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Julia Dean Reception!

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:42:18 +0000

The opening reception for the Julia Dean Alternative Photography Exhibit was a success!

As always the Alternative Photography exhibit showcases some of the most interesting photographic techniques currently being developed. Works range from photos taken using unusual cameras (such as Holgas) and in-camera tricks, to specially treated prints with painterly emulsions. Leaving you asking yourself: how’d they do that?

Brad in front of his work at the exhibit.

Opening attendees

Brad's work at the exhibit... how'd he do that?

photos: PIX/Eric Chuang

Brad’s work going “viral”!

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:49:30 +0000

Ran across a photograph of one of Brad’s images on fellow photographer’s blog, Ashley West Leonard. Beautiful images, many interesting series. Very prolific.

Brad's image on a promo postcard, just behind the one in front, from a downtown artwalk.

Ashley's blog

Photos: Ashley West Leonard

First Place Winner!

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:29:22 +0000

Brad Buckman Julia Dean Winning Image

Come join us for the opening reception for the 2010 Julia Dean Alternative Photography Exhibition! The show is an annual competition and one of my submissions took the first-place award. I’ve got three pieces in the show, and would love for you to join us at the opening. There’s always a tremendous variety of work, and it’s a great opportunity to meet the artists.

Opening Reception
6-9 PM, Friday August 13th, 2010

801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8
Venice CA 90291

From their site:

The annual competition and exhibit, now in its seventh year, is one of our favorites at Julia Dean’s. A wide variety of capture processes are represented, using anything from pinhole and toy cameras to new digital capture techniques. Alternative prints processes may include cyanotypes, platinum & palladium, Polaroid transfers & emulsion lifts, gum prints, collodion wet plate process, and the use of liquid light. Almost anything goes, though the judges reserve the right to decide what alternative means.

This year’s judges were Ann Elliott Cutting and Kathleen McLaughlin.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! All winners will take part in an exhibition at the Julia Dean Gallery with opening reception on Friday, August 13th, 2010, from 6-9pm.

Article in the Santa Ana Examiner!

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:17:33 +0000

Stacey Scott of the Santa Ana Examiner interviewed Brad about his contributions to the LACDA exhibition opening this evening. Click here to read more…

The article...

Fine Art Exhibition This Thursday!

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:54:35 +0000

Brad's photo in the window of LACDA (far left)

Along with his commercial work, Brad also creates a variety of fine art photography, which has appeared in a number of solo and group

exhibitions. This week is his first time participating in the monthly

Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk (2nd Thursday of each month).

This is a terrific event featuring the downtown galleries, restaurants

and bars, and always draws a good crowd … not to mention a large

variety of food trucks. It should be another beautiful Spring evening

so come out and take a stroll.

Downtown Art Walk

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Galleries open until 9pm or later

A good place to start is along Main Street, between 4th and 5th.

Brad has work appearing in two places. First, a piece was selected in an international competition at LACDA, reception will be from 7-9pm.

Los Angeles Center for Digial Art (lacda)

“Top 40 Juried Competition”

Exhibit: May 13 – June 5, 2010

Reception: May 13, 7-9pm

In conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk

107 West Fifth Street (near 5th and Main)

LA CA 90013

http://lacda.com/exhibits/exhibitshome.html Also, the DVD shop on gallery row would like to feature Brad’s work on their walls, and he hopes to have several pieces hung in time for Thursday as well.

Old Bank DVD

On Fourth (at Main next to Pete’s)

Open til midnight

Hope to see you out Thursday night!

Self Portrait

NY Times: A Moment in Time

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:13:10 +0000

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 8am (PST), thousands of photographers simultaneously recorded “A Moment in Time.” Click HERE to read more. The idea is to create an international mosaic, an astonishingly varied gallery of images that are cemented together by the common element of time. Below is Brad’s official entry.

Breakfast in downtown Los Angeles, USA. Sunday, May 2, 2010. 8am.

Winner!

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:07:46 +0000

Great news! Just got word that my work won a spot in an international competition, and I’ll have a piece at LACDA at the next downtown artwalk (Thursday, May 13, 7-9pm). Put it on your calendar and join us for another cool night downtown. http://www.lacda-archives.com/lacda/lacda_image_archives/Pages/LACDA_2010_Top_40_Winners.html#5

The Winning Image

Collaboration…

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:21:53 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I spent the evening at my studio with Michel Karman, a master of photographic printing. We were experimenting with some Japanese papers, drinking beer, and really enjoying our collaboration. It’s amazing when someone you admire by reputation becomes such a dear friend.

Brad and Michel in 2007.

Show Off…

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:12:38 +0000

At the end of the year, the Julia Dean Photo Workshops hosts their annual “Show Off”, a curated group exhibition open to past and present workshop students. An event like this is always an inspiration to create new work, and as I realized the deadline was upon us, I got the urge to stay up late and play.

I surveyed a variety of raw images I had taken in the past. With personal work, I’ll often shoot, but not have time to review and process the photos. Later, as I dig through the archives, I feel that I should move forward, shoot new work, and not dwell in the past. But a few images did catch my eye, and I spent a couple of evenings processing and printing. Two of the four images I submitted were selected for the show, and I had the special honor that one of my pictures was used as the promotional image for the exhibit.

The exhibition of 60 photographs is still on display at the Julia Dean Photo Workshops space in Venice, CA. The reception was on Friday, December 18, 2009, and the terrific turnout included a number of close friends and acquaintances. A recent client, Rocco Gaglioti, hosts the fashion website http://fashionnewslive.com/, and he brought Issa, a journalist, to interview me about my photography (he also brought makeup artist to the stars Sharon Gault, fun getting to know her!). During the interview I was informed that a woman was buying the picture that was featured on the promos! It’s fantastic to get the support of all those who say they like your work, and yet another level of encouragement when someone purchases your creative work. She’s also interested in buying my other piece, and is weighing what her budget will allow.

As the reception wound down I got to relax with Julia, as well as Chris and Brandon who run things over there. They all said they had a number of inquiries throughout the evening about me and my work, and that certainly keeps your spirits up, and encourages you to keep shooting, playing and experimenting.

I closed the studio for the holidays that day, and the show reception was a great way to wrap up the year. Thank you to Julia and her crew for all their support, and likewise to everyone who encourages me to make new photographs.

- Brad

The Winning Image

New Show!

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:53:23 +0000

Greetings All!

I’ve got two new photographs in an upcoming group show, and they selected one of my pictures to use on the promos. Pretty cool! Please join us for the opening reception. Beautiful photographs, wonderful people, a glass of wine, and cool night air at the beach.

‘Show Off’ 2009 – 5-8pm
Friday, December 18

The Julia Dean Gallery presents a juried exhibit of photographs from the third annual student show off.

The Julia Dean Photo Workshops
801 Ocean Front Walk, Suite 8
Venice, CA 90291
310.392.0909