Fifty Years of Photography: Film to Digital
Photography by Stan Reimer
Showing February 19th - March 21st, 2021
Free Admission • Open to the Public • Masks required inside building
We are excited to display artwork by photographer Stan Reimer during February and March 2021.
Artist Statement:
“In today’s world of photography with the advancements in digital photography it is easy to get a fairly well exposed photograph using the automatic settings. That brings me to a statement that I use frequently when teaching photographic classes: “Cameras don’t make photographs, photographers make photographs”. Camera manufacturers advertise that their cameras take great pictures. That’s like saying a chef prepares great food because he has a really good stove.
My approach to creating a photograph is called previsualization. When I prepare to take an image, I have a finished image in my mind’s eye. I must control the camera so that it captures the image the way I see it. But cameras have limitations when rendering an image of what the eye sees. The final step of achieving the desired photograph is post-production. Film and digital photography have a number of techniques and processes that when used properly can render a great photograph just as the mind’s eye perceived it. To me the end product is what is important.
I have photographed professionally for fifty years. The first thirty years were with film and the last twenty with film and digital. I challenge you to tell which images in my exhibit were captured with film and which were made with digital. Photographers that influenced my photography were Ansel Adams, John Sexton, Fred Picker, Arnold Newman, and Josef Karsh.
I hope you enjoy the exhibit.” -Stan
About the Artist:
Stan Reimer, Master Photographer Craftsman, C.P.P ASP, began photography at the age of 12 with an adjustable camera. He pursued his art and passion for photography throughout his career and education. Reimer received a BA in psychology and BA in music education from Bethel College in Newton, KS and holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from WSU. He taught music for 12 years with the majority of his teaching career in Winfield directing the band and jazz program.
Reimer founded Stan Reimer Photography LTD and The Photography Gallery in 1976, as owner and photographer. His accomplishments include: Certified Professional Photographer 1981-2020; Named Master Photographer by the Professional Photographers of America in 1985; Named Master Photographer Craftsman by the PPA in 1995; President of the Kansas Professional Photographers Association in 1984; Board member, Heart of America Photographers Association for 12 years. Stan served on the Council of the Professional Photographers of America for 19 years.
Reimer’s awards include:
-Juror for The Five State Photography Competition in Hays KS 1991
-Juror for the Darrell Williams Memorial Photography Competition in Dodge City 1992
--Has earned 85 print merits in the International Print Competition of the Professional Photographers of America.
--First place in the People category in the 1995 Hays Five State Photography Exhibition.
--First place in the Open category at the 2005 Hays Five State Photography Exhibition
--One of the Photographers of the Year from the Professional Photographers of America International Competition in 2006 and 2007.
Stan has exhibited photography in galleries throughout Kansas including the Moss-Thomas Gallery of Art at Fort Hays State University, Hays Arts Center, Hutchinson Art Center, Century II in Wichita, and the Carnegie Art Gallery in Dodge City. He has works displayed in the International Photography Hall of Fame in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and the International Photography Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City (now St Louis).
Stan Reimer has led the Vernon Filley Art Museum since its inception in 2005 serving as the president of the board of directors. Stan is now a co-director of the Filley Art Museum in Pratt.