the offering
2012


"...we get the sense of the peripatetic Clarke's flexible, sensitive take on the world. She brings different visual angles to each task....she shows a series of effectively stark, grainy and form-conscious structures...." Josef Woodard, SBNP, 2/20/12

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UPCOMING
Photo Annual Awards 2012 - Wall Gallery/Teplice - Gallery Greisen/Prague
HALLA LIGHTING PRIZE + HONORABLE MENTION - ERASING LINES
http://www.photoannualawards.com/vitezove-2012.html

On The Question of Wonder
Solo Exhibition: The Club Gallery, Santa Barbara October, 2012

CURRENT
LIFT, Westmont Museum of Art, May 17 - June 30, 2012
Opening Reception May 17, 4 - 6 p.m.

2012
Observations: time + place
Gallery 27, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara - February,
2 - 25, 2012 - Patricia Houghton Clarke and Jesse Alexander

5th Annual Plastic Camera Show
Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco - January 18 - March 6, 2012


The subtler, and more satisfying characteristic of “documenting” with a camera is first listening carefully for the voice that emanates from a subject, and then understanding how this dialogue becomes a visual image. Taking a photograph is the tacit acknowledgment of a subject’s existence and intrinsic value.