Multiple Exposures Gallery at Mosaic District I December 2, 2020 - January 3, 2021

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present a new group exhibition of photography by MEG member artists at the Torpedo Factory Artists @ Mosaic gallery. Located in the Mosaic District in Fairfax, VA, the Torpedo Factory Artists @ Mosaic gallery is an art venue and venture by the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association (TFAA).

The Mosaic District is a beautiful entertainment, arts, restaurant, and retail environment recognized for innovative urban design and community engagement. More about the Mosaic District can be found at http://www.mosaicdistrict.com.

Washington Post: In the Galleries. Review by art critic Mark Jenkins

There’s a certain tension between the photographs in “MEG @ Mosaic” and the show’s location. An overview of work by 11 members of Alexandria’s Multiple Exposures Gallery, the exhibition includes more than a few views of battered structures and no-hope towns. Yet the pictures hang at Torpedo Factory Artists @ Mosaic, a satellite gallery in Fairfax County’s so fresh, so clean Mosaic District. read more

“Fog Along Skyline Drive” by Alan Sislen © Alan M. Sislen

“Small Town Empty” by Fred Zafran © Fred Zafran

Fall 2020 at MEG

MEG will be exhibiting at two locations this fall:

Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory and TORPEDO FACTORY ARTISTS @ MOSAIC GALLERY.

As our gallery at the Torpedo Factory is current operating on a reduced schedule due to the COVID19 situation, please email us to make an appointment or for more information on our hours.

For more information on our exhibit at the Mosaic District, please click here.

New Exhibit - Janet Matthews "TANGLED"

©Janet Matthews

©Janet Matthews

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present an exhibit of new work by Janet Matthews: TANGLED . This exhibit will be on view February 11 - March 22, 2020.A reception will be held on February 15 from 2-4pm.

About the Work
While recovering from a serious health event, I found comfort in exploring and making photographs of woodlands. The vines and trees became forms to contemplate, puzzles to solve, maps to decipher, and iconography to translate - a way to process the thoughts on mortality that occupied my mind. The resulting photographs are documents of that process.

- Janet Matthews

Small Works Collaborative Photography Exhibition

©Fred Zafran

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present our now annual photography collaboration: Small Works Collaborative Photography Exhibition. This exhibit will be on view through February 9, 2020.

Inspired by a post on Aline Smithson's blog, Lenscratch, the artists of Multiple Exposures Gallery decided to to use a collaborative approach to create a sequence of images, each one chosen for its relation to the previous image. The relationship could be based on composition, color, content, or any other characteristic – the choice would be up to each artist. The process would continue for an agreed upon number of rounds. The goal was to create an image series with a clear progression from one image to the next. 

This collaboration allowed us to think outside of the box and to appreciate work by each other that we may not have otherwise seen. We found the experience so satisfying that we are now in the process of collaborating for a fourth time.

Annual Holiday Exhibit

©Van Pulley

Our ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXHIBIT is now on display until December 29, 2019.

Tim Hyde Joins Advisory Council

Congratulations to MEG artist Timothy Hyde!

The Board of Directors of Focus on the Story have announced the formation of a new advisory council, which will include Timothy Hyde, an award-winning fine art photographer and member of the Photography Initiative Advisory Committee for the National Gallery of Art. Other photographers selected to be on the advisory council include Kirth Bobb, a leading DC portrait and wedding photographer; Sharon Farmer, the Chief White House photographer in the Clinton administration; Carl Juste, an award-winning photojournalist at the Miami Herald; Elizabeth Cheng Krist, a former senior photo editor at National Geographic; and Lucian Perkins, an independent photographer and filmmaker who was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner at the Washington Post.

Focus on the Story, an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC, was founded on the driving principle that photography can spark meaningful conversations at the intersection of policy, civic engagement and visual storytelling.

