7th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show with featured artist Jim Rohan

"You Can Lead Your Horse to Water"
© Jim Rohan
The 7th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show takes place form March 5 - April 29, 2014 at RayKo Photo Center, 428 Third St., San Francisco, CA. There is an opening reception on March 5, from 6 pm - 8 pm.

The juried competition was open to international artists working with plastic cameras with plastic lenses.  The more obsolete, flawed, and lo-tech, the better. Images were taken with cameras with limited controls, such as Diana, Holga, Lubitel, Lomo, Banner, and Ansco cameras.

The featured photographer is Jim Rohan of Massachusetts.

Rohan's website highlights some of his remarkable work. Rohan exhibits his plastic camera photography nationally. He was a participant in The Gallery at Still River Editions' "Big Little Pin-up" exhibition in late 2013.

"Mostly Black and White" at Art/Place Gallery in Fairfield, CT

Art/Place Gallery artists "take on the challenges of a limited palette" at this exhibition which runs from Jan 9th through March 2, 2014.

Artists include Still River Editions' client Grace McEnaney, Barbara Bernstein, Phyllis Peckar Clamage, Carol Cole, Susanne Keany, Mollie Keller, Elisa Khachian, Judith Lambertson, Paul Larson, Cate M. Leach, Mary Louise Long, Sandra K. Meagher, Toby Michaels, Demitri Papolos, Dave Pressler, Diane Pollack, Martha Bjoza Reinken, Florence Zolan.

Art/Place Gallery is located at 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, CT.

"Baby It's Cold Outside" at Trailer Box Gallery in Danbury

"Spoon"
© Janice Mauro
The group exhibition "Baby It's Cold Outside" takes place at The Trailer Box Gallery in Danbury, January 10 through March 15 with an opening reception on March 1st, 5 - 8 pm. The artists exhibiting are Janice Mauro, Joanne Pagano Weber, Bob Keating, Dave Gesualdi and Jim Felice. The show is primarily focused on sculpture using a wide range of 3d and 2d materials.

The Trailer Box Gallery is located at 15 Great Pasture Rd. Unit 15 at Jim Felice Studios.

Mike Marques: "I am a MoSaic" exhibit in West Hartford

© Mike Marques Photography
Photographer Mike Marques has "teamed up with the National MS Society, Connecticut chapter. For more than two years Mike has crisscrossed the state photographing individuals living life as fully as possible in the face of multiple sclerosis." The exhibit of the resulting photo essay, "I am a MoSaic" takes place at the Mandell Jewish Community Center, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT from February 3 through March 3, 2014.

There is an opening reception on Sunday, February 9, 2014 from 2 pm - 4:30 pm. It is free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend may call 860-913-2550 or email Karen E. Butler, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, at karen.butler@nmss.org.

Marques recently appeared on WFSB TV to talk about the project. 

The Facebook event page for the event is here.

The Beatles: Six Days That Changed the World by Bill Eppridge, edited by Adrienne Aurichio

© Rizzoli / Estate of Bill Eppridge
Today, January 4, 2014, is the publishing date of the new book The Beatles: Six Days That Changed the World, written by Bill Eppridge and edited by Adrienne Aurichio. The book was featured on the New York Times' LENS blog on February 3, 2014.

The book contains many never-before-published photographs of the Beatles from their first trip to the United States taken by Bill Eppridge, Life Magazine photojournalist of renown who passed away in October of 2013. Eppridge captured them in candid moments in hotels and on trains, at press conferences, and taping the Ed Sullivan Show. After Life published several of his images, the negatives went missing for years.

An essay by Adrienne Aurichio about the significance of the images can be found on the CBS News blog.


Collections, Community & Conversation at the Danbury Museum & Historical Society

Glass lantern slides from the
collection of Catherine Vanaria
The Danbury Museum & Historical Society is hosting an exhibition titled "Collections, Community & Conversation" that was guest curated by Catherine Vanaria, Associate Professor of Photography at WCSU and co-owner of Connecticut Photographics and Still River Editions.

The exhibit features "items from the collections of Greater Danbury residents, including: sewing machines, ephemera, vintage photographs, toys, dolls from around the world, slide rules, fanzines, milk glass, colonial apothecary items, vintage pins and more."

The exhibit links Danbury's historical collections with the collections of some of its residents. In a way, a community's residents' collections become a museum diaspora, the unseen museum comprised all of our disconnected collections. This is a way to make a connection between them visible.

