New Image Art Gallery is pleased to announce our upcoming show, “California Photography Now” a photographic exhibition, encapsulating the essence of portraiture, urban landscapes, lifestyles and trends specific to the current California environment. “California Photography Now” features Jerry Hsu, Todd Jordan, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jen “JR” Reynolds, Curits Buchanan, Tino Razo, Neck Face, Sagan Lockhart,Gregory Bojorquez, Sandy Kim ,Teen Witch and Retna.
Exposing diverse forms of techniques and photographic-developing-processes some of the artists (Now I Remember Crew) master the techniques and features of cell phones photography while others (Curtis Buchanan, Retna, Greg Bojorquez), use the traditional lense and film techniques while Sagan Lockhart and Teen Witch have been known to use the instant printing service at CVS or Rite Aid.
The show contain influences of photo documentational skate boarding style’s of classic Californian photographers, Ed Templeton, Tobin Yelland and Craig Stecyk with an added “Jack Ass” spin. Another direction of the show features classically composed traditional subject matter a courant.