Rummage
Carl Snyder
The Featured Artist's work can be seen online and in the gallery from April 29- May 31.
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 5 -7 pm
Artist talk: Wednesday May 20 at noon
Contact the gallery for inquiries.
About the Artist
While working as a librarian, Carl became interested in photography and has continued to pursue this passion ever since. He worked as a freelance photographer in both Montreal and Toronto, before his move to Wolfville in 2011. Carl joined ViewPoint Gallery, serving as a board member and as Director of Communications since August 2013. He also served on the board of VANS from 2015 to 2018.
A great deal of his current work involves long, narrative landscapes, some printed to a very large scale. Most landscapes are stitched multi exposures, processed only to preserve the detail, atmosphere and colours of the original scene. Carl does have some direct visual influences, especially Joel Meyerowitz’s (photography) use of colour, Rackstraw Downes’ (painter) use of overwhelming panorama, and Sarah Jones’ (painter) landscape abstraction.
Semi abstract effort surfaces now and again. Physical print manipulation, experimenting with different papers, textures, and transfer methods are newly emerging.
Artist Statement
The idea for this exhibit has been following me around for over a decade. I had been working as a freelance photographer since 1980, active in advertising and illustrative photography. By 2000 the digital revolution had arrived, and affordable, accurate, color technology was available outside of commercial venues.
I began looking for digital replacements for my very capable, tiny Minox 35 mm pocket camera. The 35 mm format digital sensors were rare and expensive but smaller sensors made affordable pocket cameras possible. My collection grew to include a half dozen of these tiny pixel array cameras. The perfect size for hiking and stealth photography.
From 2005 to 2010, my collection of files from these small sensors grew but technology relentlessly passed them by. I abandoned these early cameras but thousands of their files and print possibilities remained.
RUMMAGE is part of my answer to this creative dilemma. This exhibition is a random collection of older, sometimes forgotten small format digital files that have been re-worked and reimagined using new paper surfaces and image transfer techniques.
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