ART RECEPTION: Sunsets - A Middletown Transformation - Digital Photography by David Bauer

Grounded in one location on the “Big Bend” of the Connecticut River, David Bauer records the striking visual transformations of Middletown with the low carbon footprint of digital photography. David beatifies a segment of Middletown’s CT Riverfront that few dare to visit. Standing in abandoned household belongings and the detritus of local fishing, drinking, and contract sex work, combined with the river’s jetsam and outflows of upstream waste treatment plants, David Bauer documents the constant changes of the Connecticut River, the atmosphere, the temperature, and the seasons – some are striking, some are subtle, but all combine to share some truths about Middletown’s past, and its future.

David Bauer is a life-long resident of Middletown. Besides his photography exhibits, he is actively engaged as a Stand-up Philosopher on WESU radio station, local cable access, and in the streets and City Hall of Middletown, CT.

Refreshments will be available.