{"id":7488,"date":"2025-07-09T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:56:29","slug":"hugh-walker-photography-at-the-shape-of-things-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/?p=7488","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Walker Photography at &#8216;The Shape of Things&#8217; Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b8654740eaffd01c489a80bc1f704190\">Hugh Walker Photography is thrilled to announce its recent participation in &#8220;The Shape of Things,&#8221; an International Juried Photography Exhibition held at the esteemed Praxis Gallery in Minnesota!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-76c66a0827acce149066819e9916f1f5\">The exhibition, juried by the accomplished Alan Shefland, ran from May 17th to June 14th, 2025, with a wonderful opening reception on Saturday, May 17th, from 6 PM to 8 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/My-Way.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-01c730ff8c114abc70226c0bf0ce6335\">&#8220;The Shape of Things&#8221; explored the profound impact of composition in photography, echoing the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson: &#8220;The rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant of preoccupation\u2026 an organic coordination of visual elements.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a66d6420746930468fc40a32960e7650\">This exhibition was a captivating exploration of how photographers &#8220;put together&#8221; elements to form compelling wholes. It delved into principles like rhythm, movement, contrast, balance, unity, proximity, and continuity \u2013 all crucial in creating expressive and intriguing visual narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7650917d58a5a91657534b331fe8fb5f\">Hugh Walker Photography was honored to have work selected for this prestigious exhibition, showcasing our dedication to the art of composition and the thoughtful arrangement of visual elements. It was an inspiring experience to be part of a show that highlighted such a fundamental aspect of photographic art alongside talented artists from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9b7e4324799538aad5bfd494e805dbef\">We extend our sincere gratitude to the Praxis Gallery and juror Alan Shefland for this incredible opportunity to share our work and contribute to such a meaningful dialogue on photographic composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6118829c2e5d4ec704b42eb2e244b6f1\">Stay tuned for more updates on Hugh Walker Photography&#8217;s upcoming exhibitions and new projects!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Walker Photography is thrilled to announce its recent participation in &#8220;The Shape of Things,&#8221; an International Juried Photography Exhibition held at the esteemed Praxis Gallery in Minnesota!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,218],"tags":[245,215,241,217,62,244],"class_list":["post-7488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abstract","category-exhibitions","tag-abstract","tag-art","tag-exhibition","tag-expression","tag-gallery","tag-praxis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gallery-exhibition-abstract-images.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7837,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions\/7837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughwphoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}