February Events

The SOLF monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, February 10th 2004 at 7:30 pm at the Community House.

Posted by Amy on Oct 11, 2003 @ 07:47 AM

Annual Meeting 2003

This year's annual meeting was held on Wednesday, Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 P.M. at the Community House in Southborough, MA.

Our guest speaker was John Wawrzonek. John presented his latest book, The Illuminated Walden.

John Wawrzonek began photographing Walden Pond and Walden Woods in 1991. This followed about 16 years of many treks through the New England countryside, including ten years along the Mass Turnpike (New England Monthly, Pike Picks), one year at Beaver Brook in Littleton (New England Monthly, Timeless River), and many others.

Biography

John Wawrzonek received S.B., S.M., and E.E. degrees in electrical engineering from M.I.T. He began photographing while working in engineering and marketing at Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Wawrzonek's photographs have been described as: "... a mind bending treat ... The prints vibrate with life, texture, detail and color." (Boston Globe) and "... captures nature with beauty, sensitivity, and a touch of the divine." (Art New England). His work has been widely exhibited and is in many public and private collections including The Cleveland Art Institute, The Rose Art Museum at Brandies, Apple Computer, Merrill Lynch, Elton John, Jackson Brown, Tony Bennett, Lady Bird Johnson and many others. His book Walking (The Nature Company, 1994), with text by Thoreau, has been reprinted six times. His photographs have appeared in many magazines including Life, View Camera, Outdoor Photography, Orion and others.
Wawrzonek?s complete collection of images may be viewed on the web at www.lightsongfineart.com

Posted by Amy on Apr 15, 2003 @ 02:27 PM

Annual Meeting 2002

Thursday May 9, 7:30 PM

In addition to the election of Trustees, noted nature
photographer Steve Maka gave a presentation entitled
"The Hereafter," an artistic pictorial of the remains of animals as
well as photographs from his recent trip to the Arctic.

Posted by David Morgan on Mar 31, 2002 @ 07:41 PM