The art of photography is very much alive and well in Mexico. I was happy to be asked to participate along with 4 very talented female photographers, Colleen Casey, Socorro Chablé, Patricia Martín and Karen Pullich in a photography exhibit at the Galería Mérida, a private gallery here in Mérida, Yucatán. My contribution to the exhibit are three photographs from a series of images entitled Nichos, 16×20¨ Cibachromes (printed directly from 35 mm slides, the Cibachromes have an emulsion that is almost metallic and I think very special.) I worked on the Nichos series images for at least 3 years, 30 were exhibited a few years ago as an installation as part of Fotonoviembre at the Olimpo here in Merida, Yucatan, and it was a pleasure to share a few at the Galería Mérida and another few here on my art blog.

The show is open to the public and runs from March 29 until April 19, 2008. It is open daily except Tuesday, from 10 am to 6 pm, the gallery address is Calle 59 · 452 (por 54 y 52), Mejorada, Centro, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

One of the things I find most exciting about photography is being able to use color as a means of expression. I love how color (or the lack of color) has a language of its own. I have always absolutely loved exploring combinations of colors, and can remember being 7 years and loving the way my light blue shirt looked with my rust colored jumper, even though they weren´t supposed to ¨go together¨. I still look for that combination of colors everywhere and it turns up often in my photography. A fellow photographer shared a wonderful website that MOMA has put together featuring the use of color, I loved looking at it, check it our if you get a chance!

Una de las cosas que me emociona mas en la fotografía es poder utilizar el color como medio de expresión. Me encanta como el color )o la ausencia del color) tiene su propio idioma. Siempre me ha encantado exlorar las combinaciones de color y me acuerdo de tener 7 años y estar muy contenta por la forma que se veia mi vestido color oxido con la blusa azul cielo, aunque se suponía qeu no combinaban. Otra fotogafa me mostró un sitio web del MOMA sobre el color, me gustó mucho visitelo si tienes chance!

MOMA Color Site

It was a great honor to have a photograph included in the group art exposition that marked the inauguration of Merida Yucatán´s new municipal art gallery. The gallery is in the very heart of historic Mérida, Yucatán, in the former post office (Correos) building and the exhibit hung at the grand opening in November, 2007 and into February of 2008. I was unable to attend the inauguration because of travel, but it was really cool to see the Diario de Yucatan’s (our local newspaper) write-up, which featured a photograph of the mayor, Cesar Borjorquez closely examining none other than my contribution to the exhibit…I will choose to assume he was commenting favorably on the piece, although he may well have been asking why on earth that one was chosen as part of the gallery’s first show. This photograph is one of my favorites, I printed it myself to 24×30¨ and I love how it looks in that large size.

Fue un gran honor ser invitada a participar en la exposción colectiva para la inauguración de la nuea galería de arte municipal de Mérida, Yucatán, México. La galería está situada en el corazón del centro historico de Mérida, Yucatán, en el ex edificio de correos, estuvo puesto de noviembre 2007 a febrero 2008. No pude asisstir a la inauguración, por estar fuera de la ciudad, pero me gustí ver en el periodico local, El Diario de Yucatán, al alcalde Cesaár Bojorquez estudiando mi contribución a la expo, voy a decidir creer que estaba dando un comentario favorable, pero posiblemente preguntaba por que motivo esa fotografía había sido incluido en la inauguración. Esta fotografía es de mis favoritas y lo imprimí a 24×30¨pulgadas, me encanta como se ve en ese tamaño.