proud to present "life & death" winning professional photographer: ms. amy lorino!

bulb is honored to present the work of friend and colleague, amy lorino!
amy is a houston, texas based photographer and photography teacher.  
she is currently teaching at three colleges in the houston area!  
in her very few moments of free time, 
she enjoys many activities of varying dorkiness.  

this selection of work is a very short, untitled series: a study of produce.  

it all began with a mad dash to the grocery store the morning before a wet plate collodion workshop.  

that asparagus was a revelation.  

this small body of work is a simple exploration into subject matter and still life. 

in the past, i have always explored highly personal avenues. 

this is just the beginning of a new relationship with what i photograph.

- amy lorino

amy has recently begun a blog on wordpress where you can view a few more pieces.

if you have trouble contacting her there, please contact me and we will get you connected!

image by amy lorino

image by amy lorino

image by amy lorino

image by amy lorino

image by amy lorino

proud to present "life & death" winning photographer: audry shapai

enjoy the works of winning student photographer, audry schapai!

audry is a student at the art institute of charlotte studying to earn a ba in photography. 

she has always understood the importance of capturing a moment. with the passing of her father, 

she realized that we should never take anything for granted because things will always change. 

audry  is currently in the process of deciding what branch of photography she wants to concentrate in.

some of her favorites include photojournalism and fine art, 

but there is also an interest in industrial and portrait photography. 

the work included below is a selection of images that have been 

produced throughout her educational career. 

each image exhibits a different photographic technique or tool including 

digital pinhole, medium format cameras, tilt shift lenses and plastic lens holga cameras. 

to contact audry or view more of her work, visit her page at shutterfly!

image by audry schapai

image by audry schapai

image by audry schapai

image by audry schapai

image by audry schapai

proud to present "life & death" winning photographer: christy megenbir

below, you will find the lovely work of christy megenbir.

christy was born and has lived most of her life in charlotte, nc. 

she has experienced many things for being so young and, while attending uncc to become a photographer, 

she has learned that art is a way for her to express herself. 

this year has been very exciting for me. 

i am currently taking the black and white printing class at uncc.  

this year's projects have been incredibly experimental and creative. 

these images were all taken this semester and i feel they are my strongest work so far.  

i love finding unusual and interesting images and creating a narrative with them.  

i also excel at making portraits for people. i have  been focusing more on ethereal and surreal photography. 

an image that evokes emotion is necessary in my work. 

i feel there is a need for the viewer to have a more direct relationship 

with images and impose their own life experiences into each piece.

- christy megenbir

to get in contact with christy or just view more of her work, 

please visit her website www.christyscandids.web.com

image by christy megenbir

image by christy megenbir

image by christy megenbir

image by christy megenbir

image by christy megenbir

proud to present "life & death" winning photographer: amelia fletcher

here is the first installment of posts featuring the stand out photographers
from the life & death photo challenge...

amelia fletcher is currently attending uncc, working on a bfa with a concentration in photography.  
her future plans include attending a graduate program where she will learn her mfa. 
fletcher enjoys many different art mediums, but photography is her passion... 
whether it is working with film, digital or an alternative process. 
she is inspired by the natural world, history, stories from the past, human perception and memory.


the works presented here today are from a series called, "these reckless conditions".


this body of imagery explores the fragile relationship between humans and the environment, 
and our senseless efforts to collect and control it. 
i have always been fascinated with the natural world. 
most of my childhood was spent playing in creeks and woods near our home, 
collecting relics of nature untouched and unaltered by human hands. 
i have always felt a connection to nature's tangible contents and the land around me. 

symbolically and historically birds are of a particular fascination. 
the more i understand my work, 
the more i draw associations to the similarities between the human species and that of the legendary aves. 
birds are revered as one of the most intelligent creatures in the world with complex social structures 
resembling that of humans. 
they have been represented in diverse and prominent roles in folklore and religion 
across the world, since the beginnings of human history. 
in myth and culture they have been portrayed as messengers, deities, universal guardians, and prophets of truth. 
birds communicate using song and body language.
the vast majority are monogamous and they are remarkably equipped to remember precise locations during migration. 
although humans have protected, domesticated, and sustained different breeds of birds,
conversely, they have caused population decrease and extinction of countless species.

because of the process used in the creation of these images, 
the tiniest of detail and delicate elements of each specimen are visible, 
transforming the small and frail into a significant symbol of our existence.


- amelia fletcher




if you would like to contact amelia or view more of her work,
check out her website ameliafletcher.com

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

“No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, 

but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, 

for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it.” 

-Annie Dillard Pilgram at Tinker Creek

uncc offers up its walls for a juried student exhibition

SHUTTER 2012

Third Annual Juried Student Photography Exhibition

Sponsored by the Art of Light Photography Club at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Shutter is an open call of all photo-based works to all 

Undergraduate and graduate college students in the Southeast region.  

