"And when I looked, the salt had turned to gold," we blogged a couple of years back of this dazzling image of cargo being unloaded from Turkish bulk carrier "Ince Atlantic" in the early morning light across the street at Eastern Salt.
"I have to say — I really like the whole collection. They're beautiful. They will be a great addition to the whole exhibition," emails Dan Adams, co-curator of the evolving "Landing Salt" group show as we tie up loose ends in preparation for the incorporation of twelve of our working-waterfront blog images into the exhibit now showing at Chelsea's Pearl Street Gallery. As we blogged the other day, our pictures will be mounted between acrylic sheets and hung in the gallery windows. The "opening event" will be held a week from Tuesday, June 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. Please join us. Delicious doibs and potent potables will be served. Map.
"A mountain range of salt emerged from the hold of a gigantic self-unloader bulk carrier at Eastern Salt across the street yesterday," we captioned this daybreaking image last fall.
We had been going to go the snail route, printing out our own business cards — to have on hand at the gallery — on the Canon MultiPASS MP700 and trimming 'em by hand with the X-ACTO, the way we do with our Xmas cards. Fortunately we thought better of it, burned a disk with our image file and handed it over to the local Sir Speedy's, who made short work of it.
Update: Blogdaughter Pat of Pat's Pond links:
Just as I dearly love my Chemung River and the surrounding countryside, so Sissy grooves on Chelsea.
It's the spirit of the place.
Beauty and practicality. Now that is intellectual.
Posted by: goomp | June 16, 2008 at 07:12 PM
WooHoo - can't wait to see them! How exciting. *grin*
Although it seems my husband will be on the road next week (at least it's not 100% confirmed but looking like it right now).
I shall bring my own camera and take pictures of you with your pictures. We can see if this caused infinite regression or something like that. ;-)
Posted by: Teresa | June 17, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Sissy Willis's photographs in a gallery: Beauty in an Expected Place.
I wish I could be there to see 'em.
On the bidnis cards front, Avery sells excellent prescored card stock. Print your artwork with your inkjet printer, and the sheet snaps into individual cards - no X-Acto required. Or you could go the Sir Speedy route, as you indeed have.
Posted by: Elisson | June 17, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I checked the driving directions from my house and it's an impossibly long trip from D.C. for a regular weekend type thing. So it's still a possibility for a long weekend type trip if the exhibit will be running any length of time!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | June 17, 2008 at 10:20 AM
But only if I get to meet the pussycats!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | June 18, 2008 at 02:59 PM
How wonderful! That's very cool. Will definitely try to get there.
Posted by: miss kelly | June 20, 2008 at 03:28 PM