Artist Talk & Reception: Saturday, July 18
(Long Island, NY) East End Arts is pleased to announce the Artist Talk and Reception for the special art show at the Greenport Theater, titled Through the Mist: Pinhole Photographs of Local Landscapes by Mark Stetler, to be held on Saturday, July 18. The artist talk will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 PM and the reception will follow, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. The public is welcome to this free event, to meet the artist and learn about his process and inspiration. The Greenport Theater is located at 211 Front Street in Greenport, NY. The exhibit opened on Friday, June 26 and will run throughSeptember 7, 2015, and can be visited during theater hours. All exhibited work is for sale. To purchase, contact East End Arts at 631-727-0900. For more information, visit
East End Arts is pleased to announce a special art show at the Greenport Theater titled Through the Mist: Pinhole Photographs of Local Landscapes by Mark Stetler. Photo Credit: Mark Stetler.
Mark Stetler comments about this body of work: “My interest in photography began at a very early age. Long drives in the family auto led to countless mental photographs as the Midwestern landscape blurred by. While my modern photographic processes tend to capture small moments of time, the pinhole takes larger spans of time and extracts these moments into a single image. The pinhole camera can readily incorporate time and motion into this lengthy exposure provoking associations with memory, time, or dreams. The camera absent of a technical lens transfers the reality of these moments into a dynamic play of light and shadows. This relationship both chemical and physical presents itself in the changes of light and objects. My interest in the ocean and the coastal environment seek to involve the viewer to restore our connections to the sea.”
Mark Stetler‘s life and career in photography span more than twenty years. Born in Cleveland, Stetler studied photography at the Art Institute of Atlanta where he earned a BA as well as top academic and best portfolio awards. Seeking to further his education he moved to New York in 1993 to attend NYU. While in New York he soon began assisting many of the world’s most respected photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark and Richard Avedon. Inspirational relationships with Avedon and others led to creative ventures of his own in landscape, portraiture and fashion, fields where he currently shoots for clients worldwide.
Stetler’s fine art and portraiture work has gained recognition through Graphis Gold Award Top 100 Photographers 2013, 2014 and Platinum and Gold awards 2015. PDN/Mamiya’s Emerging Photographer’s Award and the publication of his images of September 11th shot from the rooftop of his studio near the World Trade Center. Numerous exhibitions of his work have followed. Landscapes shot in and around Long Island and Charleston, SC where Stetler currently resides have inspired a new body of work combining his affinity with nature with his fascination with the pinhole camera to create enigmatic images shot “without glass”.
East End Arts thanks Josh Sapan and the Greenport Theater for providing the exhibition space. Framing was done by South Street Gallery in Greenport, NY.
For more information contact Diane Giardi, East End Arts Education Director: 631-369-2171 or dgiardi@eastendarts.org.
East End Arts, established in 1972, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts organization, and operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all events, sales, classes, donations, and memberships benefit the mission and commitment to building and enriching our community through the arts by way of education, support, advocacy, and inspiration.
