ENTERTAINMENT
SHOT
IN THE PARK
Landscapes are among
photographer Monte Nagler's
favorite subjects
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JUDY MARX
Special to The Jewish News
photographer sees the
world "through square
eye-balls." So says one
of Detroit's finest exam-
ples of a virtually self-
taught artist, who turned a hobby in-
to a full-time successful career and
was recently named 1987 artist-in-
residence by the Farmington Area
Arts Commission.
Monte Nagler's personal favorites
from among the hundreds he has
shot, developed, printed, mounted and
framed, take their places comfortably
among the photographic works of
Karsh, Stieglitz and Ansel Adams.
His attractive Farmington Hills
home, with its soothing cream tones,
has been carefully designed to en-
courage the eye to focus on shots of
some of the finest photographic ar-
tists, alongside photos by lesser
known camera enthusiasts, and of
course, the Naglers.
It was only 17 years ago that the
local Detroiter took his trusty In-
stamatic with him on a trip to
Hawaii. "A `no-brainef camera was
all I could handle, but I remember
clearly to this day the excitement of
looking at landscapes through the
viewfinder and thinking, wow, this
sure beats kids' birthday parties."
One might guess that it was im-
mediate success as a photographer on
that Hawaiian trip that encouraged
Nagler on the path from photo hob-
byist to full-time career photographer.
Wrong. Like many enthusiastic
tourists, Nagler's initial efforts left
something to be desired. "The camera
wasn't working right, and none of the
three rolls that I took came out."
Despite his disappointment, Nag-
Monte Nagler makes preparations for a shot
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