“Machine Vision” at Candela Gallery is a sobering look at what that revised reality and its new cultural artifacts are shaping up to resemble. The survey of tech-based artists features photographers using robotics, artificial intelligence, and public surveillance cameras, as well as unconventional cameras such as scanners, computer monitors, X-rays and digital composites of appropriated, web-based images. By Karen Newton for Style Weekly

Blue Hour Artist Feature: Em White

Blue Hour Artist Feature: Peter Cochrane

Flux is an ongoing spotlight of works in Candela’s gallery inventory showcasing the breadth of the photographic medium and our love for process. Join us over the course of the next month as we highlight this season’s featured artists: Harrison D Walker, Linda Connor, Alyssa Salomon, and Willie Anne Wright.

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Morgan Ashcom

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Karen Navarro

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Paul Stephenson

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Caleb Cole

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Drew Nikonowicz

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Kensuke Koike

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Stephanie J. Woods

(de)constructed artist spotlight: Vivian Chiu

Below, we have provided a list for members of our community who want to contribute whatever resources they have available to put into Richmond and Virginia organizations. Whether you’re beginning a journey of understanding or are on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 and injustice in Richmond, we hope this list can help you find a way to connect with and uplift our community at this time, and ongoing.

Candela Books + Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Justin James Reed. The exhibition will open on Friday, September 6th and will be on view through Sunday, October 27th. Please join us for an opening reception and artist talks on Thursday, September 5th, from 5- 8 pm.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce By The Grace Of God, our second solo show from Richmond, Virginia based photographer, Susan Worsham.

Over the past nine-years, Susan Worsham has let curiosity and a sense of nostalgia guide her, traveling quiet roads, to warmly lit places, engaging with people she meets along the way. Her portraits illustrate collaborative reflections of fleeting moments shared between strangers. Images of backyards, shrouded by overgrowth, lush with vivid color are rich with a deeper truth. Dated facades, blanketed by dust, are each a chronicle of time’s passage. Worsham’s work often serves as metaphor for her own life experiences.

Candela Gallery will celebrate the summer exhibition by hosting our perennial fundraising gala on Saturday, July 23rd from 7 to 11 pm. The proceeds raised will be used to purchase select photographic works from the UnBound5! exhibition. Our UnBound! events allow us to continually build the Candela Collection and generate unique opportunities and exposure for participating artists. Candela intends to donate the collection to a notable art institution.

Candela Books is pleased to announce our sixth book release, Direct Positive, with Richmond, Virginia native and fine art photographer, Willie Anne Wright. This new release is scheduled for November 2015 and will be accompanied with an exhibition at Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, Virginia.