Thought I'd give my words and thoughts on the exhibit. I was actually just finishing typing this up last night when Bill's summary came through, and I sent it several times but nothing I originated last night would get to the list.
It was wonderful to meet in person, those one has been acquainted with for some to many years, +12 in some cases. The printing job Mark did was astounding! My gallery image had a quality and feeling that did not come through on a digital display. The same can be said for the other images. The gallery was a work of art... far more inspiriting than the Eggleston gallery at the Art Institute we visited. :-) Christine and Sue Barton did an excellent job of organizing and implementing the event. For those who weren't able to attend, you'll be happy to know that we were all treated and respected as photographers and artists, not as a bunch of wannabes. As in any group some clicked and bonded more readily than others with various members, but things were so fast paced that it was a matter of not having the time to make the rounds in detail. The cooperation and goodwill among the PDML members, curators, and visitors was impressive. It was noisy, high energy, and for being only three hours, pretty exhausting. This was an event the PDML can be singularly proud of, participant or not. The event and sales also benefit children who are victims of cancer and their families. So if hesitant to purchase additional books or possibly sponsor riders in an upcoming event, that may be announced, please consider doing so to the extent possible, according to your desire and means. In particular I got to spend a fair amount of time with Christine, Bob Sullivan, Stan Halpin, Doug Brewer, Ann Sanfedele, Mark Roberts and (embarrassed... forget his wife's name), Boris, Larry Colen, Chris Mitchell and wife, Tim Bray, Jay Taylor, Cory waters and his beautiful wife. Cory's photograph took on magical properties in print. Sorry if I left anyone out. Bill Robb and I stayed up till 4AM one morning and 2AM the next talking about everything and trying to comprehend the meaning of life and Time-Space. I'm happy to report we just about have it figured out and will give an update when we've completed our analysis and have reached a definitive conclusion. I never knew Bill slept in the RAW before. I'd have expected long johns, with him being from Canada and that. Of course it might have felt like a heatwave to him down south in Chicago - or maybe it's something related to digital. The GPS had a hard time getting a consistent signal in the valley of skyscrapers which is downtown Chicago. Twice it went into a mode where it was recalculating at east once per block without the vehicle changing direction. So sometimes it took us 20 minutes to get to a destination when it should have taken under 5. Chicago was a great photo venue and I'm sure many photos of members and the areas we visited will soon start appearing. To sum it up, You were great. You were fantastic. You were great. You were all great! Tom C -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
