Photography at Forefront Festival 2015

I’d like to introduce you to the photographers who will be presenting their work at Forefront Festival 2015.

Rich Christman

Photographer Richard Christman

Richard Christman is a published photographer and mixed media artist from Upstate New York. Since graduating Grove City College in May of 2014 he has paid the bills of his fledgling graduate education in Rochester by camera – taking portraits, marketing images, and shooting narrative video. His community-building fine art photography series have been featured in Pittsburgh and Rochester area publications, as well as in the online community “Explore Rochester”, which uses social media to visually and ultimately physically connect creatives and entrepreneurs in the revitalizing metro area. Richard hopes to publish a book of the best of this work in the future. Once he receives his Masters of Education in the fall of 2016, he intends to pursue a position teaching English and Drama, while continuing his commercial and fine-art photography career on summers off. Click here to see more of Rich’s photography work.

“I’m excited about Forefront because I believe in its potential. In my experience, people out there are really thirsting for a return to just stellar, praiseworthy, and tangible things in their lives and the art they consume; as well as now, maybe more than ever, experiencing a thirst for Truth. I’m positive that our history, if nothing else, shows that these things can be one and the same, and it’s our duty and pleasure to step forward and re-seize that reality.” -Rich

Meghan Clemm

Photographer Meghan Clemm

Meghan is a fine art photographer from the land of Eastman Kodak (that’s Rochester, NY), but she didn’t figure out that she wanted anything to do with photography until she spent some time in Boston, MA and Columbus, OH. When she received a camera as a gift from her husband one year, she decided to explore her creative side and enjoyed it so much that she went back to school, earning a two-year degree in digital photography. Since then, Meghan has been exploring multiple avenues of photography, including portraiture, event photography, real estate photography, and fine art. She has fallen in love with the artistic side of things because it allows her to explore emotions and create surreal and whimsical worlds. Her use of ambiguous locations and obscured faces allows the viewers of her work to imagine themselves in the scene, and, it is Meghan’s hope, identify with the ideas expressed therein. Click here to see more of Meghan’s photography work.

I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be part of Forefront, an event that will hopefully help turn the tide of opinion on what it means to be a Christian artist.  As artists, we have the chance to create something new, rather than simply making a Christian version of what everyone else is doing. I’m looking forward to seeing how Forefront can inspire artists to use their talents to illuminate what is true and beautiful. -Meghan

I hope to see you at Forefront Festival — August 29, 2015! Click here to reserve your ticket.