Photographer Jini Dellaccio

Jini Dellacio (left) greets gallery visitor Samantha Bailey at the opening of Dellaccio's one woman exhibit on Nov. 10 at Photo Center NW in Seattle.

I attended the opening of Jini Dellaccio's one woman exhibit at Photo Center NW a few weeks ago.   In her ninth decade and sitting upright in a comfortable walker, the photographer flourished in the sixties. She told me her favorite camera was the Hasselblad and favorite lens, the 200 mm. Dellaccio delighted in taking rockers of the day outside for shoots and her work includes many musicians of the day like Neil Young and The Who. Watching her greet and engage with each admirer was a true pleasure. Dellacio's collection of musician portraits hung at The Crocodile for the last few years and will travel again after this exhibit ends on Dec. 16. A limited edition monograph of her work “Rock & Roll” accompanies this exhibition and is available through the Photo Center.

Longshot 2011 - get going

 

Lumber, a dog from West Seattle, makes a plea for donations. Visitors are encouraged to go to http://pcnw.org/l... and pledge - a few dollars. Lumber's friend, photographer Ann-Marie will be shooting on the Longshot. You can make a flat donation or pledge an amount for each hour she shoots. It's a 24-hour shoot, so who knows.

Push Pin Show at PCNW -- through April 17

"On the beach - dog," digital archival print, 2009 by Ann-Marie Stillion

 

 

 

 

One of a series of three prints on exhibit.

Photo Center NW
Push Pin Show
900 12th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122, (206) 720-7222

Homer Simpson at LONGSHOT, 2010

The print above sold as part of LONGSHOT, a fundraiser for Photo Center Northwest this year. "Isolation Chamber" was a room set for a Popular Photography seminar at the Seattle Hilton. One of the instructors was using the image as a screen saver.

The silent cartoon character "listening" to his portable audio device and dancing to an empty room resonated with the invisible order that technology promises with (hardly) any prompting from human onlookers.

But if Tom Robbins is right and everything is truly alive, then Homer was happily dancing and the chairs were keenly attentive. I enjoyed making the image and the print. What has become an annual event was very successful this year and the exhibit of results from shooters around the world made for a wonderful exhibit of time and space.--ams

Photographing People with Rosanne Olson

(Photo above by Rosanne Olson, www.rosanneolson.com)

The gifted Seattle photographer, Rosanne Olson, who also occasionally shares her talent and knowledge with the community at Photo Center NW has offered to put together an impromptu workshop. Preceding the upcoming Holiday Portrait fundraiser on Dec. 11 & 12 at which pros and students will produce portraits for the guests to take home on a cd, the workshop will cover the all important details of working with portrait subjects:

"How do you work with people to get them to relax and arrive at the best possible portrait? It is an art that takes skill, confidence and experience. In this three-hour workshop, Rosanne Olson will share tips and demonstrate how to work with subjects, including couples, children and groups."

Scheduled the week before the Holiday Portrait fundraiser at Photo Center NW, volunteers and anyone looking for a quick look at shooting great portraits will have the chance to experience the insight of a truly great portrait photographer. Rosanne Olson's three hour workshop begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Call 206-720-7222 or visit www.pcnw.org to sign up for Photographing People with Rosanne.

Update: The cost of the workshop is $50. The center agreed to waive the cancellation fees for this workshop since volunteers for the Holiday Portrait Event may be attending.

Note: In case you are wondering, I am on the volunteer committee for the Holiday Fundraiser at Photo Center. So feel free to shoot me an email or post them here if you have questions and I will do my best to answer at annmarie@arttrek.com

Photo Center NW Holiday event

Come and join us for the PCNW Holiday Portrait Shoot!
(photo left by Christopher Bachmann)

Sign up to get your portrait done and help the Photo Center raise money here

Sign up to volunteer here here


Everyone needs a great holiday photo and this year the Photo Center is the place to get them! We are hosting our first ever Holiday Portrait Shoot December 11-12, 2009 and need volunteers from our wonderful photo community to help make it happen.

The portrait event will coincide with a holiday celebration at the Photo Center featuring the PCNW Member's Juried Exhibition opening on Friday, December 11th and our annual affordable art print sale. It is bound to be an exciting weekend, so invite your family and friends to join the fun!

Teams of photographers and volunteers are assembling now!
Will you join us by being part of three teams of photographers and assistants who will design sets, gather props and take portraits?


However you want to help - we want you to be part of this fun collaborative photo shoot! You can contact me directly at annmarie@arttrek.com or visit the Photo Center NW web site at www.pcnw.org. Or use the handy sign-up forms above. Whether you want to volunteer or get a beautiful portrait see you there!

Long Shot at PCNW--an exhibit and update

As I posted a few weeks ago, PCNW did a 24 hour shoot, inviting photographers to shoot Seattle beginning June 16. Night Flight, my photo above shot in White Center, will be part of the exhibit and fundraiser on July 16.

Help this great photo institution grow and thrive. Join us.