A local exhibit.

This past Sunday Martin J. Venhoeven spoke at his “Contemplative Photography” exhibit, showing through November 30, 2019 at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. Nary a word about f-stops or shutter speeds. I heard “Nikon” and “Leica” once each, and someone in the audience mentioned “post-processing”. What Mr. Venhoeven discussed, quite eloquently, was his connection to nature, particularly the nature of a lake in Maine, and how that connection informed his photography. He enlivened his talk with numerous references to poetry and meditation (including a particularly humorous – and insightful – story about “standing meditation”). His photographs were as much about him as about the lake – calm, respectful, and direct.