Exhibition

Rebus Works is pleased to announce the exhibitionPlastic CameraWorks. It opens on June 6 with a First Friday reception from 6-10 p.m. The exhibition continues through July 26.

Plastic CameraWorks features the work of thirty photographers from across the country.  All photographs in the exhibition were taken by plastic cameras, including those considered "toy cameras" like the Holga, the early affordable point-and-shoot cameras like the Brownie and the Diana, and the instantly-gratifying Polaroid.  Photographers selected for this open-call, juried exhibition range from the lifelong photographers, from whom the film camera is their first love, to young artist discovering film after digital.  

From this disparate group of photographers comes a range of images. Judged first on composition, then considered by technique, this range includes Nick Pironio's Polaroid photograph, How Much Longer, staged like a fashion shoot, where the Polaroid's purpose is typically a means of evaluation, not the intended final product. Some images, like Miranda Maynard's Barcelona (Polly), have a relaxed mood, coinciding with the playful nature of the plastic camera. Maynard's image, featuring a woman spreading a beach blanket, captures a spontaneous moment and evokes another time period through its color.

The jurors for the exhibition are Nicole Welch, Raleigh artist and the Curator of Education at the Contemporary Art Museum, and Shonna Greenwell, Raleigh photographer and owner of Rebus Works.

Exhibiting photographers:

Tom Winstead, Alison Overton, Kurt Fassett-Meyer, Vignettes of Our Lives, Geoff Wood, Ron Flory, Dakota Keck, Todd Brantley, Sarah Maltais, Sarah Powers, Louanne Watley, Abby Nardo, Nicole Bivins, Janeile Egbert, Rachael Lebron, Seanette Broughton, Nick Pironio, Jenn Halter Prenda, Bliss Alexander-Smith, Eric Schneider, Lindsay Lynch, MC Byrne, RK Oliver, Byron Browne, James Giotta, David Walser, Charlotte Vaughn, Miranda Maynard, Lisa Quatrale, Ronnie Tomany

Exhibition Images