Dresses of coral and sapphire blue and lime green flutter beneath palm trees in Isla Mujeres, near Cancun, Mexico.
In the next room of Galeria 409, a bleach-white church sits nestled against a hillside in Real de Catorce.
These photos by G. Daniel Lopez and Brad Doherty are part of the exhibit "Click," which opens 6 p.m. this evening at Galeria 409, at 409 E. 13th St.
"Muse" will also open upstairs with photo exhibits by two other photographers, Bruce Lee Smith and Michael Mascha. They shot the same model with drastically different results.
"It’s amazing how each photographer has a completely different eye, and the personality of the artist manages to come through in spite of the fact that it’s a mechanical process that involves a machine," said Mark Clark, owner of Galeria 409. "The personality of the photographer, their whole approach is completely different."
Friday, December 4, 2009
Opening night for "Click" and "Muse" photo exhibits
Global Meeting In Cancun to identify solutions to counterfeiting and piracy
To identify solutions to the worldwide trade in fake products which pose a threat to health and safety, and the global economy.
More than 800 delegates from over 80 countries are attending the three-day meeting (1-3 December) hosted by INTERPOL and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) to share proposals for reducing the impact of fake goods, identify more innovative solutions and build upon successful strategies already in place.
Supported by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with the co-operation of the world’s business community, represented by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) through its Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) initiative, the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the International Security Management Association, the Congress provides a unique international public-private sector partnership.
SU's Erica Morrow earns Big East's top weekly honor
Syracuse junior guard Erica Morrow has become the first SU women's basketball player in four years to be named the Big East Player of the Week.
Morrow averaged 22.5 points per game in leading the undefeated Orange (6-0) to two victories in the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic last week. She had 16 points, five steals, four rebounds and three assists in a 65-32 rout of Old Dominion on Thanksgiving. The next night, she tied her career high with 29 points in an 80-64 beating of Butler. She made 10-of-21 shots in that game and passed the 1,000-point mark for her career. She now has 1,017.
The last Orange woman to receive the top weekly Big East honor was Vaida Sipaviciute, when she set the program's single-game record with 41 points in a victory over Colgate in December 2005.
Pittsburgh Int. Airport drops Cancun nonstop flights
Technically speaking, Pittsburgh International Airport will lose nonstop flights to two more destinations later this month. But at the same time it won't lose nonstop service to either location.
USA 3000 will drop nonstop commercial service to Cancun, Mexico, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from Pittsburgh on Dec. 13. But a week later, on Dec. 20, Apple Vacations will begin offering nonstop charter service to those same locations, in partnership with AirTran Airways.
With the changes, the airport -- technically at least -- will lose one of its 13 airlines and two of the 38 nonstop commercial destinations it had as of Sept. 30. AirTran is not counting either of the trips as a commercial flight.
Nonetheless, airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny said the effect on travelers should be minimal. She said USA 3000 and Apple Vacations also worked in partnership and that the majority of travelers who took the commercial flights booked through Apple.
Six women murdered in Mexico
Five women were murdered in northern Mexico and a woman was beheaded in the southern beach resort of Cancun, authorities reported Monday.
Three women were murdered in Ciudad Juarez, on the border with the US state of Texas and ground zero for drug-related violence: one was shot ten times, another was beaten to death with a baseball bat and a third, a schoolteacher, was also beaten to death.
In Baja California state, two women were found shot to death in Mexicali, also on the US border, the Attorney General's office said.In the Caribbean tourist mecca of Cancun, a 19-year-old woman was found beheaded in a sports stadium. The victim, a suspected prostitute, had a relationship with a police officer who was murdered last week, the office said.
Mexico is in the throes of a drug-related crime wave, chiefly in the north, that has killed 2,300 people so far this year, and more than 14,000 since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon took office and deployed 50,000 troops to fight violence.
Welcome back Kats
Following an impressive showing at Cancun Challenge, SHSU returns home Monday
Monday can’t get here quick enough.
Why? Well, that’s when the Sam Houston State men’s basketball team finally plays again at Johnson Coliseum.
It’s still early in the season, but in case you haven’t noticed, the Bearkats look like they are going to be pretty darn good this season.
Sam Houston State recently wrapped up a solid showing at the Cancun Challenge, with impressive wins over Oral Roberts and Rider at the Moon Palace in sunny Mexico.
If you are not a hardcore college basketball, you may not be familiar with those two teams. But the Golden Eagles and Broncs are well known to folks who follow the NCAA Tournament closely and both teams have a shot at making a return trip to the dance this year.
Via:
http://www.itemonline.com/sports/local_story_333002529.html
Sutton's son Scott content coaching at mid-major
Scott, who coached Oral Roberts in the Cancun Challenge last week, knew he wanted to be a coach when he watched his father lead Oklahoma State to the 1995 Final Four.
"That was the first year I wasn't part of a team," Scott said, "and I just realized this is going to be my life. This is what I want to do."
Scott has done it well. In his 11 seasons at Oral Roberts, he's won four Summit League championships, guided the team to the last three NCAA Tournaments, and posted victories over such teams as Arkansas, Georgetown, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Seton Hall and Kansas.
The nadir of his father's career came at Kentucky in 1988-89. Major NCAA rules violations caused the coaching staff's forced resignation. Sean, the UK point guard, transferred after the season. Scott had a ringside seat as a senior at Henry Clay High.
via:
http://www.kentucky.com/kentuckysports/mensbasketball/story/1038627.html