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This page will serve as an ongoing scrapbook highlighting some of the special events that we have had the pleasure of producing and/or participating in over the years, as well as current events in the world of photography. Stay tuned...
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Current Events in the World of Fine Art Photography
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Ongoing... The O. Winston Link Museum is a 15,000-square-foot museum that houses the largest O. Winston Link photograph collection in the world; including over 300 photographs and all 2,400 negatives. A glass-enclosed live storage area will allow visitors to view Link's photographic equipment, prints not on formal display and N&W Railway memorabilia. Link's sound recordings and limited motion picture footage will be incorporated into the exhibit design. A virtual rail experience will allow visitors to see, hear and feel what it was like to stand on the concourse and watch the mechanical marvels enter and leave the train station. Visitors will also be able to take a virtual trip, passing the small towns captured in Link's photographs.
~The O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, VA
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Soulcatcher Studio Special Events
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Spring 2007 Special Events
Ruth Bernhard's Memorial Service ~ March 31, 2007
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On March 31, 2007 Ruth Bernhard's friends and collegues were once again brought together, this time to celebrate a life lived to the fullest for over 101 years. The historic Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco served as the gathering place and guest speakers included former assistant and long-time friend Michael Kenna, Ruth's personal assistant for nearly thirty years, Mary Ann Helmholtz (pictured above, at left in pink) and Ruth's "younger" brother, Alexander Bernhard, who traveled from London with his lovely wife Audrey to attend. Gallery Director Eric J. Keller spent a wonderful evening the following day at the home of Bernhard biographer and fellow photographer Margaretta Mitchell (pictured above, at right in black).
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Fall 2005 Special Events
Ruth Bernhard's 100th Birthday Celebration ~ October 14, 2005
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Gallery Director Eric J. Keller visits with the inestimable
Ms. Bernhard on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
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Ruth with Mary Ann Helmholtz, her assistant of twenty-seven
years and the organizer of this unforgettable evening.
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One hundred invited guests from around the world enjoyed the
elegant surroundings of the incomparable Fleur de Lys restaurant
in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
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Chef/Owner Hubert Keller (right) presents Ruth
with her birthday cake.
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Photographer John Sexton delivers a wonderful tribute.
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Eric visits with Joyce Pieper, the model from Ruth's most famous
image, "In the Box, Horizontal, 1962".
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Bernhard biographer Margaretta Mitchell delighted the guests
with her memories of Ruth.
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Eric visits with Michael Kenna and his wife and fellow photographer Camille Solyagua. Ruth introduced the couple to each other.
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Pre-celebration sushi with photographer Rolfe Horn
and Maki Ishiwata in Oakland, CA.
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October 15 - Seattle, WA - Blue Earth Alliance presented "Natural Selection", a photographic lottery fundraising event. Over fifty-five photographers donated prints and the event raised over $28,000 for the non-profit organization and its causes. The highlight of the evening was a very spirited silent auction for Ruth Bernhard's seminal image, "Perspective II, 1967".
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Winter 2003~2004 Special Events
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Top Left: Gallery Director Eric J. Keller visits with Maya Ishiwata of Nazraeli Press (left) and a camera shy
Jack Woody of Twin Palms Publishers (right) during the opening night preview reception of Photo LA 2004.
Top Right: Kim and Gina Weston made a great impression during their first appearance at Photo LA.
Middle: An auspicious fortune cookie. Bottom Left: Visiting with an old friend from Seattle, photographer Phil Borges (Tibetan Portrait) during his recent gallery opening in Los Angeles. Bottom Right: Visiting with Helen Wright, Henri Cartier-Bresson's Agent, during a trip to New York City in November 2003.
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Photo San Francisco, The 4th International Photographic Print Exposition
San Francisco, CA.
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July 24-27, 2003 - Record crowds attended this years' PhotoSF. This was our first year at the exposition.
Top Left: Gallery Director Eric J. Keller visits with Michael Kenna and his lovely wife Camille at the Nazraeli
Press booth during the opening night preview reception. Top Right: Spending an unforgettable afternoon at
the home of Ruth Bernhard (left) with her assistant of twenty-five years, Mary Ann Helmholtz (right).
Bottom Left: A wonderful dinner with Gina, Kim & Zach Weston at their home in Carmel, CA. The house
originally belonged to Edward Weston. Bottom Right: Viewing Edward Weston's original 8x10 negatives
in his original darkroom with Kim Weston, son of Cole Weston; an experience I will not soon forget.
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Newsflash - The Missing Links: Santa Fe Art Dealer Involved in Sting Operation
June 2003 - Gallery Director Eric J. Keller recently became involved in a sting operation against the ex-wife of O. Winston Link. He purchased a very rare oversized print of Link's most famous image, "Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive In, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956", from a popular online auction site. After becoming suspicious that the deal was to good to be true, he contacted the District Attorney in Westchester County, New York, who told him that the sting operation was in progress and to not discuss the print or show it to anyone. A few days later Conchita Mendoza (Link) was arrested to attempting to sell stolen goods. Shortly after her arrest a storage unit was discovered near her home. Inside were hundreds of original photographs, and even some original negatives by Link. Mendoza was eventually reconvicted and sent back to prison for the 1991 theft of hundreds of prints by her then-husband. The estimated value of the recovered artwork was over two million dollars.
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Photo LA, The 12th International Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica, CA.
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January 16-19, 2003 - Featuring a booksigning and lecture by legendary Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson.
Left: Gallery Director Eric J. Keller at the opening night preview reception benefiting the Photographic
Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This was Eric's fourth year at the exposition.
Middle: Bruce Davidson (center) visits with guests as Eric J. Keller (center, top) assists his clients.
Right: Robin Hurley (left) and Mark Magidson (right) of St. Ann's Press with Bruce Davidson (center) and
St. Ann's masterful 2003 reprint of the seminal classic of documentary photography, East 100th Street.
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Left: Michael Stearns, the composer of the film's captivating
original score, chats with a guest. Right: Baraka's Supervising
Producer Alton Walpole enjoying this special evening.
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Two of the evening's guests discuss one of the most
powerful photographs of the exhibition, Jahra Road,
Kuwait/Iraq border.
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