All content and photographic media is welcome 

(alternative processes, traditional black andwhite, and/or digital methods, etc.). 

No entry fee!

JUROR--Antonio Martinez

Antonio teaches photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 

He attended Creighton University, where he earned a BFA in painting and 

then pursued an MFA in photography atEast Carolina University. 

His Near the Egress video has been shown in over 25 international and national festivals 

and was featured in PDN magazine in 2010 and on platestopixels.com. 

For more information about Antonio and his work, visit antoniom.com.

IMPORTANT DATES

·      Deadline for Submission: December 10, 2011 (extended from the 7th!)

·      Entries to arrive at the gallery: December 20th-January 6th

·      Opening of Show: January 13th

·      Reception Date: January 18th

·      Juror Lecture: January 18, 7pm at UNC Charlotte

·      Closing of Show: February 7th

SUBMISSION DETAILS

·      Submissions will only be accepted by email to shuttersubmit@gmail.com.

·      Submit jpegs, sized 7 inches on the shortest end at 72 DPI.

·      File should be named by artists first and last name and numbered (ex: AmandaJohnson_1.jpg)

·      Email with jpgs must include the following information:         
                  *Name, Address, Email, Phone Number & University Currently Attending
                  *For each entry provide Title, Size Framed, Materials/Methods Used & Insurance Value

·      Entries that are incomplete, or not up to the standard of the submission will be disqualified.

·      Limit of five entries per person

·      Additional instructions will be sent to artists included in exhibition.

·      Students included in the show will be responsible for matting and framing 

                  the work on a professional level and will be responsible for the cost of shipping to and from UNCC.

PRIZES/AWARDS

·      Provided by donations from Kickstarter.

·      TBA

CONTACT INFORMATION

Aspen Hochhalter, E: ahochhal@uncc.edu

Ann Kluttz, E: aekluttz@uncc.edu

9201 University City Blvd Rowe Arts Building Charlotte, NC 28223

W: http://www.sco.uncc.edu/artoflight/

THE ART OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

Founded in 1993, the ALPC was designed to promote photography 

at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as well as the greater Charlotte community. 

The ALPC provides students interested in photography with a social network 

and opportunities to experience workshops, lectures, conferences and photographing excursions. 

For more information about ALPC, upcoming events and photography 

featured in previous Shutter exhibitions, please visit our website: http://www.sco.uncc.edu/artoflight/.

life & death photo challenge: announcement of "winning" submissions

i want to thank everyone who submitted to the life & death photo challenge. 

this theme is always captivating and can be approached in so many ways. 

i enjoyed looking at each artist’s different perspective.

life and death are subjects that have always been at the forefront of the artist’s mind; 

whether we are trying to deal with the loss of a loved one, 

capture forever a moment that is gone or 

cling to the hope of a new beginning. 

personally, i was most attracted to the more abstract images; 

the photographs that were not quite so literal yet held a dreamlike, eerie essence instead. 

some appeared almost as if they had come out of the world of edgar allen poe 

(quoth the raven, nevermore)!  

it was those images that portrayed the mysterious and esoteric qualities of both life and death 

that were able to catch and keep my eye. 

with that being said, I also connected to the literal nature of amelia fletcher’s 

second image of the tiny, deceased bird, taking something that can, at first, 

seem shocking or even grotesque and presenting it in a manner that is both beautiful and poetic.  

- michelle jammes

gallery manager

castle gallery

new rochelle, new york

thank you once again for participating in this bulb photo challenge.

we look forward to the upcoming blog features presented by each of the following photographers:

amelia fletcher

audry schapai

christy megenbir

and in the professional category:

amy lorino










*all jurors of bulb photo challenges are third party volunteers that are not compensated for their participation.
*all submissions are presented to the juror without identification of the photographer responsible; they are completely anonymous to the juror.

life & death: an exhibition of photographs

below, you will find the images selected from the submissions for the

life & death photo challenge.

each photographer interpreted the concepts of life and death in their own unique ways.

enjoy the show.

(the "winning" photographs will be announced later this week in a separate post)

image by amelia fletcher

image by karla eargle

image by audry schapai

image by tiffany dyer

image by christy megenbir

image by jen crickenberger

image by amanda johnson

image by david hough

image by amanda markham

image by jeff dugan

image by jordan fogal

image by andrew amelinckx

image by kelsey mcneil

image by lauren phillips

images by jordan fogal

image by craig reynolds

image by tiffany dyer

images by james reeves

image by lauren phillips

image by jen crickenberger

image by amy lorino

image by amanda markham

image by breanna dobbins

image by john russo

image by christy megenbir

image by james reeves

image by kelsey mcneil

image by mike baker

image by karla eargle

image by amelia fletcher