About this project
I recently finished my first photographic series and I’ve been invited to a great venue for a summer 2010 exhibit. I’m ready if I can raise the funds. Your pledge would not be used for labor, only for printing, framing, and installation of the exhibit and marketing materials for the venue.
The exhibit I want to put together is my “Illusion Series”. I call it ABSTRACT AL FRESCO. Shooting outdoors I take great pains to preserve color and form. My photos are not retouched and are as close to photographic film as possible. ABSRACT AL FRESCO will be a photographic series that plays with the intricacy of nature’s beauty. The images are photographed to reveal the complex layers in an otherwise natural image. This style often invites a second look, and sometimes even a close study by the viewer. I plan to be hands-on right down to the installation of the picture moulding and I've planned the exhibition wall space carefully.
The venue for the exhibit is The Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, MA. The theater features first-run independent and foreign films which sounds like the right kind of audience for my photography too. I’m looking forward to sharing my work with you, updating you as my plans develop, and in return for your pledge I have original reward offers to show my thanks and gratitude for your participation in my dream!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 1, 2010.
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A personal, super thank you for helping me obtain my goal, written on a special greeting card printed from my exhibit.
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Set of 4 color postcards featuring four photos from the exhibit. Send them to friends in the greater New England area this summer!
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Everything above plus a baker's dozen of my outstanding, homemade cookie drops in oatmeal, peanut butter, or chocolate chip.
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Everything above plus a signed copy of the exhibit book, hard-cover, made only for kickstarter pledges.
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Everything above and a signed 8 x 10 matted print with archival ink, make your selection from the exhibit. That's the postcards, the signed limited issue book, a signed print, and a baker's dozen of my outstanding, homemade cookie drops in oatmeal, peanut butter, or chocolate chip.
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Cathie Karpf grew up in Connecticut but has since migrated to the pastoral beauty of Columbia County, New York where she lives with her husband Alex Karpf. From home Cathie has easy access to the majestic terrain of the Berkshires in Massachusetts and the unique light of the sumptuous Hudson Valley.
She has loved taking pictures ever since her children were born over twenty years ago. Inspired by the beauty of their creation she began photographing all of nature’s life around her in the bucolic setting of upstate New York. Cathie presents her photography every chance she gets, even winning a few ribbons in several judge and juried contests as well as Honorable Mentions.
Cathie's vision and fearlessness can be seen in her work resulting in images that pull the viewer in. Her current focus is on the transformation of natural objects into the illusion of color and shape, not just abstract, but with fluidity and control. All of Cathie's work is shot "al fresco" and they are not re-touched. They are photographs, not digital art. This is as close to film photography as you can get.
Cathie's photographs have been featured on formal invitations and greeting card collections. Over the years she has exhibited her work in local shops and restaurants, accumulating thousands of images. Cows are one of her favorite subjects, and she has been hired by farm owners in both Columbia and Duchess Counties to take pictures of their barn animals. She has been a member of the town of Poughkeepsie's Barrett Art Center and currently is with the Columbia County Council on the Arts in Hudson, N.Y.
Besides being the best wife, mother, and grandma she can be, Cathie hopes one day to have her first solo exhibit so she can share her unique view of the outdoors with everyone.
