Sunday, January 27, 2008 THE DALLAS PAGE 7 POST & Four Back Mountain photogra- $phers and a sculptor will partici- ate in a photo exhibit entitled Phoot” © through Saturday, March 22, at the Lizza Studios, #55 Bridge St., Tunkhannock. “A meet-the-artists reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. to- ‘day, Jan. 27, with food, refresh- ‘ments and music by The Tom Ro- | go Experience. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through ‘Fridays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat- “urdays. The photography exhibit, fea- turing photographers Mike Burn- ‘side of Harveys Lake, Ivana Pavel- ka of Tunkhannock and Nick Ouellette and Tom Musto of Sha- ‘vertown offers a personal glimpse through the photogra- ‘phers’ lenses. Eclectic black and white moods, exotic textures, characters, legs and landscapes rcombine to make a very exciting «exhibition of color and light. Sculptor David Green turns alabaster and marble into ab- stract forms with traces of real- ism and movement. Ivana Pavelka was born in the Czech Republic and has been liv- ing in the United States since 1980. She is a bookbinder and a photographer. She is a rostered artist with PCA, an adjunct facul- ty member at Keystone College and one of the co-founders and co-managers of Camerawork Gal- lery in Scranton. Pavelka’s work has been exhib- ited numerous times in juried ») ( - as well as in solo shows. $9.95 3 e works with traditional photo- graphic materials, using chem- ical processes, exploring differ- ent subject matters. Mike Burnside has been taking photographs for over 40 years, us- ing formats from sub-35mm to 4 x 5. In the last five years, he has rediscovered the medium through digital photography. “I decided when you could make an 11 x 14 print in digital that was very hard to tell from film, I'd make the switch,” Burn- side said. His recent shows include the Marquis Gallery in Wilkes-Barre and Something Special in King- ston. Although Burnside admits toa love affair with nature, his work does not necessarily involve pan- oramic vistas or wildlife that peo- ple tend to think of as “nature photography.” “My aim is to get people to look at nature in new ways - to see things that are before them that they never saw before,” Burnside said. “I tend to move in very close and I don’t mind at all going ab- ct with an image, even if it in- olves some manipulation. To me, if I can capture a dramatic sunset refracted in a drop of wa- ter, that says something about both the sunset and the drop of water. Hopefully, this will help people become a little more aware of the natural world and its grandeur and fragility.” Tom Musto has traveled to Eu- rope, Asia and throughout most of North America while produc- ing assignment photography for “Fortune 500” companies and na- itionally-recognized advertising ‘agencies. | With over 20 years of experi- 1 PACE TOURS Flower Show 3/4 & 3/6 Finger Lakes 4/26-27 f Wine & Cheese $249 : Culinary Institute w/ i Wine Tasting 4/4 $89 Tropicana Overnight i Car Show 3/2-3 $99 Turning Stone 2-Day Mar. 16-17 $11 Finger Lakes 1-Day May 10 $119 Hunterdon Hills 4/20 (ANAT TA o P= Tef=) (ol ¥ [SM elo] 41] 570-883-9797 internet | SERVING DALLAS ii Unlimited Hours, No Contracts! i| » FREE 24/7 Technical Support ll » Instant Messaging - keep your buddy list! il * 10 e-mail addresses with Webmail! {| » Custom Start Page - news, weather & mare! ( Surfup to 6X faster! H po EN PA Just 83 more Sign Up Online! www.LocaiNet.com Call Today & Save! loaner 824-8066 Reliable Internet Access Since 1994 2" ence, Musto has been able to combine and work within the three fields of visual art that he has been passionate about his en- tire life: Photography, Filmmak- ing and Graphic Design. These three elements create the key to Musto’s approach when shooting film, video or still photography. “While I have photographed a variety of subjects, such as prod- uct still life for advertising and editorial montages for industry and architecture, I'm really inter- ested in doing works of people,” Musto said. “To me, everything revolves around the individual. A successful work of a person or people is one that evokes some kind of emotion. Sometimes there is only a split second of a moment to recognize and cap- ture an event that is happening or is about to happen. It is the expe- rience of that moment that is be- ing reflected by the subject that gives off a feeling that it is real.” In 1981, while on assignment in the Far East, Musto visited the village of Arun on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Spending two days in the village, he was able to capture and document a lifestyle very different from that in the states. The Muslim people living in Arun are poor with three families living in a dwelling no larger than a three-car garage. The streets are dirt and, at night, parents pro- tect their children from predato- ry animals that make their way into the village from nearby jun- gles. Yet, something in the way they lived reflected a proud and happy existence. Nick Ouellette was raised in Shavertown, attended Wyoming Seminary and moved on to Pres- cott College, a small liberal arts school in Arizona, where he ma- jored in Wilderness Leadership and photography. Although he always had an in- terest in the outdoors, Ouellete’s time at Prescott was the tipping point after which he dedicated ocals showcase art works 3 — SUBMITTED PHOTOS This photograph of a milkweed, taken by Mike Burnside, of Harveys Lake, is just one of many photos on exhibit at the Lizza Studios in Tunkhannock. derness as a therapeutic inter- vention and capturing the dis- tinct moments that keep him in the wildest of places, are only a few of the settings in which Ouel- lette has worked. His interests have led him to backpacking the deserts of Utah and Arizona, the pre-Andes by horseback in Pata- gonia, sea kayaking through the matrix of ice in Northern Alaska and navigating the Grand Ca- nyon as a tri0 leader for his alma mater. From grizzly bears to armed men guarding illegal drug-grow- ing operations, Ouellete never knows what he will encounter but, with camera in hand, he is comfortable and creative. His passion for travel and photogra- 1 This photo, taken by Ivana Pavelka of Tunkhannock at the Luzerne County Fair, is one of many that will be on exhibit at the Lizza Studios begin- ning today, Jan. 27. his life to photography. phy has kept him exploring and Guiding adults and youth in he is able to share this by captur- outdoor settings, using the wil- ing powerful moments. 32 il NL . : CRIA ad LN IES >, ; { % A a Wy n 5 7 ln Th re » JF) Myon GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY. TREATING MORE COMPLEX CASES CLOSE TO HOME. At Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, we treat the most complex medical problems. Here, you'll find an expert team of healthcare professionals, the region's only transplant program, as well as one of the most notable heart programs in the country...where bypass surgery patients spend fewer days in intensive care and recover faster. 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