Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes |
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| Thursday, 01 May 2008 05:25 |
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New London, CT - Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes, opening on May 31 and on view through August 17, 2008. The opening reception is on Saturday, May 31 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and is open to the public. Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes presents the recent work of the Essex-based photographer. These stunning and evocative black and white photographs were taken on Harron’s 2007 trip to Morocco. Harron and his French-born wife Colette, as translator, went to Morocco for three weeks for the sole purpose of photographing the stark and beautiful environment. Most of their days consisted of rising early and going into the desert to shoot the landscape. Harron takes relatively few shots of any given scene. He prefers, instead, to spend his time setting up the precise shot to get his final image. The photographic results are compelling and hypnotic. Born in Bermuda, Peter Harron’s roots are in still photography and he started his career at the age of nine when he received a camera and developing kit that he put to immediate use. Despite this early start in photography, Harron’s background is actually in theatre and film production. In New York, he studied with Uta Hagen as well as Lee Strasbourg in The Director’s Unit and he produced with Edward Albee. Harron was the cinematographer on the anti-war documentaries “Anti-War Music Festival” featuring Jimi Hendrix, among other major rock stars, in Madison Square Garden in the late 1960s and “Listen America,” as well as the documentary “Raoni” featuring Marlon Brando.  Harron returned to his first love of black and white still photography in the late 1980s and hasn’t looked back. His work has been shown in the U. S. as well as internationally. Peter Harron is represented in several books including “Effektiv Visuell Kommunication,” published in Sweden in 2007, with the English version due in 2008.The photographs on view in Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes present the rugged yet dazzling landscape of Northern Africa. The images range from the almost abstract to “posed” desert scenes. In this exhibit, the viewer will take a visual journey, following in Harron’s footsteps in Morocco. This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. Lyman Allyn Art Museum is a community-based museum located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn, the Museum serves the people of Southeastern Connecticut and is free to the residents of New London. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is a non-profit organization with 501(c) 3 status. Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from the 18th through 20th centuries. The museum is located at 625 Williams Street, New London, Connecticut, exit 83 off I-95. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 pm, closed Mondays and major holidays. For more information call 860.443.2545 or visit us on the web at: www.lymanallyn.org. Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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