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Uncle Sam for President

Uncle Sam for President

“And what does America’s former top tax collector think of his chances? He candidly admits he has less name recognition than the senators and governors eyeing a race. But he appears entirely serious about his run and plans to pour $250,000 of his own money into the race…”

The 2016 presidential election is 20 months away. Sadly, for those of us who don’t watch C-SPAN for fun, that basically means…

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Artist Connection: Interview with Ugallery Artist

This week's interview features Ugallery artist Mark Elverson on shooting bubbles and capturing smoke. Q. Your three different series of smoke, fireworks and bubbles capture fleeting moments. You stop time, and the viewer can appreciate every detail of the instant. Can you take us through one of your photo shoots? A. Each shoot is a little different (obviously). For the smoke photographs, the shoot starts with me picking the area, the object to burn, setting the lighting, checking the lighting and rechecking the lighting. Usually the burning object would have to be a hand rolled cigarette because it would produce the most, and most constant, smoke. Sometimes I'll get lucky and have someone around to help keep whatever I'm burning lit but most of the time I would be shooting the smoke photographs myself. For the bubble shots I was lucky enough to have two of my friends stop by and make them for me. Blowing bubbles and then shooting them myself would have been very difficult. That shoot was just a spur of the moment thing when they brought over some bubbles which I hadn't seen in at least a few years. It had basically no preparation and we kind of just jumped into it asap. The firework shots are, of course, captured when there are fireworks so I had to wait until the 4th of July to take those pictures. Q. After you have the image, how do you decide which colors to add to the piece? A. At first, for the smoke photographs, I would pick a color that I knew would be eye catching, and I had the color in mind before hand. Later, I started to go through the swatch and find a color that way. I have always been looking for eye catching shades, and for certain smoke photographs I look for a color that will contribute to the mood of the smoke formation. Almost all of the bubble photographs are the natural, in camera colors (or inverted). Q. In your artist statement, you mentioned that you and your photographer friends help one another with the process. Can you share some of the ways you all collaborate? A. We help each other throughout the photographic process such as lighting choices, color balance, post production in general, composing and arranging a shot sometimes, as well as picking which photographs to include in a set. Q. Since you are attending the Massachusetts College of Art, can you share with us what Boston has to offer to emerging photographers? A. There are plenty of art schools in Boston which means plenty of (usually free) student galleries to check out to see what other artists are up to as well as several museums with changing exhibits. Check out Mark's portfolio! Click here >>