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Malcolm Edwards, Ken Smith, and Maggie Taylor
March 29th - May 1st, 1999
Malcolm Edwards, a Benham resident artist, who, in 1990, turned his
long-time avocation of photography into a profession. In a very brief time
his fine art photographs have been well received and are in many private
and public collections. Malcolm will exhibit a new body of work titled
Rosalinda. The exhibit is the life story of Rosalinda in her words and
through Malcolm Edward's photographs. These intimate images chronicle
Rosalinda's life from her youth growing up in a convent through her career
as a stripper and dancer into her present as a mature and developing adult.
Ken Smith, another resident Benham artist, will exhibit a body of new
work entitled "Calm Things." Mr. Smith's photographs are in the permanent
collection of the Galveston Art Museum as well as in other collections the
world over. Well known for his still-life work, Ken centers on subject
matter from nature. "Over time I have become aware that imbued within
these subjects are the recurring themes of impermanence and change. For
me, the subjects I find to use and the arrangements I create from them show
simple truths and ultimate beauty." Ken Smith uses medium and large format
cameras. Like his themes, his techniques tend to be simple and minimal.
He works only in black and white, often split-toning or handcoloring
prints.
Maggie Taylor, from Gainesville, Fl., has exhibited and received much
attention extensively throughout the U.S.. Her photographs have appeared
in The New York Times, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Photo Asia amongst
countless others. A much anticipated show for Benham Gallery, Maggie will
exhibiting here for the first time showing a body of work titled, "Mixed
Messages." This collection will contain both traditionally printed color
images and computer generated images. Traditional color prints were made
with help of the artist's collection of odd objects, fabrics and text,
using her backyard and natural light as her studio. Computer generated
images begin again with the artist's collection of items and individually
scanned into her computer one at a time using a flat-bed scanner instead of
a camera. Then compiled and worked on with Photoshop, an output of an Iris
print is the final result.
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