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Bluebag Media
Bear's Mill features
photography and a new 'Six over Six' collection
GREENVILLE – His ‘decisive moment’ was when he got lucky… it was a
hand-held shot of a butterfly in flight… sharp, perfectly composed…
“You get in the zone,” Bill Jacobs said. “I was in the right place at
the right time.” That was when he decided he wanted to get serious
about photography.
Such is the case for a lot of great photography, Jacobs noted prior to
his artist presentation at Bears Mill Dec. 11. He is a featured artist,
along with the Millrace Potters Collective unveiling their new “Six
over Six” pottery collection. The works of both will be on display at
the Mill for the next couple of months.
Unique to the Jacobs display is it is not all his own work. About half
of the photos were taken by his uncle, Robert Dunn, who photographed
Paris following WWII, then Mexico in the 1950s and 60s.
“I can remember he used to show his slides to neighbors,” Jacobs added.
When Dunn passed away, Jacobs inherited his estate. He found the old
slides buried and forgotten, many in various degrees of deterioration.
He purchased a film scanner and the first full version of Photoshop and
got to work...
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