Exhibition Dates: May 7 – June 4, 2021
Opening Reception: May 7, 6 – 8 p.m.
Location: Along the fence of the Rawson Woods Bird Preserve at the intersection of Middleton and McAlpin Avenues
Artists Exhibited: John Edward Blom, Alison Bour, Melissa Brewer-Hinners, Lisa Britton, Greg Buening, Alexandra Buxbaum, Mia Gorman, Samantha Grant, Tina Gutierrez, Michelle Hagen, Catherine Hamilton Hicks, Jonathan Kamholtz, Eva Jade Landon, Becky Linhardt, Julia Mace, Lindsay McCarty, Jaquelynn McGraw, Neil Moore, Cheng-Lun Na, Penny Nicholas, Eliza Ollinger, David Rea, K.M. Roskin, Karen Saunders, Sakshi Sharma, Eric Smith, PJ Sturdevant, Linda Susman, Fredrick Veith, Cliff Warnken, Joanie Weidner, John Weller, Jasmine Williamson, and Caleb Wright.
2020 was a struggle for many, and as the pandemic continues, CCAC invited artists and neighbors to share the photographs they’ve made as a silver lining. While some traditional forms of photography utilize a literal layer of silver suspended in gelatin, other artistic practices pursue this lightness through more metaphoric channels, and still other approaches have art-making centered as the silver lining itself. Of course, for some there is no “silver lining,” and that perspective was invited to be shared as well. This exhibition includes 50 images, representing 34 photographers both from near and far. Responses to the theme range from sobering looks at the isolation of the pandemic, to intimate moments of reverie, to meditative examinations of the natural world.
Sanctuary - ChengLun Na
Although COVID has held us captive, we will make strides toward a cure until we are free.
Reflections in the Mirror - Linda Susman
Reflections in the mirror was photographed in a dark room while noticing light coming through the slates of a Venetian blind while reflecting in a round mirror. I felt this was the silver lining of knowing there was light after experiencing the darkness of the pandemic.
Inner Growth - K.M. Roskin
And the Spider Still Spins - Joanie Weidner
Still Life, January 2020, #43 - Jonathan Kamholtz
Shadow Falls - K.M. Roskin
Desire - ChengLun Na
Using man-made structures and clouds as my subjects, my work explores humanity's desire for freedom in a time of uncertainty and self-confinement during a pandemic.
Liquid Photosynthesis - Tina Gutierrez
As food and drink became the main things to look forward to, especially during the early days of Covid-19 and Quarantine, I challenged myself to create characters to entertain friends online. The dining room table in an otherwise messy and well worked-in house became the focus to create characters and imagine what those personas might eat or drink. Some are influenced by events happening at the time representing political and social events and others reached back in time to reflect on those events. Using humor to deal with difficult situations allowed a way for me to process the emotions that were otherwise distressing.
Through the Window - Samantha Grant
My father, Carl Grant, looking out the window of his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, during an online meeting for work as cars try to pass by through the snow on Feb. 16, 2021. He is an engineer and has been working from home since COVID- 19 shut down the United States in early March 2020. Looking out the window is often the only break from online work life.
Minerva - Penny Nicholas
Native Invasives 1 - Lindsay McCarty
Untitled - Fredrick Veith
Resist - Tina Gutierrez
The vijigante mask is by renowned Puerto Rican maker Miguel Caraballo. (Rip)
The lemons (made by my friend Erika NJ Allen represent purification and while the vijigante mask tradition has had many meanings thru history. One of the more recent meanings and the one intended here is a resistance to colonialism.
Dancing - Eliza Ollinger
Pinocchio Welcomes The Morning - PJ Sturdevant.
Ridin’ on that zoobound train! - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden - August, 2020 - Cliff Warnken
There weren't many zoo visitors at this round of the Coronavirus bout, but the sheer joy of this train rider seemed to shout there would be more on board in the days to come!
Isle to the Exit - ChengLun Na
I like turning color photos into black and white. It is a meditation process for me to discover essence from hidden subjects that are usually masked under layers of colors.
Play Time - Eliza Ollinger
Tree Siblings - Jasmine Williamson
The Observatory - Samantha Grant
Jack McDonough, looking through the broken window of the abandoned Warner and Swasey Observatory in Cleveland, Ohio. The building was abandoned in 2007 when the owner, Nayyir Al Mahdi, was sent to jail for fraud. It is now frequented by people looking for an adventure or a photo opportunity.
