The 9th Annual Mudball Festival hosted by John Bromberg will take place on Saturday, August 23rd, and Sunday, August 24th, from noon until dusk each day. There will be two days of puppets and music.
The Festival will be held on the festival grounds at PMS Farms, 639 South Preston Road, Lakewood, PA, 20 miles north of Honesdale.
Camping is available. All activities are free. For further information, contact John Bromberg at 448-2033.
“A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he’s being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he’s wearing or how he looks. He’s implicated in what’s happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.”
~ Richard Avedon
The portraits in eyes of a stranger are the collaborative efforts between photographer and subject that Avedon is talking about. The photographer reacts to the subject through the lens of the camera; the subject reacts by presenting himself in a way that largely determines the outcome of the experience and the photograph.
“Rolfe Ross and I usually make our pictures quickly and without a lot of preparation,” says photographer Michael Poster. “We do not work in a studio, arrange lighting or dictate poses so the subject retains a substantial portion of control over the resulting image. It’s always surprising to me how generous and trusting strangers can be about offering themselves to the camera. Rolfe and I take that generosity and trust seriously; it inspires us to make honest pictures.”
eyes of a stranger
July 2 - September 2
Reception August 1, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Camerawork Gallery
Downstairs, in the Marquis Gallery
at the Laundry Building
515 Center Street, Scranton, PA 18503