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Women photographers fill gallery

Dorothy Gartsman, junior photography major, cleans a photograph of senior psychology major Mari Perez, taken by senior photography major Katie Pyne. The piece is part of the Ground Floor Gallery exhibit, “Multiple Exposure: Through a Woman’s Eye.” Gartsman curated the exhibit and said she developed this theme because only women responded to the open call for work. Each exhibition in the Ground Floor Gallery, on the first floor in Miller Hall, is curated by a different photography student each semester. / photo by Tyler Evains
Dorothy Gartsman, junior photography major, cleans a photograph of senior psychology major Mari Perez, taken by senior photography major Katie Pyne. The piece is part of the Ground Floor Gallery exhibit, “Multiple Exposure: Through a Woman’s Eye.” Gartsman curated the exhibit and said she developed this theme because only women responded to the open call for work. Each exhibition in the Ground Floor Gallery, on the first floor in Miller Hall, is curated by a different photography student each semester. / photo by Tyler Evains

Jocelyn Arceo
Staff Writer

Dorothy Gartsman, junior photography major, curated the student exhibit titled “Multiple Exposure: Through a Woman’s Eye” in the Ground Floor Gallery in Miller Hall.

The exhibit consists of multiple exposure photography, which is the use of multiple photographs merged into one using a long exposure, which slows down the shutter speed to better capture the movement in a photo.

“Every person that submitted their photos was a woman, and they all had very interesting points of view in how they took the photos and what subjects they used,” Gartsman said. “It’s nice to have the representation of what a woman would see.”

Gartsman had the opportunity to curate the gallery through a class with Stacey Cutshaw, visiting professor of photography.

Cutshaw helps the students focus on what it is they want to show in their photos, and what kind of decisions they would like to make.

“I’ve been watching other curators since I was a freshman and seeing ways they’ve taken the gallery. It was nice to finally have my take on it,” Gartsman said.

Claudia Ceja, junior photography major, has three of her photographs in the exhibit.

They were taken on a birthday trip to Joshua Tree over spring break, and each of the three the images consist of two photos merged together.

Ceja provided her selection of photographs to Gartsman in person, where they got to make the decisions together as to which ones best fit the theme that Gartsman was trying to portray through the exhibit.

She has also displayed work for a student gallery a few years ago.

“It’s cool that it’s up for everyone to see, and anyone who’s walking by,” Ceja said.

“It’s cool to just get your work out there to everyone, and not just your classmates or professors,” she said.

Ashlyn Hulin, junior photography major, has two photos on display that she titled, “Framed” and “Raining Lights.”

“I really liked ‘Framed’ because I really like portraiture. I liked her expression… She looks mischievous in a way, but seductively mischievous,” Hulin said.

“Putting these frames around her to create a different composition made it feel like my own take on a wanted sign.”

The two photos are her favorites she has taken and have previously been on display at the Orange County Fair, as well as other, smaller galleries.

“That one (“Raining Lights”) is a little more pre-planned. It consists of a Jamba Juice sign and light movement. It is long exposure that gives (it) these sorts of patterns,” Hulin said.

Celeste Drake, junior photography major, also has a long exposure photograph featured in the gallery.

She had taken the photo for a previous assignment, and although the gallery theme was originally intended for multiple exposure photographs, she was still allowed to use it.

She said she was inclined to submit her work once she heard Gartsman come into her class and discuss the theme and submissions to the gallery.

“I’m still trying to figure out my own style. I’ve done product photography, I do grad shoots, portraiture. I like nature things, and protests, which I actually shoot as well,” Drake said. “It requires a lot of work. We’re here late nights sometimes even after the school is technically closed.”

The next student exhibition will be on display by the middle of May.

Jocelyn Arceo can be reached at jocelyn.arceo@laverne.edu.

Correction
An earlier version of this story stated that “Multiple Exposure: Through a Woman’s Eye” is Celeste Drake’s first gallery exhibition. Her work has been previously featured in other exhibits. The Campus Times regrets the error.

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