In some works, title suggests a hidden narrative. Such is the case with the discarded orange rinds portrayed in Dorothy A. Warner's piece, Hilda's Dismay . Similarly, the close attention to the barbed wire which tops the masonry wall in Vicky Jame's Escape , in its contradiction with that title, provokes conclusions from a viewer. French writer, Roland Barthes, once pointed out that in the past images had elucidated texts, and with the photograph today, so often text, caption or title, sheds light upon the photographic image. Each enters upon this work with his or her own experience, but every visitor withdraws with sight stimulated and refreshed.
Sight is foremost among our five senses.
This exhibition offers a range of approaches and intents in high quality print. A four-page gallery program lists the photographs and includes brief biographies for each exhibitor. The exhibition was spearheaded by Elisabeth J. Rublev, Gallery Director, and Richard Stromberg, co-founder of the Jane Addams Center Photography Program. Jurek Polanski Jurek Polanski has previously written and art edited for Strong Coffee in Chicago. He's also well known and respected among the Chicago museums and galleries.