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House and Road, Oxfordshire, England
c Denee Barr 1997
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Medium: silver gelatin print, mixed media, and handmade paper pulp

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Woods, Oxfordshire, England
c Denee Barr 1997
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Medium: silver gelatin print, mixed media, and handmade paper pulp

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Maryland Hunt Cup #2 Glyndon, Maryland c Denee Barr 2001 All Rights Reserved

Good Evening,

I like this multi-layered photo and it took a lot of skill to capture the images in this silver gelatin print and "herculean" efforts to assemble the work in my darkroom. Earlier this morning, I published this image smaller but tonight I've decided to show the work larger so that you can see the winning horse better and see Cousin Barbara's hand in the far right corner holding a bottle of either fruit juice or iced tea.

Enjoy! Denee

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Maryland Hunt Cup #2
Glyndon, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2001
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Boo! I missed the Maryland Hunt Cup this year again. The Maryland Hunt Cup first debuted in 1894 when two rival fox hunts decided to see who had the best horses. This year the race was run on Saturday, April 28th. The Maryland Hunt Cup is the #1 steeplechase race in the U.S. I know that every spring in April is Maryland Hunt Cup time. I started attending this event with camera in tow in the late 1980's early 1990's. I loved seeing the horses jump over timber logs backdropped against the rolling green hills of Baltimore County. Some years I would go alone and other years I would be accompanied by my mother, my neighbor's kids and/or my cousin Barbara (30 years my senior). Cousin Barbara was familiar with horse racing and one year we decided to place a bet on one of the horses. We both decided that one horse looked especially chipper and ebullient so we place a very modest bet.....Cousin Barbara showed me how. We both wished that we had put more money down because the horse that we chose ended up winning 1st.....see photo above....that's the horse that won with a woman as jockey too! I captured this image back in the early 1990's. This silver gelatin print was printed (2001) the old fashioned way (Photoshop wasn't even a whisper back then) by sandwiching 3 negatives and praying that by working multiple exposures in the darkroom that I would get the right amount of imagery to come through on my photo fiber paper.

Next year, I hope to return to the Maryland Hunt Cup. I actually had a very good reason this year for not attending because on that day a very special event occurred in Howard County, Maryland. More on that story in a future blogging post.............Enjoy the Work...............Make Art..................Denee

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Ansel Adams
American
1902 - 1984

Mr. Adams, can you remember the first photograph that you ever took?

"Well, that would be hard because the family had an old 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 Kodak Bullseye and we'd just take pictures. I think the first photograph I was conscious of really trying to make was a picture taken whilst I was sitting on a rotten stump near Camp Curry. The stump gave way and I descended, I clicked the shutter and in some miraculous way I got the picture. When the film was developed at the local photofinishers, he said: "You must have held the camera upside down when you did this one." I was wracking my brains to figure out how I did do it. He showed me the whole roll and I thought that it must have happened when I fell off the stump. That was in the Yosemite Mountains during 1916 and as I became more interested in the mountains, my natural impulse was to have a visual diary. The excitement of Yosemite became strong and filtered through me into some aesthetic experiences which probably were supported by similar experiences I was having in music study......"

page 317

Was there any art background in your family at all?

"No, not in the family."

page 318

Why did you study music instead of photography?

"I studied music when I was about eight or nine. I forget the exact date, but I was very young. So I'd worked with music years before I even thought of using the camera."

page 318

So in fact, you ended up being a self-taught photographer?

"That's all you could be then as there was no school. I learned some sort of bread-and-butter things. In the summer of 1917 I learned a lot about developing, picture washing, the 'nuts and bolts' as we call it."

page 319

You got involved at a fairly young age with the conservation movement?

