Otterbein Granville’s Heller Gallery to host Lew Stamp solo exhibition

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Lew Stamp’s solo exhibition, “Seeing in the Age of an Alternate Reality,” is scheduled to run now by Feb. 28, in line with a neighborhood announcement. The present might be hosted by the Heller Gallery at Otterbein Senior Living, 2158 Columbus Road.

Stamp, who was born in Alliance, Ohio, in 1948, has had an extended and different profession in images. His journey started underneath the steerage of Leland Whitacre, a graduate of the California School of Art, who launched him to the darkroom strategies related to tremendous images. Stamp’s early curiosity in visible storytelling led him to the University of Mount Union, the place he studied theater arts earlier than transferring on to the New York Institute of Photography in New York City.

After his research in New York, Stamp returned to Ohio and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University’s Clarence H. White School of Photography. During his time at Ohio University, he had the chance to take part in a grasp class with Yousuf Karsh.

The social and political local weather of the late Sixties and Nineteen Seventies performed a big function in shaping Stamp’s profession. He turned concerned in photojournalism, capturing pivotal moments in American historical past. As a photographer for The Post at Ohio University, Stamp’s work gained nationwide consideration when he documented the Ohio National Guard’s occupation of the Ohio State University campus. One of his pictures from this era was printed in TIME journal.

Stamp’s early profession included seven years on the Kettering-Oakwood Times, a suburban Dayton newspaper recognized for its progressive strategy to images. He later spent a yr finding out journalism on the University of Missouri earlier than becoming a member of the Akron Beacon Journal, as soon as a part of the Knight Ridder newspaper group. During his tenure on the Beacon Journal, the publication acquired quite a few awards from organizations such because the Ohio Newspaper Photographers Association, the National Press Photographers Association, the Associated Press, the Cleveland Press Club and a Pulitzer Award.

In 2008, Stamp transitioned from information journalism to freelance company images. He additionally served two phrases on the National Press Photographers Association’s board of administrators, advocating for the sphere of photojournalism.

The exhibition at Heller Gallery marks Stamp’s return to tremendous artwork images, a pursuit he resumed after the dying of his spouse, Plaid Lynn Casson Stamp. Casson Stamp was a journalist in her personal proper, and her passing prompted Lew to maneuver to Granville, the place he has reconnected along with his inventive roots.

“Seeing in the Age of an Alternate Reality” contains a collection of Stamp’s images and graphics.

For extra details about the exhibition, guests can contact the Heller Gallery at 330-283-0920.

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