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April 2022 – Visions XII Members Exhibit by the Brandywine Photo Collective

April 2022 - Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit, April, 2022 at Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington Cityfest Art Loop Reception, Friday, April 1, 2022, 5-8pm at the Chris White Gallery, 701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, Delaware.

Images by Walter Borders, Kathy Buckalew, Roman Coia, Andy Macera, Lynn Maniscalco, Gerry Meekins, Jeffrey Rubin, and Danny Schweers.

It has been three years since this eclectic band of photographers has displayed their talents. They have been busy!

The image above is “Walk In My Shadow” by Gerry Meekins. Recently Gerry has been setting up his tripod in New York City and, as often as not, getting run off by security guards.

The exhibit continues through April 29, 2022. Contact Danny Schweers if you would like a private showing.

Click here to see all the posts of recent exhibitions.

Reception Photos

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Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022
Brandywine Photo Collective exhibit at Chris White Gallery, April, 2022

Collective Observations Exhibit, McNichol Gallery, Neumann University, October 16 thru December 9, 2019

Members of the Brandywine Photo Collective brought their eclectic mix of image styles to McNichol Gallery at Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania, an exhibit that opened on October 16, 2019 and ran thru December 9. The Artists’ Reception was Friday, October 18, 2019.

The Eleven Artists

Cindy Bonnes, Walter Borders, Kathy Buckalew, Roman Coia, Ken Francis, Jane Koester, Lynn Maniscalco, Gerry Meekins, Jeffrey Rubin, Danny Schweers, and Jeff Steen. Click here to see links to their websites.

To learn more, please contact us.

Nine of the 11 exhibiting members of the Brandywine Photo Collective. In back, left to right: Jeff Steen, Walter Borders, Gerry Meekins, Lynn Maniscalco, Jeffrey Rubin, Cindy Bonnes, and Ken Francis. Kneeling: Roman Coia and Kathy Buckalew.

Top photo and below by Roman Coia; above by Ken Francis.

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2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery
2019, Brandywine Photo Collective, Gallery Show, Neumann University, McNichol Gallery

Different Visions Exhibit, May 3-31, 2019

DIFFERENT VISIONS

The exhibit appeared May 3–31, 2019 at the Buzz Ware Village Center, 2129 The Highway, Arden, Delaware. The Art Loop Reception was Friday, May 3, 2019.

Members of the Brandywine Photo Collective exhibited their work in the Village of Arden. Three of the photographers were residents of Arden, which is often called an artist community. The theme of the exhibit is “Different Visions”. Visions can be individual perceptions of things visible or mystical personal experiences of things otherwise invisible. Each artist exhibiting has a different vision; some are wildly different from one another! Although some of the images are the same as our previous exhibit at the Baby Grand in Wilmington, many of the artists showed new work.

The Brandywine Photo Collective is an alliance of accomplished photographers in the Brandywine Valley who meet regularly for inspiration, education, and fellowship. We explore and promote fine art photography by sharing our vision, increasing our knowledge, encouraging one another, and exhibiting our work.

Photo: Farmhouse on the headland between the mountains and the sea by Walter Borders.

Visions XI Exhibit, March 1 thru April 26, 2019

VISIONS XI

The eleventh members-only exhibit by the Brandywine Photo Collective

March 1 thru April 26, 2019
in the Baby Grand Gallery
818 N. Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

Art Loop Reception
Friday, April 5
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Visions can be individual perceptions of things visible or mystical personal experiences of things otherwise invisible. Come see the visions of eleven photographers of the Brandywine Photo Collective: Cindy Bonnes, Walter Borders, Kathy Buckalew, Roman Coia, Ken Francis, Jane Koester, Lynn Maniscalco, Gerry Meekins, Jeffrey Rubin, Danny Schweers, and Jeff Steen.

The Brandywine Photo Collective is an alliance of accomplished photographers in the Brandywine Valley who meet regularly for inspiration, education, and fellowship. We explore and promote fine art photography by sharing our vision, increasing our knowledge, encouraging one another, and exhibiting our work.