The exhibit is viewable on Weds., Thurs., and Fri. from 10 am - 3 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm. from January 18 and through March 22, 2014.

There will be a reception and roundtable at 2 pm on March 8 where patrons can meet the collectors and learn more about the exhibition. On March 15, there will be a presentation by Catherine Vanaria. titled "Preserving Treasured Photographs".

The Danbury Museum & Historical Society is located at 43 Main St., Danbury, CT.

The exhibition is an Accessible Art Exhibit in conjunction with the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut.

Art Show: Bedford includes work by Lisa Cohen, Silver Mountain Studio

"Stampede"
© Lisa Cohen
Art Show: Bedford takes place on Saturday, January 25 from 10 am - 7 pm and Sunday, January 26 from 12 pm - 4 pm at St. Matthew's Fellowship Hall, 382 Canitoe St., Bedford, NY. There is a ticketed preview gala on Friday, January 24 from 6:30 - 9 pm. 

Lisa Cohen of Silver Mountain Studio is one of the artists exhibiting in the show. Her toned black and white photographs of horses capture both their energetic movement and almost tender interactions between the animals. Her work is printed archivally by Mark Savoia at Still River Editions. 

Art Show: Bedford is an annual event that benefits many charity organizations in Westchester. This year's judge was Walter Liedke, Curator of European Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

34th Annual Photography Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center

© Paul Berger
The 34th Annual Photography Exhibition at the Carriage Barn Arts Center takes place from Saturday, January 11 through Sunday, February 9, 2014. Two black and white photographs by client Paul Berger are included in the exhibition.

There is an opening reception on Saturday, January 11, from 6 pm - 8 pm with an awards ceremony from 6:30 - 7 pm. The juror was Laura G. Einstein. The Carriage Barn Arts Center is located at Waveny Park, 681 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT.

"Fadeless Imagery: Light and Memory" Photographs by David Blackett and Lys Guillorn

"Fadeless Imagery: Light and Memory," Photographs by David Blackett and Lys Guillorn, is on exhibit in the Gallery at Still River Editions from January 11 - March 28, 2014 with an opening reception Saturday, January 11, 4 pm - 6 pm. The Gallery at Still River Editions is located at 128 East Liberty St., Danbury. The gallery is open 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday.

This two-person exhibition features the photographs of David Blackett of Stratford, Connecticut and Lys Guillorn of Shelton, Connecticut. What the two have in common is their work is shot entirely with medium-format film. Blackett uses antique, vintage and plastic cameras, and Guillorn uses a Holga toy camera almost exclusively. The initial letters of the exhibition's title are an acronym for "film".

David Blackett, a longtime Stratford, Connecticut, resident grew up in rural Massachusetts, and studied photography at Maine Photographic Workshops and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. His photography is influenced heavily by coastal living in both subject matter and attitude.

Blackett says, "My approach with photography has always been: 'I just want to go out and play with my cameras and make some pictures'.  It’s what I do to have fun and to relax.  I rarely go out 'on a mission' to make a statement of some sort.  If I see something I like the looks of, I take a picture."

The result is organic and sometimes dream-like, two qualities which Blackett's photography shares with Lys Guillorn's.

Guillorn is a lifelong Fairfield County resident who uses photography to document the otherworldly qualities she finds everyday landscapes and structures. Many of her photographs depict shadows of trees on buildings caught in early morning sunlight or later in the day, during what photographers call "the golden hour". She studied photography at Snow Farm in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, and is a photographic printmaker by trade.

Lys Guillorn uses an entirely plastic toy camera to capture her images on black and white film, which she then scans digitally, and has printed digitally by Master Printmaker Mark Savoia of Still River Editions. "I have a digital SLR camera, but I like my Holga better because it's light and because of the softness it adds. I use Photoshop to enhance the tone and contrast, but the blurry and dark edges--that's all in the negatives. Though I like things like Instagram on my phone, I think it’s cheating a bit.”

November Digital Reprints Sale 15% off

Until November 30, 2013, Still River Editions is offering 15% off all digital reprints including additional prints made from new work. 

Save 15% on fine art digital (giclée) reprints and standard digital reprints

Digital reprints only 

It excludes sales tax and all other services, and cannot be combined with other discounts. 

All work must be ordered during the sale period in order to receive the discount. You can email, call or come in. We have many files on file, so please call or email us before uploading anything. 

