It’s always a process. This too shall pass.
:The Floyd Gallery has so much more to offer you now.The timing is a disappointment.
I hope this Gallery newsletter finds you safe and healthy. For many of us, we find ourselves with more time at home. The New York Times reported that at least 311 million Americans --about 90 per cent of the country-- are on a "stay at home" order.
I have all the time in the world now to sort my historic notes and ideas. WOW. Like being back in Manhattan where I'd lock myself in for a few days and work round the clock till it was done. I always ordered in delicious meals delivered from so many international neighborhood restaurants. Not now.
Our photo exhibits, workshop offerings, new instructors, and the field trips are now extended for some months, never cancelled.
Let me share with you what is happening now at The Robert Floyd Gallery and Learning Center.
Our current exhibit by our Ms. Pat Crutchfield is safely hung. It looks fantastic. We will create a video of it with voice overs by the artist and share this with you via a link.
Our three ongoing monthly seminars meet via ZOOM or a private commentary critique page on our website with images. The private link is sent to seminar participants where they can take it all in as many times as they wish for say two weeks.
Our 19th Annual "Women in History Month" contest is 'on schedule.' The contest details will be posted the week after Easter. Any woman 18+ living anywhere can submit black and white portraits of women living anywhere in the world.
Our long term photo workshops will start in September and early October.
Field trips to select nature preserves and street photography will resume on MAY 1 with social distancing. Images critiqued separately later.
I am mentoring some students online. Their parents need to acquire formerly owned DSLRs and lenses. Kindly contact me what you may have available.
I have volumes of notes and cherished ideas that I am sorting through, hours each day. Also, Pivot Media, Florence, MA, has started to scan some of my treasured color slides created in the '70s and '80s and '90s.
The one here was captured at the Easter Parade on 5th Avenue in the late 1970s. The young girl seemed most disappointed. Her expression is something I never forgot. I so welcome being able to share it with you now. Yes, thousands and thousands of color slides await my edits. Some will feel the snip of the scissors, some will stay where they are, and others will be scanned and printed for exhibit and investment. Sigh.
More of you then I can count have expressed interest in learning more now. I thank you for your interest and guarantee 100% you will be thrilled with what you invest in or a full refund, no questions asked.
Gallery Photographers will be scheduled for solo and group exhibits in September, October, November, and December. Hey, we're getting it together. Teamwork.
We need to focus our energies better and help each other now more than ever. Please do come forward and connect. Call at 413-529-2635 if only to hear a friendly voice. Nobody needs to be dragged through this crisis and experience what this young woman experienced.
For those more interested in a one-on-one consultation, they are designed for you and 100% guaranteed to match and meet your needs. Now's the time for us to play with our creativity. If not now, When?
Stay strong, my friends.
Image: Easter Parade, Young Woman in Red ©Robert Floyd, 1979
About the Author: Robert Floyd is a naturalist, photojournalist, photo gallery creative director. ..and so appreciative of heroes in his life. You can usually find him, when he’s not in The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery, he plans 2020 field trips in the beautiful Pioneer Valley, Cape Cod, Cape May, Newport, Manhattan, and Canada. Follow him here and on FACEBOOK: ROBERT FLOYD GALLERY/LEARNING CENTER. You'll be glad you did.
