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Erin Dorbin "Kalamazoo in Photos" book launch/show, MI, US

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Erin Dorbin's Kalamazoo In Photos book launch/exhibit flyer

Don’t miss the book launch/exhbit for Erin Dorbin‘s new book, Kalamazoo in Photos: A Photographic Catalogue of Kalamazoo’s Most Unique Places. The event is 5–9pm, Friday, 7 Sept., 2007 at the Art Cons Gallery in the Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI, US.

There’s a larger, more readable version of the announcement here.

About the book, Dorbin says:

This sixty-eight-page photo book focuses on the Kalamazoo region. It showcases the many local spaces I have visited with my camera over the past few years. I have features on bowling alleys, motels, and other unique landmarks in Kalamazoo County. However, you don’t have to be a resident of the area to appreciate the book. In fact, Americans nationwide can enjoy this collection that details the shift from places rich with character to that are visually uninteresting.

I used a number of cameras in the creation of this photographic collection including the Holga, Mamiya C220, Yashica Mat, Brownie Hawkeye Flash, Canon Rebel G 35mm SLR, Hasselblad and Diana toy camera. The book includes a camera index in the back to show the reader which camera was used to take each image.

It’s 7 × 7 inches, full color, softcover, and costs US $20.

“Cheap Shots: The Silver Dreams of Plastic Cameras” show, MI, US

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Cheap Shots show flyer

“Cheap Shots is an exhibition of photographic art created with cheap, plastic cameras, old cameras, pinhole cameras, and Polaroids. In an age of expensive, hi-tech equipment, these simple cameras offer a refreshing, lo-tech view of the world in our time. The work in this show was created by seventeen artists from the Michigan area who call themselves the Krappy Kamera Club. This will be their first public showing in Ann Arbor.”

When: Cheap Shots will run from Friday, March 23rd to Friday, April 6th, 2007. The opening is March 23rd from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

Where: Gallery 4, 212 Nickels Arcade, Ann Arbor, MI [US]. On the second floor above Arcade Barbers.

The gallery will be open during the show Thursday and Friday from 3pm to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm, and by appointment. The show is free and open to the public.

More info on the show from Matt Callow.

Here’s a larger version of the flyer.

Pinhole photography workshop with Matt Callow, MI, US

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Photographer Matt Callow writes:

The pinhole workshop I ran last summer for teens was such a success that the library has invited me back to run another one, though this time for adults.

This time, instead of using paint cans and paper negatives, we’re going to make our cameras using matchboxes and 35mm film (based on Alspix‘s funky design). So for the last couple of weeks I’ve been trialing a few prototypes, testing out a few ideas, and taking lots of pictures of myself with bedhead and bathrobe.

For anyone who’s local and interested, the workshop will be at the AADL’s Malletts Creek branch, Saturday Feb 17th, 2007, 12–3pm. More details here.

Callow is an accomplished photographer whose work you can see at his Web site, MattCallow.com, and on Flickr.

Pinhole photography group show in Ann Arbor, MI

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After a successful pinhole workshop at the Ann Arbor District Library in August, photographer Matt Callow is curating an exhibit of work created by the workshop participants, to be displayed at the Malletts Creek branch along with a selection of photos of the workshop in action.

Opening reception Friday, 22 September, 2006 at 7pm, at 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI, US.

Details at the library Web site.