Saturday, January 10, 2015

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Call for Submissions: The Photographic Nude 2015

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Friday, August 15, 2014

2014 Northwest Symposium for Alternative Process Photography. 
The Earlybird Deadline for reduced admission was extended and ends this weekend, Sunday the 27th.
http://www.altphotopacifica.org/Events.html
Ladies and Gentlemen, on the weekend of September 12-14th LightBox will host in Astoria, Oregon this Symposium with an incredible list of presenters. Mark Osterman, Bill Vaccaro, S. Gayle Stevens, Susan deWitt, Diana Bloomfield and Doug Ethridge. Held in the Liberty Theatre in downtown Astoria, the weekend symposium will be accompanied by the opening of “Altered Views”, an exhibit at LightBox Photographic Gallery of 21st century historical antiquarian process photographic work juried by S. Gayle Stevens, .
Please register today and join a list of amazing participants who already have, and help us to make this event a weekend to remember for alternative process photography in the Northwest!
Let us know you are going to attend?
http://www.altphotopacifica.org/Events.html

Saturday, June 21, 2014

                  Please join us in welcoming these great alternative process photographers to Astoria!



Saturday, March 8, 2014

March Newsletter

                             "Tress in the Sand" ~ Otherworld: The Salton Sea - Jody Miller

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Summer Artists Showcase 2013

We are very proud to exhibit the fine photographic prints of these very talented Photographic Artists!
Please visit the gallery before August 6th to see this work on the walls.

Erin Malone - “The Park”
Michael Kirchoff - " Fractured View"


                          JULY 13, 2013 THROUGH AUGUST 06, 2013

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

                                 

                             Plastic Fantastic Show IV

                          June 8, July 6, 2013



                                        

LightBox Photographic Gallery will celebrate its fourth anniversary with the opening and artist’s reception of the Plastic Fantastic Show IV on Saturday June 8, 2013 from 6-9pm.

The exhibits’ first place award winner, Bob Gervais of Portland, Oregon, will give an artist presentation and slide show Saturday at 4pm, before the exhibits’ opening. Bob is recognized for his work using a holga plastic camera to shoot street photography in many locales from NYC to Merida, Mexico. Please contact the gallery for reserved seating for this artist talk.
Featuring photographic images made with plastic “toy” cameras, with this exhibit we celebrate the gallery’s anniversary every year! The Plastic Fantastic Show IV stays true to pure film photography and the use of plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. No digital photography is considered.
LightBox is very honored to have  Susan Burnstine  as juror once again for the Plastic Fantastic Show. Susan is an award winning professional fine art photographer based in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts and random household objects.  Susan is represented in galleries across the world, her images are mesmerizing and dreamlike, using film with the purity of the process as a vital element, without relying on digital processing. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013


Portland Photo Month Exhibit

An exhibit by fine art photographers of Portland, Oregon
This exhibit will run from April 13 to May 4, 2013,
with the opening artists reception on Saturday, April 13th from 6-9pm

In recognition of Portland Photo Month, April 2013, LightBox Photographic Gallery invites all Portland Photographic Artists to submit work for the PDX Photo Month Exhibit . This group exhibit celebrates LightBox’s appreciation of the Portland Photographic Community. We wish to showcase the best work from the Portland Photographic Community under one roof for this show. We are looking for work that shows the unique vision and creativity of the photographer. Photographic works of any medium and theme are considered. One image from 40 photographers to be featured in the exhibit.

We are pleased to have Jim Leisy as juror for this exhibit. Jim Leisy is a photographer, photography activist, publisher and founding board member of the Portland Art Museum’s Photography Council.






