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Our Current Exhibit
Jim Witmer
A Retrospective Photography Exhibit
October 21 - November 27
Opening Reception: Friday, October 21 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Jim Witmer (1959-2020) was an artist and career photographer with roots in the Mennonite farming communities of northern Ohio. He began taking photographs while in High School, making a darkroom out of a second-floor bathroom in his family home. He earned a BFA at Ohio University in 1982, and entered the world of photojournalism. His love of photography flourished alongside radical changes in technology which provided him with opportunities to explore analog and digital tools with incredible flair.
Throughout his thirty-five year career as a newspaper photojournalist and videographer (The Miami News in Florida, the Troy Daily News and the Dayton Daily News), thousands of Jim’s images were published in the U.S. and worldwide, including in Time and Life magazines, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, United Press International, and the Associated Press worldwide. Jim was named the Ohio Photographer of the Year (ONPA) five times, and the Regional Photographer of the Year (NPPA Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana) three times.
Jim’s fine art photography paralleled his journalism work, and he was experimenting with technique all his life. He leaves behind a vast collection of photos that illustrate the glory days of darkroom photography and its transition into digital forms. His last works are striking, focused studies of nature made on a flatbed scanner next to his computer, with no traditional camera in sight.
Jim Witmer’s retrospective provides an overview of the many facets of his work; seen as never before in the connected galleries of the Hayner Cultural Center. View not only a sampling of his photography as published in books, magazines, and newspapers, but also his experimental fine art images and collection of antique cameras and photo equipment. Witmer’s career spans an era of rapid technological advances, revealing an artist with a holistic worldview and uniquely broad range of ability.
Throughout his thirty-five year career as a newspaper photojournalist and videographer (The Miami News in Florida, the Troy Daily News and the Dayton Daily News), thousands of Jim’s images were published in the U.S. and worldwide, including in Time and Life magazines, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, United Press International, and the Associated Press worldwide. Jim was named the Ohio Photographer of the Year (ONPA) five times, and the Regional Photographer of the Year (NPPA Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana) three times.
Jim’s fine art photography paralleled his journalism work, and he was experimenting with technique all his life. He leaves behind a vast collection of photos that illustrate the glory days of darkroom photography and its transition into digital forms. His last works are striking, focused studies of nature made on a flatbed scanner next to his computer, with no traditional camera in sight.
Jim Witmer’s retrospective provides an overview of the many facets of his work; seen as never before in the connected galleries of the Hayner Cultural Center. View not only a sampling of his photography as published in books, magazines, and newspapers, but also his experimental fine art images and collection of antique cameras and photo equipment. Witmer’s career spans an era of rapid technological advances, revealing an artist with a holistic worldview and uniquely broad range of ability.
First Floor Case Exhibit
Watercolor Paintings by Nancy Sue UptonNancy Sue is a native of Dayton Ohio. She enjoys water coloring the landscapes, gardens, and farms in the
Miami Valley area. Her main desire is to give others a sense of beauty. She once saw a quote that said, "Beauty is what makes is good." If she gives her viewers even a glimmer in that delight, then her mission as an artist has been accomplished! |
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