THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE PRESENTS
FRAMING NATURE: COLOR, FORM, AND LIGHT,
AN EXHIBIT OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY DR. LOUIS DESALLE

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, August 17, 2007 – The College of New Rochelle (CNR) will host Framing Nature: Color, Form, and Light, a solo exhibit of photographs by CNR administrator Dr. Louis deSalle in the College’s Mooney Center Exhibit Hall from August 30 through September 24, 2007, with an opening reception to take place on Thursday, September 13 from 5 – 7 pm. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. Framing Nature is appropriate for guests of all ages. 

Dr. deSalle’s photographs of natural landscapes are untitled because they do not derive their meaning by being identified with any particular location; rather, they are an attempt at focusing, not on place, but on time. They are an attempt to capture an irretrievable, singular moment when color, form and light converge to form a fleeting visual image; an image which hopefully will trigger a variety of emotional responses from viewers and in doing so, refocus their view of the natural world.

“My hope,” says Dr. deSalle, “is that the gift of these photographs will be to reawaken the viewer to the subtlety and sublimity of the natural world.”

Dr. deSalle, who grew up in Queens, NY, formed his love of nature while attending college in Vermont and developed an interest in photography in order to capture the beauty that surrounded him in the rural areas of that state.   

He began his career at CNR in 1979 and is currently the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Instruction for CNR’s School of New Resources (SNR).  Dr. deSalle previously served as Campus Director of SNR’s New York Theological Seminary Campus in NYC.  Dr. deSalle was graduated from Bennington College (VT) with a bachelor’s degree and from Columbia University with a doctorate in Philosophy.