The Photographic Nude 2013
March 9 – April 6, 2013

Opening and Artists' Reception, Saturday, March 9, 2013, 5-9pm

Dedicated in memory of Ruth Bernhard and her creative spirit

With Featured Artists - Kat Moser   and Hillary Atiyeh 


Congratulations to the following Photographers for having been accepted into this exhibit

Ryuta Sakurai • Ekaterina Bykhovskaya • Dan McCormick • David Pitcher • Gary Samson • Glenn Steiner • Jim Henderson • Michael Datoli • Michael Puff • Michele Serchuk • Noel Tendick • Radoslaw Brzozowski • Rana Young • Rebecca Ackporiaye • Scott Bulger • Stephanie Houston • Terry Donnelly • Steve Wilkenson • Paris Carter • Mike Floyd • Harper Parson-Grey • Jim Leisy • Terry Thompson • Francisco Vargas • Teresa Meier • Steve Russell

This juried exhibit explores the artistic and creative view of the body and it’s form, celebrating the nude in photography by embracing a variety of styles, welcoming the timeless elegance of a classical study as well as alternative and provocative styles. LightBox was pleased to have Chris Kovacs, founder, editor and publisher or Adore Noir Magazine as juror.

Chris selected a total of thirty images and the gallery awarded an additional ten gallery choice images for a total of forty prints in this years exhibit. The exhibit consists of works from 26 photographic artists from around the country, as well as Japan, Poland and France.

Michael Puff of Montara Ca. received the Juror’s award for his image, untitled #1.

Scott Bulger of Northwood N.H.,
Ryuta Sakurai of Osaka, Japan,
Michael Datoli of Long Beach, Wa.
received the juror’s honorable mentions.
We would like to give a special congrats to the award winners!

Complete information, artists links and images are on our  showpage


We wish to thank those who contributed as donors to our fundraising campaign, became members of LightBox, or purchased prints from our Duet and e•mer•gence exhibits. The funds raised through these events will help launch LightBox into the future with our goals set high. Thank you for believing in LightBox. With your donation or membership we are entrusted to work hard to continue to promote and educate in the photographic arts for years to come!

We wish to give a special thanks to the following individuals.

Tom Kittel, Bill Vaccaro, Linda Fitch, Susan Burnstine, Jon Lingel, Britt Aximon, Craig Huber, Diana Bloomfield, Stacy Gardner, James Rohan, Rich Bergeman, Michael Kirchoff, Carolyn Hampton, Larry Gloth, R.L. Potts, Gary Wilson, Walt O’Brien, Bill Garvin, Sandy Noyes, Robert Adams, Kerstin Adams, Mark Wiltrakis, Jeffrey Ross, Stu Levy, Judy Kittel, Jim Congleton, Jim Leisy, Cynthia Kirk, Doug Potts, Stephanie Houston, Marcy Merrill, Mickey Anderson, John Ritchie, Joni Kabana, Andrew & Melanie Halliburton, Larry Huhn, Joan Bowers, Barbara Hammond, Patricia Garner, David Pitcher, Gary Seelig, Lorraine Richey, Dan Nelson, Keith Neufeld, Jana Uyeda, Carol & Larry Scott, Kat Moser, Michael Mathers, Alex Benenson, Ken Hochfield, DonnaLee Rollins, Ellie Ivanova, Bill Jensen, Randy Severson and Jim Ballard.


We would like to thank for one last time all the great Photographers that participated in e•mer•gence.

e•mer•gence

February 9 – March 2, 2013

A totally unique and inclusive print sharing exhibit

To build a connection between fine art photographers and give exposure to artists of all levels.
e•mer•gence is an exhibit of 123 photographic prints from 79 photographers from around the world.
The photographers in this exhibit have contributed prints to this show in an inclusive call.

