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September 2, 2011

What's a Photo Worth?

When someone asked Bernard Spinelli a while back why he was passionate about his photography he replied he wasn’t. “I did say that I was passionate about other people’s photography.” Admittedly it's trite to say a photograph is worth a thousand words, but as Bernie says, try describing a fireworks display. Photograph by Bernard Spinelli

Bernard Spinelli is passionate about photography, but not necessarily his own.

When someone asked him a while back why he was passionate about his photography “I replied that I wasn’t,” Bernie said in an email interview. “I did say that I was passionate about other people’s photography.”

Bernie has been photographing since 1963 while working as a field service technician at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. “I’ve been exposed to a lot of visual input in my lifetime, which is storytelling in its truest sense and allowing one to be there and experience the moment as it happened.”

Admittedly it's trite to say a photograph is worth a thousand words, but as Bernie says, try describing a fireworks display.

June 24, 2011

Photography Consultant Mary Virginia Swanson Speaks Sept. 24

Photography marketing consultant, author and educator Mary Virginia Swanson will give CoPA’s annual lecture Sept. 24. Her lecture will help photographers establish professional relationships and focused marketing efforts.

Photography marketing consultant, author and educator Mary Virginia Swanson will give CoPA’s annual lecture Saturday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in UWM Arts Lecture Room ACL120, located at 2400 E. Kenwood Avenue.

May 3, 2011

His Last Roll of Kodachrome

CoPA member Erik Ljung is admittedly shy but having a camera in front of his face is his good excuse to interact with strangers he might otherwise be reluctant to approach. His recently exhibited his work, using his last roll of Kodachrome film.

CoPA member Erik Ljung is admittedly shy but having a camera in front of his face is his good excuse to interact with strangers he might otherwise be reluctant to approach.

“My camera is the perfect excuse to put myself in sticky situations,” the 27-year old photographer said. “I use my camera as a tool. I study photography and photographers all day, every day – it consumes me – but I rarely photograph without a purpose.”

January 24, 2011

Subway Texting

It happened in a fraction of a second when the New York City subway car door opened and Paul Matzner saw both men texting. He framed them and clicked, but it wasn’t until Paul returned to his Shorewood home that he realized the social statement he had captured.

It happened in a fraction of a second when the New York City subway car door opened and Paul Matzner saw both men texting. He framed them and clicked, but it wasn’t until Paul returned to his Shorewood, Wis., home that he realized the social statement he had captured.

“We live and work in close proximity, but we spend an inordinate amount of time not acknowledging each other when we are together,” Paul said. “Mass transit seems to heighten that isolation.”

January 21, 2011

Zalewski Joins Art City Contributors Cadre

Jessica Zalewski picks a Gallery Night documentary photography exhibit at the Grohmann Museum of Art in her debut contribution to The Journal Sentinel’s Art City.

Jessica Zalewski picks a Gallery Night documentary photography exhibit at the Grohmann Museum of Art in her debut contribution to The Journal Sentinel’s Art City.