"Oh, yes, there was a club founded in 1896, but I didn't really have any direct interest in that until I got to Yosemite. In 1917 I joined the Sierra Club and in 1918 and 1919 I was custodian of the club memorial. Conservation was growing all the time because then we used the word conservation with a specific meaning. I don't use it at all now because it has lost its original meaning. You can conserve everything from beans to oil you know. I use the term environment. That really is more to the point."

page 319


Excerpts from Dialogue with Photography
by Paul Hill & Thomas Cooper 1979
Cornerhouse Publications
Manchester, England

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Assembled Butterflies
American Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC
c Denee Barr 2007
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Medium: photo emulsion and mixed media on Arches paper

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Unrelenting, Oxfordshire, England
c Denee Barr 1997
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Medium: silver gelatin print and mixed media with handmade paper pulp


I captured (1992) this image in England on a trek through the gentle rolling hills of Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds. Speaking of rolling hills, wellies, and sheep merchants today is the last day for the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival (May 5 & 6 2007) www.sheepandwool.org at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland. The festival started 34 years ago and has a loyal group of devotees here in Howard County and beyond. Some of the samplings on today's program are "Spin with the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore" (11:00am-2:00pm)........try your hand at the magical art of handspinning fleece into beautiful, useable yarn; "Color On Fiber with Judith Mackenzie McCuin" (12noon-1:00pm)....learn how to use dyes to color protein fibers, yarns and finished pieces. The talk will cover how color is created by dyes, the characteristics of different types of dyes and how to choose the dyes that will work best for you; "Parade of Sheep Breeds" (12:30pm); Live entertainment starts at 10:00am and ends at 4:30pm with the Family Hoedown and the Sunnyland Band (Slim Harrison)..........Food, Festival, Music, Demos, Merchants, Spinning, Weaving, Shearing, Family/Kids Events.............Free Admission

Make It With Wool.............Celebrate the Day!

Denee

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Trees and Path
Centennial Lake
Ellicott City, Maryland
c Denee Barr 1997
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Medium: silver gelatin print, mixed media, and handmade paper pulp

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Song of the Geese
Lake Kittamaquandi
Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 1995
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Medium: silver gelatin print and mixed media

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Bench at Lake Elkhorn
Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 1995
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Medium: silver gelatin print and mixed media

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Andre Kertesz
1895 - 1985
American, born in Hungary

Do you remember the first photograph you ever took?
"Maybe as early as 1900, when I was very young, at a family gathering.
I had discovered a charming illustrated magazine in our attic which moved me very much; I felt its warmth and spontaneity and I decided that I wanted to express my own impressions in the same way."
page 43


Laura Gilpin
1891-1979
American

How did you first become interested in photography?

"I think I must have been given a Brownie camera when I was twelve. But probably what did me more good than anything else was being with my mother's closest friend, who was blind. During the St Louis Exposition, I would go to the fair every other day and describe the exhibits to her. I think that taught me observation like nothing else could. I can see those exhibits now, just as if it was yesterday."
page 221


Imogen Cunningham
1883-1976
American

How did you get started in photography?

"Everybody asks me that question. I'm asked it at parties, everywhere. Nobody started me. I was self-motivated. But I did see something of Gertrude Kasebier - and that's all I'm going to tell you about what started me off."
page 229


Excerpts from Dialogue With Photography
by Paul Hill & Thomas Cooper 1979
Cornerhouse Publications
Manchester

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Good Afternoon,

I'm happy to report that "Farmhouse, Oxfordshire, England" and "Field, Oxfordshire, England" c Denee Barr 1997 were purchased in the Howard County Arts Council's 10th Annual Celebration of the Arts 2007 on Saturday, April 21st. http://www.hocoarts.org/ This event was so much fun.......the art, the music, the food, the decor, the show, the awards, the guests..... those who attended didn't want to leave! Kudos to those people who bought tickets and made the turnout so successful in support of the visual and performing arts in Howard County.

You've got something to celebrate today..............Check out your local arts council and see what's going on!

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Variation on Dried Red Roses #1 and #2

Columbia, Maryland

c Denee Barr 2005

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Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran www.wpaconline.org hosted an exhibition entitled "Index" in their booth at Art DC Fair 2007 from April 27-30 in the DC Convention Center.

All WPA\C members were invited to submit "index card-sized" works of art and the presentation was exceptional.

Thanks for bringing the talent, skills, and creativity of local artist to the forefront.

Fair goers to the WPA\C booth liked what they saw and inquired about artist works.

