Brookhaven Courier

Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: Entertainment

Media Credit: Lucy Ko "Shadow & Lace," a photo taken by V-Com professor Giraud Polite, is currently on display in the Atrium Gallery.

The Brookhaven College B Building is displaying the visual communication program's faculty and staff artwork and photography.

Jerry Hill, V-Com professor, said some of the pieces in the gallery will be auctioned off at the V-Com fundraiser Oct. 12. He said Texas Legacy, Hill's country western band, will also play at the fundraiser; the money raised goes toward a scholarship.

"We like to showcase our full-time and part-time faculty's work so our students get a chance to see what kinds of things we are capable of," Hill said.

Giraud Polite, professor of visual communications, went to Guelaguetza, Oaxaca, in Mexico for a Sante Fe workshop sponsored by National Geographic in June 2006. His photos displayed in the Atrium Gallery are a result of this workshop. His photo "Shadow & Lace" features a dance group member at La Guelaguetza Dance Festival in the small village of San Antonio Castillo Velasco.

The girl in the photo has on red lipstick and green eye shadow. Her face is in the shadow of the lace directly in front of her. The blue sky adds a great touch to the photo, which is very colorful and gives a hint of Mexican culture.

This is my favorite photo because I can get a visual feel of the festival.

The "Tweety Bird" is a close-up photo of a toy and a panoramic view of Guelaguetza in the background. This piece goes great with "Shadow & Lace."

Dr. John Neal, visual communications professor, has four photos on display. "Monument" is a photo Neal took while in Victoria, British Columbia. Neal said while he was on a group tour of Ross Bay Cemetery, he saw a monument in the distance and snapped a photo. He said he did not realize until after he looked at his photos that there were two carved faces on the monument and the woman's name and part of her face were missing. This photo brings an aura of mystery to his collection.

"Waterfall" is a picture of Mendenhall Glacier outside of Juneau, Alaska. Neal digitally altered the photo, which was shot on a misty and rainy day.

Hill said he likes all the artwork in the gallery but Ted Forbes' artwork really stood out to him.

Forbes' photos are of beautiful flowers in black and white. They show every detail from petals to the stem in a simplistic way.

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