Arnie Kastenbaum Presents “Finding Your Personal Vision” This Wednesday at SPC

The Stamford Photography Club is pleased to present Arnie Kastenbaum as our guest speaker this Wednesday, February 18 at 7:30 pm.

Arnie’s Discussion will center around “Finding Your Personal Vision.”

From Arnie’s website (akastenbaum.com):

“As a teenager I developed a love for photography and in the late 1960s had my first exhibits at the Floating Foundation of Photography and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York City.  After a long hiatus, I rekindled my passion for the art and in more recent years have participated in more than twenty juried exhibits, galleries and museums in Westchester and New York City.  Please see below.

In my work, no attempt is made to depict an object as it naturally appears.  The goal is to create a new object that did not exist before.  The photograph itself becomes the object without regard to the subject matter.

With this in mind, I utilize the unique characteristics of the medium to portray commonplace objects and show the viewer an alternative representation of the object.  Often an attempt is made to show an overlooked or underlying esthetic that exists in the mundane, be it a light bulb or a doorknob or some other simple thing.  At times this results in a momentary surprise, leaving the viewer to question what the object is or how its image was produced.”

In order to start things off with some discussion he asks that each member bring in an image or two from any source or media that has some meaning to them or they find interesting in some way, but not an image they shot.  

To see some of Arnie’s images please visit his website.

Members and friends are invited to what’s sure to be a wonderful presentation.