begins with the planning and research, then the journey itself and then the long process of editing and creating a body of work. I remember the moment when each image was taken.

It is wonderful to see it in the Gallery at last.

I want to especially thank Julie Keyes and her staff  and everyone who came and shared the evening !

First the set up…

Then its opening night

Then the Dinner Party


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591 Photography Blog

I am happy to have my work shown on the 591 Photography Blog based in Sweden.

What is 591 about?
It is about photography, pictures, life, love, facts, fiction, imagination, people, places…

online exhibitions, off line exhibitions, interviews, photobooks, thinkingspots, family albums, history of photography…

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Save The Date: Terri Gold’s Art Opening

Terri Gold           

                    
Into the Mists of Time in Guizhou, China
 

Images of  China’s vanishing tribal heritage.

Artist Reception: November 3rd  |  6pm – 8pm

Keyes Art Projects | 551 West 21st / 4th Flr/NYC  |  917-509-1379



November 3rd – 28th | Gallery Open Wed – Sat 11am to 6pm and by appt.



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A Condition of Empathy

I came across this Ansel Adams quote the other day on a wonderful photography blog by  Nicole Gibson .

http://blog.nicolegibsonphotography.com/?p=1260

“As with all art, the photographer’s objective is not the duplication of visual reality. Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the innerworlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens. Trusting that the instrument will capture something seen. The terms “shoot” and “take” are not accidental: they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term “make” define a condition of empathy between the external and internal events.”

This is on my mind  as I am editing  my new work from China and beginning the process of creating a new body of work.

I had some visual goals in mind, that are always very fluid and evolving. I  was looking to see with feeling . To create work that asks questions as well as answers.

It’s a difficult process. I want to create beautiful work, work that keeps up with my own pace as an artist and craftsman, but I often  worry that I’ve shot my last good
image, that everything from here on out is just derivative and cliché. We all struggle with  doubts. There is a creative arc on a trip –  to the flow of making the work and even to the journey itself.

I remembered to  trust the process (most of the time) –  and just kept going…

The Lush Landscape

The Lush Landscape

Terraced Rice Fields in the Mountains

The Li River

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South Of The Clouds – In Guizhou and Guangxi

A Toast In Guizhou

South Of The Clouds – as Southwest China is known – is pastoral, stunningly beautiful, richly steeped in minority culture – I am returning to the provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou in April, which I last visited In 1997.
I will be traveling from village to village, with my sister and a few others. Along the way  engaging with local families and exploring their individual customs, history and lifestyles and how they are changing with the incursion of the modern world. The rich tapestry of minority life is truly Guizhou’s majesty. In 1997 I visited villages that had never received western guests. I wonder how different it will be…
As we gradually make our way to Guangxi, we watch the surrounding landscape evolve. One destination is Guilin, where stunning scenes of  limestone hills across a horizon of lakes and rice fields, have been the source of inspiration for Chinese painters for centuries.

Getting ready now- in expedition mode-assembling all my gear-reading and studying about the culture and getting focused mentally on what I might want to create knowing it will evolve once I get there.

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Impressions in Wax: The Creative Process

The photograph is the beginning of the process. My technique involves creating imagery using the invisible infrared light spectrum. I shot infrared film for many years. Now, I use a digital camera converted to infrared and the digital darkroom to create the split-toned imagery. Working with infrared light adds an element of mystery when creating the work, which, I feel, suits the subject matter and the timeless quality of the images. The post processing is part of my medium-I work with Photoshop and now I am pouring encaustic wax on the surface of the prints. This creates work that looks similar to a photograph, but at the same time depends heavily upon the intervention of my hand. I was just in a studio in Philadelphia working with the wax and painting the images with oil sticks. The digital images have always seemed a bit too clean for me and I have been looking for a way to put back in elements that may surprise me.