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From: rhozbud@sbcglobal.net<BR>To: Ladadams@aol.com<BR>Sent: 9/30/2011
10:36:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: BEE exhibit in Wash DC<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>hi Laurie,
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<DIV>fyi - upcoming exhibition opens Oct 14 at Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Wash
DC (continuing until 11/11).</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Press Release from Cross Mackenzie Gallery:</B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Contact: Rebecca Cross 202.333.7970<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>We are pleased to present the
exhibition<B>,<SPAN> </SPAN>“The Landscape of Bees” Photographs by
</B><B>Rose-Lynn Fisher.<SPAN> </SPAN>The opening reception at our
gallery will include a book signing and honey tasting with the artist October
14<SUP>th</SUP> from 6-8pm.</B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>The California based photographer, Rose-Lynn Fisher says
of her subjects,<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoBodyTextIndent>“Our most important pollinator, the ultimate
synergist, an architect, spatial genius, winged apothecary, and the transmuter
of the finest substance of nectar into honey, the honeybee has been revered
and utilized by civilizations throughout time.”<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Fisher’s reverence for the honeybee is unparalleled as
evidenced by her astonishing black and white photographs of ultra close-up
images of the anatomy of these magical creatures.<SPAN> </SPAN>The
detail revealed is stunning and surprising.<SPAN> </SPAN>Magnified
sometimes up to 5,000 times in a scanning electron microscope, the patterns
she discovers are otherworldly, more like landscapes than miniatures. Hair and
pollen look like forests of trees and boulders through Fisher’s lens – the
bee’s abdomen resembles rolling foothills after a forest
fire.<SPAN> </SPAN>The fact that the compound eye of the bee is
made up of hexagons mirroring the hexagonal structure of their honeycombs
expands our thinking about the natural world.<SPAN> </SPAN>Our
sense of scale is confused and connections of micro and macro are made
tangible.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Fisher’s focus is sharp and her images are
clean.<SPAN> </SPAN>The richness of her grey scale, her deep blacks
and contrasting whites, subtle warm tones and gentle light, would please any
classic photography connoisseur.<SPAN> </SPAN>There are no
extraneous elements in these photographs and they function like powerful
abstractions at this scale.<SPAN> </SPAN>But, that they are images
of bees is essential<SPAN> </SPAN>– there is a message
here.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>One third of what we humans consume, depends on bee
pollination - their plight is deeply connected to
ours.<SPAN> </SPAN>The honeybee population is shrinking fast,
having declined 35% from 2006 – 2009, threatened by mites, habitat loss,
pesticides and the mysterious colony collapse disorder that has devastated
their numbers.<SPAN> </SPAN>These photographs help us appreciate
bees on another -usually unseen - level, through this artist’s sensitive
vision. Gaining a deeper understanding of their hidden beauty and structure
will no doubt point us towards the direction of
conservation.<SPAN> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><I>“ I offer these photographs in celebration, respect,
and gratitude for all that they do and are.”</I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">-<SPAN> </SPAN>Rose-Lynn Fisher from her
book<B>, “BEE”</B></SPAN> (2010 Princeton Architectural
Press)<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>The photographs will be on view through November
11<SUP>th</SUP>.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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