PHOTO 612 2nd ANNUAL JURIED SHOW

Carrie Striner, 1st Place Winner of Last Year's show
GET ENTRIES IN PHOTO 612'S 2ND ANNUAL JURIED SHOW

Deadline To Submit Is January 25th SO HURRY , Good Luck

Judging the show is Edna Cardinale, Gallery Manager of Julie Saul Gallery, Chelsea, NY. First Place Winner receives CASH PRIZE.

OPEN RECEPTION & AWARD CEREMONY is FEBRUARY 1Oth

Julia Blaukopf

Available Now At Photo 612:

Photo Jewelry by Julia Blaukopf As Listed In December's Issue of Philadelphia Magazine


Julia Does Custom Orders For All : )












Photo 'Chemical Bikers' by Julia Blaukopf

Tom Sheckels

March of the Adelies by Tom Sheckels



Attend Photo 612's Open Reception of Tom Sheckel's 'Mountains, Glaciers, Icebergs and Antarctic Wildlife' photography exhibit on November 11 from 1 -3:00


Antarctic and Mountains by Tom Sheckels

The Antarctic Region is an awesome place to see. This past December, my wife and I traveled to the southern tip of South America and boarded a National Geographic-Lindblad ship for a three week journey into the southern Atlantic waters. We made many scenic stops along the way at the Falkland Islands and South Georgia before reaching the ultimate destination, the Antarctic Peninsula. Being early summer, the temperatures were cool, the days were long and newborn penguin chicks and seal pups were abundant through out. As you can see in these images, the views of the snow covered mountains and exotic wildlife were like nowhere else on earth, simply out of this world…..

Tom Sheckels

Sheckels was born in Bozeman, Montana, moved to Amherst, Massachusetts as a child and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. A professional engineer, Tom has lived in New Jersey since 1976 when he began his career as an Environmental Engineer for the Navy. He has over twenty-five years of environmental experience which has included the clean up of past hazardous waste dump sites and working with the clean water programs. Tom has traveled extensively for work and pleasure, and has found inspiration for his photography in many diverse and unique places, urban and remote, near and far. Using digital photography, Tom produces beautiful landscape panoramic photographic images. Often stitching a series of adjoining photos together, he makes images that provide a huge amount of detail, resolution, color and show great composition. Also Tom’s series of wildlife images, taken during expeditions to the Antarctica, Galapagos Islands, and several Southern Atlantic Islands show an exotic array of uncommon and colorful creatures in their natural habitat, including Penguins, Albatross, Elephant Seals, Sea Lions, Flamingos, Iguanas, Tortoises, Boobies, and a host of other intriguing birds and animals. He has won the International Association of Panoramic Photographers annual photo contest and exhibition with a first place and "Best in Show" for "Ship on Ice" that will be displayed at Photo 612.
Tom resides in Moorestown, New Jersey with his wife Lydia and is often seen walking Phoebe, a Pug around the block.

Paul Rider

Lacoste, France by Paul Rider

On Saturday, October 13 from 1:00 to 3:00pm visit Photo 612 for an Open Reception for Paul Rider.
Resulting from his many journeys, you will behold a countless quantity of striking photographic visuals that will immediately strike you perceptionally, treating the word alluring as an understatement.

Occupying a place in the photography world, Paul Rider has been working as a freelance photographer since 1986, displaying his work in a number of exhibitations from 1986 to present day. Graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design in 1995 with studies emphasized on digital imaging and advanced color, Rider worked steadily to advance himself in the photography world, starting as a Senior Photographer for a studio set of the Strawbridge and Clothing company, and at the same time as a Exhibition Curator for the Level 3 Gallery in Philadelphia. As an adjunct photography instructor in 2003 to an advertising room set photographer in 2004 to 2006, he has esteemed to a highly respectable reputation diversing himself in a number of creative jobs. Since then, Paul Rider’s cleverly brilliant photographs taken from his latest journeys, is enough to amaze the likes of his peers and mentors. Rider proves that his diverse photography is everything and more for viewers and fans alike to be completely smitten and captured by his compositions.

Conveying an impressive natural state of substance in his work, Rider provokes an answer to his photographs that every viewer subconscious rejoices over. In Photo 612, Rider leaves his mark and his mark is perceptibly read throughout our gallery. View is website at http://prphoto.org/

Gallery is open Saturdays 12- 4:00 And Monday thru Friday by appointment View www.photo612.info or give the gallery a ring (856) 429-2304

Don't Miss Out
Paul Rider is part of the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours which is presented by the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. His work will be displayed (along with other fellow Open Studio Tour Artists) on October 20-21 and October 27-28. On October 20-21 view Rider's work located at east of Broad Street in Old City and South Philly, and in neighborhoods like Northern Liberties, Kensington, Fishtown, and Port Richmond. And on October 27-28 visit artists working west of Broad Street in Center City and West Philly, and in neighborhoods such as Germantown, Mt. Airy, Roxborough and East Falls. The Studios are open to the public, free of charge from 12—6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday of their scheduled weekend. Visit http://www.philaopenstudios.com/ for more info : )


2008 Juried Photography Exhibit

Now is your chance to submit your photography work to Photo 612 ! Judging the work for the exhibit is Edna Cardinale, who is currently Gallery Manager at Julie Saul Gallery in New York City, that specializes in modern photography and works on paper. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and has been with the gallery since 1992. For more information, such as submission instructions, please visit Photo 612. Keep the creativity flow everyone, submit your work! Good luck to all.

Photo 612

Photo 612 is dedicated to the belief in exposing true, brilliant photography work from all photography artists from all walks of life. A photography gallery/ photographic studio inspired by creativity and beauty, we represent artist with the same understanding that art is a gift and we should use our skills with the emphasis on improving our talent day by day. We here stress that ‘What is life without learning, passion and inspiration?’ In addition to photography, the gallery is presenting a diverse collection of unique photography products such as jewelry by Julia Blaukopf, Dichroic glass by Brenda Ainsworth, and fine art books by photographic artists Ted E.C. Adams.

Art is not only in ‘the eye of the beholder’ but as well as in the eye of the believer. We here at Photo 612 is a studio with the main goal in supporting the creative individual who understands the trueness involved in the idea of art. Take in consideration that unseen art is unfinished art; many artist need to take the next and final step in finding the means in showcasing their work. We wish to enrich the idea by granting every photographer the opportunity to expose his or her work to the world being that we are constantly seeking quality photography work to display for our showcase. If interested, please check out ‘Gallery Submissions’; though be aware that Photo 612 is booked through May 2008. To make an appointment to view a current show or to get information on the upcoming current gallery schedule, please contact the gallery. Gallery is located 612 Station Ave., Haddon Heights NJ and is opened Saturdays 12-4, as well as other hours are available during the week. Our phone number is (856) 429-2304, so please call us and leave a message on when you like to stop in and visit : )