More and more whales are being killed by high speed container ships.

Anyone who shops at Walgreens, Target, or Best Buy is guilty of killing whales. Let's reuse instead! Do you really need a flat screen TV in every room?

Electric Works presents
In the Main Gallery

In the Eye of the Whale
April 1-May 7, 2011
Artist Reception: Friday, April 1, 6-8 PM

Intimate distance is necessary to reveal the true colors, tonal range and intricate detail in Bryant Austin’s photographs: In the Eye of the Whale. The process rests on the artist’s complete trust of his whale subjects not to bring him accidental or intentional harm. His photographs become possible only when they choose to inspect him at distances less than six feet. During these rare and special moments Austin has experienced the whale’s precision movements around his body, gently repositioning their pectoral fins and flukes where they would have otherwise caused injury.

Working this intimately with his seven to fifty ton subjects is a delicate process dictated by the terms set by the whale. Entire seasons, up to three months, are invested annually with specific populations. On snorkel only, he floats motionless and observes. He provides whales with the space and time to come to know him as an individual.

When these rare and exceptional encounters occur the artist composes a series of vertically oriented photographs along the whale’s body later to be made into a life size composite photograph. Using a 50 Mega Pixel camera and a portrait lens, all of the fine detail and tones are captured.

Realizing that less than one millionth of one percent of the human population will experience what he has with these creatures, his vision is to exhibit his resulting body of work to provide humanity with a profound and intimate glimpse of these creatures in a way never before explored or shared on such a scale.

His body of work, which represents the largest most detailed photographs of whales ever composed, has been shown in Norway, the United States, Chile, Spain, and most recently in Tokyo.

Electric Works
130 8th Street at Mission
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-626-5496

The majority of Japanese people don't hunt whales, but the majority of people that hunt whales are Japanese. Truth hurts.

Why must racism constantly rear its ugly head? The majority of Japanese people are not whale hunters, and we all know this group could never hunt in the waters off of Northern California. T Hawk's comment is just a blanket statement the perpetuates a misconception.

HHAAIIAALLLL ATLANTIS!!!!

I like whales, but there should be a law against the word 'whaletastic'

go whales ,go,go

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You never know. Might get treated to a showdown show with the Japanese fleet right behind the whales and Capt. Watson's Steve Irwin right on its heel.

I agree with you ThunderHawk!

Good thing the Japanese aren't around. These animals would get slaughtered.