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The French Connection: 3 Photos by Will Pollock for Your Consideration
Dec 21 2009 01:56 PM Filed in: Photography
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Framing
(ATLANTA :: 21
December 2009) - With all French-related
metaphors or plays-on-words escaping me - and
avoiding the word “Trois” like the plague -
herewith is a three-part collection of images
taken in July 2009, all while away in France.
These images are presented exclusively through ARTvision for the purposes of raising funds for Positive Impact - and, as artist proofs, will not be offered ever again in this form. They are one of a kind and always will be.
Once you review, go to the gallery page for sizing, etc. Or, go directly to the purchase page! Hope you enjoy!
• “Answered.” I shot this while traveling in France, and it struck me as a sign that something good was afoot; that something, someone, was speaking to me to anticipate a good event coming soon. Although “prayers” isn’t an activity I engage in normally, “answered” felt like the right name since the scene was joyful, hopeful... and in response to a call of some kind. “Answered” is a custom-framed photo, set in archival mating and glass, offered for a donation of $895. (more)
•
“Fit to
Print” Also a shot taken
in France, of Jean O’Connor’s fingers in early
morning on the Canal du Midi. Jean is
Rob and
Sara
O’Connor’s mother, and she
says the robust-orange image reminds of years
past. “The photograph from the boat trip reminds
me of how much a morning newspaper has been a
part of my life,” she says. “As a child, I
started with the comics, progressed to sports,
then the society page (it's now called style)
and then on to puzzles and the op-ed pages. Now
in my dotage, I'm ready to return to the comics
- they're the only thing that makes sense. But I
will never give up my morning paper.”
“Fit to
Print” is a custom-framed
photo offered for a donation of
$795.
(more)
•
“I Want it
Now” While taken on a
narrow, windy street in the south of France,
scenes from “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Factory” played out in my
head to the point of needing a sedative.
This door was so deeply purple, so engaging in its irregular textures and rusted hinges, that I just had to snap it. I just had to. The urgency of needing to capture the image immediately made me think of Veruca Salt’s tempestuous turn in “I Want it Now” - mainly because the color is splashed all over the film... starting with Wonka’s jacket and all through this scene. To wit:
“I Want it Now” is a custom-framed photo offered for a donation of $795. (more)
All three images are set in the same mat and frame, by the same framer - Rose Squared in Decatur. So, make it a trio and buy/donate for all three!
More images and pieces will be available at our invitation-only viewing. Contact Will to make sure you’re on the list, and bring your donations to Positive Impact! - WP
The “Answered.” slide show:
ARTvision Offers: "Ladies of a Certan Age" and "Just Before Rush Hour..." by Mary Pollock
(ATLANTA :: 11
December 2009) - One retro, the other
abstract. Both beautiful.
And they both come from my mother, Mary Pollock, as donations to ARTvision 2009 for the benefit of Positive Impact. Please consider both of these in your holiday giving! (see both picture slideshows)
With a bachelor’s
from Skidmore
College (my alma mater)
and a Fashion Illustration concentration
at Parsons School of
Design, my mother is a
returning artist from last year - and is sister to
the late Betsy
Weedon.
(read
more)
Both of these pieces were custom framed with archival glass and matting by Rose Squared in Decatur. “Ladies of a Certain Age” is offered at $800. “Just Before Rush Hour” is offered at $2,000. - WP
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