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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Five photos a day for five years
This is one of those cases in which the press announcement just doesn’t do justice to the event.
Here’s what landed in my inbox:
For five years, downtown resident Adam Alonzo has taken photographs on a daily basis and posted five per day on his Web site. The exhibition Five for Five includes pictures of Dayton and its people selected from this ongoing effort. A reception will be held Saturday September 12 at 3:00pm.
On view during regular library hours August 17 through September 30, 2009 University of Dayton Roesch Library gallery 300 College Park, Dayton, 45469 Free admission (937) 229-4221
Now, what that is all well and good, there is much more to Alonzo’s work. He doesn’t just post photos to his site; he tells stories with his camera.
Actually, he shows myriad sides of the city in which we live through his lens, and truth be told he is a very, very fine photographer — with an eye for whimsy, the amusing and the serious. He appreciates humanity and nature, and likes to explore the spaces they inhabit together. He loves shapes, geometry and pattern, and finds them everywhere he goes.
I met Adam a few years ago as he was getting started on his 5x5 photo adventure, and I like bumping into him around town. He usually has his camera in tow, and while I know plenty of photographers, he is the the only one whose work I routinely hunt down and check on. I visit his site, www.adamalonzo.com, a couple of times a week to see what he’s come up with, and I’m only disappointed when I find that he’s running behind…
He shoots the things he sees on his walk to work. He shoots everyday life at the UD campus where he works. He shoots the weather. He shoots birds. He shoots models. He shoots local arts events. He shoots just about everything, and you would do well to wander back through the archives on his site.
Anyway, this should be an exhibition to check out.
