Apertures, a photography store in Tulsa, is hosting a “Photographing the Mother Road: A Trip Down Route 66” exhibit starting Friday.
The opening reception for the event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Apertures President Natalie Green wrote on the Apertures website:
On October 15, 2011 at 7:30 a.m., 17 photographers loaded a bus with camera gear at Tulsa Community College, for a day trip down Route 66. Our guide was Brad Nickson, an accomplished photographer and Vice President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Route 66 Association. I was the Photography Instructor for this fun excursion. After viewing the incredible work of these photo enthusiasts, I concluded we needed to show the community what accomplished photographers we have in continuing education programs.
These photographs are an expression of what we individually saw ñ how we pre-visualized – We only had 20 minutes at each stop and we all tried hard not to point & shoot, but to SEE the art in everything we viewed through our camera. When I decided to ask the group if they would like to put together a photography exhibit, only 2 declined. […]
This exhibit means a lot to me. When Brad suggested the class to me and I suggested it to Barbara Slagle, Director of Continuing Education, little did I know how this route would start me daydreaming. I swear, with all the sightseeing on this spectacular road, I can understand why we pass so many people riding motorcycles. As I looked through the windows from our bus, I found myself becoming jealous of the bikers. Itís really a breathtaking ride and it would be great to stop anywhere you wanted to ìmakeî a picture. It was sad for all when we had to turn around and drive back to Tulsa. You want to keep going and going and going down Route 66. Someday.
A portion of the proceeds of photograph sales will go to the Oklahoma Route 66 Association. The exhibit runs through March 31.
In the future, the exhibit also will be displayed at the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Chandler, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton, and the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore.
(Image courtesy of Brad Nickson)