The Portrait
Opening Night Reception: Dec 9th, 2017
Exhibition Dates: Dec 10th - Jan 12th, 2018
Theme | The Portrait
In her book, Portraits and Persons, writer Cynthia Freeland describes three essential elements that constitute a portrait: “(1) a recognizable physical body (2) an inner life, i.e., some sort of psychological or mental states and (3) self-presentation, or the "posing.” Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that celebrates the aesthetic and conceptual considerations involved in the creation of the portrait: revealing personal narratives or new anthologies through the artistic representation of the subject.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
PRAXIS GALLERY | PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS | | 612-475-1605 | ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER ©2018
The Decisive Moment
Opening Night Reception: Nov 2nd, 2017
Exhibition Dates: Nov 3rd - Nov 30th, 2017
Theme | The Decisive Moment
Twentieth century French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson described the decisive moment as ‘the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.”
While the concept of the decisive moment is often associated with dynamic, synchronic activity captured in an instant - it may just as well apply to the photographic image that records a thoughtful moment of fleeting solitude or calm.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
PRAXIS GALLERY | PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS | | 612-475-1605 | ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER ©2018
TIKONKO
Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center Presents
By David L. Parker, MD
October 5th - October 29th, 2017
Artist Talk & Reception October 5th, 6:00 - 8:30
Since 1992, Dr. David Parker has pursued dual careers: working as an occupational physician and epidemiologist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and photographing working children around the world.
His most recent photographs were taken on a trip to the diamond mines of the Tikonko and Kona chiefdoms in Sierra Leone. This work represents Dr. Parker’s continuing efforts to record the immediate and long-term effects of child labor on vulnerable communities.