Raw Art, a Photography Show in Pawling

Marilyn Bethany reports from Pawling.Gallery on the Green was the scene on Saturday, May 19 of the opening of a photography show, Raw Art, formal portraiture of vegetables by Lynn Karlin, a photographer who lives and works in Maine. Karlin's pictures were featured in the The New York Times this past Thursday in an article by Ann Raver. While all in attendance seemed to concur with Raver that the photographs are remarkable, the crowd, including Griffin Kinahan, his mother Cynthia Kinahan, Bill Foscato, and Auden Kinahan, was somewhat divided on the virtue of vegetables themselves. Most espoused unreserved admiration, though a small but vocal minority seemed to have their doubts.

Photographers Bob Demchuk and Lynn Karlin; Jill Blake, Barrie Blake, Dave Daniels, and Susan Daniels.

Frank Montbach and Laura Crawford; Deborah DeWinter and Barbara Lanman, proprietor of The Pawling House B & B.

Ted Rosen, Jill Rosen, and Ned Reade; Munja Orzolek, interior designer Frank Webb, and Bill Orzolek.

Helen Grosso, Brandt Dayton, Kathleen Heidemann, Tian Dayton, and Terry Crowe Deegan; Joe Morales with gallery owners Jay Morales and Michelle Farnum.

Kathy Scherer, Bob Demchuk, and Stan Scherer; Michael Marsh and Andrea Marsh