Of Consequence
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Like Eugene Smith's ground-breaking Minamata Bay project from Japan, Colin Finlay is dedicated to the cause and to the craft of storytelling. He is a documentary photographer of the highest order who continues the great tradition of the long-form photographic essay. His prolific body of work, literally thousands of images worthy of any exhibition, when combined with this passion and multi-media approach, places him in an elite group of contemporary global storytellers. Finlay has spent more than two decades and has circled the globe twenty-seven times, in search of that one photo that will be testament to the depth of human will and compassion, of hope and of an informed collective consciousness. – from Andy Patrick's Curatorial Statement
BRASIL, ALEM BRASIL
Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brasil
Instituto de Arte Moderne, Valencia, Spain
Inspiration is the act of breathing in, a stimulating influence upon our intellect, our emotion. It is that which allows us to receive and communicate truth. So where do we seek inspiration, and where can we find it, unless inspiration herself is our guide. A guide to the pain and the beauty of the world – the experiences that remind us what it means to be alive. When we find her, our heart opens and we allow ourselves to connect to our common humanity. In Brasil and Beyond U.S. born photographer Bernie DeChant has met her. Theirs is a love affair that traverses the aging beauty of Brasilia's utopia to the modern isolation of Tokyo's precise chaos. Trained as a graphic designer, DeChant's eye seems to effortlessly capture the organic flow and sacred geometry that is his inspiration. – from Andy Patrick's Curatorial Statement
Other Photographic Exhibitions
Over the years I have curated and co-curated many groundbreaking exhibitions. many of these were the photographer's first exhibition of the work (denoted by *) and in some cases their first exhibition ever. This is especially true for the exhibitions at FiftyCrows Foundation's Gallery in San Francisco. A partial list of the exhibitions include:
“The Price of Sex” by Mimi Chakarova (became feature documentary film) Documenting young eastern European women drawn into sex trafficking, FiftyCrows Gallery*
“The Julie Project” by Darcy Padilla (feature film in production) 18 year documentary of homelessness, AIDS, drug abuse and recovery, FiftyCrows Gallery *
“I Still Do” by Judith Fox (became a book) Loving with Alzheimer’s, FiftyCrows Gallery*
“Curse of the Black Gold” and book launch by Ed Kashi, FiftyCrows Gallery*
“What Matters” and book launch by David Elliott Cohen, FiftyCrows Gallery *
“Darfur, Darfur” by Colin Finlay, Mark Brecke, Eli Reed Mark Brecke then created a feature film, FiftyCrows Gallery
“Women Empowered” and book launch by Phil Borges for CARE, FiftyCrows Gallery
“Aging in America” and book launch by Ed Kashi & Julie Winokur*
“The Spirit of Tibet” by Alison Wright, FiftyCrows Gallery
“Recalling the Vote” by Dan Budnik, FiftyCrows Gallery*
