Highlands Ranch photographer Farhad Vakilitabar opened an exhibit of his unique style of photography on July 1 at Alliance Francaise in the Denver Arts District, where it will remain until Aug. 27.
He creates his images as double exposures on film in a 35mm camera. With a particular interest in architecture, he produces almost magical compositions that play with the viewer's mind as shapes seem to shift. "Playing with reality," he called it.
He has photographed architecture and other subjects in different parts of the world --; China, France, Iran, Barcelona in Spain ...
Born in Iran, he came to Houston at 19 to study engineering and meteorology, then returned to Iran --; where he realized he wanted to be in America.
He visited a friend in Colorado and connected with the mountains as many visitors do --; and decided to make it his home, returning to college at Metropolitan State University of Denver to study photography.
He met his French wife in Denver and they have a son and a Chinese daughter. He thinks his multicultural household gives a special perspective to his art. He has lived in Highlands Ranch for about a dozen years.
His photographic subjects range from travel and architecture to portraits, abstracts and more, and they have been exhibited across Denver at galleries and in juried shows, including the Auraria Library Gallery, Littleton Museum, Spark, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Bell Gallery, CHAC Gallery, Reed Photo-Art Gallery and MSU Center for Innovation.
A visit to the Alliance Francaise will transport the visitor to the photographer's imagined world.
If you go
The Alliance Francaise Denver is located at 571 Galapago St. in the Santa Fe Arts District. 303-831-0304. Business hours are: Mondays to Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m; Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon. afdenver.org.
from Lakewood Sentinel - Latest Stories http://lakewoodsentinel.com/stories/Double-exposure-pictures-give-new-twist-to-reality,223199
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