David Scheinbaum: Kalos

Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present our new exhibition by gallery artist David Scheinbaum, entitled Kalós. The opening reception will be Saturday, September 12 from 5-7 p.m.

Calotype from the Greek “Kalós + type” meaning “beautiful picture” is also known as Talbotype, named after inventor William Henry Fox Talbot who announced the invention in 1840 and later secured a patent in England on February 8, 1841. Calotype refers to the paper negative image exposed in the Camera Obscura, (Latin for dark chamber), and later developing out the Latent Image.

Although Scheinbaum works with modern chemistry and equipment, quite different from Talbot, his Calotype paper negatives are unique one-of-a-kind images. They are exposed on paper in an 8×10” view camera, chemically developed, and then toned for both permanence and effect.

Scheinbaum’s photography has always been an attempt to produce works that are a marriage between technique and visualization. Photographing in a time where the photographic process and equipment have gotten more complex and focused on technical capabilities, he has been striving for the simplicity in image making.

“Without ignoring the advances of digital technologies, it has been artistically freeing for me to return to my 8×10” camera and explore one of the earliest and basic photographic inventions.”

David Scheinbaum is former Director/Chair of the Photography Department at the Marion Center for Photographic Arts at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design, and Professor Emeritus, College of Santa Fe. He has exhibited internationally, and is represented in many museum collections all over the worlds including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

He and his wife, Janet Russek, have collaborated on two projects; Ghost Ranch: Land of Light, and Images in the Heavens, Patterns on the Earth: The I Ching. They also own Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

David Scheinbaum: Kalós will be on view from September 12 – October 17, 2015. Catherine Couturier Gallery is located at 2635 Colquitt St., Houston, TX 77098.

Pictured: Kodak 3A, 2014, Unique, Gelatin silver polytoned modern calotype.