Please check out all the work, visit these artists websites and support these artists
SHOWPAGE

Complete e•mer•gence Images

e•mer•gence photographers

Amy Fichter  • Andrew Haliburton • Blue Mitchell  • Brandon Sorg  • Britt Aximon  • Carolyn Hamptom  • Cecily Caceu • Celine Downen  • Christa Blackwood  • Christopher Bird  • Clarke Galusha  • Claudia Danielson  • Cody Swanson • Craig Alan Huber  • Cristóbal Zepeda  • Dan McCormack  • Dan Tree  • David L. Vik • David Lee Myers  • DeAnna Foran •
Deb Schwedhelm  • Deon ReynoldsDiane Martin Peterson  • Don Frank  • Donna Lee Rollins  • Donna Rosser  • Ellie Ivanova • Erin Malone  • Erin McGuire  • Friderike Heuer  • George Tuton  • Heather Frandsen  • Heather Pyles   • Jan Bogle • Jan Swan • Jeanne Wells  • Jenn Walton  • Jeremy Boutwell  • Jim Congleton • Jim Leisy • Jim Rohan  • Joan BowersJody Miller • John KayJohn Ritchie  • Jon Lingel • Keri FriedmanKristy Hruska  • Kurt Norlin  • Leigh Oviatt  • Leslie Hickey  • Leslie Peltz • Lydia Agundez  • Magnus Börjesson • Marico FayreMaya Trysil • Michael Datoli • Michael DickensMichael Kirchoff • Michael Mitarnowski  • Michael Wilson  • Mickey Anderson • Nicole Gelinas  • Randi Feller • Rebecca Akporiaye • Rich BergemanRoger DorbandRon Hammond  • Shannon McClatchey • Sharon Asplan • Stacy L. Gardner  • Stephanie Houston
Natasha Bacca  • Steve Blair • Steve Wilkenson • Suzanne Goodwin Teresa Meier  • Tom Kittel  • Zan Hare

LightBox believes in the fine art photographer, the individual vision that each exhibits with their artistic expression and the importance of the beauty and quality of the final print. Each image and print submitted from every photographer was included in this exhibit. e•mer•gence celebrates each photographers desire to be seen, the thrill of discovering a creative and unique vision, and the ideal of print sharing and the appreciation of the final print. With print sharing as the goal, each photographer will receive a print from another photographer when the exhibit comes down.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

In The Beginning

       
                                                    In The Beginning (photos)
       
        Three years ago today, June 13, 2009, LightBox opened it's doors to the public! Since that day over 450 photographers have shown prints on the walls of the gallery, we have had countless events, artist presentations, workshops, classes, openings, gatherings and members photo group meetings.
       The journey has been quite an adventure, and as any gallery owner can tell you, a lot of very hard work! Three years later we are still looking ahead and gathering momentum to make LightBox everything we hoped for in the beginning! Over the years from the day we took on the job of building the space to prepare for the grand opening on June 13th, 2009, we have invested everything we have, both sweat and cash into our dream of bringing a Photographic center and gallery to the NorthCoast of Oregon.
      
       Today we celebrate what is and it is with great pride that we thank you all for your interest over the years and for being followers of LightBox! Enjoy these photos that show our adventure from the day we took possession of the space to the day that we opened the door, these pictures show some very fond memories of the days when LightBox was just a dream and we went forward with the belief that you can "leap and the net will appear"! best, M&C



Plastic Fantastic Show III


Juror’s Statement

I am forever inspired and enthused by the ingenuity of artists who break the rules and make something undeniably their own by using the most basic of tools. Due to the technical limitations of toy camera photography, many photographers become content by merely recreating dreamy effects and a complementary mood. But artists who take it one step further, such as Matthew Cetta, S. Gayle Stevens, Erin Malone and Daniel Grant stand out from the crowd and should be applauded for creating wonderfully unique imagery with these simplistic, optically challenged cameras.
Being asked to juror the Plastic Fantastic contest for the second year in a row was a great honor. Thank you to Michael and Chelsea for entrusting me with this great privilege. I congratulate all of the selected exhibitors and applaud everyone who submitted.
-Susan Burnstine June 2012

