South Shore Arts is excited to present the fourth in its series of “Straight Shooters” exhibits, featuring photographer, Peter Marlo. The Straight Shooters series exhibits film photographers who capture images straight from the camera with little editing.
Peter Marlo is a self-taught amateur photographer, practicing since the late 1970s. He learned the medium from a friend who took darkroom courses during his high school years and continued to create his very own darkroom.
Being self-taught, Peter learned through trial and error and by reading the tutorial books of Ansel Adams, as well as photography magazines. Peter’s earliest influences came from the black-and-white television shows of the late fifties and early sixties, mainly cowboy shows, whose stark and compelling black-and-white images and dramatic mood-inducing lighting created in him a sense of wonder and awe.
Peter primarily uses black-and-white 35mm photography utilizing traditional wet chemistry methods. His pictures are mainly derived from Midwest urban and rural images but also reflect travels in the US and abroad. Peter is debuting his body of work in his first-ever exhibit at South Shore Arts.
Peter Marlo, South Lumber, Photograph