Photo Display in von Liebig Museum in Naples, Florida.

To the von Liebig Art Museum (vonLEEbig) in Naples, Florida.  The draw was “Camera USA 2016”, a national photography exhibition and award, presently on display in Naples, from June 20 to August 5, 2016.

The quality of the art varied enormously and some of it was clearly borderline photography, having been severely maipulated after having been “shot”. Nothing wrong with manipulation, I “adjust” almost all the photographs that I make, and some photographs are made with the  intention of manipulation in mind from the very beginning.  Most of the photographs currently on display

are clearly camera productions.  Some of them portray far-away scenes from distant parts of the world, and some look like they could have been made right down the street or in a nearby woodlands.  

Most of the photographs here clearly stand on their own art.  You can tell that from the initial view.  Others are a bit of a puzzle.  One or two can only be understood by reading the comments which accompany them.  To their credit, all of those currently on display which need description for understanding, tend to amaze the viewer, with people gathered around them, pointing out items to their open-mouthed companions.  It is a good photographic display, open’minded and inspiring.