Last night, while the finals of the The Pro-Tec Pool Party were blazing away at The Block in The City of Orange a more serene scene was unfolding in Costa Mesa, California at the opening reception of Still Life With Snow Part Duex at The ARTery @ The Lab.
With their successful gallery showing in The Village at Mammoth Lakes on the weekend of May 2, 2009, Torrey Cook and The Machine Design wanted to give people in SoCal the chance to view and purchase images from the Still Life With Snow show so they brought it south.
The ARTery is an intimate gallery made up of three shipping containers placed off to the side of Orange County’s Anti-Mall The Lab and is a perfectly understated venue for the works of some of snowboarding’s best photographers.
Still Life With Snow Part Duex includes images from a who’s who list of shred soul stealers including: Trevor Graves, Mark Gallup, Cheyenne Ellis, Shem Roose, James Cassimus, Chris Carnel, Danny Zapalac, Jeff Curtes, Jesse Loomis, Ryan Hughes, Alisa Mokler-Harper, Cole Barash, Christy Chaloux, Tim Zimmerman, Embry Rucker, Ryan Boyes, Susie Floros, Rob Mathis, and Matt Clausen.
In fact, Torrey Cook has gathered so many iconic images that cruising the show is like floating through snowboarding history. We remembered many images from the magazines, but seeing them together and on a gallery wall was impressive. Each photo cued another memory. Our favorite was the classic James Cassimus photo of Jake Burton airing out one of his original designs (nose rope included) under the blazing Southern California sun at Wrightwood. It seems so long ago, then again, not really.
Still Life With Snow, Part Deux runs through May 24, 2009 at The ARTery @The Lab, 2930 Bristol Street, Cosa Mesa CA 92626. Daily Hours: 5pm to 9pm (closed Mon/Tues).
Photographer Danny Zapalac brought his entire family to the opening. Father Rudolph Zapalac was definitely impressed.
Those responsible: The Machine Design’s Jason and Amanda Bump with show curator Torrey Cook.
