Art by Jerry Harke Scheduled for Exhibit at Arlington Show in October

Jerry Harke of JR Harke Photography, Inc. is scheduled to exhibit nine pieces of his photo-art at a special exhibit scheduled October 24 through November 25 at Lac Viet Art Gallery located in Arlington, Virginia. Two of those images are shown here.

The month-long exhibit is a themed show dedicated to popular American model Valerie Whittaker. Whittaker, a native of Texas with homes in Northern Virginia and New York City, travels frequently throughout the United States as well as other countries posing for photographers, painters, and sculptors.

Stan Goldstein, a photography workshop coordinator, and photographer from New York, is curating the show. “We are expecting a wide variety of artists from throughout the Northeastern region of the country to participate in this show,” said Goldstein. “Valerie Whittaker is quite a popular model and has literally worked with hundreds of artists. What that means for art lovers is that the trail she has blazed among artists is rich with beautiful and thought provoking art and we expect to see much of it in this show. We’ re planning to have a grand opening reception at the gallery on Saturday afternoon and evening and the public is welcome to attend. Valerie Whittaker, several of her model friends, as well as the artists whose work is appearing there will be on hand to meet attendees.”

Harke’s work with Valerie Whittaker began three years ago when he completed a series of images of her perched on rocks high above Northern Virginia’s Great Falls. “Those images were for the book I was working on that time called The Edwardian Lawn Dress: Gentle and Timeless,” said Harke. “I worked again with Valerie for images that have appeared in my second photography book titled In Sappho’s Secret Garden: A Thesaurus of Love. Other work I’ve done with Valerie included model Amber Gangi. Part of those images have already appeared in my most recent book called Nu Art en Noir et Blanc. Others will appear in my next book, scheduled for publication in 2010 called Beauty Revealed.”

Harke does commercial photography work throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, but says his fine art work is all project-based. “I like to pursue themes and the results usually end up in a photographic book projecting the theme I had in mind. For example, my first book promoted a very beautiful and sensual type of dress that existed from around 1898 to about 1912 called the Edwardian lawn dress. In Sappho’s Secret Garden explored the world of sensual relationships based on the legend of Sappho who lived around 600 B.C. on a Greek island. Nu Art en Noir et Blanc was a seminal work of black and white art with 408 pages of images created in both studio settings and on landscapes from around the world.”

Lac Viet Art Gallery, a contemporary art gallery, opened in April of 2002. It is located at 5179 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA. For more information about the show, contact Stan Goldstein by email at Stan@GoldsteinUSA.com. For more information about JR Harke Photography, Inc., contact Jerry Harke at jerry@jrharkephotography.com.

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18 U.S.C. Section 2257 compliance notice. All models and other persons who appear in this blog were over the age of eighteen (18)years at the time of the creation of the images. Records pertaining to the photographic works of Jerry R. Harke required pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 2257 and CFR 75 are kept by the custodian of records at Marigot Publishing House, Attn: Jerry R. Harke, 6805 Sprucedale Court, Annandale, Virginia 22003