Will Agar Photo Talk

The reception is at 6:30 with the talk beginning at 7 pm. Accompanying my talk will be 10, rarely exhibited, photographs of mine concentrating on Abstraction and the Vanishing Presence.

I will also bring a selection of photographic ephemera including poster and reproduction print from Richard Avedon’s 1970 MIA exhibition, Paul Stand’s “Mexican Portfolio” (second edition) , Henri Cartier-Bresson’s seminal “The Decisive Moment” book (first edition) and first edition of Aperture, edited by Minor White. I grew up with books which strongly effected my personal photographic work.

My photographs offer a view created over a 30-year span. I loved making these images while I went on many travels, wandered through old houses and cemeteries and met a bunch of interesting people. These images were all made with the classic 4×5 view camera and black and white film. The technique is slow and cumbersome but it suits me, the formalism reminds me of classical music, which I also enjoy, and the subtle black and white lyric tones of a print is like a quartet by Schubert.

My father, Frank Agar, studied with Minor White and Ansel Adams and even photographed Edward Weston on a field trip to Carmel. Later my father, mother and me, just a baby, returned with proofs and prints for Weston. He looked at them, smiled, and said, “Fuzzy, aren’t they?”

I grew up in a house filled with photographs, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and books from all over America and around the world. My parents dragged me off to see black and white foreign films with English subtitles. I am forever grateful for this environment and vision they gave me. I try to continue this work this same spirit.

– Will Agar

About The Ongoing Moment:

The Ongoing Moment is hosted at The Mpls Photo Center located at 1400 Van Buren Street NE, Mpls., MN every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30-9:00pm hosted by respected Mpls-based photographers Richard Ott and Walter Horishnyk, anyone can join the group.

Free admission for members of Mpls Photo Center. Suggested $10 donation for non-members, this goes toward special guest speakers, physical space to facilitate the meeting, snacks and beverages.
About Mpls Photo Center Sign up to exhibit by emailing: walter@horishnyk.com or dickophoto@yahoo.com