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Hogue views the world through camera's lens
Open house set from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday for local photographer
By Sue Collins, Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: November 6, 2008
Cheryl Hogue felt a kinship to the land and people of Scotland the first time she visited there many years ago. It wasn't until much later that some genealogical homework proved her affinity was more than just a sentiment, it was blood.
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Though the photographer may share the connection through distant relatives, Hogue feels the bond is deeper and uses her cameras to prove it. Hogue's black-and-white, and digital color images are being featured this month at Two Twelve Arts Center on Michigan Avenue in Saline.
The exhibit includes more than 40 matted and framed photographs representing archeological, historical and literary images from the British Isles. Using both a Hasselblad medium format and a large format camera, the artist has created hundreds of stock images for her company, Britstock. Some are fine art photographs processed by Hogue in her traditional darkroom.
She has been to England 14 times, including 10 trips as a tour guide for the business she co-owns, Discovery Photographic Tours Inc. She and her partner, Nancy Goff, would lead small groups of photographers around the countryside, organizing the routes, accommodations and transportation while peppering the journey with tips and suggesting vistas for the artists. During her trips, she could burn through 200 rolls of film.
For the arts center, she chose a variety of shots to share. A soft, ethereal black-and-white shot of shadowy boulders peaking out of misty waves complements photographs of the tough and weathered cold stone of abbey ruins and churches. Bright hillside views of staunch castles standing in miles of green are magical.
Two smaller works, along the stairway at Two Twelve, are Polaroid emulsion transfers printed on rice paper. Her subjects, one a pitcher and bow shot in Dublin and another of a Celtic cross in Rodel, Scotland, are like postcards from a dear friend.
"I love the way the light wraps around an object and am always watching shapes and how they play in varying light," Hogue said.
She credits much her appreciation and knowledge of light to photographer and mentor, John Sexton, with whom she studied in a workshop.
"I would tell anyone looking to get into photography to do a workshop with a teacher who studies what you like. It's the best way to learn," she said.
Hogue met the arts center's executive director, Margie Bovee, at Summerfest and since has been a student at the center, learning pottery, weaving and watercolor. She plans to teach a class to artists on photographing their products in the coming months.
Her work is in private collections throughout the United States and Canada, and has been published in guide books, textbooks, advertisements and a jigsaw puzzle.
A reception for the artist is planned for 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Two Twelve Arts Center and is open to the public. The show runs through Nov. 30 and gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Call 944-2787 or visit www.twotwelvearts.org for more information.
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