First Place Award
Matthew Cetta’s first place image Ammonia from his series Photogenic Alchemy is a visual and technical delight. What may have been just an average image of the Brooklyn Bridge becomes something truly fabulous through his use of a microwave and alternative chemical treatments. He asked himself the most important question, “What if?” and created something truly fabulous.
Second Place Award
Second place winner, S. Gayle Stevens is a modern day alchemist who bends, breaks and redesigns the rules. She is one of the most imaginative practitioners in alternative photography and last year’s first place winner. Once again, she has offered us another unforgettable and haunting image with Emergence of Darkness.
Third Place Award
Erin Malone ‘s Something Still Remains Undone is a quiet, majestic and affecting image, elevated to magnificence via the photogravure process.
Honorable Mention
It’s not an easy task to create an effectively seductive image with a toy camera. But Daniel Grant’s knocked it out of the ballpark with his image, The Couch. As part of his series My Affair With Diana, The Couch leaves as much to the imagination as it reveals, making this a truly mysterious, alluring image.










Saturday, April 7, 2012

The PDX Photo Month Exhibit

The PDX Photo Month exhibit has opened! All the photographers and the images are posted on the Showpage. We are looking forward to a great time at the astists' reception on Saturday, April 14, from 6-9pm. Thank you to all the Photographers who submitted work for this show!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Photographic Nude 2012

All the images from The Photographic Nude 2012 are now on our showpage, with the award winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted and congrats! to all who were chosen for the exhibit, it was great to see so many of the photographers at the opening Saturday night! best, M&C

Friday, February 17, 2012

The Photographic Nude 2012

Congrats to the photographers accepted into The Photographic Nude 2012 exhibit, and thank you to all who submitted images to us for consideration. Thanks to Heidi Kirkpatrick for doing a fine job as juror for this exhibit, looking forward to seeing her and all of you at the Artist Reception on Saturday March 3, 5-9pm

Friday, January 6, 2012

“27 Mornings in Winter”



                 LightBox Photographic Gallery will host the opening of “27 Mornings in Winter”
                 with an artist reception on Saturday January 14h, 2012, from 6-9pm. This
                 body of work is a series of Palladium prints produced from stills of a short film
                 by the artist, Douglas Ethridge, of Tahuya, Washington.
         
              27 Mornings In Winter began as a short film, made to ward off those mid-winter blues by embracing each wet and gray day as an opportunity. As I was editing the film, I began to see unique moments within the dissolves of one scene to the next. In seeking to retain the contemplative nature of the film, I chose to render a selection of the resulting stills as hand-made palladium prints.”
                                                                                             Doug Ethridge

     The film “27 Mornings in Winter” will be shown in LightBox upper gallery during the opening, and will be featured on Sunday, January 15th at 1pm with a screening during an artist talk about the film, the series of palladium prints, and the process involved in the evolution of the entire body of work. The exhibit runs from January 14thth – February 7th, 2012. Visit  The Showpage  for complete artist info and images.    

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Wishing all a Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The LightBox Members holiday party last night was fabulous, it was great to see everyone and we missed those of you that could not make it! 
Love the LightBox community! Looking forward to a Great 2012!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011



              Members Exhibit 2011 -  November 12 - December 31st

            A BIG thanks and a congrats! to all the supporting members of LightBox Photographic for the spectacular collection of work in the Members Show 2011. We are so proud to be associated with you and could not continue with our mission without you. We are busy planning another year in 2012 of exhibits and events and members activities for you. Could not think of a better way to close out the year than to have all of you hanging on the walls at LightBox Photographic Gallery.
                                                                                                Michael and Chelsea

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Spooky Film Fest! 




LightBox Photographic Gallery established the Spooky Show as a fun Astoria tradition. The exhibit is ongoing at the gallery and will close on November 8th. This year LightBox will be showing a series of Spooky films in the gallery theatre.
Showing on the nights of
October 28th, The Crazies (2009),
October 29th, Night of the Living Dead (1968),
October 30th, Dracula (1979) ,
and Halloween night the 31st, Trick r’ Treat (2008).
Films will begin at 7p.m. Seating limited to 25 people, 18 and over only. Films are totally Free with donations accepted, please call the gallery for info and reservations at 503-468-0238.