Warm Spring Regards,

Denee Barr

Washington Project for the Arts Member Artist

and WPA\C "Index" Exhibition Artist 2007

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During Art Fair DC 2007 www.dc-artfair.com I had wonderful chats with some of the participants who represent non-profit art organizations, publications, and cultural institutions. I want to give special tribute by acknowledging their presence at Art DC and to encourage you to check them out both on-line and in person.

Celebrate the Day...Enjoy the Work...Make Art a Lifestyle!


Non-Profit Spaces
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program, Washington, DC
Take Me to the River Project, Washington, DC
Transformer, Washington, DC
Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts, Washington, DC
WPA\C, Washington, DC

Publications
Art Nexus
Arte al Dia
M/The New York Art World

Cultural Institutions
Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
Black Artists of DC
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Cultural Institute of Mexico
Greater Washington Art Dealers Association
IDB Cultural Center
International Arts & Artists Hillyer Art Space
League of Reston Artists
Lorton Arts Foundation
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum
VSA arts
Washington Glass School

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Art DC Fair at the DC Convention Center
Washington, DC
April 27-30, 2007

What a great opportunity for area gallerist, artists, and art organizations to showcase the fountain of talent that is in our DC Metropolitan area. I chatted with many hardworking local and global gallerist and artists. More comments forthcoming!

Celebrate the Day!

Denee

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Gertrude Kasebier
American
1852-1934


"One of the most difficult things to learn in painting is what to leave out. How to keep things simple enough."

"The same applies to photography. The value of composition cannot be over estimated; upon it depends the harmony and the sentiment."

"Instruments and mediums can be had for a price; originality, creative faculty, poetic feeling, can come from only one source, but they can be lost if they be not cherished...."

"The key to artistic photography is to work out your own thoughts, by yourselves. Imitation leads to disaster."

" New ideas are always antagonized. Do not mind that. If a thing is good it will survive."


Excerpt from the book Photography Speaks II:
70 Photographers On Their Art
by Brooks Johnson
Aperture/The Chrysler Museum of Art 1995
Norfolk, Virginia
page 58

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Rooster on a Hill, Canouan Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000 All Rights Reserved

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Goat and Hill, Canouan Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000 All Rights Reserved

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Flowers and Gate, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000 All Rights Reserved

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Church Wedding, Union Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 1999 All Rights Reserved

Church Wedding, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines debuted (1999) in an exhibition entitled "Personal Photographs and Intimate Moments by Denee Barr" at the Artists' Gallery in Columbia, Maryland. This mostly sold out collection was also on exhibit (2000) at the Slayton House Gallery in Wilde Lake Village Green, Columbia, Maryland. Both of these exhibition showings were reviewed in the Arts section (front pages) of the Washington Post Howard County (1999) and the Baltimore Sun Howard County (2000).

Make Art a Passion........Yours in Spirit, Denee

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map
maryland art place
www.mdartplace.org
(410) 962-8565


All Are Welcome to Out of Order 2007
Maryland Art Place (MAP) Annual Free-Hung
Exhibition, Silent Auction, and Gala Fundraiser

The artwork is hung by the artists from 9am Wednesday, April 11th (24 Straight Hours!) ending 9am Thursday, April 12th.

Silent Auction and Gala: 8pm-1am Friday, April 13th
Join us for a special evening of live entertainment, great art, food, drink............

Tickets: General Public $40
Free for participating artists, event volunteers and current MAP members! If you're not any of the above and wish to attend the event, become a member at any level and receive two complimentary tickets ($80 value), in addition to a host of incredible membershop incentives throughout the year!

MAP is located at 8 Market Place in Baltimore's Power Plant Live Complex!

What I like about the Out of Order Exhibit Gala Auction is that people really turn out for this event artists, artist wannabees, art collectors, art curators, art aficionados, and those people who just want to have a good time buying and looking at art.

The original artwork is a mixed bag.......creative, fun, formal, abstract, representational, quirky, refined, unrefined, experimental, "tried and true" something for everybody and every taste........2-D, 3-D, jewelry, ceramics, mixed media, etc. Proceeds are split 50/50 between the artist and MAP and MAP reserves the right to refuse to exhibit work deemed inappropriate.

I have one mixed media photo in this exhibit and in the past I have also volunteered......work the floor to get work sold.

