Artist, James W. Bailey, creates unique "Rough Edge Photography" art work.
December 31, 2003 (Press Release) --
5 January 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
James W. Bailey
2142 Glencourse Lane
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-476-1474
Cell: 504-669-8650
Email: jameswbailey@artroof.com
EXPERIMENTAL MISSISSIPPI ARTIST CELEBRATES THE DEATH OF 35mm FILM THROUGH THE UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS OF “ROUGH EDGE PHOTOGRAPHY” – ART INSPIRED BY FIRE AND THE SOUTHERN CULTURAL TRADITION OF THE FAMILY PHOTO WALL COLLAGE
As digital technology rapidly replaces conventional film techniques and equipment, including traditional 35mm film, an experimental artist from Mississippi resists the temptation to “go digital” and in a style worthy of a New Orleans style jazz funeral, actually celebrates the death of film.
Experimental Mississippi artist, James W. Bailey, calls his violent method of photographic based artwork “Rough Edge Photography”. He buys damaged cameras in thrift stores and mutilates his film and prints. Lenses are scratched, holes may be punched in the film canisters with a needle, and prints may be burned along with the original negatives. “I push found and discarded equipment to the extreme. I like the radical imperfections, the accidental quality that can be found in mistreating the equipment, negatives and prints”, Bailey says. “For me classic photography had become too weighted down by its own rules, conventions and practices. This combined with the impulse to rush toward digital made me want to explore 35mm film in a radically brutal fashion. ‘Rough Edge Photography’ is the result of my wanting to hang on to film until the bitter end.”
Bailey’s “Rough Edge Photography” works of art, “I-10”, “Tornado”, and “St. Mary’s Church” will be featured at a contemporary art exhibition sponsored by the University of Phoenix at its Reston, Virginia, campus through April 9, 2004. This exhibition is coordinated through the League of Reston Artists. For directions to the University of Phoenix’s campus, please see the League of Reston Artists’ web site at www.legueofrestonartists.org
Bailey’s award winning “Rough Edge Photography” piece, “Abandoned Cars”, will be featured at the 2004 Gold from the Guilds Art Exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax County. This exhibition opens February 2, 2004, at the Reston Community Cultural Center at Lake Anne in Reston, Virginia. A reception will be held February 8, 2004, between 2-4 p.m. For directions, please see the League of Reston Artists web site at www.leagueofrestonartsits.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
James W. Bailey
2142 Glencourse Lane
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-476-1474
Cell: 504-669-8650
Email: jameswbailey@artroof.com
EXPERIMENTAL MISSISSIPPI ARTIST CELEBRATES THE DEATH OF 35mm FILM THROUGH THE UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS OF “ROUGH EDGE PHOTOGRAPHY” – ART INSPIRED BY FIRE AND THE SOUTHERN CULTURAL TRADITION OF THE FAMILY PHOTO WALL COLLAGE
As digital technology rapidly replaces conventional film techniques and equipment, including traditional 35mm film, an experimental artist from Mississippi resists the temptation to “go digital” and in a style worthy of a New Orleans style jazz funeral, actually celebrates the death of film.
Experimental Mississippi artist, James W. Bailey, calls his violent method of photographic based artwork “Rough Edge Photography”. He buys damaged cameras in thrift stores and mutilates his film and prints. Lenses are scratched, holes may be punched in the film canisters with a needle, and prints may be burned along with the original negatives. “I push found and discarded equipment to the extreme. I like the radical imperfections, the accidental quality that can be found in mistreating the equipment, negatives and prints”, Bailey says. “For me classic photography had become too weighted down by its own rules, conventions and practices. This combined with the impulse to rush toward digital made me want to explore 35mm film in a radically brutal fashion. ‘Rough Edge Photography’ is the result of my wanting to hang on to film until the bitter end.”
Bailey’s “Rough Edge Photography” works of art, “I-10”, “Tornado”, and “St. Mary’s Church” will be featured at a contemporary art exhibition sponsored by the University of Phoenix at its Reston, Virginia, campus through April 9, 2004. This exhibition is coordinated through the League of Reston Artists. For directions to the University of Phoenix’s campus, please see the League of Reston Artists’ web site at www.legueofrestonartists.org
Bailey’s award winning “Rough Edge Photography” piece, “Abandoned Cars”, will be featured at the 2004 Gold from the Guilds Art Exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax County. This exhibition opens February 2, 2004, at the Reston Community Cultural Center at Lake Anne in Reston, Virginia. A reception will be held February 8, 2004, between 2-4 p.m. For directions, please see the League of Reston Artists web site at www.leagueofrestonartsits.org
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