Member Info
- Full Name
- Bernard Newman
- Bio
I began photographing in my teens. My earliest favorite themes were extremely detailed seascapes and forests using ultra fine grain film. For a long period, a recurring theme was a “glorification of the banal” inspired by one of my favorite photographers, Harry Callahan. When digital photography finally reached resolutions that permitted creating fine art photography prints, I adopted that medium exclusively. My current favorite themes are finding the overlooked details, patterns, and abstractions in everyday urban and landscape settings.
Exhibits
- 2011-12: COPA 5th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition, Walker's Point Center for the Arts
- 2010-11: COPA 4th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition, Walker's Point Center for the Arts
- 2010: COPA Juried Exhibition at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI
- 2009: Racine Art Museum – Wisconsin Photography 2009, Racine, WI
- 2008: Photography MIDWEST: A Seven State Juried Exhibition, Madison, WI
- 2008: Wisconsin Waters: Center for Photography Sponsored Exhibition, Madison, WI
- 2008: Wheaton Franciscan Hospital, Franklin, WI - Part of Permanent Art Collection
- 2006-2011: Gallery218 - Coop member
- 2005: Café Forte, Mequon, WI
- Artist's Statement
My favorite subject is the commonplace viewed in an uncommon way: an overlooked detail in a landscape or street, a fleeting occurrence of light and shadow, motion or stillness. Hidden patterns and abstractions are all around us, but we need to stop and look to find them. I contemplate the image I want to capture, so that you see what I first saw in the camera viewfinder. Without a lot of digital manipulation, I want to convey the message of what I saw and felt the moment that I found the image.
- City
- Mequon
- Website
- http://www.bernienewman.com
Gallery
History
- Member for
- 1 year 23 weeks
