Overview

By appointment through May 9, 2008	OPENING RECEPTION Saturday March 295 – 8 pm The Julia Dean Photo Workshops 801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8 Venice CA 90291 310-392-0909 MAP to Gallery
	Enrique Ahumada “They were real to me for a portion of a second, like in a dream. A very exciting dream where my most secret desires take their own photographs.” From Women in Windows.
	Gianina Ferreyra From the series The Garden, where dreams are found.
	Susan Gast From the series One Room, portraits that explore the mystery of emotion and place. The images are bathed in a surreal wash to reveal the reality of the subject’s life.
	Rico Mandel From the Earth – a series of images exploring the textures, curves and sensuality of the plants we grow for food. Fruits and vegetables in their raw state, pristine, radiating their smells and beauty in their natural form. A respect for the vast cornucopia placed before us maximizing each flavor.
	Jim Marx Jim Marx freezes time to keep moments that otherwise would have been missed and combines images to add another level of reflection.
	Shay McAtee Shay McAtee’s series, Backstage, documents the behind-the-scenes hustle and bustle, anxiety and excitement, of a performance by a local ballet company.
	Cindy Schafer From the series, “Where Am I? Who Am I?” these images awaken memories of life on the farm, confirm a sense of place, and are a gentle reminder of the calm I feel when surrounded by nature.
	Aline Smithson From the series HUGO, these images explore how an unusual doll finds his fit in the world. He’s a man, not a boy; too real for the world of toys and too strange to be loved by a child. The thought of spending childhood hours with Hugo is the unsettling subject I decided to explore.
	Jim Starks, Jr. The Venetian Carnival series makes creative use of intricate carnival masks in part one of Distortion through Masks.
	Catharine Stebbins A chance explosion while reheating leftovers in the microwave inspired this work. From the series BLOW UP, these images pay homage to science, the field of systematic discovery. The result is an imaginary taxonomy of Microwavae Eruptus.
	Jacqueline Truong From a collection of figure studies, these nudes represent the grace and beauty with which a simple form can become. The contours and lines hint of another time and place.