Photography Explorations

Photojournalist Rucha Chitnis addresses “Decolonization in Action” on Nov. 4

by Contributed Content on November 2, 2019

From a Maori town reviving its language to Native Americans claiming their ancestral land, photojournalist Rucha Chitnis has met women leading change, and shares their compelling narratives in words and in pictures. She will share stories, photos, and her debut film project at the Menlo Park Library on Nov. 4 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

This event is the first in our program series “Reclaiming Tradition, Reclaiming Health,” running through December 19, 2019, and accompanied by the traveling exhibition “A Voyage to Health,” produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Rucha Chitnis a fellow at International Women’s Media Foundation and an alumni of Asia 21 Young Leaders program. Rucha is currently producing her first documentary short, In the Land of My Ancestors.

This free event is made possible thanks to funding from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.

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Community checks out the new Stanford Hospital during open house

InMenlo contributing photographer Irene Searles took part in a media tour of the new Stanford Hospital yesterday while the first of two community open houses was going on. She emails: “We were able tour the patient rooms, the surgical floor, and were ‘guided’ by screens at a few stops that showed videos of a patient […]

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Photographer Mark Tuschman’s immigrant-focused exhibit moves to new location

Menlo Park-based photographer Mark Tuschman is taking his Immigrants are US: Photography and Stories of Courage and Resilience to All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Palo Alto the weekend of September 13. For the past year Mark has interviewed and photographed  over 100 immigrants from the undocumented, to those seeking asylum, to DACA recipients, and finally, to […]

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Celebrating 60 with 40 — or is it 400? — shades of green in Ireland

Editor’s note: With summer winding down, we’re highlighting some adventures enjoyed by local residents over the past few months, starting with this post by Atherton resident — and InMenlo contributing photographer — Laura Pitchford. This is a big year for my husband, Pitch, and me. Being born in 1959, we both turn 60 at some […]

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Photographer Marc Silber focuses on unleashing creativity in new book

In many respects, the seeds of photographer Marc Silber’s latest book, Create: Tools from Seriously Talented People to Unleash Your Creative Life, were sown at Peninsula School in Menlo Park. “I spent my entire childhood there,” he said, recalling how his father, a doctor at Dibble Hospital [now SRI] during World War II, had bought a plot […]

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Learning the “Language of Black and White” photography at a workshop in Santa Fe

I’m just back from a weeklong workshop titled “The Language of Black and White” held at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Taught by Cira Crowell, the week involved a deep dive into the key aspects of black and white photography — a genre that I’ve come to appreciate and enjoy very much. Cira (@ciracrowell) is […]

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Point Lobos State Natural Preserve is a wildlife wonderland

InMenlo contributing photographer Robb Most spent the 4th of July visiting Point Lobos State Natural Preserve which is just south of Carmel. Here’s a description from the state website to set the scene for the wonderful photos of sea birds and sea life he captured there that day: “Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is outstanding […]

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Photographer Larry Calof is featured artist in June at Portola Art Gallery

“Learning to Fly,” a collection of photographic images of various species of owls, including Snowy Owls, as well as other birds by Larry Calof of Atherton is the featured exhibit at Portola Art Gallery in June.. The exhibit features images printed on canvas and aluminum, as well as pieces printed on traditional archival paper. A […]

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Memorial roses in observance of Memorial Day

There is actually a rose called Memorial Day™, a pink Hybrid Tea with enormous old-fashioned full flowers. It is not among the roses featured here, photographed by Laura Pitchford. We think these will do as a remembrance for those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces on this Memorial Day in 2019. Photos […]

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“Nests: Patterns from Nature” by W. Gary Smith on display at Filoli

Artist and landscape artist W. Gary Smith says his mission is simple – creating meaningful encounters between people, plants, and the natural world. That is much on display at an environmental art exhibition currently on exhibit at Filoli in Woodside through November 10. InMenlo contributing photographer Robb Most wandered Filoli’s grounds to capture the myriad […]

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Menlo Park-based photographer Mark Tuschman unveils “Immigrants are US”

For three nights, Menlo Park-based photographer Mark Tuschman will be at Art Ventures Gallery in downtown Menlo presenting photographs he took as part of a project he calls Immigrants are US – Immigration: Photography and Stories of Courage and Resilience. “This project came about from my sense of the dire need to increase understanding of […]

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