"Manipulate This!"
An Exploration of Polaroid Photography

"Wendell has photographed his surroundings and the West Coast for over 23 years, resulting in a range of subject matter that includes landscapes, waterscapes, seascapes, mans impact on the environment, modern and historical buildings, still life, abstracts, portraits, and figure studies. Wendell works in a variety of mediums, including traditional black and white, color, and manipulated Polaroid SX-70’s"

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:: PRESS RELEASE ::

"In Contrast"
Black and White Photography

"I started photographing with artistic intent about fifteen years ago. A recovering poet, I had had enough of wandering about inside myself, of trying to put myself into words. I soon discovered that the basic impulse that caused me to trip the shutter was to praise. In the process of learning to convey what I saw and felt, I discovered a deep satisfaction in printmaking. Thus the twin motives of my photographic work: to make and to praise."

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During the month of October Appel Gallery will be featuring an extraordinary exhibit: "Thinking Outside the Frame." To encourage the collection of photographic art, all prints will be on sale at a 20% discount. Appel Gallery is Sacramento's only commercial fine art photography gallery. The gallery represents over fifty artists, covering traditional black and white methods to cutting-edge experimental techniques. The opening night reception will be on Second Saturday, October 8th, from 5-9 PM.

"Wanderings"
One-Of-A-Kind Photographic Paintings

"Sharp, clear photographic reality is infiltrated by chaotic, gestural and subjective thinking in the combination of photography and drawing in my work. The photograph, sometimes hidden and sometimes clearly defined by edges, represents physical reality. The drawing represents a more soulful approach to the land that might be labeled spiritual reality. Combined, the photo/drawings hint at an integrated reality that gives credibility to the physical and spiritual aspects of life and the land."

Resume | Statements - Arches , Barnum Swamp, Folsom Lake

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"Gathering Calm"

Fine Art Photography by Elizabeth Carmel

"I believe that experiencing the Earth's beauty has the power to help nourish and unify us, both on a personal and global level. Through my photography I endeavor to translate these experiences into fine art prints. I strive to create images that link us to feelings and perceptions we may not access regularly in our daily lives. I believe that great fine art photographs are a gateway through habitual thinking to a larger perspective."

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"River & Spires"

The Landscapes of David H. Collier

David Collier is the recent winner of the United Nations Environment Programme silver award for his photograph of the River and Spires of Hunan, China.

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"Calla Lilly"

I strive to create images that evoke a mood or a chord of recognition or even a sense of longing with the viewer. Some may sense tranquility and peacefulness or perhaps powerful and vivid qualities to draw one on to more and more discoveries before leaving one image to explore the next. I photograph dramatic landscapes that are at the edge of the light of night and day even as I search for exquisite and unique places..

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"Cultural Artifacts in the Landscape"

Simply recording a landscape is not enough; I must attempt to make an image that gives the viewer an intimate view of its essence, that essence that I find attractive, comforting or catches my curiosity. Our current and ancestral relationships with the land have produced modifications to both humans and the occupied regions. These modifications leave artifacts that interest me. This is indeed a curious relationship since it has evolved and changed with time. I find it engaging to find and isolate these remnants, record them in current context and present these images, occasionally sad, sometimes contemplative, and often humorous, for viewing.

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"Twin Suns"

Invention creates things out of nothing, while innovation brings together existing elements to synthesize something else. My art is more innovation than invention, because I find various elements, record them digitally, then enhance them to make a new creation.

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Marc captures the moment by using natural light,
contrasting elements (and movement whenever possible). Although he has an extensive variety of color photos, his favorite genre is black and white landscape photography, drawing his inspiration from his idol, Wynn Bullock.

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