Show i Art Partridge eyes eye's eye s view u- u J captures res I life ife Derron Fairbanks J Contributor ART is in a frozen mud puddle Its It's also in an old storefront or in inthe 1 the distorted reflection of boats rippling rippling rippling rip rip- pling upon the water at the harbor Photographer pher Clark Partridge has found art in all of these places and in many more besides Art is in the eye of the beholder beholder beholder be be- holder he admits You cant can't go around taking pictures of everything everything everything every every- thing you see and have it all turn rum turnout turnout out well The process for me is I Isee Isee Isee see something and it clicks Things have been clicking for Partridge for quite a long time now He has been an active photographer photographer photographer since 1946 and has studied with Ansel Adams Howard Bond N Norman orman Locks and other skilled photographers He attended the I want to convey to the t. 4 tJ 2 viewer with that i 1 photograph the way that I 1 fe feel l sitting here r Its It's the el emotional 1 experience that makes a good god photograph t t. r F and that's what makes it di difficult IJ r f 6 Clark Partridge naval school of photography at Pens Pensacola Fla in 1952 Photography is a chal challenging medium for an artist A photographer doesn't the have same freedoms of expression that a painter would ha have e. e When Partridge sees something that clicks he to find a way to accurate accurately y n r He talks about this challenge fusing f using new new library library as an ex ex- ample It gives me a certain feeling to tobe be here he said If I come here to photograph this I dont don't want want a documentary image of what this looks like I I eon eon- building want to con convey onvey on- on vey to the viewer with that 7 photograph the way that I feel sitting sitting sit sit- ting here Its It's the emotional experience experience experience ex ex- that makes a good photograph and that's what makes it difficult 6 Capturing that emotional experience experience experience ex ex- requires a lot of work Partridge tells tell's of spending spendin time r waiting for the light to be just right and adjusting the focus until he finally has what he wants He will pains to catch just go through great the right images a An artist will arrange lines just by freehand as hes he's drawing But a t photographer doesn't have that verr verr ver- ver r r A photographer has to arr at- o. o 1 J range his vantage point to achieve r 4 r r t Clark has a photo display display display dis dis- dis- dis play in Redwood library the effect he wants It all bears upon how you place the camera and arrange it you want this to be sharp you want that to be sharp you make trade offs he said Partridge has tools that he can use to help him make his pictures say just what he wants them to say The public at large doesn't understand understand understand un un- un- un the degree to which a photographer exercises control over the image through his choice of lenses through the printing the way he enhances light and dark he said The palette Im I'm working with is light as I see it focal length film of course and color in the case of color film Partridge is a past president of the Photographic Print Society of Utah and some of his favorite shots are of Utah landscapes He works mainly on color negative film which he prints mounts and frames himself Some of his work can be found on display at the Redwood library gallery His liis work also can be found in the collections of the Eccles Eccles Eccles Ec- Ec cles Art Center in Ogden as well as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City and in private private- collections I S. S 3 8 fa 4 H f y Y ill 7 p 7 vr rt r 1 4 t rt i c K Kf 94 f Z 1 R Rr r a I Is y rw s I I d df n f of k e a ZA t r yf 3 vy 3 I i r J R s I f I 1 S 'S l' l c. c t j J. J ir f f 0 y x x 41 I q t 6 K Ar a y Y w y y yZ 4 c cY Z r 4 fib 4 y Y two dS a W J a aa ai i 4 tv a d dyr a f yr Y 1 k r 4 q 4 J 5 V M S Y A r r f. f 5 i 8 tJ y t t. t Photos contributor Clark Partridge Above I Ice patterns patterns' e. e displayed at Redwoods Redwood's library Below Geyser Basin at Yellowstone Park z L 5 t S I r j jL L 1 rd H. H c Z A Ay t. t A y f s r |