{"id":4359,"date":"2024-04-29T22:12:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:50:00","slug":"50-years-of-photography-a-retrospective-by-tim-a-fleming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/2024\/04\/29\/50-years-of-photography-a-retrospective-by-tim-a-fleming\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Photography: A Retrospective by Tim A. Fleming"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4359\" class=\"elementor elementor-4359\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81ba136 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81ba136\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6353a6\" data-id=\"b6353a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16cfd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a16cfd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>50+ Years of Photography: A Retrospective by Tim A. Fleming <\/b><\/h4><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">May 2 to June 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h3><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Art Hop Reception: May 2, 2024 \u2022 4 &#8211; 8 PM\u00a0<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday Photography Live Presentation and Q&amp;A: May 10, 2024 \u2022 7 PM<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70cad36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70cad36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71c133c\" data-id=\"71c133c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fb29c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"a9fb29c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4359 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a9fb29c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Painted herd Tims respective show web res promo\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDM2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NwZWN0cnVtcGhvdG9nYWxsZXJ5Lm9yZ1wvaG9tZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDRcL1BhaW50ZWQtaGVyZC1UaW1zLXJlc3BlY3RpdmUtc2hvdy13ZWItcmVzLXByb21vLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImE5ZmIyOWMifQ%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?fit=768%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?resize=1024%2C442&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?resize=768%2C331&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Painted-herd-Tims-respective-show-web-res-promo.jpg?resize=210%2C91&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea86242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea86242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Artist Statement:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Exhibition. Photographs 1966 to 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">It is a collection of my images, from my teen age years to present time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My earliest work.<br \/>I\u2019ll show some of my earliest work, How I saw things (at ages 12 to 15), not my best work, of course, but just to compare. I started printing my own images at age 14 when I bought a Darkroom from a neighbor (only $10 down and $5 a month). Printing my own work gave me quick feedback that helped me to learn faster as I took roll after roll of film around Fresno, my neighborhood and at school.<\/p>\n<p>High School and College<br \/>In high school, the photography teacher was an ART teacher who was \u201cassigned\u201d to teach photography. This was a good thing (for me) because I already knew the basics and he was exceptional at teaching artistic composition. While attending Fresno City college, the photography teacher was really a MATH professor and instead of retiring he stayed on to set up and grow the photography department. He taught photography by skillfully describing processes and techniques using mathematics and formulas. This was perfect timing for me as I was taking math and chemistry classes at the time. It made everything seem more interesting because I could see how the math could describe photographic processes, camera use and exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The many Activities going on around me provided my subjects. My sister was<br \/>competing in gymnastics, so I made photographs of her team, this led to work from other teams. My mom showed my gymnastics photography to the Fresno Ballet group, I was hired to photograph the Ballerinas at their performances. I also worked several part time photography jobs during college to pay my bills (and buy more camera stuff). I exhibited my work at two different galleries there in Santa Cruz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Santa Cruz and Shaver Lake<br \/>I moved to Santa Cruz and got a Job at Bay Photo Lab in 1977. My boss let me use the lab after hours, to print my own work. I met many amazing photographers at the Lab. After moving to Shaver Lake, where I got my own darkroom up and running again, I made great strides in teaching myself the Ansel Adams Zone system using his series of books.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Fresno<br \/>In 1978 to 1981, I traveled to cities in the Western states to sell my landscape photos at art shows and crafts fairs. My brother and I flew and sold Hang gliders during this time period, and we traveled to many hang glider mountain flying sites to meet new customers. This gave me more precious time to be in the mountains and capture wonderful landscape images as well as people flying.<\/p>\n<p>My Brick and Morter Location.<br \/>1981 to 2001, I operated a professional Lab called Flash Foto. It had two locations. The tower district and a north Fresno store. We did black and white film and Color film developing, and printing. This gave me the opportunity to meet many great photographers from all over the country as they traveled through Fresno to California and the national parks. The company grew to over 100 commercial clients. I spent my vacations and long weekends out in nature, photographing whenever I could.<\/p>\n<p>Working from Home<br \/>2002 to the present, I have enjoyed working as a professional photographer in my home studio building. I have also worked on my own \u201cArtistic\u201d and landscape photography. I traveled to several western states and in California making the images I will present here.<br \/>Thank You for reading,<br \/>Tim A. Fleming<\/p>\n<p>On May 10, 7 pm, I will give a talk and Q&amp;A about my life in photography at Spectrum Art Gallery. Using these Techniques, Processes and Styles I will present my work in these categories:<br \/>Landscapes and Still Life prints, Infra-Red Photography, Intentional Camera movement (ICM), Rorschach Inkblot Test or Mirror image-I call it \u201cFlip n Fold\u201d.<br \/>Painted photographs, a technique that uses Photoshop to paint over an image.<br \/>Portraits, in Color and Black and White \u2013 Painted \u2013 ICM \u2013 Performers \u2013 Sports.<br \/>Composite Images, combining 2 or more images into one piece.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534f7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"534f7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-4359 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"534f7da\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Halfdome After the Storm\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDM2MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NwZWN0cnVtcGhvdG9nYWxsZXJ5Lm9yZ1wvaG9tZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDRcL0hhbGYtZG9tZS1hbmQtRWxjYXBpdGFuLVNub3ctc3Rvcm0tMjAxMi1CVy1XZWItUmVzLVRpbXMtcmV0cm9zcGVjdGl2ZS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1MzRmN2RhIn0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-4362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?resize=1024%2C696&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?resize=1536%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Half-dome-and-Elcapitan-Snow-storm-2012-BW-Web-Res-Tims-retrospective.jpg?resize=210%2C143&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-4362'>\n\t\t\t\tIntense Yosemite Storm, clearing in the early morning, snow on the rocks and trees and frozen ice clouds are flowing down the sloped.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7362dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7362dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spectrum Art Gallery&#8217;s New Hours of Operation:<\/p><p>Thursdays and Fridays: 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM<br \/>Saturdays and Sundays: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50+ Years of Photography: A Retrospective by Tim A. 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