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James Wendell |
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Opening Talk and Slideshow: |
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Statement: Every photographer has a beginning. This image is mine. I took this at my great-grandmother’s funeral. I was 15. It was instinct when I put the camera up to my eye and took not one but two pictures of this scene. I was standing in line with other members of my family getting ready to say our good-byes. I believe four of us had our cameras out, waiting for that moment when your internal feelings backfire and betray your guts to the outside world. As we stood there it happened to my grandmother and great-grandfather. Four cameras go up to four eyes. The movement betrays us. They look up and I realize the moment I had seen was gone. Four flashes fire anyway. Four motor drives wind. Four seconds go by. The moment reappears as fast as it disappeared. One Flash goes off. One motor drive winds. I put my camera down and bow my head in respect to the man who sits in grief longing for his wife to return.
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It was at this moment when I stopped taking pictures and started seeing photographs. I found that in order to capture the decisive moment in life you had to see life coming. So I became very patient while photographing and started looking for that moment when the world stands still and breathes out. That moment of relax when the internal emotion becomes an external expression. Eyeblink is the title of my first book, which is a collection of my photographs over the past 10 years. The work shows a broad range of my interests over the years from portraits to street scenes, family to strangers and BW to color. I try to capture all my subjects in an environment that not only tells the story but also leaves room for the viewer to imagine their own story within the photo.
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About the Photographer: Originally from Huntington, West Virginia James Wendell became interested in photography at the adolescent age of 12 after finding his dad’s Polaroid Land camera stuffed in the back of a closet. A few years later in High School he won second place in a university level competition with a photograph documenting his great-grandmothers funeral thus solidifying his love for photography. Wendell graduated the New England School of Photography in Boston, MA at age 20 in 1998. In 1999 he won 1st place in an A.S.M.P. competition for documenting Boston’s Chinese New Year Festival. In 2007 he was included in two juried group exhibitions and launched his website jameswendell.com. He has shown work in Massachusetts, Florida and New York City. His work was recently published in JPG Magazine and he has recently published his first book eyeblink. James started working for Magnum Photos in 2004 and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. To view more work visit www.jameswendell.com Education Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions
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The photography series is curated by Song Chong |
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Previous exhibitions at The Half King For further information on these exhibits, please go here.
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