Larry Kasperek
"Pinhole photography, for me, is a return to basics. As the world becomes more digitally inclined, I find myself looking backward, when things seemed simpler. And you can't get more simple than a pinhole camera – a light-tight box with a hole and some film or photo paper. I use a commercially made camera as well as several cameras I have constructed or converted."
Contact Larry Kasperek at 216-496-9100 or by email at alandlarry@alandlarry.com
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Personal
I gew up in a small town in Western New York, but have since lived in nine different states. I graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, majoring in photojournalism. That led to a 25-year career in the newspaper business, first as a staff photographer and then later as a photo editor and director of photography. I am now a co-owner of a commercial photography company as well as teach photography at a local arts center.
Shows
2011 - True North Cultural Arts Gallery at the French Creek Nature and Art Center. One man show.
2011 - "Art by the Falls" juried art festival, Chagrin Falls, OH, First Place for Photography
2011 - "Summer" show at BayArts, Bay Village, OH, for teaching faculty
2011 - "Cleveland from an Oatmeal Box," a pinhole photography contest and exhibit sponsored by the Dunham Tavern Museum, Cleveland - Best of Show award
2009 - Award Artist for the 2010 Ohio Arts Council Governor's Awards. Each recipient recieved a framed 16 x 20 photograph.
2009 - Red Dot Project group show at University Hospitals, Cleveland
2008 - Jurors award, BayArts annual photography show.
2007 - "Bay Views" solo show featuring pinhole images of Bay Village and other select images at the Coffee Station at BayArts in Bay Village, OH
2007 - Selected images from the International Pinhole Photography Day - Montclair Public Library, Montclair, N.J.
2006 - First place, juried photography show at BayArts, Bay Village, OH
2006 - Humphrey Gallery at University Hospitals, Cleveland - Show with Al Fuchs titled "What We Saw"
Collections
The Cleveland Clinic
Glidden House, Cleveland
University Hospitals, Cleveland
Mariott Hotel, Cleveland
Equity Trust, Elyria
Cleveland State University