January 2018 Meeting – Tillman Crane

Guest speaker Tillman Crane shared the story of his 40-year career as a photojournalist and teacher.   He focused on his journey into the world of platinum printing through his study of the work of Frederick Evans. Tillman then shared a number of his extraordinary photographs and his published books.  He stressed the important of taking images around a theme or special place over a long period of time.  Tillman’s photographic collections/books of the Erie Canal, China, and Scotland were the result of such in-depth undertakings. A number of the images had a dreamlike quality and Tillman went into great detail about how to achieve such effects.

We are especially grateful to Tillman for staying to critique a number of images that had be submitted by club members. Always such a helpful experience for photographers!

Assignment

The Assignment for January was “New Beginnings”

Members Shared these Images

Photo credit: Julie Clark

Critique Images

Tillman led the membership on a critique of these images.

Porphyra umbilicalis is an edible seaweed that grows in tidal waters off the coast of Maine. A similar species is used to make nori in Japan. That’s the seaweed used for sushi rolls. It is usually reddish – this specimen was bleached by the winter cold. If you look closely, you’ll see it is growing on the back of a periwinkle snail’s shell. I’ve nicknamed this one ‘Rapunzel.’