Saturday, October 15, 2011





Please join us at LightBox for the 5th Annual Astoria Film Festival 
        Make your reservations now for the showings at LightBox, seating is limited 
           to 25 per showing.contact the gallery for reservations, 503-468-0238


October 20th, 7pm 
“Meek’s Cutoff” , based on the actual diaries of women crossing the Oregon Trail. Filmed a few miles from Burns and Hines in eastern Oregon.
October 21st, 7pm 

“Stuff”, filmed largely in Portland. The documentary focuses on the filmmaker’s odyssey following the loss of his parents.
October 22nd, 7pm 

“Hood to Coast”,  As the title implies, it looks at the iconic 197-mile relay race from Timberline Lodge to Seaside, the longest in the U.S.
October 23rd, 7pm 
“Cold Weather” plays Oct. 23, a thriller shot in Portland following a forensic science student’s hunt for his missing ex-girlfriend
October 24th, 7pm 

“The Best of the 37th-Annual Northwest Film and Video Festival” ,featuring the November 2010 event.

Sunday, October 9, 2011


Last night's opening of the Spooky Show III was a blast, thanks to all the photographers who were here to share the fun with us!  Enjoy looking at all the images on our showpage, and link to the websites of the photographers and check out all their work. Let us know your favorite image for our people's choice award?

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Announcing the Featured artist alongside the upcoming Spooky Show III 
"Last Ones Standing" - The Vanishing Scarecrows of Eastern Europe
Annette Fournet



Do you all follow LightBox On Facebook or Twitter, we post many updates and interesting links and tidbits there

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Our warmest regards to Blue Mitchell for all his help and interest in LightBox Photographic Gallery, we have enjoyed each moment we have had with your amazing work on the walls, hope we get the opportunity to do it again one day, best, Michael and Chelsea


http://www.lightbox-photographic.com/shows/evanescent_energy


We just couldn't close out the PHOTO⊕CRAFT exhibit without a special thanks to Tami Bone, a Photographer with images of true beauty and imagination, and one of the nicest individuals we have the pleasure to associate with. This image "Ouiji" is part of a series called Mythos, which is her newest body of work. Thanks you Tami, it has been so nice to have your work back in the gallery for this show, Michael and Chelsea. Check out her full artist statement on our website, http://bit.ly/mTqHy1 and Check out all of Tami's work a@ http://tamibonephotographs.com/

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Thank You Anne George for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show with this beautiful Photogravure entitled "Evangel reflected". Anne has been such a wonderful supporter of LightBox this year as we began to present work from some of the finest Photographic Artists in the country, we are indebted to her for her interest and for showing in 4 shows here this year, Dream Allegory, The Photographic Nude, PHOTO⊕CRAFT and the upcoming Spooky Show III. Please check out Anne and her work @http://www.anngeorgephotography.com/

Our friend Robert Adams has an amazing retrospective collection out. Visit the website, it has many great images and shares a chronology of his works and his life. Congrats and all the best Robert! BTW, it is available at Amazon only and a limited edition.http://amzn.to/pg0iUw

Friday, September 23, 2011

Thank You Susanna Gaunt for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show. Tonight we are hosting a pre-wedding reception at the gallery, what a perfect time to feature your piece, "The Wedding Gifts" Artist Statement
The Wedding Gifts is part of a series called Hidden Treasures. The idea for the series started with the book. My brother-in-law gave a chemistry book to my son at Christmas. When he opened it, instead of words, my son found a hidden compartment with small toys included. I loved the idea of a book being a vessel for hiding secret treasures. Why couldn’t the treasure be a photograph? Check out susanna's work @http://www.susannagaunt.com/

