Come see Monalog Member Mel Evans wonderful one man show spanning a lifetime of work at the Artwrkd Gallery located at 126 S. State St, Newtown, Pennsylvania. The show runs through January 26th. For more details visit the gallery website at www.artwrkd.com
That’s It! I’ve Had It!
I’m all about photographs, 24/7. -Even before my first newspaper staff job in 1975. (where I worked almost solely in black & white for a decade) And then in digital capture starting in 1998 with a digital image transmitted from Scotland for the next day’s newspaper. And even after retiring from the Associated Press in 2017, it’s still (no pun!) the photographs.
These days, I spend working with college students in their digital lab. Also, I happily spend even more time working with them in a wet darkroom. Actually, I’m happy in either space working with students and their ‘fresh visions’ of photography. From histograms to split grade printing, I am always thinking about photographs. And how best to present photography to students in a way that makes large format as relatable as their cell phone cameras.
But I also spend a lot of time working with a photograph I haven’t taken, yet. By that, I mean, more than a few times a year, I will drive, or walk, past a scene that I see as a photograph. For whatever reason, I won’t stop to make the picture, but will plan to get to that picture. Then the image is in my head to be made over and over in different light, different angles, etc. When I was on the road a lot with the Associated Press this happened often. Now, not as much. But the problem is that these images become something to get to eventually. Often years will pass with no photograph and then for whatever reason the scene would be disrupted, or gone all together!
Well, today, one of the nicest images I haven’t made, was totally dismantled practically right before my eyes! I was mad! So here I am typing away furiously! But who am I complaining to? Whose fault can it be that I didn’t take that picture? Let’s see…wrong light? No; wrong season? No; permissions question? No; type of film?
No! No! No! No!!!
My grandmother had a saying, “Pee, or get off the pot!” (not exactly her words!).
I’m here today to say that I plan to try my best to not let this keep happening. Everyone with me? GOOD! Let’s all get out there and make art! No, wait … it’s raining.
Mel Evans
Monalog Member Exhibit at the SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, New York, May 29-June 23
We are very excited to announce another Monalog show, The Monalog Collective, Expression Through Tradition starting this coming week at the famous and beautiful SoHo Gallery in New York City. The show opens on May 29th with a reception from 6pm to 8pm and runs through June 23rd.
The gallery is located in Tribeca at 15 White Street and is open Wednesday through Sunday 1-6pm. For more information contact SoHo Photo Gallery at 212-226-8571.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Monalog Member Exhibit at the SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, New York, May 29-June 23
We are very excited to announce another Monalog show, The Monalog Collective, Expression Through Tradition starting this coming week at the famous and beautiful SoHo Gallery in New York City. The show opens on May 29th with a reception from 6pm to 8pm and runs through June 23rd.
The gallery is located in Tribeca at 15 White Street and is open Wednesday through Sunday 1-6pm. For more information contact SoHo Photo Gallery at 212-226-8571.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Monalog’s Gallery 270 Show Extended Through March!
We are pleased to announce that The 21st Century Handmade Print: The Monalog Collective has been extended through March at the Gallery 270 in Westwood, New Jersey!
The gallery is located within Bergan County Camera on 270 Westwood Avenue, Westwood, NJ and is open Monday through Saturday, 10am – 5pm. For more immediate information the gallery can be reached at info@gallery270.com or by phone at (201) 358-5076.
As part of the events surrounding the show, all of Monalog’s members were interviewed by gallery Director Tom Gramegna. Check it out below, but better yet come to see the Monalog’s exciting work in person!
Monalog’s Gallery 270 Show Extended Through March!
We are pleased to announce that The 21st Century Handmade Print: The Monalog Collective has been extended through March at the Gallery 270 in Westwood, New Jersey!
The gallery is located within Bergan County Camera on 270 Westwood Avenue, Westwood, NJ and is open Monday through Saturday, 10am – 5pm. For more immediate information the gallery can be reached at info@gallery270.com or by phone at (201) 358-5076.
