The Catastrophic Crash of the Camera Market
The excellent site Lensvid, which has been analyzing and presenting CIPA data for the camera and lens industry for ten years (CIPA is the Camera & Imaging Products Association, which succeeds the Japan Camera Industry Association), has presented its information in simpler form this year, analyzing the years 2010–2020.
Summary first: there s that little box that says, The entire camera market in 2020 saw 97% drop compared to 2010.
(That s looking at numbers of units, not profit or gross, but wow, still..)
2020 was obviously the pandemic year, and COVID-19 did no favors for camera and lens sales: year-on-year there was a 58% drop in shipped cameras from 2019 to 2020 and a 63% drop in the number of lenses shipped. Respectively, that s 8.7 million down from 14.8 million, and 8.7 million down from 13.8 million. Pretty bad, but there s no way of telling how much the coronavirus economy is to blame for that. Would we see a bounce-back if
Hampton Art Lovers at the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery opens The Eye of Afropunk, an exhibition of the work of photographer Dennis Manuel, who has documented Black performance art for more than 20 years. An official photographer for the Afropunk Music Festival, Manuel has documented iconic performances, the crowds that witnessed them, and the groundbreaking work that has played out on the stages. The exhibit runs through March 13, in celebration of Black History Month. Thursday s opening event will feature an outdoor mingling and seating area with drinks and bites for sale.
Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, at Historic Ward Rooming House, 249 NW 9th St., Miami; 786-439-9718; hamptonartlovers.com. Admission is free with RSVP via eventbrite.com.
Obituaries » Mary E. Seegers Grothe Mary Elizabeth Seegers Grothe, 75, of Warrenton, passed away peacefully in her home on January 25, 2021.
Mary was born on September 2, 1945, in New York City, and her family moved to McLean shortly thereafter. She attended the Gunston School, a nearby boarding school, and later went on to graduate from George Washington University with a degree in nursing, a fitting degree for someone of her compassionate nature. She subsequently enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art, where she took photography classes and met her future husband, Rolland Grothe.
Maryâs interest in photography began to focus on motorsports when she attended motorcycle races in which her husband Rolland and her brother, F. Scott âScottyâ Seegers, took part. When Mary set about photographing the remarkable talent of the racers, she found that they and their fans adored her photos, and many purchased her work despite being of modest financial means. By the 1970s,
Potomac artist Nimi Trehan said earlier this month that she is among artists exhibiting their works in a show titled Climate Change Through a Personal Lens.
The exhibit displays the work of a local group, E Street Artists, who met while students at the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University. There the students worked under the guidance of Mira Hecht.
Seventeen artists joined the public dialogue on climate change with works.
“We are not told what to think, but we are invited to reconsider our assumptions and to face hard truths, to contemplate our loss,” according to a release on the exhibit. “Art challenges us to action.”
Sapar Contemporary opens an exhibition of new works by Marela Zacarías
Marela Zacarias. Pájaro de Fuego, 2020, Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint, 29 x 32 x 16 in.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Sapar Contemporary is presenting new works by Marela Zacarías and the artists second solo show with the gallery. The exhibition, titled Lifted, is also the grand finale of this trying and tumultuous year, a crescendo that is colorful, uplifting, and nuanced.
Zacarias has spent much of her time in 2019 and 2020 on the West Coast. She was working intensely on the commission of five sculptures spanning 250 feet for the Seattle Tacoma International Airport. These monumental colorful sculptures were inspired by the culture and palette of the Pacific Northwest. The works refer to the bodies of water around Seattle, their undulating forms evoking expansion and movement. It took two and a half years with a dedicated studio team to complete the project. It will soon