Paul Lurie lecture and presentation at Gallery Ten: “Fine Art Photography Using Film and Digital Tools,” Aug 14
Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner in Workshops & Demonstrations
Door County artist Paul Lurie calls himself “a road photographer,” in that he finds his inspiration along the roadside while walking, biking or slowly driving.
Paul Lurie
“I enjoy the vistas of the landscape, whether it is the wilderness, the water, a rural farm or an urban streetscape,” says Paul Lurie. “I am interested in how those landscapes are visually interrupted by people, their structures, or the changing light of the sky.”
What he does next, is the subject of a free presentation that he will deliver on Saturday, August 14 at 1:30 pm at Charlene’s Gallery Ten in Gills Rock. “Fine Art Photography Using Film and Digital Tools” will provide a greater understanding of how Paul Lurie uses old and new technology to create his super-scale, landscape photography.
“I, like many other fine art photographers, believe that large-scale is an important element in the aesthetic experience of the viewer,” says Lurie. “Because of the high resolution, most of my images are best seen at five and eight foot widths.”
He accomplishes this using some sophisticated equipment including a Hasselblad XPan 35mm panoramic camera. Then, Lurie scans his photographs into a computer where he can manipulate their properties and eventually make archival prints with a high-resolution inkjet printer. While his tools are top-flight, the theory behind his work can be applied at any level.
In 1998 he started taking photographs in Door County after being motivated by seeing Maxwell MacKenzie’s images of derelict buildings in the Dakotas. In 2004 his work was accepted in the Miller Art Museum’s 39th Annual Juried Exhibit. In 2005 he was awarded a prize in the Hardy’s Annual Juried Exhibit which eventually led to a one-person show there in 2008, “Glories of the Door County Landscape” and the publication of a book, “Farmscapes 2008.”
Paul Lurie, a practicing attorney since 1965, found that his early legal work regarding historical preservation led him to architects who became clients and he began focusing on real estate and construction law. It seems only natural that he would eventually point a lens at historic agrarian structures. He will share the steps along that path with the public at Charlene’s Gallery Ten on Saturday, August 14 at 1:30 pm.
Charlene’s Gallery Ten represents over 100 artists in a gallery collection that is contemporary, original and eclectic. GT Coffee, complements the gallery, serving espresso drinks and Door County cherry pie by-the-slice open daily from 8 AM to 5 PM with free Wi-FI. The gallery is open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM at 12625 Hwy. 42 in Gills Rock, Wisconsin. Telephone 920.854.9907 for further information of visit on-line at www.GalleryTen.com.
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