Last night was the opening reception of Still Standing at the Alma Gallery. I ended up leaving kind of early (last-minute change to childcare plans), so if you came after 9 and missed me, I’m sorry.

This is what I saw as we approached the gallery:

Shit, I thought. Those black and white shots look amazing. My stuff just can’t compare.

Then I got closer, and realized those WERE my images!

What a top-notch event. The gallery looked tremendous, and the exhibition is wonderful. I especially loved Dean Palmer’s stacked, wide-angle, panoramic images from inside the Gummer Building, which burned down two years ago (the bottom image in the picture above is of the outside of the Gummer, a few days after the fire).

There were lots of people, hors d’oeuvres served by real servers, and a bar and everything. The space was amazing, and they’d opened the exhibition beyond the gallery itself into the adjacent hot yoga studio space, which is beautiful.

This is the view from the yoga studio. The stairs go up to a rooftop patio.

Two chairs I couldn’t take my eyes off. Also in the yoga space.

All in all, a great night. The calibre of work was wonderful, and I feel like my pictures held their own.  I also feel like I have to go back again, just to look at the work with fewer people around (and also to photograph the rest of my pictures, for record purposes).