Author Archives: Douglas Barkey

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About Douglas Barkey

Director of Teaching and Learning Effectiveness The Art Institutes Photographer, Artist

Landscape Photography – Three Photographers, Three Visions

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Douglas Barkey

(Puche, 2013b) The landscape of nature is like the human figure – it is a subject with endless possibilities for expression. Photographs of the environment can be appreciated simply for their depiction of beauty; they can reveal truths about our … Continue reading →

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Cinema: Lore – The veracity of photography

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Douglas Barkey

Photography plays a leading role in “Lore”, a film by Cate Shortland, as a key weapon used to  win the peace for the Allies in the aftermath of the Nazi demise in Germany. The same photographs make an appearance within … Continue reading →

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Critical Review: Maggie Taylor at Candela Gallery – “Subject to Change”

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Douglas Barkey

The exhibit of Maggie Taylor’s work, “Subject to Change” at Candela Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, is an intriguing and fanciful collection of photographs that seem like artifacts unearthed from the Victorian era and re-assembled by a surrealist archaeologist. Taylor’s images … Continue reading →

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Another Artist Banned for Exposing Body in Photographs

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

Originally posted on Fotonotes:
Two photographs published by artists of themselves have generated a great deal of controversy recently. The geographic and cultural distance between the two artists is worlds apart, but their response to repression through a photograph and…

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Portfolio Selections – States of Being

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

In these photographs moments in time converge to create a window through which the invisible becomes visible; they attempt to reveal a contemplative space in between two layers of reality. See more >>

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Portfolio Selections – Sabal Rhapsis Rhythm

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

From Light Gestures Palm Folio. See more….

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Portfolio Selections – Northern Light

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

Landscapes of light from Maine. See more>>>

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Portfolio Selections – Eyepoems

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

This is an ongoing project in which creative writing is embedded  into the photographic image.  See more…

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Getting the conversation going….

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

Originally posted on Fotonotes:
Photography of nature is a popular past time for many. Although it isn’t necessarily easy to pull off nature photography well, it is a pretty easily accessible subject, often spectacular, and doesn’t talk back. There are…

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Portfolio Selection – Passion

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Douglas Barkey

A series of work on passion…see more>>>

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