'Circumspect' - Photography Exhibit Opening July 30, 2011

July 30 - September 14; Gallery reception Saturday, July 30, 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French
Circumspect
July 30 - September 14, 2011
E6 Gallery, San Francisco

Los Angeles based collaborating photographers Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French's summer exhibition, Circumspect, at Robert Berman/E6 Gallery is a vigilant display of pure photography that invokes narratives reminiscent of Saki and Roald Dahl stories, or as previously described in Photograph magazine "Fellini's take on Lewis Carroll."

Circumspect, the duos' first San Francisco exhibit, features 20 large-scale photographs from both Charbonneau and French's Massillon series and their current Playground series. Utilizing traditional darkroom techniques (read: without Photoshop), and shooting with medium and large format film, Charbonneau and French's photographs are rendered via meticulously executed installation staging and equally detail oriented post-production work.

Charbonneau explains, "Our images are essentially performance/installation stills, as we are very interested in capturing a real moment in time and adhering to the sentiments of traditional film based photography. As such, we prefer manipulating our images in a wet darkroom environment, rather than in the digital domain.

Ultimately, to discover oneself caught in the storybook narratives that unfold in the Massillon series or to experience Charbonneau and French's Playground series, which will make you think differently about the alignment of the stars as you look into the night sky, brings to mind the fact that some pictures are worth a thousand words, or in the case of Charbonneau and French's work, a thousand stories.

Highlights:
* Los Angeles based collaborating photographers, Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French's premiere San Francisco exhibition.
* Traditional photography coupled with meticulous installation/performance staging.
* Select images from two bodies of work reflecting 8 years of photographic collaboration.

Official Website: http://www.e6gallery.com