Come and Enjoy Support the Arts!.................Denee

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William Christenberry
Hale County, Alabama
Born 1936

This past Tuesday, April 3rd, I had the pleasure of meeting Washington, DC based photographer William Christenberry in a lecture sponsored by the Maryland Institute College of Art, Graduate Studies Department in Baltimore.
Christenberry is also on faculty at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. I've already seen his wonderful art installation (July 1, 2006 - July 7, 2007) at the Smithsonian American Art Museum entitled Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry. Don't miss seeing Christenberry's photographs, sculpture, building constructions, paintings and drawings.......what a treat!
William Christenberry's photos are also in the "Heart of DC" John A. Wilson Building Public Art Collection which is on permanent exhibition and is a must see when you are touring Washington, DC. My photos as you know are also in the Wilson Building Art Collection, 3rd floor east. After the lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, William Christenberry graciously autographed my Wilson Building Art Collection catalogue. His photo "Red Building in Forest" appears on page 49. And my Kent Island, Maryland photos appear on page 53.


John Paul Caponigro
Boston, Massachusetts
Born 1965

Yesterday afternoon and into the evening, I had a very enjoyable visit at the University of Maryland College Park (in the 1980's my own stomping grounds by the way, originally as an engineering student then I transferred to the department of radio, television, film and video finally went back in the 1990's to study printmaking and papermaking in the art department). I was there to attend a digital printing seminar and artist lecture by renowned visual artist/digital photographer "whiz kid" John Paul Caponigro. The American Society of Media Photographers DC Chapter (ASMP DC) sponsored this event. What I like about John Paul Caponigro who produces exquisite digital imagery of places like Antartica (South Pole) is that he is dedicated to fostering the growth of creativity in other artists through his lectures and workshops around the country. I sat there during his lecture inspired like the other audience attendees. Thank you John!

Lorna Simpson
Brooklyn, New York
Born 1960

Straight out of Brooklyn, Lorna Simpson will be "in the house" today at the University of Maryland College Park. The UMCP Art Department is hosting a visit and talk by Lorna Simpson as part of their Spring 2007 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, an ongoing and active program that engages some of the contemporary art world's brightest thinkers through public lecture and interaction. Be there ......... 5pm, Wednesday, April 11th Room 2309 Art/Sociology Building and hear directly from this multi-talented photographer, filmmaker, and videographer who currently has an art installation Lorna Simpson at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (March 1 - May 6, 2007). For those of you who are New York City based The Whitney Museum of American Art has a series of outstanding photo lectures lined up from April 14th-April 26th. I'd go check those "cutting edge" photo art talks if I were you while you are checking out Lorna Simpson's artwork. Send me your regards and let me know what I'll be missing.........

Calling all photography enthusiasts and art aficionados get out and enjoy some great photo art!

Denee

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Parked Van, Moving Bicycle 1992
Oxford, England
c Denee Barr 1994
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Medium: c-print

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Propped Bicycle 1992
Oxford, England
c Denee Barr 1994
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Medium: c-print


Four Images from my photo series "Seeing Color in Black and White: Oxford Streets" were selected to exhibit in the Ikon Gallery Touring Exhibitions May 1995 - May 1996 through the Midlands region in England. "Propped Bicycle, 1992" (see above) also graced the six exhibition catalogue as the front cover. My photos were shown in the "Everyday Stories" installation (twenty works, 5 artists paintings and photography) and I was the only artist to represent the United States. The Ikon Gallery is located in Birmingham, England and is one of Europe's premier venues for showing conceptual based modern art.

