Renowned Artist Michael Colavito offers images to commemorate and honor September 11, 2001.
September 22nd, 2011
New York, NY – September 9, 2011:
Renowned Artist Michael Colavito is offering (#) of images for the first time to the public as a way to both commemorate and honor the events of September 11, 2001. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11 the following images will be released as gifts to donors that offer support to Spring Reins of Life (Horses, Humans & Healing, 501c3), a new non profit organization that provides Equine Assisted Psychotherapy services to the Military, Bereaved Children, and At Risk Youth in NY and NJ.
Artist Colavito has been creating inspiring images with an 8×10 large format view camera for over 30 years without any digital manipulation or graphics of any kind. Mastery of large format is not an easy feat and for more than 2 decades Colavito, who is a self taught master, perfected the use of perspective and composition while shooting landscapes, scenics, architectural and his well known “city scapes”. With large format you can use the mechanics of the camera to perfectly deliver correct perspective with a huge amount of detail (due to the large film size, in Colavito’s case 8”x10” is the actual size of each piece of film or shot). With the camera’s swings, tilts, and displacements you can make an egg look like an orange or the other way around. For many years Colavito did multiple layered (time lapse) images of several well known cities, capturing the skyline but also layering (in real time) to that image the twinkling city lights, reflections on the water and a brilliant sky. The naked eye will never see the sunset sky, the face of buildings and their lights on all at the same time! All final images are a result of lighting, timing and mastery to be able to combine all elements onto one piece of film – with no digital editing or manipulation in post capture. Later this element of Colavito’s style would become and remains today to be one of his trademarks. As the simplicity of the digital world has made it easier for the layman to get great shots, he has gone to extreme measures to create imagery that would be near to impossible to create on a single piece of film.
The World Trade Towers were always a good focal point for Colavito, being that he is a native born and raised New Yorker, the Towers always played a great part for him in the city scape work, whether from Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, New Jersey, or other points in Manhattan – Colavito completed photographic studies of the NY’s “twin peaks” at all different times of year and from all vantage points. One of his images of WTC was selected to be the poster shot in 1985 to represent New York – The City and Its People, a photographic exchange exhibit that marked the first exchange of photographic culture between the United States and China.
Colavito is a founding member of the BOD for Spring Reins of Life, and so to offer these images during the month of September is one way for him to give back to the memory of loved ones lost, to tribute to what he called “his towers” as he always saw them through a lens, and also to bring awareness to the viable healing that comes from animal assisted therapy. Anyone who makes a donation of $250 or more will receive a commemorative print, the images are not signed (but will be stamped) and only a limited number are available for this special release.
For signed collectors pieces (limited editions) of either the early works such as scenic or city-scapes, or to venture into Colavito’s later works called “Colavito Modern Image Painting” a minimum of 20% of proceeds from these sales will be donated to Spring Reins of Life. Colavito’s fine art categories which include portraits of Robert DeNiro, Mayor Bloomberg, Jeff Koons, Chuck Close and many others can be seen at www.fineartfordoctors.com
For more information or to make a donation (and receive the print) please contact Christianna Capra at cecapra@springreinsoflife.org or 917-275-7765.
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About Colavito:
Artist Michael Colavito is a renowned and prolific artist in both the large format film and cinematic arenas. For over three decades he has created a completely unique style of art called Colavito Modern Image Painting which is based on 8×10 large format photography using other art mediums by Colavito creating a final stunning result without computer graphics or digital manipulations of any kind. His work is being tracked and recognized by some of the most prominent minds in the art world today and for many years has made a point to donate a portion (sometimes 50% or more) of proceeds to charities, proving that art not only inspires and connects people but can also change lives for the better. He also has always had a love for animals and horses and is honored to serve on the Board for Spring Reins of Life. www.michaelcolavito.com
About Spring Reins of Life:
Spring Reins of Life is a non-profit 501c3 organization. We are an EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) model program offering Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) which incorporates the use of horses for therapeutic intervention toward promoting emotional growth and healing. Our program is a team approach featuring a licensed Mental Health Professional (MHP), a certified Equine Specialist (ES), and Horses specifically selected for their capacity to work with individuals who are troubled or suffering. We do not offer any riding or mounted work in our program. While there are many physical benefits to horseback riding, the EAGALA model is a solution focused base that enhances the emotional benefits of behavioral rehearsal and experiential component that is displayed when observing the horses in free will interacting with clients. www.springreinsoflife.org
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