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Six Students Exhibit Photos at Doshi
An exhibit of six new photographers
will be on display through February at
the Doshi Center for Contemporary Art,
1435 N. Second Street, Harrisburg.
Each of the six has studied photo
graphy at Penn State Capitol Campus.
All have been students of Sanford
Starobin, whose own works were shown
at the Doshi Gallery during January.
The six photographers:
Cecil J. Brooks, 28, of nummeistown
is a writer of fiction and a graduate
student at Capitol Campus. Cecil says
"so much of the cognition involved being
preverbal and unconscious, it is scarcely
surprising that serendepity is the rule
rather than the exception; the find on
my contact sheet often appeals to me far
more than the carefully planned shot."
Grace Cole, 27, of Harrisburg, is a
graduate student at Capitol Campus and
a public relations specialist at Pennsyl
vania Blue Shield. Grace says, "My
major themes are recurring ones:
gentleness, texture, sensuality, and
awe."
Larry Doyle, 35, of Harrisburg, is a
biology and photography teacher at the
Dauphin County Technical School in
Lower Paxton Township. Larry says,
"Photography transcends superficial
sight and leads to increased sensitivity."
James Jurnak, 35, of Susquehanna
Township, is a management consultant
specializing in energy conservation.
Jurnak previously worked with the
Pennsylvania Department of Commun
ity Affairs. Jim says, "In a busy, complex
world, the integrity of ordinary things is
often ignored and easily overlooked.
These images do not record things or
places. Rather, they celebrate the
beauty of the surrounding world by
taking the time to see what is actually
there."
Susan Mclnerney, 43, of Hurrunels
town, mother of six, is a graduate
student at Capitol Campus. Sue says, "I
borrow a phrase from the poet Wallace
Stevens to make an assertion about my
own photography 'because we are
poor.' Our world, more and more seems
to me to be impoverished. Gentleness,
good taste, aesthetic sensibility and all
the concomitants of these qualities are
passing from our lives. When I make a
picture, I retrieve something beautiful; a
curving cornfield, a young girl's breast, a
faultless pattern in light and shadow; a
symmetry of form. When I can find it
and capture the image, an instance of
beauty becomes my richness in a poor
world."
C. Lawrence Dogle
Thursday, February 5, 1981
Kim Walker, 28, a business admin
istration student at Capitol Campus, will
graduate in March. She is employed by
Penn State as an audio/visual aid and
dark-room technician, and by Metro
photo and Sound as a clerk. Kim says,
"The camera sees what I often choose to
overlook: the harsh realities of life, or
the beauty so easily grown accustomed
to in everyday things. The ironic and
perhaps the most intriguing aspect of
photography is that everytime I photo
graph or print I feel as if I start again at
lesson one of both patience and vision."
All of the photographs were proces
sed archivally in two developers and
treated with selenium toner.
Starobin says, "The work of the six
ranges from strident street photography
to gentle appraisals to surreal examina
tions of the psyche. But there is a
commonality, in that their photographs
provide insight into areas otherwise
unknown. These are not mere replica
tions of the visible; these photographs
make visible what otherwise is hidden.
The photographers' view of their med
ium are as diverse as their work."
The Doshi is open Monday through
Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission
is free.
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