Exploration with Culture
Woodblock printing is either a small-scale process or a large-range endeavor. Contributor Cameron Karsten explores the process and the result through artist Tracy Lang’s eye for detail and love of the end result.
via Woodblock Seasons, Sweet Gum Prints.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA – November 12, 2009
Cameron Karsten Photography is a portrait of peace. On Thursday, Nov. 12th from 6 – 8:30PM, an Artist’s Reception at The Upstairs Gallery in The Pavilion commemorates a new display of photography. Captured from around the world, the Bainbridge Island exhibition kicks-off Cameron Karsten’s upcoming adventure to East Africa and is part of the One World Multicultural Festival; an all-day event celebrating world diversity with international foods, cultural music, exotic dance, conceptual art and independent film.
Along with partner Lily Brewis, the islanders’ journey will begin in Ethiopia, volunteering at an orphanage and continue for five months traveling and working with non-profit organizations like island-based Global Team for Local Initiatives. Via photography, article writing and HD film footage, they will document the progress of grassroots organizations to create awareness back home of the change occurring within the region. And as part of their quest, Cameron and Lily will bring the many forms of art to orphaned children and the colorful therapies of textile design to the parents in a drive to heal the divisions of mother/daughter, father/son.
In theme with the journey, the exhibit presents 15 photographs arranged thematically in five distinct categories. Each will portray a story through words, expressions and composition representing the various meanings of peace, leaving the viewer with both the senses of pain and poverty, serenity and hope. From the towering Sierra Nevadas to ceremonial worship in the Indonesian archipelago; from the complexities of exile to the minute livelihood of fruit picking, each conceptual image penetrates reality to the core eternal peace.
For additional information please visit Cameron Karsten Photography at www.cam2yogi.com, or One World Multicultural Festival at www.oneworldfestival.wordpress.com
What: Cameron Karsten Photography Artist Reception
When: Thursday, Nov. 12th 6-8:30pm
Where: The Upstairs Gallery at The Pavilion
403 Madison Ave. N
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206.799.9318
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 
Photo of the Day: Athena Devouring Her Soldiers
Inspired by Francisco Goya’s 1819-1823 oil painting Saturn Devouring His Son, the above project speaks of humanity’s innate compulsion to send its soldiers into the throes of death. We fight for land. We fight for possession and power. It is our willingness to send man and woman into war; and Athena above, goddess of warfare (and wisdom) unleashes her rage over the very men and women we as a people send into battle.
On the other side of the coin, we also fight for freedom, for a voice, for the ability to live our lives as we choose. There are always two sides, our decisions coming from a place we find within ourselves.
Shot with three Q-flashes, black back drop, and a 6-stop neutral density filter allowing me to shoot wide open, I brought the subject as close to the wide angle lens as possible to create distortion in her face and hands. Goya’s image is offered below for reference.
Location: private residence
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm, 1/80 sec at ƒ/2.8, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6