On March 1,
RiverLink unveiled a new photography exhibit on the ground floor of in the
Warehouse Studios building at 170 Lyman Street.
The exhibit, Some Call
It Art Some Call It Graffiti, features photographs that show
the graffiti found around the River Arts District, much of it was located in
the old ice house on Riverside Drive. The images were donated to RiverLink
courtesy of Peter Henriksen, a retired professor of physics from The University
of Akron.
The vivid photographs come off of
the page and at times it is hard to believe many of the images are even real.
These images become even more amazing when Henriksen explains many of the
photos were taken without any light source, relying instead on time exposure
and shutter speed.
Henriksen described the
complicated process, "The Ice House Graffiti images involved a two-step
process using a digital camera mounted on a tripod. The first step was to make
three bracketed exposures of the same view at different shutter speeds."
"The camera was then rotated
about a vertical axis so that the next view overlapped the previous view by
50%, and three exposures were again made. This process was repeated five times.
Then each of the three-bracketed exposures was blended together using computer
software to create one image having a high dynamic range (HDR) that
approximates human vision. The result of this process was to have five
overlapping HDR images. A different computer program the overlaid these five
images so the overlapping portions matched. The software then used a process
that produced one single, panoramic image. The result was a single panoramic
image made from 15 different images."
While some may see the graffiti
as nothing more than vandalism on historic architecture, Henriksen offered an
optimistic perspective. "Much of the graffiti was beautiful and could be
considered a contemporary art form. Graffiti usually comes in two
classifications--art and vandalism, but both usually carry a message." He
added, "Of the vandalistic Ice House Graffiti, I particularly like
the statement, 'You are not your car'."
The photography exhibit will be
on display through April 2013. The RiverLink offices are open to the public
weekdays 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Anyone interested in purchasing a print copy
of the photography should contact Karen Cragnolin at 828-252-8474 ext. 10.
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