Dance - Michelle Hagen
Grazing Robins - Neil Moore
During the Covid-19 lock down period I was unable to get out to do any photography, so I decided to watch and photograph birds in my backyard. Since birds are difficult to capture, I used a 300mm lens and very fast shutter speed along with a very high ISO setting.
Anna's Hummingbird & Lemon Tree - Alexandra Buxbaum
Still Life, March 2020, #16 - Jonathan Kamholtz
Suspended - K.M. Roskin
On the Edge of Tomorrow - David Rea
The promise of warmth after a dark, cold journey.
Cantwell Cliffs, December 25, 2020
Emerging - David Rea
The sight of a destination despite many miles to go.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, August 24, 2020
Fog Glow - John Weller
Soft light and pastel colors are the silver linings to getting up before the sun. I treasure these moments of beauty and tranquility. This photograph was taken at the Oxbow Nature Conservancy near Lawrenceburg, IN.
Solitude - Caleb Wright
For me the silver lining of the pandemic was being out in nature; taking in the beauty of the landscapes around me. In this case taking a weekend for myself and traveling to photograph the Milky Way.
Pandemic Walks; Burnet Woods - Julia Mace
I've walked in Clifton's beautiful Burnett Woods most days during the pandemic. This urban oasis and its pond provided me comfort during this difficult time. My husband and I usually stop on the dock and look at the water. I found this to be a meditative moment and began photographing the changes in season.
Revival - Sakshi Sharma
Ebb & Flow - Greg Buening
"Ebb & Flow" is a photo that I took of the Ohio River on a very misty day. I overlaid the photo with black lines and then applied a wave formation to the photograph to create the ebb and flow effect.
Fighting the Pandemic Blues - Alison Bour
Slant of Light, #25 - Jonathan Kamholtz
Vines - Eva Jade Landon
When I think of a "silver lining," I often think about rebirth. This image embodies a physical reminder that life can emerge from forgotten spaces, urging us to never overlook the constant potential for beauty in our everyday experiences.
Untitled - Fredrick Veith
Is this the End? - Eric Smith
This photograph of an abandoned railway in Skagway, Alaska was taken using a Canon Rebel T6i digital SLR. This dilapidated structure reminds me of how COVID-19 has destroyed so much and left many wounded, flailing, and shells of their former selves; but still standing.
Looking Out for Blue Skies - Karen Saunders
On a walk, the weather mirroring the same grayness of every pandemic day, a patch of blue in a window reflection caught my eye and reminded me of a song. Blue skies, nothing but blue skies, from now on... my silver lining.
Untitled - Fredrick Veith
where did you go? - Jaquelynn McGraw
Gingko Fall - Lisa Britton
“Ginkgo Fall'' was created when finally I had the opportunity to see this unique day that happens only one day a year when most of the Ginkgo trees lose their leaves. It was magical, and the silver lining was that for the first time I was available to experience this day and time when the sun highlighted the leaves as they were snowing down.
Untitled (TVs 2) - Lindsay McCarty
Mortality - Penny Nicholas
Untitled (Power Lines) - Lindsay McCarty
Out of This World - Mia Gorman
Anya's Birthday! - Catherine Hamilton Hicks
“Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down a road and back again“
Golden Girls
Hope - Eva Jade Landon
There is a Zen kong-an which states, "The whole world is a single flower." Seemingly fragile, it embodies the collective strength and beauty of each one of us and the entire universe. Can we get along without this little flower?
General Store - Melissa Brewer-Hinners
Vision outside my Window / Congressman John Lewis 2020 - John Edward Blom
The camera captures snippets of my life, my routine, my perspective. I have found myself working with these images late into the night, perhaps as a way to process the events of the day, and at the same time, escape it.
Pandemic City 2020 - John Edward Blom
The turmoil of 2020, and the subsequent pandemic, have shifted, distorted, and called into question, the norms of day to day life.
Fanta-Seas DSCN2118 - Becky Linhardt
All images are photographed in natural sunlight in the winter when the angle of light is low and bounces and refracts off of the background papers and the within the vignette that I assemble. No image has been artificially manipulated; I move the objects as the sun and shadows change.
Search - Greg Buening
"Search" is a photo that I took of a dark moon on a very stormy night with swirling clouds. I applied a bas relief effect to the photograph and added black spokes over the moon's surface to create the convoluted path of search.
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