Where: Balboa Park
Context: Ordover Gallery
This exhibit showcased multiple photographers work in the Baja wildlife and landscape category. The different types of photos included wildlife such as birds fish and whales, ranging from conditions of the arid desert to the mountainous regions and the ocean. The featured artist Ralph Leek Hopkins, a National Geographic photographer had many amazing works. His photographs detail the subject with amazing clarity. He type of camera joined with a really expensive lenses must aide in these types of photographs. In contrast his photo of the cactus has little to do with an expensive camera and more to do with the creative side. I respect him exploring these two realms because it gives his photography variety.
Fazal Sheiks touches on some dark subjects as a photographer. His exhibit Beloved Daughters is far from the title being about the mistreatment of women in India. In his portraits none of the subjects are smiling, looking tattered in one way or another, making you wonder about the story of each person. This black and white series has text attached to each photo detailing the horible accounts of each person's life. From a photographic standpoint the portraits are really clear with the subjects eyes as the focal point. Seeing these photos and not knowing what to expect made my day less vibrant.
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