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Photography Tour in New England
Trip Outline
Day 1:
Freedom Trail/ 3 hours 2.5 mile walk
Lunch in the North End /Whitey Bolger fun/2M reward.
Late afternoon: Fenway Park tour/Oldest Baseball Park in US/a Shrine in NE
Return to hotel
Legal Seafood or Durgin Park for dinner
Cheers after dinner or driveby (optional)
Day 2:
Drive up to Hampton, NH/Fuller Garden Shoot flowers my way
Portsmouth, NH/ Strawbery Bank
Lunch at Bob’s Clam Hut/ Route 1 Kittery ME
Walk Marginal Way in Ogunquit/ 1.4 miles
Drive to Bed and Breakfast in the Portland area
Dinner
Optional evening photo shoot.
Day 3:
Shoot Portland Head Light in the morning
L.L.Bean/Freeport shopping
Boothbay Harbor
Lobster dinner
Stay in the area that night
Day 4:
Drive to North Conway/Saco River Covered Bridge
Lunch along the way
Kancamagus Scenic Byway
Basin at the Falls
Stay at Bed and Breakfast
Dinner
Optional evening photo shoot
Day 5:
The Flume
Opens May 9th (weather permitting)
Late Lunch
Drive to Boston/Dinner
Extracts from Recent Articles
"David Mendelsohn is modern photography’s John Henry, locked in a battle to keep image processing from completely dominating the creative process of taking a picture. Amidst his fight to keep it real, he explains the art of getting the shot in preproduction."
His work is a master’s composition of vivid color, finely proportioned space, surrealist sculpture and outlandish humor—plus everything in between. Master photographer David Mendelsohn has fine-tempered a commercial and fine-art career without ever betraying a dedication to his own sensibilities. Mendelsohn’s style is a kind of surrealist minimalism and, as you can readily see from his work, the real problem with trying to define him is that it’s hard to find only one way to sum him up. After all, there’s Mendelsohn’s mantra: “There is nothing quite so complicated as simplicity.”
By keeping the elements of his compositions simple, plainly evident in his commissioned work, Mendelsohn is able to turn basic everyday subjects into complex statements. Colors and patterns come together in a bright landscape of primary hues. Human legs and pink Cadillacs and saturated skies juxtapose against each other in presentations that somehow end up inspiring a level of visual complexity that just shouldn’t be that deep.
"Mendelsohn’s mastery of elements, of the distinct relationships between mood, lighting and color, leads to images where everything that’s seen, and unseen, becomes equally as important. And the conscious choices he has made may turn out to be an expression of the unconscious collective, proving that sometimes the most complex problems require the simplest solutions."
Details
David Mendelsohn
Informal Training
“Non-Silver Photographic Techniques”, David McEachran
“Large Format Photography”, Kipton Kummler
“The Zone System”, Nicholas Dean
“The Photographic Essay”, William Albert Allard
“Art and Advertising”, Art Kane
“Advanced Location Techniques”, Burt Glinn
“Color Theory and Aesthetics”, Jay Maisel, Neal Slavin
“Archival Processing/Storage Symposium”, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
“Seminar in Color”, Jay Maisel, Ernst Haas
“The Nude”, Lucien Clergue
Professional Memberships;
New Hampshire Art Association (since 1976)
American Society of Media Photographers (since 1977)
League of Latin American Artists (honorary)
Awards, Honors and Events
Award For Excellence, National University and College Designers Association 1979
Decatur Award, Eastman Kodak and The Professional Photographers of America 1979
American Institute of Architects Award, Photography, Currier Gallery of Art 1979
National Endowment for the Arts, New Hampshire Commission on the Arts Grant, “Route 40 Project,
Designs and Observations” 1980
Consultant/Artist, Polaroid Corporation 1980- 1989
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine1980
Print Magazine, National Survey of Exceptional Work 1981
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine1981
Sponsored for membership in Magnum, Burt Glinn, respectfully declined 1981
Guest lectured, faculty and students, “First Tuesday Series”, Paul Arts Center, UNH 1982
State acquisition of work, New Hampshire, “Percent for the Arts Program” 1982
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine1982
Gold, Photography, New Hampshire Ad Club 1982
Gold, Photography, Boston Art Directors Club 1983
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine1983
Gold, Photography, New Hampshire Ad Club 1983
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine1984
