There were lots of photographers.
Giclee has overtaken the photography/art world BY STORM.
Photographers can now enter a photo into a computer, tweak it if they like, and have the computer direct an ink jet sprayer to "paint"/reproduce the photograph on a canvas.
It is longer lasting than the old photography methods - doesn't fade or bend like paper - and can be done in any size.
Every booth that I can think of had Giclee copies, and matted smaller copies, of all their works.
I wanted to adopt Ann Sargent - the wife of photographer Bill Sargent. She was SUCH a sweet lady. They were displaying photos of rusting trucks in the woods - amazing the colors that metal will show. One photo was a house with a rusting metal roof, it had about a dozen cats on the roof, and a sign in the yard "Beware of Dog".
Your friend Rich was one of the ones we saw - we saw them all - but didn't make as big an impression - sorry.
Everyone had a range of subjects.
Lots of hearts of flowers.
Only one guy had celestial events - photographs taken from a star telescope.
One guy had a photo that had me burst out laughing - entitled "the inevitable windmill photo"... good sense of humor.
Also lots of travels. People took photos of strangers in far lands, China, AFrica, India, Thailand. One guy obviously had a misspent youth - because he had photos from EVERYwhere. Mostly healthy children in ethnic wear. Combined with poetry from wise sources - from Chief Seattle to Einstein, Robert Frost to May Angelou. Lots of poetry. It was very moving.
And pets.
Many landscapes.
Many brightly colored doors.
Lots of photos of Florida, particularly out on the Keys where eccentricity is valued.
One photo of an actual bath house - read "$1 for a shower, $2 for a peek".