Thank You Rachel Wolf for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show.
The prints you create in the large life size are surely amazing. We appreciate the individuality and effort that goes your this work.
"The 99th Fable", a larger than life photogram novella. There is a feeling of magic, and perhaps a bit of soul within a finished photogram for me. Encompassing the essence of the subject within the variables unique to this application always brings forth in me a wondrous rush. Always an experiment with various shades of multiple lights, their angles and distances between the subject and the substrate... the textures formed from various paper stocks and transparencies.... the natural dances that liquids have with gravity and air when in the process of development"`Rachel Wolf… Original tale written by David Nielson.                                                                                              Check out rachel's work @   http://rachelwolf.com/

Thursday, September 22, 2011


Thank You Heidi Kirkpatrick for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show.
 Heidi helped us by being in our opening show in June of 2009, it is great to have a good friend back in the gallery with a few pieces of her current works.                                                                                                  "I am in love with film. All of my work is made with film. I shoot on film. I print on film. I do all of my own work in my darkroom. I like it dripping off my elbows. I do not use a lot of fancy equipment. My “models” are the people who are closest to me, my family and friends. I love layering the film positives over anything and everything I can think of or find. My studio is filled with found objects that inspire me, and photographs, lots and lots of photographs.
I often use photographs to transform these found objects into pieces of art. Fusing transparent figurative and family portraits with children’s toys and blocks, boxes and tins, I create a playful tension between imagery and object. My work tries to breathe new life into these objects, yet they leave hints of the past in their lovingly worn appearances, the flecks of paint missing, soft corners, dents and dings". ~ Heidi Kirkpatrick -  Check out Heidis work @ http://heidikirkpatrick.com/             



Thank You Kirsten Hoving for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show. 
We enjoyed running across this image, "Return" in Shots magazine, "Although my work is quite varied, the constants across these portfolios are my interest in surreal, dream-like imagery, my search for telling moments and gestures, and my desire to push photography beyond recording and into expression".~ Kirsten Hoving Check out Kirstens work @ http://www.kirstenhovingphotographs.com/index.cfm
Thank You Emma Powell for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show. The Print "Juggling Butterflies" is a Wet Plate Collodion Ambrotype, scanned and printed digitally. "Photographers, like scientists, record facts about the observable world. From those facts, they make inferences concerning larger questions of existence. But unlike scientists, artists are free to alter those facts to create imagined scenarios and fictional worlds. In my series Specimen Collection, I use the stuff of natural science—birds, butterflies, octopuses—to suggest a strange, shadowy world where things may not be as they seem. By using a nineteenth-century process, I reference the great era of natural philosophy when specimens were gathered from far and wide ...."
~ Emma Powell Check out Emma's work @http://www.emmapowellphotography.com/
Thank You Lori Vrba for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show.
The print "Old Maid " has received quite a response at the gallery,
and we appreciate the hand's on artistry in the darkroom.
"I work in medium format film exclusively. I do all processing, printing and toning in my home darkroom. I look for toning aesthetics that suit the overall project concept...in this case, I chose to split tone the work in sepia and selenium. When possible (for solo exhibitions) I look for alternative venues to create installations that suit the space, concept and imagery". ~ Lori Vrba
Check out Lori's work at http://www.lorivrba.com/
Thank you Nichole Dement for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show
In “Ties that Bind” the heavy black dripping wax above a man in a fetal position with a nest on his back speak to our need to support our environment because of our mutual fragility.
Film was scanned and printed large scale on rice paper with an intentional fractured aesthetic. Other elements have been collaged in such as ground particles of trash and red sinew to bind the work back together and add depth, both aesthetically and metaphorically.
Check out Nichole's http://www.nicholedement.com/
Thank you Anne Berry for being part of the PHOTO⊕CRAFT show,
your photography inspires us all to empathize with the emotional sensitivities of our fellow creatures among the animal kingdom. We love you for that at LightBox, as animal rights is perhaps our most dearest of concerns. Check out Annes wonderful work @http://anneberrystudio.com/