Gold and Silver, Photography, New Hampshire Ad Club 1984
Silver, Photography, Boston Art Directors Club 1984
Award for Excellence, The Art Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1986
Gold and Silver, Photography, New Hampshire Ad Club 1986
“Who’s Who in American Photography”, registered 1987
Gold, Photography, New Hampshire Ad Club 1988
Judges Choice Award, New Hampshire Creative Club 1988
Lectured, New England Chapter, American Society of Media Photographers 1989
Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1989
Gold, Photography, The New Hampshire Creative Club 1989
Silver, Photography, The New Hampshire Creative Club 1989
Bronze, Photography, The New Hampshire Creative Club 1989
First NH Banks Award, New Hampshire Arts Biennial 1991
Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1992
2 Silver Awards, 4 Bronze Awards The Big Picture Show, Boston, American Society of Media
Photographers 1993Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1994
Best in Show, Parfitt Memorial Show, The New Hampshire Art Association 1995Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1995Currier Gallery of Art Award, Currier Gallery, New Hampshire Art Association 1996; Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1996
2 Gold Awards, 3 Silver Awards, 3 Bronzes, 5 Merits, The Big Picture Show, Boston,
American Society of Media Photographers 1996
Parfitt Award, Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association 1997
Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1998
Juror, New Hampshire Commission on the Arts, Fellowship Committee
Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 1999
Awarded “Nikon Legend behind the Lens” 2002
Award for Excellence, The Photography Annual, Communication Arts Magazine 2003
Adobe Photoshop Imaging Awards, Lightly Manipulated 2007
Presented, “The Art of Simplicity, Keeping It Clean”, Nikon, PMA, Las Vegas 2007
Brattle Street Gallery, South Berwick, Maine 1978
The Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1978
Joshua Wentworth Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1978
New England Invitational, Nashua, NH 1978
Art New England, Institute of Art and Science, Manchester, NH 1978
New Hampshire Art Association, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester 1978
Carter Gallery, Nashua, NH 1979
Wentworth House, Portsmouth NH 1979
American Vision, Washington Square East Gallery, NYU, NY, NY 1980
New Hampshire Art Association, Parfitt Memorial Show, Manchester 1980
Photokina, Cologne, Germany 1980
PPS Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 1980
Avenue Wagram Gallery, Paris, France 1980
Art in New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1980
American Vision, Montclair State University, NJ 1981
Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippine Islands 1981
Art Biennial, Manchester Institute of Art and Science, NH 1981
Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Manchester 1981
Pliubus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1982
Loon Gallery, University of Taiwan 1982
Gallery 4.2, Sydney, Australia 1982
Pheonix Hall, New Hampshire Commission on the Arts, Concord 1982
Hall of Flags, Capitol Building, Concord, NH 1983
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Massachusetts 1984
Korean Pavilion, World’s Fair 1984
Shows: Invitational or Juried, (continued)
Marion Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby Sawyer College 1985
Art Biennial, Manchester Institute of Art and Science, NH 1991
“Moderation”, New Hampshire Commission on the Arts, traveling group exhibit throughout Japan, 1992
The Big Picture Show, Boston Center for the Arts, American Society of Media Photographers 1993
Art Biennial, Manchester Institute of Art and Science, NH 1993
Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1995
Art Biennial, Manchester Institute of Art and Science, NH 1995
The Big Picture Show, Boston Center for the Arts, American Society of Media Photographers1996
New Hampshire Art Association 49th Exhibit, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1996
Art Biennial, Manchester Institute of Art and Science, NH 1997
Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1997
Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1998
Parfitt Memorial Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 1999
The Gallery of Esthetic Photography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3/2003 through 4/2005
Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 2003
“Body of Evidence”, One Man Show, Dover Yoga Gallery, NH 2003
