Two events on Thursday promise inspiration and libations. First, Photolucida is throwing what they’re calling a “fun-raising” party at Disjecta for their scholarship fund at 6:00:
“Images from fifty of Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2017 finalists and twenty-five Portland photographers will be curated into an exhibition at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center. Seventy-five people will leave with a print of their choice!
Also – silent auction items from Princeton Architectural Press, One Twelve Publishing, Cobalt Studios, Amy Friend, Cheryle St. Onge, Tamara Staples, Stu Levy, Ray Bidegain and more!”
And at 6:30, ASMP, Camera Bits and Pro Photo Supply are sponsoring a sold-out Print and Pint meet up at the Lucky Lab. Craig Mitchelldyer will be the guest speaker, and he told me he’ll discuss visual storytelling on a tight schedule, something he knows well as a commercial, wedding and sports photographer:
“I love to walk into a room and have just a few minutes to make something look cool — when the room looks garbage — while still telling the persons story.”
Andy Batt told me this edition of Pint and Pint will be the first of a re-booted effort:
“[We’ll be] sharing workprints collected under the broad theme of portraits — work-in-progress to portfolio images… It’s just an opportunity to talk about photography and photographs in a casual setting — as Craig said, make it what you want. Feedback, show-and-tell, etc.”