March 2009 Archives

Denny Moers is known for his imaginative, innovative photographs; sometimes more recognizable as paintings than traditional black and white photographs with their range of colors, from black to reds and blues. He uses the term photographic monoprint to describe the unique quality of each of his images, which he creates by controlling the action of light during the print developing process. Denny came to our March 4th open house to demonstrate his unique process live in the AS220 darkrooms!

Denny was dipping exposed paper into stop bath and selectively brushing and spraying developer and fixer on the fiber paper, working the image of a decrepit building in the snow into his characteristic style before our eyes. According to Denny, he usually spends hours tweaking each of these images to his liking. If you are wondering why he would be willing to share his secrets with us, he actually answered this question-----he thinks its too much process and too little control to appeal to the vast majority of photographers. Maybe he's right, but the images he produces have quite a wide appeal!

Stay tuned for more open house presentations, demonstrations and artist talks at the Paul Krot Darkrooms. Your participation and excitement has urged us to try to start having these events regularly in conjunction with our Open Houses!

AS220 Darkrooms will host an Open House this Wednesday March 4th. Come see the fabulous Denny Moers demonstrate his wet chemistry Voo-Doo in front of your very eyes in our Darkrooms. This live demonstration is free and open to anyone interested. An ongoing slide show of his work will be running in our lounge next door. This event will begin at 7pm on the 2nd floor of AS220's Empire St building.

Denny Moers has become known for his highly imaginative, technically innovative photographs, which encompass subject matter as diverse as New England architecture, medieval wall frescoes, ancient Egyptian tomb reliefs, contemporary construction sites and most recently, western desertscapes. He uses the term photographic monoprint to describe the unique quality of each of his images, which he creates by controlling the action of light on the chemicals in sensitized photographic paper during the print developing process. His black and white pictures thus exhibit an extraordinary range of colors, from black to deep rust to pale reds and rich blues.

Denny Moers received his B.A. from Empire State College, (SUNY NY) in 1975 and an M.F.A. from the Visual Studies Work- shop in 1977. During the early eighties, he worked as Aaron Siskind's first assistant. He currently is adjunct professor of photography at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, and has served as guest lecturer at Harvard University and the Rhode Island School of Design , among other institutions. He has received the Fellowship in Photography Award from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts three times. His photographs are included in numerous public and private collections, among them the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts; the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City. Denny Moers' photographs have been enjoyed by many by way of numerous one-person exhibitions and group shows in galleries world wide.

See Denny's work on his web-site at  www.dennymoers.com