Portland's Camerawork Gallery has just gone online with a new website. For me, the most informative part of the site is an index of past show cards dating all the way back to the gallery's start in 1970. I find these interesting in a few ways. As artifacts from the past they show historical trends in layout, typography, and design, as well as photography. But their real strength is as a body of work. Taken together they provide a wide overview of almost 40 years of the Portland photo scene. What a resource! Thanks, Scott Jones, for putting this together.
Thanks Blake for the review of the website. It was an amazing journey putting it all together and I am still looking for some missing cards. The history though is incredible. We are probably the oldest gallery in the US now which is mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteI have recently begun putting website links next to exhibitors names in the show schedule section so that visitors can get directed to exhibitors work. Yours of course is included. I might also transfer these links over to the card picture gallery as well so that anyone interested in a specific card can go see more images too.
Thanks again.