Very happy to share that a friend of mine from looooong ago has a photography exhibit that is up in the Kitchener City Hall Rotunda Gallery! Congrats Brian!
If you’d like to come check out the show (and eat some free food) then come to the Rotunda Gallery on Thursday October 7, 2010 from 5-7pm.
Here’s a little write up from the City of Kitchener’s site about Brian’s work:
Old factories inspire Rotunda Gallery exhibit
September 22, 2010
KITCHENER – Brian Douglas moved to Kitchener-Waterloo and immediately found himself inspired by the old factories and warehouses that shape the downtown Kitchener landscape.
Douglas, a photographer, says his exhibit, Forlorn Factories: Found beauty in Kitchener’s industrial landscapes, gives new life to stories of the past and captures the imaginations of viewers.
The exhibit opens at the Rotunda Gallery Oct. 1.
“So often we walk by old structures or worn down buildings without taking a second glance to absorb their true, honest beauty or to consider the impact they had on the people around them,” he says, adding the collection is connected directly to Kitchener-Waterloo and its ever-growing, ever-shifting landscapes. “It is my hope that these images will inspire the community to see the area in which they live in a new light and can allow those visiting Kitchener-Waterloo to see its raw, yet beautiful surroundings.”
Douglas notes some of the buildings appear to sit vacant with stories of productivity long since past, but others have been or are in the process of being revived with new life.
“Through the crumbling charm of their exteriors to a scattered assortment of items found around their parameters, I have set out to capture the stories these buildings hold,” he says.
An amateur photographer and artist who thrives on finding new, creative forms of visual expression, Douglas’s photographs depict nature and still life in their most raw and honest forms, finding beauty in harsh surroundings, and tranquility in the everyday. Forlorn Factories is an ongoing project for Douglas. To see more from this collection, visitwww.bdouglasphotography.com
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