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Wednesday, March 4,2020 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A THE BOWEN ART CENTER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Osgood Showcases his life through photography By Zoe Hester DCN Intern Local photographer Brian Osgood will showcase his pho tography at the Bowen Art Center Friday, March 6 until the 21. “I’ve been a photographer since I was about 6 years old... This is showing the best of my 60 years of life. I tried to pick 60 images for my 60 years out of my 100,000 plus images I have,” Osgood said at the gal lery on Friday. Osgood’s passion for photog raphy started as a child when he wanted to save vacation memo ries by taking pictures, as he saw his father and grandfather do. This interest in preserving the past spiraled into what would become his career and as the young photographer grew, so too did his skills. As Osgood grew, so did his skills and experience. “I decided to go to school at the Art Institute of Atlanta,” Osgood said. “While I was there I met a guy, Bob English, who was opening a slide processing lab in Atlanta, there wasn’t one at the time. He opened that in 1979 and a friend of mine was working there who wanted to go home for Christmas. He told Bob I would cover for him for the month of December. Then I was there for 24 years.” Throughout his years of pho tography, Osgood adapted to changes of cameras and equip ment, and experimented with many different photography styles. His exhibit at the Bowen showcases many of these styles and among the displays there’s something for everyone. In one direction there will be slides of architecture across the world, in another, concert shots of bands from the 70’s and 80’s, and another holds an artistic take on forks. But something that can be seen throughout his work is his interesting use of light and motion. “I do a lot of manipulating in the darkroom and in the camer as, I did a lot of film use back in the day and of course digital now. I also do a lot of blurred Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News Above: Local photographer Brian Osgood is the March spotlight artist at the Bowen Center for the Arts. Below: Osgood shows off a film camera he has used to create unique photographs on display at the Bowen Center for the Arts. stuff with moving the camera,” Osgood said. Osgood is not a stranger to the Bowen and this is not his first show at the Dawsonville art hub. “I do things like project old slides on the wall and put differ ent things in front of them, I showed most of those here about 10 years ago. I did two shows here, this one and that one. This is kinda like my last hurrah, I don’t know if I’ll ever do this again, maybe if I turn 80,” Osgood said. When viewed as a whole, Osgood’s collection of photos is not only a showcase of his talent and artistic vision, but an end less journey of moments from his life, frozen in time. “Remembering where you shot them makes them pretty special,” Osgood said. Tolin to run for U.S. Congress By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com Dawson County man, Tyler Tolin, a former Marine and Army Airborne Ranger, recently announced his run for Georgia’s 9th District in the U.S. Congress. “I believe as a country we are headed for troubling times. For too long, Washington DC has been plagued with corruption and politics. Politicians have used and abused the system at every level from the local community, to the State and Federal government,” Tolin announced on Feb. 19 via his campaign website. “Politicians have done nothing but enrich themselves, set rules for us to live by, but not themselves.” According to his announcement, Tolin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1998. After seven years and three units, he earned his way to the Marine Corps Anti- Terrorism unit Fast Company before decid ing to switch to the Army and served as an Army Airborne Ranger for tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tolin’s campaign platform includes focus on strict constitutionalism, pro-life policies, anti-red flag laws, lowering taxes, cutting down on student loan debt, reforming wel fare and immigration and combatting human trafficking. “I swear my oath again to the great American patriots of Georgia’s 9th District, to fight for their rights, defend the 2nd Amendment, cut taxes, support pro-life, cut foreign aid, build the wall and bring God back to the forefront of American life,” Tolin stated. Georgia’s 9th Congressional dis trict includes all of Banks, Dawson, Elbert, Fannin, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties and parts of Clarke, Forsyth and Pickens counties. Tolin joins a number of candidates who have announced intentions to run for Georgia’s 9th district seat that has been held by Rep. Doug Collins since 2013. Later this year Colins will go on to chal lenge U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 when former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson decided to retire after 14 years spent in the U.S. Senate. Tolin Photo courtesy Alliance Together of Dawson County Matthew Meyers, CEO Alliance Property Services, James McAlpin, Board Chair Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia speak to a crowd gathered at the inau gural Mardi Gras Gala. Alliance Together hosts first Mardi Gras Gala From staff reports On Saturday, Feb. 22, Alliance Together of Dawson County and The Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia hosted their inaugu ral Mardi Gras Gala at the White Laurel Estate. The event offered a Cajun-French buffet, dancing, silent auction and a 50/50 raffle of nearly $1,000. 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