{"id":3667,"date":"2023-10-02T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:06:16","slug":"street-view-by-larry-cusick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/2023\/10\/02\/street-view-by-larry-cusick\/","title":{"rendered":"Street View by Larry Cusick"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Street View by Larry Cusick<\/b><\/h3>
Exhibit: October 5 to October 29, 2023<\/strong><\/h6>
Art Hop Reception: October 5, 2023 – 5PM to 8PM<\/h5>
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The street Is a landscape. But it is a landscape unique to the urban environment. As I walk with my camera, I see an unintended art-scape of concrete structures, metal objects, and people, all interacting randomly, and yet not randomly. Conversations echo off of walls, people hurry to cross a street, deep shadows slice through the air, closed doorways stand guard against entry, or street vendors in a topsy-turvy crowded sidewalk do their best to attract attention. There are stories unfolding every day on the streets. I try to understand what stories are being told. A photographic image can work for me if it triggers a mental narrative.\u00a0<\/p>

An image could also work for me if it is an abstraction with no apparent story. But always, the photograph must be arresting. It could be a reflected street scene whose geometry is paradoxical, or highly symmetric. It could be a railroad crossing in the rain or an isolated small restaurant on a lonely street. These are everyday images. I like to take pictures of them.<\/p>

There is beauty in the street, and my aspiration is to show that through my photography. And by beauty, I might not mean say, a flower or a majestic mountain. There is beauty in the geometrical patterns of the front face of a public building, the thoughtful gaze of a person waiting for something, the unexpected juxtaposition of someone walking by a piece of street art, or the textures of aged dilapidated structures whose purpose is long forgotten.<\/p>

The photographs I am presenting fall into several categories. They include street photography, candid portraits, architecture, urban exploration, abstract reflective patterns, the so-called new topographics, and others that I may not even have thought of. I love taking pictures on the street. I hope you like them.<\/p>

About the Artist<\/strong><\/u><\/div>
My interest in photography started when I took a photojournalism course in college. I was struck by how a story could be told through still images. Ever since then, I have been struck by the power of photography. After college came graduate school and a career and a family to raise, so photography took a back seat, mainly family snapshots. After retiring from higher education, I took up birding with my wife. I was immediately drawn to the challenge of bird photography. After a few years, I started to explore other types of photography. The one genre that I found most interesting was street photography, which in many ways I found similar to bird photography. Today I do both.<\/div>
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The artist, Larry Cusick, will be hosting Friday Photography Live at Spectrum Gallery on October 20th at 7PM. Please join us to learn more about the images and his process.<\/div>
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