Moab photographer - Brian Parkin

2009-04-11T10:49:00.003-06:00

"I'll Be AHEAD If I Can QUIT While I'm BEHIND"

Photographs by Brian Parkin

April 11th 6-9pm

“This final exhibition at Moab Art Works Gallery gets its title from a little-known 1970's Tom Ford song. I’ve been attracted to the lyrics since I heard the Brinsley Schwartz version, and it’s a great opportunity to use it as the title for a show of works. I’ll be displaying a variety of photographic prints from the past fifteen years.” - Brian Parkin

Show Catalogs Now Available

2009-04-08T10:55:00.001-06:00

Catalogs from the shows "BARRIERS TO ENTRY" and "Recent Developments" by Brian Parkin are now available from Blurb price $14.95 plus sales tax.

Recent Developments

Exhibition Catalog

By Brian Parkin

BARRIERS TO ENTRY

Exhibition Catalog

By Brian Parkin

"TREES" photographs at Moab Art Works

2008-12-14T22:56:00.002-07:00

Brian is currently curating and participating in Moab Art Works 3rd Annual Group Show - TREES

Still Film Photography Class - December 6th - 13th

2008-12-14T11:20:00.003-07:00

Five students attended the first class, which ran December 6th and 13th, 10am - 1pm.

The two classes covered film cameras, film types and their development, and prints from film images. The class is suitable for anyone who shoots film and each three hour class featured demonstrations and examples.

The cost is $30 per person for the series of two 3-hour classes and is limited to six people. Students will understand their cameras more fully and be able to make better images with more consistency. To sign up or learn more about future runs of this class, call Brian on (435) 259 3010.

Barriers to Entry - new photographs

2008-05-14T21:25:00.008-06:00

Opened June 6th 2008 at Moab Art Works

Images from "Barriers to Entry" can be seen in the Moab Art Works web store.

The series of gate photographs "Barriers to Entry" is my first extended project since "Recent Developments" which premiered in June 2006. Once again my interest lies in the significant presence of humans in the landscape. This time I am more focused on division - here from there, us from them, privileged to enter or not. The more I have explored the Moab area looking for gates, the more I have discovered things about gates. They have a front and a back. They can be locked or not - or have a lock but not be locked. They are entrances, exits and barriers. They are used and not used. They are openings in the barriers that divide our common inheritance - land. - BP 05/13/08

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The Perfect Artist's Portfolio Review

2008-05-05T21:34:00.003-06:00

This article is excerpted from a talk Brian Parkin gave at the Moab Photography Symposium in May 2008 called "Show Time"

Visit the gallery's website and familiarize yourself with the physical location of the gallery and the type of work it carries.
Call ahead to set up an appointment and confirm the day before.
Bring eight to twelve finished images ready-to-hang or frame-ready.
Works should form a complete series which has a title.
Title, number, and sign each work.
The work should be fresh, recently made, and in the case of prints and photographs, the whole edition should have been printed by the artist.
Artworks should be intriguing, have a feeling of being lit from within, and be market priced.
Offer derivative works (prints, note cards, posters, books etc.) at very reasonable prices.
Leave behind a resume and promotional materials with a space for the gallery stamp.
Want the gallery to be your sole regional representative.

Bicycle prints available at the Moab Art Works web store

2008-03-23T19:38:00.000-06:00

Brian Parkin's Bicycle series of contact prints can now be found at Moab Art Works Web Store.

These popular 2.25-inch square silver gelatin photographs are individually contact-printed by Brian and are shipped matted and framed to 8"x10". The series includes pictures from The Netherlands, England, and Japan.

Brian Parkin to present at Moab Photo Symposium

2008-02-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

SHOWTIME

Stepping up from exhibiting a single image to producing a show of works is challenging for all artists. Photographer and gallerist Brian Parkin leads you through each stage to make your next exhibition a success.

2008-01-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

“South Eastern Utah’s Premier Photographer of Fine Art”

brian parkin photography
at Moab Art Works
QUALITY IMAGE SERVICES FOR FINE ARTISTS
CERAMICS ▪ PAINTING ▪ SCULPTURE ▪ CRAFTS
COPY WORK ▪ PRODUCT SHOTS ▪ PORTRAITS
PROFESSIONAL E6 & B/W FILM SERVICES
35MM, MEDIUM FORMAT, 4X5
DIGITAL IMAGES FOR PRINT & WEB

about brian parkin

2008-01-23T16:50:00.003-07:00

Brian Parkin is a photographer and gallerist based in Moab, Utah. Born Bolton, England he is a graduate of the University of Reading (B.Sc. Chemistry), has worked as a high school science teacher in England and Belgium, and as a book editor at Oxford University Press. He studied art and photography at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco from which he graduated MFA in 1995. He subsequently taught technical lighting and portraiture to students at the Academy. Between 1995 and 2001 he worked as a camera assistant and location scout with commercial shooters in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Brian moved to Utah in 2001 and photographs fine art for reference and reproduction in his Spanish Valley studio using both traditional and digital capture methods. Because of the continuing demand by artists for film images the studio is fully-equipped with an in-house film lab offering E6, C41 and B/W services. In October 2006 he founded Moab Art Works to better service the needs of local and visiting visual artists, and as a place to see original works of art in a gallery setting. Brian has exhibited in galleries and other venues and has work on permanent display at Moab City Hall. He has promoted more than fifteen exhibitions of photography, painting, and sculpture at his Main Street gallery and co-promoted two abstract art shows (MoabAbstracts). Brian's interests include instant-print portraiture, non-traditional landscapes, and lensless photography. In 2007 he became a US citizen.

recent developments

2006-07-01T16:57:00.000-06:00

"Recent Developments" was first shown in July 2006.

The town of Moab and its environs is presently in the midst of a boom in construction of housing and business premises for the use of full-time and part-time residents. As a photographer I am interested in the dynamic interaction of the environment and the people who use it. In my work I don't edit out the presence of humanity with the aim of revealing a pristine (but false) image of nature. Rather I wish to present to you the viewer the juxtaposition of local landscape and the changes that people make to it. Some of the changes are permanent but many of the intermediate stages are ephemeral, here for a short time before being incorporated or transformed.

Recent Developments is on display in Moab's City Hall at 217 East Center, Moab, UT. The pictures may be viewed outside the Council Chambers from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. This work was first shown in July 2006.

1. My Business, Your Business

2. The Family Way

3. Nature Bound by Economy

4. Open Access

5. Union or Division

6. Behind You!

7. New Horizons

8. From The Ground Up

9. Economy

10. Sunrise Hills Sunset

MoabAbstracts 2006 - Photographs

2006-02-01T15:00:00.003-07:00

This work was first shown at MoabAbstracts February 2006


One Small Step	Gravity Wave	Pocket Universe	Light Waves	Nova Lux
Images ©2006 Brian Parkin
All rights reserved. For usage contact Moab Art Works

EIR (color infrared film) work

2006-02-01T01:29:00.000-07:00