As part of the events surrounding the show, all of Monalog’s members were interviewed by gallery Director Tom Gramegna. Check it out below, but better yet come to see the Monalog’s exciting work in person!
Monalog Collective Show at the Gallery 270, Westwood, NJ, November 2nd – January 31st, 2024
Monalog Collective’s traveling roadshow is back again at the Gallery 270 in Westwood, New Jersey for another exhibit! Our first show was a great success so here we are two years later! Just like last time, the show is called The 21st Century Handmade Print: The Monalog Collective.
The 270 is truly a unique gallery, and Director Tom Gramegna has a real passion for photography! Thanks again Tom for this wonderful opportunity!
We hope you will join us on November 2nd at 7pm for the show’s Opening. The gallery is located within Bergan County Camera on 270 Westwood Avenue, Westwood, NJ and is open Monday through Saturday, 10am – 5pm. For more immediate information the gallery can be reached at info@gallery270.com or by phone at (201) 358-5076. But here is an Eventbrite link to sign up for the opening!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/740454077077/?aff=oddtdtcreator
Monalog Member Exhibit at the Banana Factory Arts Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 27-October 29
We are pleased to announce another Monalog show starting this week at the Banana Factory Arts Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. But wait, there’s more! There will also be two member panel sessions on September 1st and October 6th at 7 – 8pm. See below from the Banana Factory announcement!
The Monalog Collective: Traditional Black and White Analog Photography
August 27 – October 29, 2023
The Monalog Collective is a group of like-minded photographers formed to promote traditional analog black-and-white photography and the industry that supports it. This exhibition of photographs, made by nine Monalog Collective Members, includes modern and historic applications of traditional emulsion-based processes. All images are original and hand-made by the artist. Each photographer has selected a specific process that best captures and expresses their vision of and feelings for a desired subject which is then revealed and shared via the finished print.
Artists:
Mel Evans
Jim Fitzgerald
Marty Frank
David Haas
James Kipfer
Michael Marks
Phil McAuliffe
Peter Schrager
Rob Tucher
Please join us on Friday, September 1, and Friday, October 6th for artist panel discussions as part of our First Friday events those evenings. Panels will begin at 7 PM and are free to attend.
Image credit: Michael Marks
25 W Third Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-332-1300
Monalog Collective Show at the Ronald K. Delong Gallery, Penn State University, Lehigh Valley, Center Valley PA, January 30 – April 29th
Monalog is pleased and excited to announce that we will be having another show to kick off the new year! The show is called The Monalog Collective: Traditional Analog Black and White Prints. The Delong is a beautiful well-lit gallery and it’s going to be a wonderful exhibit.
This is our fourth show in the last year and a half, and we have others in the pipeline for 2023. I think it’s going to be a good and creative year for Monalog and its members!
We hope you will join us on Thursday, February 2nd at from 5:00 – 7:00pm for the show’s Opening. Also, on Monday, March 13th at 9:30am there will be an Artist Panel at the gallery, and on Thursday, April 13th at 12:15pm Monalog founder Michael Marks will give a lecture entitled “A Passion for Analog in Photography and Music”. The gallery is open Monday – Thursday from 11:00am – 5:00pm and Friday from 11:00am – 3:00pm.
In the meantime take a look at the exhibit announcement above and we look forward to seeing you at the show!
Whistles Blown – Photographs by Monalog Member Martin Frank
“Whistles Blown” is a sequence of 7×17 + 8×10 platinum images by Monalog member Marty Frank which deconstructs a decaying 100-year-old steam engine in Paterson NJ into abstract forms. Rusted patina, faded paint and industrial patterns of a century ago are re-assembled through traditional photographic methods to create a new modern reality.
The exhibit can be viewed at Soho Photo Gallery from January 11-February 5, 2023 located at 15 White Street, New York City, NY. The gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday 1-6 pm.
Opening Reception January 12, 2023 6-8 pm
Meet Marty January 19, 28 and February 5, 2023