Thinking In Terms of Groupings

printed individually on 16×16″ birch plywood and hung as a wall grouping

Over the years I have had several opportunities to think about grouping images into small, themed collections.  A photography museum here in Charlotte used to have an “annuale” where photographers would submit a group of 7 photos, to be judged in the context of a theme.  I made submissions over a number of years but was always frustrated by the winners, which I deemed to be too “weird,” especially compared to my boringly “normal” photos. Pictures of subjects like roadkill and out of focus body parts seemed to take priority over what I felt was my best effort!

selected food and wine-related images printed as a 3×3 grid on 39×39″ canvas

More recently Lenswork magazine had a feature from which they published a number of books titled “Seeing In Sixes.”  I never submitted to that one, although I probably should have.  I’d have a better shot there than trying to compete in the “art photography” world here in Charlotte.  Later editions of Lenswork have featured “Image Suites” which are groupings of similarly-themed photos but without a specific number.

printed individually on 24″ canvas and hung as a wall grouping for a restaurant in charlotte

While going through my images for updating my website I realized that I had also come up with a number of groupings, most of the smaller ones for decor purposes but also larger ones for books, such as the now defunct (I think) SoFoBoMo.

printed individually on 24″ canvas and hung as a wall grouping for a restaurant in charlotte

Even though I only have a few of them so far, I decided to add a new section to my website to show the groupings I have made.  As I go through my images I’ll likely come up with a few more – we still have some empty wall space in the house, although not much!

printed individually on 24″ canvas and hung as a wall grouping for a restaurant in charlotte

So here is a link to my latest website gallery Groupings.  Hopefully to be a work in process.

4 thoughts on “Thinking In Terms of Groupings”

  1. These all work great Tom. And a smart thing to do as who best to know what images might go together than the originator!

    1. I don’t get to do a lot of installations, and the few photos I’ve sold seem to end up in places I’ll never see (Duke University Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, PNC Wealth Management), so seeing a few in places like one of our favorite Charlotte restaurants is pretty nice.

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