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4/4/05

STUDENT PHOTOS OF INDIA EXHIBITED IN SLU GALLERY

CANTON – Photographs taken by St. Lawrence University senior Alexander 
L. Verron, of Wilton, Connecticut, while studying in India will be 
exhibited in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery on campus from April 
13 to June 6.
	A reception to mark the opening of the exhibition, "Common Threads: 
Textile Production in India," will be on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. 
It is open to the public, free of charge.
	Verron states, "During the fall of 2004, I traveled by bus, train, 
moped, horse, bicycle, camel, elephant and rickshaw across India to 
conduct a photo documentary research project on textile production. 
From the glacial source of the Ganges River in the Himalayas to Muslim 
neighborhoods in Varanasi and commercial districts in Jaipur in the 
middle of the desert near the border of Pakistan, I photographed textile 
workers in rug factories, cotton mills, power loom production sites and 
private homes. I was conscious to photograph people at their own 
physical level, often sitting on the floor right next to them in order 
to avoid creating images that would present any perception of superiority 
on my part. I also found it ironic that in a country radiating with 
sunlight, I typically photographed in dark, cramped spaces using 
minimal natural light."
	The Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment for Fine Arts provided film 
and equipment for Verron's project. For more information or to arrange 
individual or group tours, contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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