Ray Bidegain, Harley Cowan & David Drake
This September, the Gallery at the Park presents an exciting new exhibition featuring photography by Ray Bidegain and Harley Cowan and sculpture by David Drake!
Ray Bidegain is a photographer fascinated by both the science and the art of photography and printmaking. He taught himself platinum printing, wet plate collodion, and photogravure. His work has been exhibited across the United States and in France, Germany, and Scotland.
Bidegain’s exhibition Les Petites Vues is a limited-edition series of photogravure prints from the work he made while traveling in Europe. He is most drawn to photographing the small views and most inspired by the details of stonework, design, and history.
Harley Cowan is a heritage photographer and architect, often photographing places of historical significance. He is a Van Evera Bailey Fellow and recipient of the Access Award from Vernacular Architecture Forum. In 2019, he was inducted into the Atomic Photographers Guild for his photography of the Manhattan Project.
Cowan has held residencies with the National Park Service, University Club of Portland, and the Arctic Circle Expeditionary Residency in Svalbard. His silver gelatin prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and he has prints in private and public collections, including the Historic American Buildings Survey at the Library of Congress.
David Drake was trained as both an artist and a designer. His sculptural objects and installations have been exhibited in the United States and Canada. His work as a designer includes contemporary furniture and production design for theatre and independent film.
Drake’s new body of work is a return to individual object-making, based on unrealized ideas in his sketchbooks from 25 years ago. December 2024 marked 10 years since Drake was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and his latest work reflects his shifting physical relationship to the act of making.
The exhibition of Ray Bidegain, Harley Cowan, and David Drake is on display at the Gallery at the Park from August 26 through September 26. The reception is on Saturday, September 6, from 5 to 7pm.