{"id":5274,"date":"2025-05-01T03:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2025-05-01T03:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:31:35","slug":"my-paris-by-juergen-vespermann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/2025\/05\/01\/my-paris-by-juergen-vespermann\/","title":{"rendered":"My Paris by Juergen Vespermann"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5274\" class=\"elementor elementor-5274\">\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\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>My Paris<\/em> by Juergen Vespermann<\/strong><\/h3><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">May 1 &#8211; June 1, 2025<\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center;\">ArtHop Reception: Thursday, May 1st, 4-8PM<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday Photography Live: May 30th, 7PM<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Artist Reception: June 1st, 1-5PM<\/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-6b7d154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b7d154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bright-Red-Paris-2024.png?fit=600%2C383&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bright-Red-Paris-2024.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bright-Red-Paris-2024.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bright-Red-Paris-2024.png?resize=210%2C134&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\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\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-c99b2e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c99b2e8\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juergen Vespermann has been a long-time member of Fresno\u2019s Spectrum Gallery and has participated in numerous one-person and group shows in Germany and California.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This May 2025 exhibition, titled \u2018My Paris\u2019, represents photographs from Juergen\u2019s two-month stay in one of his favorite cities in April and May 2024, prior to the Olympics being held there.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunting for interesting architectural locations takes one sometimes into areas of cities a person wouldn\u2019t necessarily visit otherwise, exposing you to parts of a city not many people visit (e.g. Cretoil southeast of Paris, Noisy-le-Grand, east of Paris) otherwise. And that\u2019s OK, if it doesn\u2019t turn into good photography, but just a new or different traveling experience and view of the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Juergen\u2019s architectural photography, he likes to discover the urban street art scene that\u2019s unique in every city. Paris has a lot to offer in this constantly changing art scene. Very often beautiful pieces disappear overnight to be replaced by new art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those artists is \u201cInvader\u201d who started in Paris in the 1990s. Ceramic tile mosaics modeled on the pixeled art of the 70s and 80s 8-bit video games numbering over 1,000 just in Paris and in 79 cities all over the world. Even the Pink Panther is one of his subjects in Paris.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other artists who are known beyond Paris and are shown in this exhibit include \u2018Vinie\u2019, \u2018Swed Oner\u2019, \u2018Zeth\u2019, Cannibal Letters\u2019 and \u2018L\u00e9Zarts\u2019. The southeast of Paris, on the left banks of the Seine, has an especially vibrant street art scene, called Art13. One Saturday afternoon, I witnessed a street art event with hundreds of people watching artists and painting on road structures while having a big BBQ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juergen hopes you enjoy \u2018his view\u2019 of the City of Light\/Love\/Art and Architecture. A notebook will be out at the gallery for visitors to leave notes. Juergen would love to hear people\u2019s thoughts on his show.<\/span><\/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-0ed8432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ed8432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Going-down-Grande-Arche-de-la-Defense-Paris-2024.png?fit=500%2C798&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5279\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Going-down-Grande-Arche-de-la-Defense-Paris-2024.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Going-down-Grande-Arche-de-la-Defense-Paris-2024.png?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrumphotogallery.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Going-down-Grande-Arche-de-la-Defense-Paris-2024.png?resize=132%2C210&amp;ssl=1 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\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-de509d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"de509d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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>\u00a0 My Paris by Juergen Vespermann May 1 &#8211; June 1, 2025 ArtHop Reception: Thursday, May 1st, 4-8PM Friday Photography Live: May 30th, 7PM Artist Reception: June 1st, 1-5PM Juergen Vespermann has been a long-time member of Fresno\u2019s Spectrum Gallery and has participated in numerous one-person and group shows in Germany and California. 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