I had to take a deviation from my series of blogs about historical places and interviews. As you know I live in Charlottesville and this weekend June 11-13th is the Festival of the Photograph. The festival grew out of the vision of Nick Nichols and Jessica Nagle. This the third year of the festival and it is three days of Peace, Love and Photography. There are guest talks, workshops, classes, slide shows, exhibits, camaraderie and love. This all started when Nick Nichols invited photographers over to his house to share photos and ideas. And that has grown into one of the best photo festivals around. Part of the festival is the ability for budding photographers to show off work in a slide show presentation that runs the entire festival, just the same way as Nick had visitors to present work. The theme for this year is "fortune". I have a photo up there of a actually used gold pan from the Alaskan Gold Rush in 1898.
Guest curators include
David Griffin, Director of Photography, National Geographic
Scott Thode, Deputy Picture Editor, Fortune Magazine
Yolanda Cuomo, Principal, Yolanda Cuomo Design
Check out the online slide show and by all means check out the festival website.
http://www.look3.org/
http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/look3/gallery/G0000k6XXJXVErcY?&
