NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 8, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ann Dee Lee
Public Information Director
Oklahoma Arts Council
(405) 521-2931
anndee@arts.ok.gov
PAUL MCENTIRE’S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
COMES TO THE STATE CAPITOL
Oklahoma City, OK -- Tulsa photographer Paul McEntire has been taking pictures since childhood. Growing up in Stillwater, he was given a camera and slide film when he was nine years old, beginning a life long passion for capturing images.
McEntire’s photography exhibit, Life Reflected, displays images from his trips to Tanzania, Romania, Ecuador and Cambodia and will be on display in the first floor of the North Gallery at the State Capitol from May 12th through July 6th. Curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council, the North Gallery is devoted to Oklahoma’s finest photographers and is open daily from 8:30-5:00.
In his professional career, McEntire has created images for TV Guide, Wired magazine, Oklahoma State University, and USA Today as well as commercial images for many Oklahoma businesses. He also freelances for several Christian ministries. When not shooting for a client, McEntire creates fine art images of subject matter varying from landscapes to western tack.
“I work as a photographer, as opposed to any other artistic medium, because I like the idea of documenting moments as they are instead of creating a new, subjective version of them. I want to capture moments that the viewer can be drawn into,” said McEntire.
His interest in the medium continued to grow as he had opportunities in school to take photography courses. Under the guidance and encouragement of Stillwater High School Journalism teacher Marjorie Jones, at the age of 15, he learned to develop and print his own work. In high school he won two statewide photography awards. McEntire has worked as a freelance photographer since graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism in 1993. He worked his way through college as a staff photographer in the University’s Photo Services Department being mentored by Department Director Dan Smith. McEntire’s craft is also influenced and inspired by Woodie Gaddis, long time photography professor at UCO.
For more information, contact Ann Dee Lee, Public Relations Director, Oklahoma Arts Council, (405) 521-2931 or anndee@arts.ok.gov.
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL
The Oklahoma Arts Council is a state agency whose mission is to improve lives through the arts by promoting and sustaining the development of a thriving arts environment, which is essential to quality of life, education and economic vitality for all Oklahomans.
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