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Show .-lr. . i -' . , . - j , - - t . . . . . . , TEffl Minitol Ait-Cento' praeitts - : - , ff . v . ' J J-..-: 1 , :i - i : I t - - ' , 'v "f : ' ' t V vv.Vf. nimi(iiW - , ' s a i, f 1 ? X- 1 r -- ""n'"MIMIMgMM ' ' By Nan Chalet Each fall the Utah Photographic Photo-graphic community ; anxiously an-xiously awaits the Kimball Art Center. "Photo .Festival. The invitation to submit work to the Juried show annually draws hundreds of entries. This -year the jurying' was more competitive than ever . and as a result, the show is outstanding. The entries were juried by George Tice. His meticulous . . standards in selecting fine photographic prints lend an '.elegance, to the exhibits V; whicl, the past has been-' been-' accr luheven quality wlrif-i :air. 12 photographers r were; accepted, among them - John Telford, Fred Wright, Lisa Palisvirta and K.C. Price. Tice's own work presents a formidible set of criteria upon which to judge the rest of the show. The clarity of his prints is arresting. Tice's credentials are impressive and his work bears them out. From 1969 until the artist's death, George Tice served as Edward Steichen's r - last printer. Tice has exhi-' bited his own work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago among others. He has published seven books of photography and has printed portfolios of work by Edward Weston, Frederick H. Evans , and Francis Bruguiere. , George Tice's photographic photograp-hic prints substantiate the assertion that photography is a. fine art.. What separates ,fhis. work from the mass of :Tiotographic media? ,AHe V 'tis a great anlountr of tV .,ipline not-onlyl 6verjth oduction of : the print but . afso in the selection of the subject. "Most photographers photograp-hers take too many photographs," photo-graphs," he commented. "It is important to be patient, to slow down. When photographers take so many pictures, it is no longer a serious act." To George Tice, each photograph is a serious act. His work and that of some of the state's Noted photographer George Tice is in residence at the Kimball Art Center teaching students the art of making a fine photographic print. ' finest photographers will be on exhibit in the Main Gallery at the Kimball Art Center from .now until Oct. 16. Admission to the Art Center is free. ; r |
