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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT TO BE HELD AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY Joseph Elliot of Sellersville, Pa. and Philip Perkis of New York City, two photographers with divergent styles, will exhibit a selection of their works from September 13 to October 13, 2001 in the Power Art Center at William Paterson University in Wayne. The gallery is open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. Robin Schwartz, assistant professor at William Paterson and curator of the exhibit, selected Elliot and Perkis to showcase their contrasting works. "Elliot has a specific passion for complex formal venues, and Perkins is open to photographing everything around him," says Schwartz. Elliot is an industrial/architectural photographer, who, for the past 20 years, has been known for his detailed, crisply printed black and white images of architectural and industrial subjects. His work includes projects for Bethlehem Steel of Pa. and the U.S. Department of the Interior, and his photographs are in the collections of the Library of Congress in Washington and the Minneapolis Art Institute. "I have attempted to record in a deliberate way significant structures and landscapes that are monuments to our past," Elliot says. "There is always a human element to his work," adds Schwartz, "and his photographs which include many bridges and historical sites, are compellingly beautiful and very complex." In his recent work, Elliot has worked on a parallel series of images that he describes as "more intimate, impressionistic and ethereal."Elliot holds a M.F.A. degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. Perkis' works are of the genre of street photography, explains Schwartz. While they appear to be photographed quickly and intuitively, they are multi-layered images, formal in structure, and deeply psychological. Although New York City is the setting for many of his photographs, Perkis has traveled all over the world and has done extensive work in Mexico as well as Israel and Turkey. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of NEA and CAPS grants, and his works are represented in many museum collections. Perkis received a B.F.A. degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and is on the graduate faculty of the School of Visual Arts and Tisch, New York University. The Power Art Center is located off Hamburg Turnpike at 25 Power Ave. in Wayne. For additional information on the exhibit, please call the William Paterson Art Department at 973-720-2401.
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