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<p> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I have always been fascinated by photography. My father gave me my first camera when I was 9, a Brownie Six-20 box camera. I took lots of snapshots of my family, friends and scenes while I was growing up. Looking back, I realize that I was the primary chronicler of my family’s history.<br /> <br /> When my first child was about 3, I entered a statewide arts competition, and won First Prize in Photography! That image was created with a $3.00 Brownie, showing me that it is not the equipment that makes the image, but the mind’s eye and the photographer’s vision.<br /> </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="180" src="/users/MarianRubin8764/Image//Lori-KenPSW2.jpg" width="238" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"Lori and Ken"</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /> Although photography has not been my primary career, it has been an underlying thread throughout my life and has played a major role in my experiences and adventures, especially in the events of 2000, when</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> I found myself in the middle of a nightmare and received far more than my 3 minutes of fame. The rest of that story can be found </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">in the book </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span class="style98"><a href="http://www.naked-truths.com/index.htm"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"NAKED TRUTHS"</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> by Marian Rubin, </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">at </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span class="style99"><a href="http://www.naked-truths.com/index.htm"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">www.naked-truths.com </span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span class="style99">, </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">or by searching the internet under my name.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /> The theme that has stayed with me throughout is my awareness of time and the knowledge that the moment that is “now”, in a nano second will be gone forever and just a memory. Even the light on this flower ["Peony"] will not be the same in the next instant. Armed with the power of the camera, the artist is given the ability to see, to capture, to preserve this moment: a fleeting expression on a child’s face, a spectacular sunset, a family’s poignant memories, even documenting conditions of humanity.<br /> </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><em><em><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"My images are about my passions: the people, places and moments that touch my soul. I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But, I make them for myself, first and foremost." Jacques-Henri Lartigue</span></em></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">"Honor System" selected for Invitational Photography Exhibit: "Picturing an Ethical Economy"</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img alt="" height="400" src="/users/MarianRubin8764/docs/Image//IMG_2593PSS.jpg" width="533" /></p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">"Honor System"</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <span style="font-size: larger; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; ">Picturing an Ethical Economy</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Helvetica; text-align: center; "> <b>An Invitational Photography Exhibit at Trinity Museum January 25 to April 30, 2010 </b></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Helvetica; text-align: center; "> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"> <b>Trinity Church Broadway at Wall Street </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"> <b>Museum Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am-5pm </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"> <b>(closed during mid-day services, 11:45am-12:45pm)</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"> <b>Saturday: 9am-3:45pm Sunday: 12:30-3:45pm</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 6.0px Helvetica"> <b><br /> </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> <b>Reception: Tuesday, February 23</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> <b>4:30 to 6:30pm</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> <b>Please RSVP by February 16</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Helvetica; text-align: center; "> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">This photograph was made before I ever heard of Trinity's "Picturing an Ethical Economy" exhibit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Helvetica; text-align: center; "> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Helvetica; text-align: left; "> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">I stopped and captured this image because I was struck by evidence of the "honor system" still alive in our present day society. There is a generosity and trust here that is often missing. I laughed to myself and was curious as to how people would react to this unexpected placement of trust in them. In general I am overwhelmed by the overall lack of honesty and integrity in our present world, from the banks, to Wall Street, to corporations, to relationships, and this was like a breath of fresh air. It felt like a very tiny flame fighting to stay alive among the dying embers and against insurmountable odds.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-size: small; "> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">I am old enough to remember a time when trust was a given, safety was the norm and integrity was what we expected from people.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Helvetica"> </p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">"Peony", selected for juried show: "Art in Nature", at Center for Fine Art Photography, December, 2008</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img alt="" height="851" src="/users/MarianRubin8764/docs/Image//C4fap%20press%20release.jpg" width="700" /></p> <p> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span class="style88">Published in book "Photos That Inspire" 2007, "Reflections in Blue"</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><span style="font-size: small; "><span class="style88"><br /> </span></span></span></p> <p> <a href="http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4130/how-a-photo-can-ruin-your-life.html" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0) !important; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">Article in Popular Photography (June 2007)</span></span></a></p> <p> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">I am presently a member of Photoworkshop.com and The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)</span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "> </span></span></p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style88">More of my photography may be viewed at:</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="style108" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://marianrubin.photoworkshop.com/"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">http://marianrubin.photoworkshop.com</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></a></p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style105"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><a href="http://www.hereisnewyork.org/">www.hereisnewyork.0rg (#1812,1813,1815,1816,1817)</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="style107" style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span class="style88">(These are photographs that were taken several days after September 11, 2001 </span>)</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="style107" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> </span></p> <p class="style91" style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><a class="style95" href="mailto:marian@marianrubin.com?subject=Website%20Contact">email: </a><a class="style95" href="mailto:MarianR107@aol.com" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0) ! important;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">marian@marianrubin.com</span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p class="style91" style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></p> <p> Marian Rubin © 2010 All rights reserved</p>
Marian Rubin © 2010 All rights reserved
