patricia houghton clarke
selected exhibitions collections
observations
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.