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Conch Shell, Mayreau Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2004
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Medium: photo emulsion and selenium toner on
Arches paper

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Bequia Island Flowers, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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Medium: photo emulsion and gouache on paper

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Ready for Fish Stew, Canouan Island

The Grenadines

West Indies

c Denee Barr 2000

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Medium: silver gelatin print and handmade paper

with photo emulsion and mixed media

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Go see Go see Go See Go See Go See Go See the unique photos above "Echoes in the Bush, Columbia, Maryland" Denee Barr c 1996 and "Cattails, Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, Maryland" Denee Barr c 1996 were lensed by me in the late 1980's and printed by me in the mid 1990's. An image from my Columbia, Maryland photo collections is currently on exhibit in Landscape & Nature: A View From Maryland at the Thomas Hunter Lowe House of Delegates Building in Annapolis, Maryland through April 9, 2007. This juried exhibition of 45 distinguished Maryland artists was assembled to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Maryland-Kanagawa Prefecture Sister States Program. An exquisite future showing of this art collection from Maryland artists is scheduled in Japan. Currently, the next stop on the exhibiton tour is Baltimore, Maryland. Don't miss this beautiful exhibition while touring Maryland.

Global Perspective................Personal Vision

Denee

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Art Now - Baltimore Museum of Art
Live! Some of today's most provocative artists
in contemporary art.
Free at the BMA
www.artbma.org


Conversations with Contemporary Photographers at the BMA
Internationally renowned artists are paired for public discussions about photography's changing role in contemporary art, including its relationship to painting, media, and new technology.

Next Conversation at the Baltimore Museum of Art is on Thursday, April 12th with photographers Thomas Struth and Mitch Epstein. 7pm

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Bequia Island House
The Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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Market Day
Kingstown, St. Vincent
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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From 1989-1993 I traveled extensively through the Eastern Caribbean. "Market Day" was captured while I was strolling through Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies (1992-1993). The medium is silver gelatin print collage and mixed media.

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SOLD Lookout Point, Kent Island, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003
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Beyond the Bay: Photographs from Kent Island
by Denee Barr

Quintessential Maryland Eastern Shore ..................

I captured the unique photograph "Lookout Point, Kent Island, Maryland" in October /November 2002. This image along with another photograph from my Kent Island series is on permanent exhibition in the "Heart of DC" John A. Wilson Building City Hall Public Art Collection in Washington, DC. on the 3rd floor adjacent to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

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by Denee Barr

Beyond the Bay:

Photographs from Kent Island

Solo Exhibition

Installation and Reception

Kent Island Federation of Art

Stevensville, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003
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Wildflowers "Black-eyed Susans", Centennial Lake
Ellicott City, Maryland
c Denee Barr 1995
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medium: silver gelatin photo and mixed media




"The invention of photography depended on the confluence of three streams of thought. Two of these tributary sources had long histories as scientific disciplines called optics and chemistry; the third was the poetic idea that it might be possible to snatch from the very air a picture formed by the forces of nature."

Photography Until Now
by John Szarkowski
The Museum of Modern Art 1989
New York
page 11

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Running Horse, Elkridge, Maryland
The Cider Mill Farm
c Denee Barr 2002
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Two Chairs, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2001
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Two Trees, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2002
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Breaking the Rules Yamamoto Masao, Lorna Simpson, Sally Mann, Albert Chong, Jun Shiraoka, The Starns................




Thoughts on Contemporaty Photographers
from Denee Barr

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Wavering Land, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2001
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Variation on Dried Red Roses
Installation Photo #2
Solo Exhibition
Columbia Art Center
Columbia, Maryland
2005 c Denee Barr
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Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Margaret Bourke-White .......... I look at their images over and over again when I want to study photographs.



Thoughts on Legendary Photographers
from Denee Barr

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THE PORTFOLIOS
OF ANSEL ADAMS

Introduction by John Szarkowski



LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BULLFINCH PRESS
BOSTON TORONTO LONDON

1977


When I started to print my own photos back in the late 1980's , The Complete Portfolios of Ansel Adams was my guide to how to print like a master photographer but like anything in art once you've learned the basics you can start "breaking the rules"......... that's how you develop your own inner voice and vision.

So today go out on a limb..............create the foundation for your personal creative vision.

Denee

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First Roses of Summer, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003 All Rights Reserved



In 2003, I won a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Grant for artistic excellence in photography. In 2004, the MSAC chose to honor the 2003 photography grant winners with an exhibition entitled Photography X 8 at the James Backus Gallery (see photo above). I chose to exhibit three unique photos from my rose series featuring roses from my summer garden and dried red roses from a bouquet that were presented to my mother for Mother's Day a few years prior. Eventually this series was expanded into a solo exhibition entitled Variation on Dried Red Roses by Denee Barr and that installation debuted in 2005 at the Columbia Art Center in Columbia, Maryland.