Photo above by Ken Francis: Mandela Abstract created from his photo of the duPont Carillon Tower, Wilmington, Delaware.

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Eight Brandywine Photo Collective members

Performances Exhibit at Biggs Museum of American Art in 2018; Cab Calloway, 2019

Photo by Jeffrey Rubin as performed by Ken Francis.

PERFORMANCES:

Biggs Museum of American Art,
February 2 thru April 22, 2018

Cab Calloway School of the Arts,
December 20, 2018
thru February 18, 2019.

This exhibit debuted at the Biggs Museum of American Art, February 2 thru April 22, 2018. A reception was held on Friday, February 2, 5:00–7:00 p.m. That was followed a month later by a joint tour of the exhibit with fine art photographers from the Coastal Camera Club in Rehoboth Beach.

Curator Ryan Grover of the Biggs described the exhibit this way:

“The artists of the Brandywine Photo Collective organized this art-making challenge for each member to interpret their own image, shot either on film or digitally, as well as three other raw images by their fellow members. They were tasked with personalizing unfamiliar subjects and compositions. As they altered their raw imagery, using computer software and/or physical manipulation, they began to consider what makes their final photographs an expression of their own ability and aesthetic. This challenge became an exploration of what made each final artwork unique.”

Our “Performances” exhibit was on display again at the end of 2018, this time in the excellent fine arts gallery of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts, 100 N. Dupont Road, Wilmington, DE.

This was a photography exhibit like no other! Just as a singer can interpret a song, we challenged ourselves to interpret each other’s work in ways unlike anyone else’s.

Each participating member of the Brandywine Photo Collective had one image in this exhibit, printed as they wanted it seen, but that same image also was also interpreted by three others in the group, often very differently. The exhibit showed some of the many ways in which images can change between the camera and the final print, based on the artist’s intent.

The idea for the BPC’s “Performances” exhibit came from Ansel Adams. Before he became the iconic photographer, Ansel Adams was a gifted pianist. As a photographer, Adams continued to think in musical terms, that each print made in the darkroom was a “performance” of the negative that had been composed in the field. Light exposure, composition, color, and any number of other tiny details can be arranged by the artist to create an original expression. At the end of his career, in donating his negatives to the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography, Adams anticipated that his negatives would be interpreted by others in the years to come, his negatives being the “compositions” the students would “perform”.

This exhibit challenged those who participated. Most of us do little post-processing to our images once they are out of the camera. We had to learn a lot and took some chances!

Original Photographer and Performers
Cindy Bonnes image was performed by Jeffrey Rubin, Gerry Meekins, Kathy Buckalew
Walter Borders = Danny Schweers, Kathy Buckalew, Cindy Bonnes
Kathy Buckalew = Cindy Bonnes, Ken Francis, Walter Borders
Ken Francis = Danny Schweers, Lynn Maniscalco, Cindy Bonnes
Kerry Harrison = Jeffrey Rubin, Lynn Maniscalco, Walter Borders
Lynn Maniscalco = Gerry Meekins, Walter Borders, Ken Francis
Gerry Meekins = Jeffrey Rubin, Danny Schweers, Kathy Buckalew
Jeffrey Rubin = Ken Francis, Gerry Meekins, Danny Schweers
Danny Schweers = Gerry Meekins, Jeffrey Rubin, Lynn Maniscalco

Sample Images

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"Behind the Medicine Cabinet" by Danny Schweers, 2016

Rehoboth Art League Exhibit, January, 2018

Rehoboth Art League’s Third Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

Friday, January 5 thru
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Rehoboth Art League

12 Dodds Lane
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
www.rehobothartleague.org

Opening Reception and Portfolio Review, Saturday, January 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Exhibition Juror was Ron Brignac, Academic Dean of Photography at the Delaware College of Art and Design.

Submitters to this juried competition at the Rehoboth Art League were limited to members of the Coastal Camera Club and the Brandywine Photo Collective. The exhibit represented photographers working in the southern and northern parts of the State of Delaware.

