RED 2026: The Power of Crimson - exhibit at Image City Photography Gallery

Throughout the exhibition, red acts as a visual magnet. In stark winter landscapes, weathered barns rise defiantly from fields of snow, their saturated facades radiating resilience and memory. In urban scenes, a single scarlet umbrella interrupts disciplined geometry, transforming pattern into narrative and anchoring the eye. Floral studies glow against deep black backgrounds, where crimson curves guide viewers along intimate, sculptural lines.

Elsewhere, red introduces warmth into hushed rural settings and injects playful intensity into contemporary portraiture. Whether bold and declarative or subtle and sensual, the color advances toward the viewer, organizing space and shaping emotional response.

RED 2026 invites visitors to experience how a single hue can alter perception, deepen narrative, and energize composition. Join us from February 24 through March 22 to see how red does not simply decorate the image, it defines it.

In the Neuberger Gallery: Jim Rappeleye

Visiting Artists: d dargan tesla and Michael Shoemaker

Select Photographs by Camera Rochester Photographers: Helen Demay, Robin Hamm, Jeno Horvath, Rene Strassell-Mills

Galley Partners: Dick Bennett, Marie Costanza, Reggie Greene, Steve Levinson, Gerry Iuppa, Nicholas Jospe, Gil Maker, Don Menges, Luann Pero, and Sheridan Vincent.

When: February 24 - March 22, 2026

Reception: February 27, 5 - 8:30

First Friday Gallery Night: March 6, 5-9

Photographers Participating in Red

Dennis Adams, Ronald Andrews, Mark Avery, Skip R. Beaver, Liam Beckett, Dick Beery, Danielle Bennett, Peter Bilous, Casey Blair, David Bleich, Amy J. Carpenter, Lisa Cook, Deena Corbin, Robert Crumrine, Helen Demay, Steve Dent, Michael DiMascio, Zack Dunton, John Ejaife, Lisa Enterline, Michael Erban, John Erhart, Dean Eveleigh, John Fleckenstein, Mark Fornalik, Randy Fredlund, Tom Gallagher, Eric Granger, Karl Hamann, Mike Haugh, Jane Hopkins, Bryn Huggins, Andrew Jurman, Paul B. Karas, Tom Knauss, Olena Kondrashova, John Kosboth, Michael Lempert, Larry Mandelker, Reaghan McCann, Kenneth Milliman, Mike Molaire, Mike Nyerges, Gabriela Ontiveros, Sandi Osterwise, Romans Pancs, Martin Petrella, Tonya Plank, Martha Price, Nik Reynolds, Sara Elizabeth Rogers, Stephen Rossini, Susan Rudy, Aidan Sciortino, Zachary Scott, Patty Singer, Andy Smith, Mary Jo C. Smith, Susan Spinelli, Fred Stoss, Tom Tedrowe, Loni Titus, Steven Tryon, Charles Walker, Rick Waugh, Matthew Weeg, Robert Welch, Abby Westerman, Grace Westerman, Jonathan White, R. Sharon Wilson