Bodylines Closing Reception at G.A.S.

Thursday night I attended the Bodylines closing reception at G.A.S. There were 25 photos of the human body by Ron Brown. Most of the prints were made using a silver gelatin, some made from infrared, and toned silver gelatin.

There was a lot of conversation about a piece called Undulations. We all could see something different in the photo. One patron thought it looked like an old witch, another a shoulder blade, but the photo was taken from behind the knee looking up to the back of the head. It was really fun tricking the eye and the mind to come up with different images.

My favorite piece was Dual Tone it was a infrared toned silver gelatin print. The piece was of a naked woman on a tree swing. Because of the way the photograph was made the woman's body was faded and her skin looked milky white while everything around her had a soft burnt sienna color. Ron Brown caught the dainty and feminine side of this woman's spirit in this print.

Ron Brown is an accomplished fine art photographer with numerous solo shows in the area. He has been in showing in selected group shows since 1997.

submitted by Katie Clayton