Gerry Meekins was awarded first prize and Danny Schweers was awarded second prize by the juror, Ron Brignac.

Click here to see a review of the RAL exhibit in the Cape Gazette.

8th Members’ Exhibit 2016-10

"Lamp and Stairs" by Erik Kissa "Pictorial Scene" by Erik Kissa "Corolla Component 1" by jane Koester, 2016 "Corolla Component 1" by jane Koester, 2016 "Variegated Leaf" by Jim lawson "Creative Silhouette" by Lynn Troy Maniscalco "Taj Reflection" by Lynn Troy Maniscalco "Man and Mannequins" by Danny Schweers, 2007 "Social Media" by Danny Schweers, 2012 "This is Where You'll Find Me" by Beth Trepper "Bo's Pony" by Beth Trepper, 2016

October 6 thru November 30, 2016
8th Members’ Exhibit

“Brandywine Photo Collective: Recent Works”
Copeland Hall Gallery at The Grand Opera House
818 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware

The Grand Opera House is open:
10 AM – 5 PM Monday – Friday,
12 PM – 4 PM Saturdays,
and during events. Check in at the box office.

Art Loop Reception
was Friday, October 7, 2016

For sales of photographs from this exhibit, call Beth Trepper at 302-388-6283.

As this exhibit demonstrates, we are a diverse group. Our cameras range from traditional 35mm and large format to digital SLRs and experimental cameras. While some of us continue to shoot film, we all embrace digital technology. We are artists, writers, scientists, engineers and teachers. Our individual passion for photography unites us.

This is the eighth exhibit by members of the Brandywine Photo Collective. Previous exhibits were:

  • 1st Member Exhibit, “White: Fifteen Photographers Play on a Theme”, Colourworks Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware, 2004
  • 2nd Member Exhibit, “The Secret Life of Water” at University City Arts League, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007
  • 3rd Member Exhibit, “The Cultivated Eye”, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, 2008
  • 4th Member Exhibit, “Elements: The Alchemy of Form”, at Colourworks Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware, 2008
  • 5th Member Exhibit, “Bright Lights”, Public House Restaurant, Wilmington, Delaware, 2010
  • 6th Member Exhibit, “Transitions”, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, 2014
  • 7th Member Exhibit, “Melange: New Images from the Brandywine Photo Collective”, Louis L. Redding City/County Building, Wilmington, Delaware, 2015

Mélange Exhibit, November, 2015

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The exhibit included these two photos by Elisabeth Bard. Click the photos to see them larger in a new window. The abstract is from Mont St Michel, France, of cracks in the sand around the mont. The second image is a barn from the Palouse region of France.

“Mélange” — New Images from The Brandywine Photo Collective, November 6-30, 2015

The opening reception was on Friday, November 6, 2015 as part of the Wilmington Art Loop.

Northern Delaware’s premier organization of professional fine-art photographers presents recent works from more than a dozen of its members. Exquisite color and black & white. Landscape, portraiture, abstract, figurative and documentary images. All on exhibit, representing some of this region’s most accomplished photographers.

Click here to read Ken Mammarella’s article that appeared in the News Journal on November 12, 2015.

Our work was on display in the ground-floor foyer of the
Louis L. Redding City/County Building
800 N. French St.
Wilmington, DE 19801.

Transitions Exhibit, August, 2014

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Brandywine Photo Collective 2007
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Photographer Eddie Soloway selected the images for this exhibit.
Photographer Eddie Soloway selected the images for this exhibit.

Our Members’-Only Exhibit – TRANSITIONS – ran May 3, 2014 – August 10, 2014 at the Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806. Call 302.571.9590 or 866.232.3714 (toll free).

The opening reception was Sunday, May 4, 2014, from Noon to 4:00 p.m.

Visit the Delaware Art Museum website.

The Images

The images above were selected by Eddie Soloway from all those submitted to the 2014 Members-Only Competition of the Brandywine Photo Collective.

Click here to see Eddie Soloway’s website.

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