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EXCELLENCE AWARD ... Publication in COLOR magazine Breaking News: A portfolio of Mike's images has been selected for an excellence award and will be published in the prestigious photography magazine COLOR A 4 page spread of these images will appear in Issue 86, October 2011. (An example is shown to the right.) Images were selected from two of Mikes's portfolios.... Reflections and Nude Indigo EXHIBIT ..... at Nelly's Java Gallery One of Mike's images (shown to the right) was featured in a group exhibit by the Berkeley Fine Art Photographers (BFAP) at Nelly's Java Gallery, in Montclair, Oakland during the month of July 2011. Location: 1952 Mountain Blvd, Oakland CA. SOLO EXHIBIT ..... at French Hotel A set of Mike's images were exhibited at the French Hotel gallery, on Shattuck in Berkeley, during the month of May 2011. The exhibit was titled La Femme Eternelle (Eternal Woman) and consisted of fine art archival photographs from two portfolios (Portfolios 3 and 4). Portfolio 3 Portfolio 4 |
Nude Indigo #3 Hudson River Pilings
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NEWS FLASH ... 2011 Publication One of Mike's images was selected for publication in the prestigious photography magazine COLOR It appeared in the March 2011 issue. Mike is one of the winners in COLOR's single image 2011 contest. Shown to the right, the winning image captures light reflecting off of silvered Mylar onto a model as well as the models reflectin in the mylar. For more in this genre see Portfolio 4 on the home page. [ Note that Bill Brandt was one of the first photographers to work with silvered mylar in 1977. ] |
Reflections on Shawnrey |
| NEWS FLASH ..... Exhibit An images of Mike's was in an exhibit at the Berkeley Art Center The exhibition opened on Dec 11, 2010 and ran till Jan 23, 2011 at the Art Center located at 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley. Shown to the right, the exhibited image is an example of naturally occuring abstract rock art that can be found along the California coast. Point Lobos abounds in rocks of varying hues, weathered and carved by wind and surf. For more in this genre see Portfolio 1 on the home page. |
Natural Rock Abstract Art (Point Lobos). |
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CENTER for FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO included one of Mike's images in a Juried International Exhibit "New Visions." This prestigous exhibition opened on Jan 15, 2010. The image exhibited, presented here, is from a portfolio in which the nude is rendered in hues of blue, breaking with conventional skin tones and encouraging us to focus solely on form and lighting. The original image containing the two figures was torn and then re-shot so that the tear not only represents a compositional element but also introduces an emotional, psychological dimension – reminding us of the ever-present fragile nature of our relationships. |
Blues: Torn Relationship |
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NEWS Recent Gallery Exhibits One of Mike's images is on display in the Berkeley Fine Art Photographers exhibit at the French Hotel Cafe on Shattuck Ave in Berkeley. The exhibit runs from Oct 1 through Oct 31, 2010. SF Camerawork's Gallery included one of Mike's images in a group exhibit. Location: 657 Mission St., San Francisco, CA. The exhibit ran from May 6 through Aug 7, 2010. One of Mike's images was on display in a group exhibit at the Ross Building gallery (Shattuck Ave and Allston Way) in Berkeley. The exhibit ran from Mar 10 through Aug 10, 2010. Two images were on display in a group exhibit at the Frisbie St Gallery, 204 Frisbie St, Oakland. The exhibit ran from May 21 through May 23, 2010. Best In Show .... Berkeley Camera Club (2010) In June 2010, Mike was awarded Best in Show, Pictorial Image of the Month for an image of a model (TJ) in a southwest slot canyon. ...... shown to the right. The combination of the model and the fluid curves of the water carved canyons has a special appeal. Incidentally, Mike again won Best in Show Pictorial Image in the July competition. 1st Place .... 2009 Annual Print Competition A fine art print of Tuscany ("Alleyway in St Angelo") .... see Tuscany gallery, was awarded 1st place in the Berkeley Camera Club's annual 2009 juried print competition. Best In Show .... Berkeley Camera Club (2009) In Aug 2009, one of Mike's images was awarded Best in Show, Pictorial Image of the Month . That image "Isabell in Repose" is shown to the right. Mike is happy to acknowledge the influence of photographer Ruth Bernhard on his work. Continuing Studies Mike took nude photography master classes from Kim Weston (Edward Weston's grandson) at his Wildcat Canyon Studio, Carmel in April 2009 and again in April 2010. |
Model in Slot Canyon Isabell in Repose |
Sierra Club Photo Competition winner As a Sierra Club Photo Competition winner (Nature in California, 2007),
Mike's image of Alpine Columbines in the Sierra Nevada (shown here) was displayed in group exhibits
both at the Shadelands Art Center (111 North Wiget, Walnut Creek, CA)
and at the Bay Model Gallery, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA.
Sierra Club publication:
Mike's image of Alpine Columbines in the Sierra Nevada
was also published in the Sierra Club's Yodeller magazine, in the July 2007 issue.
Dance Image publications: One of Mike's images (shown here) graced the Nov. 2007 cover of In Dance , the news magazine of San Francisco's Dancers Group. It shows members of the dance company Dance Monks emerging from the ocean at Muir Beach, CA. Additional images by Mike were published within the Nov. and Dec. issues of In Dance .
Mike enjoys the challenge of capturing the peak moment in dance, the pinnacle of action or the unique moment of balance....as illustrated in the Dance Gallery.
"Dance is an elusive art. It slips through your fingers and toes. But (it) is a formidable one...." Merce Cunningham
"Lighting is the very soul of a photograph"
Need more information or wish to order archival prints, contact Mike Slack
Yoga Focus Yoga Photography has recently caught Mike's attention as illustrated by the image to the left.
The quiet meditation is almost a counterpoint to dance photography, and is certainly something we can all benefit from in this hectic world.
In addition, he still pursues a first love - landscape / nature photography - and travels regularly to the slot canyons of the Southwest, to the high country of Utah and into the Virgin River narrows.
Closer to home, he can be found along the shoreline of Tamales Bay and wandering around old barns in Marin, CA.
An inherent challenge of any photography website is to display the quality of an image (limited to 72dpi) and to download it in
a short time. The Galleries show medium sized images that down load in about 6 sec at 56Kbps. In a few cases options are provided for higher resolution images and the viewers patience is rewarded by downloading an
enlarged image. The web is inevitably full of compromises.....speed vs quality. However, Mike never compromises his photography or his archival printing.
He shoots with Nikon equipment and prints on the highest quality archival German Hahnemuhle Paper (PhotoRag Pearl), using pigment based Epson UltraChrome K3 inks