Something To Hold Onto.

The beautiful opening for Diana Yakowitz' "Something To Hold Onto" is also the name of one of her photos in this exhibit. The event reception (if you missed it) was March 26th and the exhibit will run until April 17th. So, if you didn't make the opening, you ought to come and see the photos even if you can't meet the artist!

Diana's photos are a culmination of a life long pursuit in photography, a honing in on skills throughout the decades, constantly improving on eye and technique. I would say that her time was well spent! The photos are haunting images of nature and still lifes (a befitting exhibit for KUZU being that it ties in with our fashion theme of plants!) taken at different times and locations last year. She captures the moment purposefully, waiting for the right time when everything lines up properly. As in "The Masses" a picture of a field of tulips, it could have been a picture of tulips anyone could have taken, but she had this field lined up against a background of sky filled with ominous clouds. The image is a perfect horizontal line where the tulips end and the clouds begin. The tulips are beautiful milky pastels and the clouds are shades of greys and blues. It is so perfect in it's simplicity yet she must have waited for just the right time for the tulips to have all bloomed and the clouds to have lined up just right in her field of view for that one perfect shot.

In fact, she talks about having passed by many of the places she photographed before actually photographing them. The photos are as good as they are because she waited for just the right moment for all those minor details to be just right. In one photo she didn't see the beauty until the same spot months later the grass grew where it hadn't before. These photos are successful because of her unique eye for detail and her patience. It is also great that she provides the descriptions and stories of each photo to give the viewer a deeper appreciation to what really goes into the making of her photos.

Don't miss seeing these photos for yourself! The last day is April 17th, so mark the date and come down to KUZU!