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Posted on May 29, 2019

Patio Life
James M. Collins
June 13 – September 17, 2019

Reception June 20, 2019 6:30 - 8:00 PM

A fly.
© James Collins
A praying Mantis.
© James Collins
A spider.
© James Collins

A Praying Mantis.
© James Collins

Bio
James M. Collins has over 25 years of industry experience working as an award-winning graphic designer and commercial photographer working with clients large and small—from international corporations to local small businesses across a wide index of markets in the design and production of their corporate communications. His work has appeared for clients on billboards, brochures, catalogs, magazines, tradeshows, websites and packaging. He specializes in product photography and environmental portraits.

Statement
There is a mean-looking wasp sitting on the arm of a teak chair on the patio in the back yard. Every day the wasp visits. Why does it keep landing on the chair?

I want answers.

I live in a densely populated town in Greater Boston that is five and a half square miles with 42,000 residents and an abundance of tiny, often unseen critters lurking in its yards—yards measured in square feet, not acres.

With a couple of chairs and a few flowers, a small suburban oasis was created on the patio.

But those wasps, and these tiny spiders that seem to jump into thin air? What else is living around me?

I need answers.

The camera provides an up-close peek at my fellow patio dwellers whose respective behaviors pique my curiosity and intrigue me.

All subjects seen were photographed outdoors in my backyard or front porch; none were harmed.

Whether planting a single flower or large garden—you won’t have to travel far to find interesting neighbors if you look close enough.

If you plant it, they will come. -JC

 

CV
EXHIBITIONS

 2019

Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Massachusetts Audubon Society – Boston Nature Center.
Boston, MA.
April-June 2019.

Primary Colors. 2019 International Juried Exhibit.
New York Center for Photographic Art.
Manhattan, NY
Damselfly and Green Bee.
April 2019.

2018

Winter Solstice. Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
December 6 – December 31, 2018.

Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.
October 5 – November 15, 2018.

24th Annual Juried Members Exhibit.Praying Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
July 19 – September 2, 2018.

Photography Atelier 27– Patio Life. Group Exhibit.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
March 8 – April 1, 2018.

2017

The 2017 Photographic Conversations Exhibition. Lenscratch. Night Reflections.
http://lenscratch.com/2017/09/the-2017-photographic-conversations-exhibition/

COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States.

BOOKS
Collins, James. Patio Life. Arlington: Sutherland Hills Publishing. 2019.

AWARDS
2019Yellow, Colors of Humanity. Bee fly. Noteworthy.
2019Primary Colors. New York Center for Photographic Arts. Red Mandevilla and Damselfly. Jurors Selection.
2019Primary Colors. New York Center for Photographic Arts. Blue Salvia and Green Bee. Jurors Selection.
2012 Adventurers in Location, Explorers Corner, Winner
2011 Clarion Award, Most Improved Magazine, External Publications, Lasell LeavesMagazine
2001 Summit Award Gold, Self Promotion Calendar, Small Things from Tall Ships

SPEAKING
2019 Mass Audubon Macro Photography Workshop
2018 Hopkinton Center for the Arts Guest Lecture
2013 CASE District I Speaker

Website

Interview with Jamie Collins

Winchester Star’s Article on Patio Life

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Floor Plan

Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Tricia Gahagan

 

Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something

greater to share with the world.

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