Make Art a Lifestyle..............................Denee

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"Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.
Why, you have an advantage over the average photographer.
You can see the picture before it's taken;
then it's up to you to get the camera to see it."

James VanDerZee
American, 1886-1983

Excerpt from the book Photography Speaks II:
70 Photographers on their Art
by Brooks Johnson
Aperture/The Chrysler Museum of Art 1995
Norfolk, Virginia
page 60

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Family Reunion Series #7, Compton, California
c Denee Barr 2000 All Rights Reserved




Good Morning!

Family Reunion Series #7, Compton, California (pictured above) is part of my portfolio based on various family reunions that I've attended. Some of the portfolio debuted at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC a few years ago. Another image from that collection "Family Reunion Series #2, Compton, California" c Denee Barr 2000 is currently on exhibit at the Maryland State Arts Council James Backus Gallery show "New Legacies and Living Icons" from March 1-May 4th in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.msac.org

Celebrate the Day............Denee

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MSAC

Celebrating Forty Years of Service to the Arts

"New Legacies and Living Icons" Exhibition

Eclectic and avant-garde features 22 multi-media artists

Maryland State Arts Council

James Backus Gallery

175 West Ostend Street

Baltimore, Maryland

(410) 767-6555

Hours: 10am-4pm weekdays and by appointment

www.msac.org

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SOLD

I traveled through England visiting British friends who were more than willing to help me explore the English countryside. The farmhouse image was captured by me (1992) in the small village where I stayed for most of my trip. My camera and I became regulars in the neighborhood and I enjoyed many walks with my tripod on moist ground in my "wellies" the British term for boots. Currently, up for silent auction online in Celebration of the Arts in Howard County, Maryland 2007 is "Farmhouse, Oxfordshire, England" c Denee Barr 1997 (pictured above) and two other photos in this series. All three mixed media photos (gelatin silver print and mixed media with paper pulp) are for sale to help support the Howard County Arts Council & The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts. Place your bids on the Howard County Arts Council website http://www.hocoarts.org and if you are in town purchase a ticket to attend the Celebration of the Arts Gala and Rising Star Competition ("American Idol Style") in Columbia, Maryland on Saturday, April 21st from 6-10pm with entertainment, food, Howie Awards, Silent Auction. By the way, a past winner of the Rising Star Competition is former Columbia, Maryland resident now New York City based Alicia Graf who went on to join Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Take your place among the stars at the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County.................... Good Cheer, Denee

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SOLD Tree Refuge Part I, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved


Tree Refuge Part II, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved



Tree Trunk, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved



Friday, March 23, 2007

Good Afternoon! Adkins Arboretum is a beautiful retreat. I hope you'll visit soon. I captured these images in November 2004 at the Arboretum. The unique photograph "Tree Refuge Part I, Adkins Arboretum" c Denee Barr 2005 has recently been purchased in the group exhibition "Discover the Wild Landscapes of the Coastal Plain" in the Adkins Arboretum gallery and on exhibit through today, March 23rd. Adkins Arboretum is a 400 acre native garden and preserve located near the Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline County. The Arboretum offers nature walks, gardening tips, and educational programs for all ages and is open from 10 am - 4pm daily year round. http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/

This is the first weekend of Spring make joyful........................Yours in Spirit, Denee

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SOLD Tree, Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland c Denee Barr 2005
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

WELCOME! The First Day of Spring began with the creation of my new blog Denee Barr Art News and More. The day ended with me driving up to the Baltimore Museum of Art to attend Conversations with Photographers II: James Welling and Thomas Demand talks with Professor Michael Fried of the Johns Hopkins University Humanities Center. The informal talk was delightful and the images presented exquisite and thought-provoking. Film director John Waters of "Hairspray" fame was walking through the Wyman Park neighborhood right behind me and we arrived at the BMA at the same time. http://www.artbma.org/ What a wonderful day.

Warmest Regards----------------Denee

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Upcoming exhibitions, art, events................

Happy Spring!

Warmest Regards,

Denee