Ran from Mar 6, 2007 to Mar 31, 2007
Layton Gallery

A reception for Krause will be held on Tuesday, March 27, following his 7 – 9 p.m. lecture as part of the college’s Ello & Guido Brink Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

George Krause will exhibit work from a series that uses the unique effects of Sfumato lighting with Texas State football players and nude subjects.

untitled, by George Krause

Director of Galleries Mark Lawson said of Krause's work: "The Sfumato method illuminates the subject from behind, such that the outline of the body, often the most emphasized aspect of a figure, essentially disappears. Also, unlike conventional portraiture, shadows are in the middle of the figure, not on its edge, so that the subject's features appear to float in a sea of light, disconnected from their usual context. The viewer is lead to focus on aspects of the figure and its relationship to its surrounding that are usually overlooked and underappreciated."

A renowned photographer for 30 years, Krause received the first Prix de Rome and first Fulbright-Hays Fellowship awarded to a photographer, and three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. His photographs are in such collections as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Library of Congress and Paris’ Bibliotheque National.