8/3/2019 Reporter Newspapers 10

1/2

Reporter New spapers - http:/ / w w w .reporternewspapers.net -

Candid camera: Artists bring glow ing ideas to annual showPosted By admin On September 23, 2010 @ 10:32 pm In BrookhavenCommunity,Buckhead Community,Sandy Springs Community

By Martha Nodar

This photo of the three young ballerinas was taken by Gary Gruby at Cumberland Island.

After using film for decades, Buckhead resident Chet Burgess said he has beenexperimenting with digital imaging.

Its the kind of fresh idea that will characterize the 12th annual Atlanta CelebratesPhotography (ACP), which will showcase the works of hundreds of artists next month atmany local venues.

Amy Miller, ACPs executive director said the festival provides the platform forphotographers and venues around town, to engage the public in innovative ways tolearn about and appreciate photography.

One of those venues is the Buckhead Public Library where Burgess and 18 of hiscolleagues, all members of the Atlanta Artists Center (AAC) are showing The AtlantaArtists Center Sixth Photography Exhibit at the Buckhead Library. AAC is a nonprofitartist-oriented association in Buckhead dedicated to growth in visual arts. Theirexhibition will display Oct. 1-Nov. 4, with a reception scheduled Oct. 2.

Burgess Light in the Forest is one of the compositions included in the exhibition, whichhas the feel of watercolor paintings due to a special technique he uses.

Burgess piece not only glows with the mystery of what a forest represents, but it alsocaptures movement in glorious hues of green and yellow, said Cheryl DAmato,AAC/Buckhead Public Library exhibit coordinator.

DAmato said, in addition to participating in the annual October festival, AAC membersalso show their work at the Buckhead Library during the rest of the year. She said she

http://www.reporternewspapers.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/A-Photo-Scout-Meg-Kate-Unrehearsed-Perfection-by-Gary-Gruby.jpg

8/3/2019 Reporter Newspapers 10

2/2

hopes to launch a fundraiser to install a professional hanging system at the library toprotect its walls from damage.

This will also present a more professional exhibit space for the Buckhead Library andthe community, DAmato said.

Other venues participating in the festival include Pace Academy, where Gary Gruby isexhibiting Unrehearsed Perfection from Oct. 1-29, with a reception Oct. 8.

Grubys collection features a combination of both film and digital images capturing theallure of black and white. His intention was to surprise the viewers while adding anelement of fun to picture taking.

Grubys efforts did not go unnoticed. Atlanta artist David Swann said Grubys pieceportraying three ballerinas is a masterful variation of a candid camera bringing theviewer closer to the unsuspecting subject.

Gruby has taken benevolent voyeurism to a whole new level, Swann said. Gruby

captures a simple, yet, elegant intimacy rarely shared with the camera. His gift to theviewers is a composition with three young girls transforming their familiar surroundingsinto some mystical terrain where the chairs become thrones and the carpet, a vibrantstage.

While many photographers such as Burgess and Gruby have embraced advancedtechnology, Sandy Springs resident Jane Kerr remains exclusively faithful to film.

Kerrs Seeing Red is an exhibit playing tribute to Mississippi, her home state. It openswith a reception at the Episcopal Church of the Atonement in Sandy Springs Oct. 17. Theshow ends Nov. 11.

Reflecting upon the plethora of varied art showing in the annual event, Miller said:

Our festival is designed to have something for everyone.

For more information about ACP and the festival, including opening receptions aroundtown visit: www.acpinfo.org.

Article printed from Reporter Newspapers: http:/ / w w w .reporternewspapers.net URL to article: http:/ / ww w .reporternewspapers.net/ 2010/ 09/ 23/ candid-camera-artists-bring-glowing-ideas-annual-show/

Copyright 2010 Reporter Newspapers. All rights reserved.