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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Oaxaca - Images and Echoes\nEvent Url: http://www.a
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 Begin: 2011-07-02\nEvent Date End: 2011-07-24\n\nIn Oaxaca: Images and Ech
 oes\, photographs by Richard Wilkins reveal the heart of the ancient Mexic
 an city\, Oaxaca (wa-hah-kah). A portfolio of haunting portraits\, landsca
 pes and street scenes\, Oaxaca: Images and Echoes records life where the c
 lothing\, jobs\, and creations of its people still reflect its indigenous 
 cultures. With rich black and white imagery\, Wilkins captures the flow of
  that city and its surrounding countryside. \n\nWilkins is a portrait phot
 ographer who avoids formal portraits. &ldquo\;I am an opportunistic photog
 rapher\,&rdquo\; he explains. &ldquo\;I constantly scan the environment [a
 nd] wait for the images to present themselves.&rdquo\; He shot Oaxaca: Ima
 ges and Echoes over ten days. Strongly composed\, momentary yet timeless\,
  his images reach out to the viewer with universal themes.\n\nWilkins boug
 ht his first camera as a teenager. Today\, he shoots digitally and with fi
 lm\, but still develops and prints most of his film in the darkroom. He pr
 efers to shoot in black and white. He finds that the limited palette empha
 sizes the photo as an abstraction: &ldquo\;a two-dimensional representatio
 n of a moment and a place.&rdquo\; Wilkins works within these formal limit
 s to capture the small but evocative moment. His images are immediate and 
 dream-like\, resonant with untold stories.\n\nWilkins received his MS in J
 ournalism from Kent State and MBA from Harvard. He served in Korea during 
 the Vietnam War and worked for most of his life in the corporate world. He
  is essentially a self-taught artist. &ldquo\;As a scruffy kid from the pr
 ojects I was fortunate enough to live just blocks away from the Boston Mus
 eum of Fine Arts and spend time in an after school program there. That exp
 erience has had a lasting impact on me and my desire to create art of some
  kind.&rdquo\; Wilkins also plays the guitar\, creates Japanese gardens\, 
 designs and builds furniture\, and has experimented with painting\, potter
 y and poetry. \n\nWilkins lives with his wife in Jamaica Plain\, Boston. T
 hey enjoy the diversity of the area's residents there\, its youthful orien
 tation and the strong presence of artists. He has a studio at Western Aven
 ue Studios in Lowell.\n\nFor information about the exhibit\, visit theload
 ingdockgallery.com or call Maxine Farkas at 978-349-8069.\n\nStart time: W
 ed-Sun 11AM-4:30PM. \n\nOpening reception Friday July 8 from 6-9PM.\nGalle
 ry hours are Wednesday through Sunday\, 11:00am to 4:30pm
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SUMMARY:Oaxaca - Images and Echoes
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