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Underwater Photography Exhibition in San Diego, June-August 2009

:: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 @ 12:07:32 am

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Me, in front of some of my prints (photo: Wendy Cheng)

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few weeks preparing for an upcoming underwater photography exhibition at the Taiwanese American Cultural Center (TACC) in San Diego. I’m here in San Diego now, and my father and I spent the last two days installing hanging rails, moving and unpacking crates, and finally, hanging 14 of my best prints. This is a special event for me because six years ago, the TACC hosted the first gallery space to display my work.

This show is going to be different than the last one was. The TACC purchased their own building and are in the final stages of preparation for a grand opening, and I’ve become a very different photographer in the last six years.

For this show, I decided to do something different: all of the images are printed on aluminum. The folks over at Image Wizards were incredible during the entire process and were able to rush 14 of my prints to the gallery site in about a week. Image Wizards’ printing process directly embeds an image into the coated finish of the aluminum, and they look absolutely stunning. Each image is wrapped in foam and crated in strong wood for protection. A microfiber cloth is even bundled inside for wiping off fingerprints.

Below are photographs of the gallery space, including images of the installation process.

I don’t know yet when the show will open, but it should be very soon! Rough dates at the moment are June 1 – August 5, 2009.

LOCATION:
Taiwanese American Community Center
7838 Wilkerson Court
San Diego 92111
858-560-8884

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  • Rogier

    Very very cool. Printing on canvas is old… This is going to cost me ;-/

  • Dominic Yip

    Hi Eric,

    Where do you do the aluminum print (or give me some idea/suggestion, I already google but not very helpful yet) ? I am seriouly thinking of printing one of my own under water pic for the living room :-)

    Cheers! Dominic

  • http://echeng.com echeng

    Hey, dominic. I wrote this in the entry as well: I used Image Wizards. Scroll up for the link, and tell them I referred you! :)

  • http://cindypon.com cindy

    haha! on the use of seniors. that’s so cool your dad helped! and i cannot wait to see this exhibit! i was there for the first as well. =)

  • http://www.gelmo.com norm

    Wow! The aluminum prints look fantastic. I think we got our last set of your prints from the first show at the TACC… this may be our chance to (finally!) refresh our dining room wall.

  • http://www.shashachu.com/ Sha Sha

    Very cool, Eric. Congrats on the exhibition!

  • http://echeng.com echeng

    For those of you in Los Angeles, the prints will be at G2 Gallery in Venice Beach for a show starting on August 11.

  • Mark B.

    Eric: Congratulations. I’ll mention this to a friend and my niece.

    And thanks for the news that it will come to metro Los Angeles–looking at the photos I thought “Hmm, can I make it down to see these?” I’ll hope to catch them in one of the exhibits this summer.

    Safe travels.

    –markb

  • http://imagewizards.net Roger K. Laudy

    Eric, Checked out the G2 Gallery site. A perfect place for your photo imaging onto aluminum. Don’t forget,your aluminum is an eco friendly material with eco friendly finishes. You’ll blow everyone away! Roger

  • Didi

    Hey Eric,

    congratulations on the exhibition. I miss the opening reception due to my stupidity of not realizing that the center has moved. Saw your last exhibition at the old place and got to meet you briefly. Your new stuff rocks even more, man.

    Congrats. Can’t wait to drag a few friends over to the center.

    Didi

  • http://Surfphoto51.com Ron Regalado

    Eric:

    Congratulations! Your exhibit looks wonderful. I’ve had (3) aluminum prints for my art shows as well. Although, I’m trying to find someone closer to home (L.A., or Orange County area), that can print like Image Wizards. If you have any advise on this could you please pass it on.

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