Dave Wade at Addison Woolley, Portland
When I bought a copy of “Portland – Through the Lens” the night of the publishing party last year (or the year before?? – the years are flying by too fast to remember this stuff) I enjoyed it and have it very visible in the gallery. The photographs are good and it’s a very worthy group.
Of all the photographers, I guess Dave Wade’s images stayed with me the longest. I liked his perspectives and the images were obviously the work of a really confident photographer. I was delighted to see his work again at the current Addison Woolley show – “The Urban Eye” – here in Portland and you need to get in there to see especially Wade’s four shots of Commercial St. at night. I love them. Street photography is my thing, so this show is like dessert, I can tell you.
Utopia © Dave Wade, all rights reserved
Wade also is showing some “double exposure” shots of NYC which I liked, but would not have said were from the same photographer. When you cruise through Dave’s website (www.davewadephoto.com) you’ll see that this is one versatile guy who has an eye for just about any kind of image needed and does commercial work as well as his fine art photography. I really, really like his use of color in the Commercial St. shots and the one below of LA.
©Dave Wade, all rights reserved
“Versatile” doesn’t quite cut if for this photographer – he hosts WMPG’s “Juke, Jive and Jazz” each week, and loves and lives his music and poetry as well as his photography careers. He lived in Japan for 12 years before settling in Portland.
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Also in the Urban Eye show is a fabulous photographer by the name of Rene Braun. I loved every one of his photographs which is a rare thing in a show. Each one surprised me and drew me in and I hope to get back to Addison Woolley (before the show ends on August 30) to see the images again. He works from gutsy angles, especially successful in his image titled “Manhattan, New York” (2007) of a couple sharing a smoke in some dubious place that allowed Braun to take full advantage of some great light sources. What a photograph! Many of his photos evoke real tension. He was born in the Czech Republic and now lives in Windham, Maine. Here’s Rene’s website and if you google him, you’ll find some other interesting things!
