The creative works of Santa Barbara artists Jesse Alexander and Patricia Houghton Clarke are on the walls of Gallery 27 this February. This collaborative effort between two photographic talents is a discussion of place, people and ideas.

Jesse Alexander and Patricia Houghton Clarke are creative documentarians, both exposing the people and places of cultures we don’t often see, or pass by without notice. These two artists allow us to see not only across the generations of ideas, but how our visual language has changed, or conversely, remained the same over time. Both photographers are deeply involved in their subject, finding nuance in shadows, order in chaos. Both see in black and white and color. Both using light andshadow to tell their story. While these are two photographers at different points in their careers, and we see their similarities in light and form, capturing the human spirit.

Observations

Photographs by Jesse Alexander and Patricia Houghton Clarke

On display:

2 – 26 February, 2012

Location:

Gallery 27
Brooks Institute of Photography
27 East Cota Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Artist Reception:

First Thursday – February 2, 2012