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The Photolab Gallery announces an exhibit of black and white photography, titled “Artist Studio” by Orinda photographer, Tom Lavin.

The show will run from December 30 to February 24, 2007 at the Photolab Gallery, 2235 Fifth Street in Berkeley.

The exhibit is accessible, open to the public and free of charge. Hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10:30 to 2:30 pm, closed on Sundays.

A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, January 20th, from 6 to 8 pm.

Photographer Tom Lavin, an Orinda architect, has created a portfolio of elegant black and white photographs of the work of two artists, a painter and a sculptor. Once a year for 4 years, Mr. Lavin photographed and re-photographed the artists’ work as it evolved.

He says, “By arrangement and re-arrangement I used the pieces of their creations to form yet a third artistic expression… I was given complete artistic freedom to render and interpret as I saw fit.”

Artistic freedom explains, in part, what happens when you start with the pregnant female human form, cast and sculpt its image, photograph that, scan the negative and print the new image digitally. With that many steps and manipulations, can nature be transformed by sculpture and then by photography with its beauty intact?

The Photolab Gallery thinks so.

We invite you to come and decide for yourself at this intriguing exhibit.

The portfolio ended when the artists moved and most of their casts were destroyed.

Tom Lavin studied with Jerry Uelsmann, John Sexton, Vilim Criz, Pirkle Jones, Bruce Barnbaum, Jill Enfield, Huntington Witherall, Ruth Bernhardt and others. He has been exhibiting and selling work in California since 1997.

Mr. Lavin is a member of the Friends of Photography, the Berkeley Camera Club and the Bay Area Photographers Collective.

Some of his photographic work can be seen online at http://www.photo.net/photos/Tom%20Lavin

For more information
Contact: Andrea McLaughlin (510) 644-1400
Tom Lavin (925) 253-0404
 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM LAVIN

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ABOUT THE PHOTOLAB GALLERY

The Photolab Gallery is a not for profit gallery space made available to selected photographers to showcase and sell their work.  The Gallery provides the San Francisco Bay Area with an opportunity to expand its exposure to current excellent photographic work and local artists and to  buy directly from the artists.


The Photolab Gallery has shown over 120 exhibits since 1991, featuring the work of over 115 photographers including several artists who have been invited to show more than once. Many photographers whose work was shown in the Gallery have gone on to be represented by professional art galleries.

For more information about current or past exhibits or to
learn how to submit a portfolio contact Andrea McLaughlin.

Photo Credits:
Photos in top banner by Charles Klein and Margaretta Mitchell, photos for exhibit byTom Lavin (middle).

All other photos this page by Andrea McLaughlin