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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Martin and Mullen Art Gallery at the SUNY
College at Oneonta will offer an exhibit entitled "Portrait of a Town:
Stephen Joseph Celebrates Oneonta" in honor of the city's centennial. The
exhibition, which will be on display July 1-31, features the unique
photography of Stephen Joseph, an Oneonta native and accomplished
California-based photographer. The
gallery will
host an artist's reception for Mr. Joseph on Wednesday, July 16, from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. Admission to the exhibit and to the reception is complimentary,
and members of the community are invited to attend.
The show features more than 40 large-format 360-degree digital
photographs taken by Joseph over the past five years on his many trips home
to Oneonta. The panoramic images highlight exteriors, interiors, and people
in Oneonta, capturing a range of contemporary life through a format that
offers a fresh, larger-than-life perspective.
Stephen Joseph, who
holds a master's of fine arts in photography and printmaking from the
California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, works as a fine-art
landscape photographer specializing in panoramic images. His first book,
"Nature's Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy," is
scheduled for release this year. He is working on two more books, which
feature images from his "Centennial Collection" of the Muir Woods National
Monument and panoramic images of Mt. Diablo. For the past 18 years, Joseph
has worked with land trusts in the Bay Area to help create open space. In
2003-04, he was the artist-in-residence for the LeConte Memorial Lodge in
Yosemite Valley.
Under the direction of Tim Sheesley, the SUNY-Oneonta galleries are open
Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the summer, as well as
by appointment. More information about the exhibit or the gallery is
available from Sheesley at (607) 436-2445 or on the web at
www.oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery.html
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