“Elements of One”, Dover Yoga Gallery, NH 2003
Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 2004
LaBoheme Gallery, Dover, NH 2004
“Bumps, Lumps and Cellulite”, Dover Yoga Gallery, NH 2004
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2005
Sights Unscene Gallery, Dover, NH 2005
Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 2006
“Only Human”, Academy of Art University, SF 2007
Selected Books and Solo Editorial Features
“Australian Photography”, feature 1982
“Selections from the Polaroid Permanent Collection”, book 1983
Print Magazine, feature 1983
Photoshow Magazine, feature 1984
“Cuba”, Center for Cuban Studies, NYC, book 1985
Communication Arts Magazine, cover and feature, September/October 1995
Bulletin Magazine, American Society of Media Photographers, a cover and feature, November 1995
Zoom Magazine, feature, November/December 1998
Professional Photographer Magazine, cover and feature, ”Zen Within the Frame” February 1999
Shutterbug Magazine, feature, “Finding Fame, Fortune and Fun”, July 1999
Big Picture Magazine, cover and feature, January/February 2000
PC Photo Magazine, feature, “Burning At both Ends”, October 2000
Nikon World, cover and feature, Summer 2001
Nikon Spirit Initiative, feature, 2002
Shutterbug Magazine, feature, “Road Trip”, July 2002
Camera Craft Nudes, Book by Anna Henly, Ava Publishers, 2003
Digital Photo Pro Magazine, cover, ”First Takes” and a feature, “It Takes Imagination” May 2004
Digital Photo Pro Magazine, feature, “First Takes” July/August 2004
Digital Photo Pro Magazine, feature, “First Takes” September/October 2004
Foto Art Magazine, “David Mendelsohn” 2005
The Body, Coffee table folio, published by Feierabend, Berlin 2006
Digital Photo Pro Magazine “The Complexity of Simplicity” May/June 2007
“The Art of Seeing”, Alcove Press, 2007
“Master of Simplicity”, The Masters Edition, Digital Photo Pro Magazine, feature, Dec. 2007
“First Takes” , Digital Photo Pro Magazine, Nov. 2007
“Nikon World “ Pieces of the Puzzle
Creative Journeys
“I think that the simplest images are the most powerful. I just enjoy making the process fairly easy. I gravitate toward the crisp and clean, and I tend to redecorate the world with a minimalist’s compulsion. I subtract rather than add, and that tendency has definitely been carried over to my workflow.”
“I tend to work in abstractions,” explains Mendelsohn, “things stolen from the larger world and then condensed to a point where it’s easily digested. All unnecessary or distracting data is eliminated, which I’ll achieve through perspective, in-camera cropping or even pruning sheers— whatever it takes without destroying someone’s property or being arrested. And for me, this is as simple and efficient as a conceived shot can get. “
“Minimalism, surrealism and even cannibalism—all have been used to describe my work,” says Mendelsohn. “In a sense, I work in abstractions, condensing a fairly complex world into small, digestible portions.”
Unexpected Encounters in New England - A Journey into Creativity
Join expert photographer, artist and Nikon "Legend behind the Lens", David Mendelsohn as he takes you on a Life Changing Journey through the beautifull New England countryside for 5 or 7 days.
You will have an extraordinary opportunity to share and learn the "creative process" of one of America's top photographer's whose work has been featured in most of the top professional photography magazines in the world.
"Any art form is a journey of self-discovery, and to discount anything is to deny the imagination. " he says, and this is the starting point of an extraordinary trip.
During your time with David you will learn how to "see differently" and to do this you have to be ready to seize opportunities on the way.
The itinerary includes Boston Freedom Trail, Fenway Park (not during a game), dinner at Legal Seafood, drinks at Cheers, a Lighthouse Shoot, covered bridges, a visit to the LL Bean shop and more. However, if something interesting comes up en route, you might make a change.
Creativity goes a long way but the secret to great shots is in the set up and David will teach you how to build great photos and control the shot with the objects, people and places you find around you and a little help from some of his favorite friends like flashlights, tape and the simplest of tools and props found along the way.
You begin and end in Boston. Accommodations will be reserved in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine at 3 or 4 star bed and breakfasts depending on availability and client preference.
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