night on the town

Last Thursday the senior undergrads in the photo department put together a fundraiser to raise money for the their senior/BFA show. In the spirit of building the photo community Jori, Matt and I attended the fundraiser, held at FU-Bar in Champaign. This blog isn't just for us grads.

Chambanagraphers go to Memphis and meet Alec Soth

This past weekend Chambanagraphers Donald and Matt made a trip to Memphis, TN to see a show by photographer Alec Soth. Soth most recent opening is his show of tunnels and birds which opened this past Friday at the Power House Memphis, part of the Delta Axis, a non-profit that celebrates contemporary art and film. Check out the website here.

More to come soon.

broken parts - from Donald's blog

Since this is news that pertains both to me personally and the Chamabana area at large I'll simply provide a link to my newest post at my personal blog.

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Chambanagraphers go to Chicago

Last Friday was a big night for openings in Chicago galleries, and a few of us went up to see what was showing. Turns out, I was a little underwhelmed. There was a lot of crap, some okay stuff, and only a few things I found particularly interesting. The Caleb Weintraub show at Peter Miller was really entertaining. I dislike a lot of painting, but this was good. BucketRider has a good how too, with Chris Uphues and Alexia Stamatiou. Also a painting show. I didn't see much photo, which disappoited me.

Here are a few pictures of the group I went with:

Back and Better Than Ever

After a long absence this blog will have new life. Again, this will be home to everything photographic in and around the Champaign-Urbana area.

Now with that said I provide you with information about something not strictly photographic.

The Krannert Art Museum (link) will be hosting the annual School of Art + Design Faculty Art Exhibit. The show opens this Thursday, August 30th and 5-7pm. On September 6th two participating faculty/artists, Deke Weaver and Ryan Griffis will be leading gallery talks.

Check it out.

For us Photo Weenies

For those of us who aren't big into sports but still like competition, i recommend Photo March Madness . Thanks to Alec Soth for posting it, as Mr. Muthard's site is not yet full operational.

Welcome Chambanagraphers

Welcome photographers to the new home of everything photographic in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area. To be a Chambanagarpher you only need to live and/or work in the Chambana area.

Look to this space for information regarding meetings of Chambanagraphers.