Category: Art at Collington

Marion Show

contributed by David Montgomery

If the auditorium corridor is not in your usual traffic pattern these days, make a special point to walk down it. Marion Robbins has a show of her photographs on display. Of the total 18 pictures, 16 were taken around the Collington campus. Mostly close-ups, the show gets you close to nature. A noteworthy feature of these photos is that they were captured on Marion’s mobile phone. The quality of the show points out the importance of having a “good eye.” You do not need a professional single-lens reflex camera (SLR) if you know how and when to click the shutter of a more personal camera.. (You may be better off with a phone.) Marion’s show demonstrates that she is observant.

A hint on viewing pictures in the show: while the color is obvious, look particularly at the texture.

Wild Animals

Contributed by Dave Montgomery

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Jon Dee returns to Collington with his amazing photos of wild animals. This show, his fifth at Collington, will be up in the library corridor until December. Jon loves both to travel and to take photographs, a fortunate blend producing travel photos ranging from Alaska to South Africa.

Beyond simply being alert, he has captured action through a combination of being in the right place at the right time and taking many shots, a practice encouraged by his use of digital photography. One outstanding picture in the show caught a killer whale breaching next to his boat in Alaska.

Jon often carries two cameras, allowing his use of lenses with different characteristics without having to remove and attach lenses in the middle of a shoot.

The son-in-law of Collington residents Anne and Herb Stone, he considers himself a snowbird, with a condo in Arizona. Future trips may take him to our national parks.

Show of Openings

Contributed by Dave Montgomery

The Auditorium Corridor now displays photographs by Dave Montgomery in the theme of “Openings.” The shots were selected from Dave’s portfolio mainly to include doors and windows while allowing other “openings” into the display; the manhole sneaks in through the definition of openings. The style of the display diverges from earlier Collington shows by Dave in that this is pure photography, in distinction from the previous Collington displays in which photos were heavily edited (some say manipulated) after the camera shutter clicked.

A curious feature of the photograph scenes is that only one (captured just off Washington’s Dupont Circle) was taken in America. The international selection was not intention; it merely reflects the observation that Dave’s camera is more likely to be out while he travels.

Another observation of the show is that it has been interpreted as a show of architecture, a subject of its own importance. While an observer can interpret any picture in terms of its broad architecture, the intended focus is in the opening.

The show is scheduled to be up until December 15. A contribution from any sales will go to the Residents Association.