CONTACT:
- Jeannette Altman, Fine Arts, 360-546-9491, altman@wsu.edu
- Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Urban landscape is the subject of a photography exhibit on display now through Jan. 28 in the Multimedia Classroom building gallery at Washington State University Vancouver.
"Modern Relics" features striking, black-and-white photography by Dale Strouse, a self-taught photographer who has been making images for more than 20 years. Strouse’s exhibit showcases his fascination with the urban landscape through images that represent humankind’s physical influence on topography. By photographing man-made objects seemingly abandoned in the environment, the objects become relics and commentaries on the frayed and tangled fabric of American culture.
While many of Strouse's crisp photos were taken in and around Southwest Washington, he is interested in raising questions more than documenting a place in time
"Within each image there is a story to be told, a story the viewer is free to interpret and compose. I want to make images that generate questions that have more than one answer," said Strouse.
Strouse has served as a board member and taught workshops at the Newspace Center for Photography, a non-profit dedicated to promoting photographic education and appreciation in Portland, Ore. He has also worked as a photography instructor at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash.
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Avenue east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø art galleries are open from 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. Parking is available at parking meters or in the Blue Daily Pay lot for $3. For more information, contact Jeannette Altman at altman@.wsu.edu or 360-546-9491.
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