New Exhibit: Eric Johnson - "Silo City"

©Eric Johnson

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present Silo City - Photographs by Eric Johnson. This exhibit will be on view from September 3 - November 24, 2019. Eric explains how this body of work came about:

The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 made it possible to economically ship grain and other agricultural products from the Midwest and Great Lakes region to ports around the globe.  Buffalo, NY was the western terminus of the canal, which meant that ships and railroads carrying grain from the Great Lakes and prairie states would transfer their cargo to barges there for further shipment down the Hudson River Valley to New York City.  The early 1900s saw the construction of 14 concrete grain elevators along the Buffalo River, built to store grain intended for transshipment.  The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 allowed oceangoing ships sail directly to ports on the Great Lakes, bypassing Buffalo and the Eric Canal.   As a result, most of the grain elevators on the Buffalo River were abandoned, and the canal is primarily used by recreational boaters today.  

In the early 2000s, Rick Smith, a local Buffalo businessman, began to acquire a group of six grain elevators along the Buffalo River, nicknamed Silo City, with the goal of preserving thispart of Buffalo’s industrial past.  Once or twice per year, Smith opens the site to a group of a dozen or so photographers who are given free rein to explore all six buildings on the property.  The fence around the property and an on-site caretaker have prevented much of the vandalism that abandoned buildings typically fall prey to, but cannot prevent the decay due to water intrusion, corrosion, the brutal Buffalo winters and the natural degradation of man-made materials over time.  

The photographs in this exhibit were made during trips to the site in 2015 and 2017.  Rather than try to capture the sheer massiveness and volume of the buildings, some of which are more than 150 feet tall, I wanted to focus on some of the smaller and more intimate details of the buildings and machinery. The site can be a challenging place to photograph; there is no electricity in any of the buildings, so photographs must be made using existing light. In some of the deep interior parts of the buildings that are completely dark, additional light is essential to make a photograph.  I initially planned to make the photographs in black and white, as is my usual practice, but I realized early in the editing process that the years of accumulated dust have softened the colors to the point where I found the images far more interesting when rendered in color.  

Summer Group Show 2019

©Clifford Wheeler

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present a group show by the members of MEG and juried by Barbara Southworth: “Summer Group Show 2019”. This exhibit will be on view from July 30 - September 1, 2019.

Barbara Southworth’s statement on her choices:

Viewing the pool of submitted works, the initial selections I made appealed to me most directly

through combinations of particular subject, style, sensibility, quality of light, design / composition, sense of mystery, sense of space and / or place, social commentary, and apparent image quality.

Thus I chose Angel Oak, little island, Pacific Theater, browns 1, At Charlies, Off to School, Skate, Work, Fighting Horses, Snow and Vines, blue threshold, Figure 8, and Budd Plant Columns first, after which I looked for image connections or dialog to complete the show, further distilling each photographer’s vision down to a pair or trio of pictures.

I admit I generally tend not to favor movement blur or obvious hdr, but the natural world, abstract form, palpable sense of place, and environmental portraits - well photographed and produced - speak to me, and I feel this collection of pictures creates a lively look into diverse people, places and buildings.

Barbara Southworth

July 1, 2019

©Alan Sislen

New Exhibit: Sarah Hood Salomon - "The Spirit of the Woodlands"

©Sarah Hood Salomon

Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present a new photography show entitled The Spirit of the Woodlands, by Sarah Hood Salomon.

Salomon explores the healing power of the woodlands in this evocative set of black and white photographs. The show runs from June 17 - July 28, 2019. An artist talk and reception are scheduled for Sunday, July 14, 3-5pm.

The Spirit of the Woodlands

In the absence of louder voices, we listen to ourselves, and then begin to speak.

The Spirit of the Woodlands is about the solace and rejuvenating power of the forest.

After an ego-shredding portfolio review, I became unsure about which path to take as an artist. I stopped photographing, and questioned the importance of acceptance. Yet I knew that a creative person can't work in a vacuum.

I took many long walks and found solace in the healing spirit of the woodlands. I began to make pictures again, and gradually my confidence recuperated. These images embody the struggle and rejuvenation I found along my artistic journey.

- Sarah Hood Salomon