Editor’s note: This event has been moved to today, Thursday, February 10th due to last week’s snow.
By Carl Schafer—
MUNCIE, Ind.—Gordy Fine Art and Framing will open an exhibition of photographs by career fashion photographer Ronn Brown.
A native of East Central Indiana, Brown was based in Los Angeles for decades. There he focused mainly on photographing musicians, actors and models, and often worked for producers in the film and music industries. This kind of photography requires superb technical skills in operating the camera and lighting, but he became highly sought after because of his bold imagination placing his subjects in inventive poses and dress. As his career progressed, he became increasingly interested in his rapport with the models and he would engage with them on a more personal level.
To achieve specific lighting effects, he would rent rooms with windows positioned for just the right kind of natural light. The exhibition at Gordy is a selection of 20 images made in the past six years showing Brown’s unique talent for drawing out emotions that are both expressive and contemplative. Most of the portraits on view were made working intensively with the model during extended studio sessions in both Los Angeles and Muncie. Some are more spontaneous images of people he finds in public places.
In 2020, Brown returned to Indiana and is now living in Muncie. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1997, he attended Ball State in the photojournalism and art departments. He credits much of his career success to Jack’s Camera Shop in Downtown Muncie where he taught lighting classes for 12 years. There he refined his studio skills that made his eventual career one of many that were launched at Jack’s.
The exhibition opening party is free to the public on Thursday February 3 from 5 – 8 pm. Refreshments will be served, and the artist will be on hand to engage with visitors. The show will remain on view until March 12.
At 6:15 the artist will give a 10-minute presentation about his work and answer questions.
The show will be on view with works for sale through March 12. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. Business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422.
