Geir and Kate Jordahl: Eternity Passing
August 2 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Geir and Kate Jordahl: Eternity Passing
August 1st to September 1st
Opening Reception: Friday, August 1st, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
at the New Zone Gallery – 110 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401
Artists Talk: August 2nd, 1:00 p.m.
at the Emerald Art Center – 500 Main St., Springfield, OR 97477
Eternity Passing includes photographs by Geir Jordahl and lumens by Kate Jordahl. Their diverse and joint explorations of the visual image have a poetic resonance.
LUMENS by Kate Jordahl: “Lumens are a unique and magical re-imagination of the potential of silver gelatin paper. With organic lumens, plants interact with photo paper in unexpected ways, resulting in a range of magical colors. My grid lumens are both windows onto the world and an invitation for the viewer to complete the line from frame to frame. I am interested in the grid as a form and the continuation of the frame and the line from block to block. I find it important to be open to both the control and the role of chance in my work. I love working digitally but also need the physical world in my artwork that alternative processes allow.”
THE ENDLESS SPHERE OF TIME by Geir Jordahl: “Circles complete the stories we make in our passing—images of moments in the sphere of time that connect to everything. Our world is round. Eyes, earth, sun, moon—all round, all connected. Perception is round. Life, death, rebirth— all round. It is in these cycles that I have hope despite the darkness. In the sphere of time and the circle of life, death is overcome, briefly, in every image I make.”
“The inspiration for THE ENDLESS SPHERE OF TIME comes from life itself. It is my effort to see my place in the world and the cosmos using my camera as an instrument to explore my consciousness. THE ENDLESS SPHERE OF TIME is a journey through life’s trials and tribulations – hopes, fears, dreams, and losses. It is my hope that the pictures in dialogue with Rolf Jacobsen’s poetry take viewers into a conversation with their own path and place in the world. Together, these elements come together to tell a story of seeing the world through loss and beauty.”
Geir and Kate Jordahl have Masters of Fine Arts Degrees in Photography from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In 1983, they founded the PhotoCentral Program in Hayward, California, and were directors of PhotoCentral until 2020. Kate is a Professor Emerita of Photography at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California. The Jordahls now operate True North Editions, based in Bellingham, Washington.
Their 2025 publications include “The Endless Sphere of Time” with spherical photographs by Geir Jordahl and “Poetry in Motion” with the equine photographs of Oliver Klink. Both books have won numerous awards, including a Gold Medal in Cover Design, the 2025 PubWest Book Design Awards for “Poetry in Motion,” and a Gold Medal in the Nautilus Awards for “The Endless Sphere of Time.”