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Jane Feldman '74, Jim Finney '71, Cathy Talarico '72, Micheal Flomen '71
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Artist Michael Flomen '71
Michael's work is part of the "Alchemy of Light" exhibition at the Sohn Fine Art in Lenox, MA, and is on view through the end of September 2024. The show highlights his unique blend of camera-less techniques and nature's collaboration. His inspiration is drawn from diverse natural elements, including water, the light emitted by fireflies, snow, wind, sand, shorelines, and other natural phenomena.
Alumni Jane Feldman '74, Cathy Talarico '72, and Jim Finney '71 were present to celebrate the opening night with Michael, a testament to our strong Darrow community.
Biography
Michael Flomen was born in Montreal in 1952. He began taking photographs in the late ’60s, and has been showing his work on several continents since 1972. He has been a darkroom printer and collaborator for many artists including for Jacques Henri Lartigue’s traveling exhibition in Canada and the United States in the mid ’70s. Flomen’s first book of “street photographs,” which followed the Cartier-Bresson formalism of photographic picture making, was published in 1980, followed by Still Life Draped Stone in 1985. Flomen switched camera formats in the early ’90s, photographing snow and producing works under the title RISING. For the last fifteen years, this self-taught artist has used camera-less techniques to collaborate with nature. Various forms of water, firefly light, wind, and other natural phenomena are the inspiration for his picture making. Michael Flomen’s work is in the collections of George Eastman House, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Norton Museum of Fine Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
Michael Flomen
Photograms and Photographs. 2020–1970
A master of abstract and avant-garde photography collaborates with nature at technical and conceptual levels, expanding on his darkroom work in the wild. This monograph features 182 images and 8 critical essays, tracing the evolution of Flomen's original vision. You can find it available on Amazon.
From left: Dr. John B. Cook, STCC President; Professor Phil O'Donoghue; and Dr. Christopher Thuot, Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Springfield Technical Community College honors Darrow alum Phil O'Donoghue '74
STCC HONORS PROFESSOR WHO FOUND A JOY FOR TEACHING LATE IN LIFE Springfield, Mass. – When he’s teaching theater or English at Springfield Technical Community College, Professor Phil O’Donoghue draws from his own experience as a student who struggled with a learning disability and battled anxiety in the classroom. Growing up, he was an avid reader, but could not keep up with the lessons.