We are always happy to answer your questions. Call 203-791-1474 or 1-800-287-4686 or visit stillrivereditions.com.

Andrew Buck in "Habitat" at Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT

Client Andrew Buck's photographs are included in the exhibition"Habitat"at Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, AST Building, Great Path, Manchester, CT. The show runs from October 24 through December 4, 2013. There is an opening reception on Thursday, October 24 at 6 pm.

Also included are works by Marion Belanger, Ray DiCapua, Philip Johnson, Martha Lewis, Linda Lindroth & Craig Newick, Andrew Molleur, Peter Waite, Matthew and Weber.

Mark Savoia among Exhibiting at 44th Annual Juried Members Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art

"CDX Number One"
© Mark Savoia
Mark Savoia's photograph "CDX Number One" has been accepted in to the 44th Annual Juried Members Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut. The exhibit runs from October 12 through 27, 2013. There is a reception and awards ceremony from 1 pm - 2:30 pm on Sunday, October 13, 2013.

Mark is the co-owner of Still River Editions and Connecticut Photographics in Danbury, CT. He is a graduate of the New England School of Photography, Boston, MA.

The New Britain Museum of American Art is located at 56 Lexington St., New Britain, CT.

"Rural Revolution" Goddard College 1970s Photography Students and Faculty Show

"Stilt Houses, Camden, Maine"
David Blackett of Stratford, Connecticut is among the photographers exhibiting in "Rural Revolution" at Goddard College, Oct. 18 - 20, 2013 in Plainfield, Vermont. The exhibit features prints by Goddard photography students from the 1970s and is curated by Peg Tassey. The exhibit was put together in celebration of Goddard College's 150th anniversary.

David Blackett creates landscapes using primarily black and white medium-format film with vintage cameras.

There is an opening reception on Saturday, October 19 at 6:45 pm in The Manor on Goddard campus, 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield, VT.  There will also be a separate slide show in the Haybarn Theatre beginning at 8 pm. The event coincides with Goddard's Homecoming weekend.

Blackett's work is also included in the "Big Little Pin-up" exhibition at the Gallery at Still River Editions.

What is was like to print for Bill Eppridge?


It all started with corn. Bill loved his fresh picked corn. He loved the local farmers; he loved the talks with them. But Bill loved to talk to anyone, he had an inquisitive mind.

He was at the local farm stand and noticed a large photograph on the wall of an aerial of a corn maze, the corn maze from the previous year at that very farm. The owner said he was going to get another one printed at a photo lab in Danbury. Bill had no idea we existed so he got in his car and followed the guy to our lab. He walked in looking at the photographs on the wall and with his quiet smile said “You  people print black and white?” That was the start of a wonderful relationship. He told us who he was, we were star struck.

Bill was at the beginning of his digital transformation. Nikon would let him play with cameras all the time. He would use them, modify them and then tell them what was wrong with them. He just knew what they needed to do; they needed to be an extension of his eye. But his true love was for film. He grew up on it; it was the most comfortable thing for him. He had many years of film just waiting to be printed.

We started printing black and white, everything from the Beatles, Bobby Kennedy, the civil rights era, movie stars; it was like he had been everywhere at the right time.

Through the years we helped with his book projects, scanning images that had not been seen for years or never seen. It was like opening a time capsule. We spent time together visiting the grave of Robert Capa, just one great photojournalist paying tribute to another. We were invited along to the Eddie Adams workshops, he introduced us to many photographers we had only known by their iconic images and the name under the photo. He would praise us for our services to others that led to many other great projects for photographers. How do you thank a man for that?

So what was it like to print for Bill Eppridge? Scary, exciting, frustrating, but all worth it. He knew what a good print should look like. He taught us that what is at the edge of the image is sometimes even more important then the middle, he taught us how to make a face stand out, how to make a print with soul.

You will be missed Bill Eppridge. Keep on shooting.

~Mark Savoia

Call for Submissions: "Small Works" at Koenig FrameWorks in Newtown, CT

Koenig FrameWorks of Newtown is receiving artworks for their annual Small Works show from Saturday, October 5 until Monday, October 21, 2013. Work in any medium in a finished size that can fit within a 12"x12" square. For detailed entry information, please go to Frameworks' website. Spots for this popular show go quickly, so artists are advised to enter early.

Koenig FrameWorks is located at 97 S. Main St. (Route 25), Newtown, CT.