PCLFC Project: Greenwich: The Perspective of Time Update
Hello Everyone. Our project committee has an update for members.
Now that warmer weather has arrived, we (Dallas, Jean Marc, Mike and Roger) present this memo regarding our upcoming show. As you know, we have teamed up with the Greenwich Historical Society to produce a photography exhibition — Greenwich: A Perspective of Time — that will showcase the work of The PCLFC members. This is an incredible opportunity to show your work and to promote our club. But this will only be a good show if many PCLFC members participate. Remember, this show is exclusively for PCLFC members. Please participate — even if you only submit one photograph. Now that the warmer weather has arrived, below is some guidance to help you plan your photography for this show. In the memo we will:
- Express some general thoughts,
- Give you the time line of events,
- Suggest some topics for those of you who have not come up with your own, as well as topics already suggested.
- Tell you how to post your photos and descriptions and
- Set up several meeting dates and shooting locations.
1. GENERAL THOUGHTS
We have asked that each photograph (or set of photographs, if they are related) be accompanied by a short paragraph (max 150 words) expressing the photographers thoughts on the photograph. Some people have expressed that writing a paragraph may be holding them back. We strongly encourage written thoughts. If you come up with the photos, we can help with the writing.
We have said that old photos you may have taken are not acceptable. On re-considering, the centerpiece of your entry must be a current photograph, but you may you photos from the past if they help to tell the story of the current shot.
We encourage you to visit the Bush Holley House to get an idea of what a unique space we have for this show.
We are dedicating one room (about 12 X 12) to Greenwich Avenue. Jean Marc has created a composite of 300 photographs he took in the morning on New Years Day. The panorama is 12 feet wide and 3 inches high. It will run from one end of a wall to the other. Below the panorama will be Historical Society photos of some of the buildings in the panorama. We will ask club members to submit current photos of those same buildings. The remaining walls will illustrate other views of what is happening on the Avenue. Let’s all be inspired by Jean Marc’s incredible effort.
Your Committee is here to help make this a good experience for each of our members. Please call any of us if you feel you need support. We want this to be a hugely successful exhibition.
2. TIME LINE
June 9- last day for you to digitally submit photos and descriptive paragraphs. We encourage everyone to get works submitted as soon as possible.
June 10- works are juried by a single judge
June 11- members are notified of jury results
June 15- all descriptive materials must be delivered to the Historical Society to be sent out for printing. The Committee reserves the right to edit submitted written work to guarantee uniformity in the show.
July 5, July 6 and July 8, each day between 9:30 and 4:00-members deliver matted and framed works ready for hanging to the Storehouse Gallery at the Historical Society.
July 8-12- Dallas and Committee work with Historical Society to hang exhibition.
July 16- opening reception from 6:00 to 7:30.
July 17- show open to the public.
3. SUGGESTED TOPICS
Greenwich Boys and Girls Club- Sandy Gennrich
Greenwich Country Day- Sally Harris
Byram Pool- the old and the new
Telephone poles, etc- Jean Marc Bara
Outdoor art and murals on buildings- Dallas Molerin
Disappearing neighborhood bars- Mike Harris
Tobacco shop- Mike Harris
Central Greenwich Fire Station and neighborhood stations- Mike Harris and Jean Marc Bara, but we welcome others, the role of the volunteer fireman.
Tomac Cemetery- Dallas Molerin (but note there is a meet up for others).
Other cemeteries (see meet up at Putnam Cemetery)
French Farm
Structures such as old and new Town Halls, meeting halls, churches, National Registry sites (see the attachment)
Greenwich Avenue-Policemen, pocket parks, buildings, changes, new stop signs.
Fashion-Casual dress, kids clothes, tattoos.
Lifestyle-Commuters today versus the past, McMansions, private clubs.
Recreation-skate parks, kids playgrounds, sports teams.
Stone walls-the old winding ones and the new large ones.
Bookstores-are they disappearing.
Occupations
Attached to this email is a reference for photographers. It includes:
– a list of the 33 Greenwich sites that are part of the National Register of Historic Places
– detailed maps showing the location of each one of these sites
– a list of all churches in Greenwich and respective maps
– the direction of sunlight at sunrise and sunset this month
4. MEET UPS
We have tentatively set dates:
to meet on May 4 at Tomac Cemetery with Dallas. See the attached history of this location.
to meet on May 11 for breakfast to gather ideas and head out to shoot.
5. IMAGE SUBMISSIONS
Images should be jpegs no larger than 1024 pixels wide for a horizontal image or 768 pixels for a vertical image, at 72dpi.
File name should be Maker_Title.jpg.
You can include that in the email to Dave, rather than a separate Word document. Dave will copy and paste the text from the email into the website gallery.
Images and descriptions should be sent to DHFore@hotmail.com.
