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Susan Burnstine featured in the San Francisco Weekly

 

This week's Arts section of the San Francisco Weekly has a wonderful review of the work of Susan Burnstine, whose photographs were featured here at the John Cleary Gallery in her Within Shadows exhibition this past Fall.

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The Last Goodbye

 

Author Jonathan Curiel writes:

"Burnstine uses special homemade cameras, with odd lenses and other makeshift parts, to distort her photos at the point of conception. Her images almost seem like mirages. Edges are blurred or out of focus, and the photos' central subjects -- whether buildings, vistas, corridors or people -- are also bathed in translucence.Few if any other fine-art or commercial photographers do work like Burnstine's."

(Full article)

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For more information about Susan's work or her 2011 Prix de la Photographie Paris award winning book, Within Shadows, contact us here at the John Cleary Gallery!

Congratulations Mitch Dobrowner: 2012 Sony World Photographer Award Winner

Posted on May 2, 2012

  We are very pleased to announce John Cleary Gallery photographer, Mitch Dobrowner, has been awarded the 2012 Sony World Photographer award for his Storm series. Jupiter, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2011   In a selection process that began with over 100,000…

A Photographic Arbor Day

Posted on Apr 27, 2012

  The last Friday of April is set aside annually in celebration of National Arbor Day, a holiday which encourages the planting and caring for of trees and other foliage.  According to our good friend, Wikipedia, it originated in Nebraska during the early…

Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard

Posted on Apr 25, 2012

  Please join us Saturday, April 28, from 6 - 8 p.m. for the opening of Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard.  The exhibition will run through Saturday, May 26, 2012.  The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception. Trees in April Snow, Catskills   Dan…

Robert Doisneau at 100

Posted on Apr 14, 2012

  Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of French photographer Robert Doisneau, and the John Cleary Gallery blog is pleased to offer a small retrospective of some of his most enduring images.   La dame indignee, 1948   Valse du 14 juillet, 1949   Jacques…

Gerald Pisarzowski: Art and Alchemy

Posted on Mar 16, 2012

  Please join us Saturday, March 24, from 6 - 8 p.m. for the opening of Gerald Pisarzowski: Art and Alchemy. The exhibition will run through Saturday, April 21, 2012. The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception. Scott's Falls #1, ON   Canadian…

Mitch Dobrowner Passes a YouTube Milestone / Price Increase Announcement

Posted on Mar 9, 2012

  A big congratulations to Mitch Dobrowner for reaching over 1 MILLION views on his Google produced Epic Storms video!     Please Note: Due to their popularity, many of Mitch's images have sold into the next price tier and will be undergoing an increase…

Tickets and Schedule for The AIPAD Photography Show in New York

Posted on Mar 9, 2012

  With the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) Photography Show in New York close on our heels, we here at the John Cleary Gallery wanted to give you the most up-to-date information regarding schedules and purchasing of tickets. Catherine…

Understanding Jewish Ceremonial Art: A Conversation with Dr. Vivian Mann

Posted on Mar 9, 2012

  Though we often focus primarily on photography and goings-on here at the John Cleary Gallery, it is also of importance to us to celebrate and acknowledge other artistic conversations occurring in the Houston area. This Sunday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.,…

Jeri Eisenberg Price Increase

Posted on Mar 9, 2012

  Effective May 1, 2012, the price for Jeri Eisenberg's A Sojourn in Seasons waxed Kozo series will be undergoing an across-the-board price increase.   Magnolia, No. 9     Friends of the John Cleary Gallery will remember Jeri's exhibition that opened…