The Poetry of Random Moments

Mark Isaac, Peggy Fleming and I meet tonight to discuss our show at Strathmore Hall in January.

The Poetry of Random Moments
January 6 – February 18, 2006

Images are all around us at all times, but often we move right by them without taking notice. Even when we see them fully with our eyes, they do not fully register in our minds or in our hearts. At unexpected moments, some images achieve a rare synchronicity of beauty, revelation, and impact. These moments, often random in nature, deserve to be captured and savored longer than our fast-paced lives permit.

In November 2003 three very disparate photographers, Peggy Fleming, Mark Isaac and Lillian Fitzgerald, began to formulate the idea for this exhibit, titled "The Poetry of Random Moments." The exhibit explores the beauty created by photographing everyday objects and scenes from nature at chance moments when unexpected beauty and meaning is revealed. The three photographers explore this beauty in a variety of ways -- by photographing in a series; exploiting motion, reflection and visual distortion; and creating unique and unexpected photographic collages. But in each case the hidden is revealed, the mundane is made exceptional, and the chance moment achieves lasting significance.

Our work will be upstairs Barbara Southworth and Clifford Wheeler's photography will be downstairs.