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SUZANNE CHESSLER
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for an Ohio manufacturer. Jodi wants
to teach fine arts.
"I often think of my travel pictures
as souvenirs, and I love sharing them
with other people," says Kerman,
whose son, Sean, an assistant attorney
general, has not expressed an interest
in art. "I've been part of shows at the
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts, Orion Center for the Arts and
the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery."
Kerman, a member of the Motor

rian Kerman has enjoyed
photography since child-
hood, but he didn't start
thinking of his interest
artistically until he took a class 12
years ago with Monte Nagler at the
Birmingham Community House.
That course snapped him into a dif-
ferent way of looking at his subjects,
which permanently fill the walls
of his Lake Orion home and
Madison Heights podiatry office
and temporarily are being
shown at the Southfield Centre
for the Arts. There will be an
artist's reception 8-9 p.m.
Friday, May 18.
That class taught me how
to sculpt with light," says
Kerman, whose fools is on
outdoor scenery and enlarge-
ments of tiny segments of a
form. "I'm not a portrait pho-
tographer, but I occasionally
take impromptu views of peo-
ple. I've done a lot of traveling
and have pictures from those
experiences."
Kerman's exhibit, "Expressions
in Photography," materialized
at the recommendation of a
patient impressed with the
wall hangings he found with
Brian Kerman's
each office visit. The
City Camera Club, is
photographs
Southfield space, which is
proud of a series of pho-
include mountain
being shared with jewelry
tographs capturing
scenes, evergreen
artists Andrea Smith and
memorials in Washington,
expanses and
Missy Emke, holds 44 of
D.C. Among the images
single flowers.
Kerman's images, half done in
are sections of the U.S.
color and half in black and
Holocaust Memorial
white. There are mountain
Museum.
scenes, evergreen expanses and si,gle
"I've never traveled to Israel, but I'd
flowers. The artist works with a 35mm
like to do that and take photos there,"
camera and an assortment of lenses.
says Kerman, who does not intend to
"I find photography very relaxing,"
sell any of his pictures. "I want to
says Kerman, a member of the
photograph Masada."
Birmingham Temple who moved to
Michigan from Illinois in the 1960s to
start his practice. "I spend about eight
Brian Kerman's photographs will
hours a week on taking pictures and
be shown through May 31 at the
mounting and framing them."
Southfield Centre for the Arts,
Artistic interests run in Kerman's
24350 Southfield Road. Viewing
family. His mother used to design
hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
clothing as a hobby, and his wife,
Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-1
Char, likes drawing. Both Kerman
p.m. Saturdays. There will be an
daughters have been art majors at the
artist's reception 8-9 p.m. Friday,
University of Michigan. Staci, once a
May 18. (248) 424-9022.
jewelry designer, now works with glass

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