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Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography

Stephen Parker

- Jan 2011

Stephen Parker’s first major photography exhibit, called “To Print Parsifal: Beauty, Power and Longing in Abstract Photography” opens Friday, February 4 at the Vermont Center
for Photography in Brattleboro, Vermont. Parker’s black and white images explore ideas very suited to discovery via photography.  He uses careful looking to see the relationship
between the outward physical form and our mind’s concept of it.  His iconic photographs flatten and abstract form to show us what we cannot usually see because our idea of it
is what we see.  Parker says in his artist statement, “These images are an invitation to participate in the human inclination to see, and to see something more in what they see.”
Parker invites the viewer to share his glimpse of the subject’s transcendent beauty and power.

Born in Boston, Stephen Parker now lives in Winchester NH and works in the IT Department at C&S Wholesale Grocers. Parker is a longtime member of the Vermont Center for Photography, participating in group exhibits and portfolio review nights. After traveling and studying in Europe and the Near East, Stephen earned a B.A. in Philosophy at Holy Apostles College and Seminary.

Check out a recent article about the exhibition in The Keene Sentinel at http://www.keenesentinel.com/articles/2011/01/27/entertainment/news/free/id_425677.txt. 

The exhibit is sponsored by C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, NH.

The opening reception is Friday, February 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. during Gallery Walk.  In addition, there will be an Artist Talk at VCP on February 19 at 4pm.  The event is free and open to the public.  The exhibit will be on view through Sunday, February 27.

A selection of images from the exhibit

  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography
  • Stephen Parker: To Print Parsifal-Beauty, Power, and Longing in Abstract Photography

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