BOONE—John Scarlata will talk about his 35-year photography career during a lecture March 16 at Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Scarlata is a professor and coordinator of the technical photography program in Appalachian’s Department of Technology.

The talk, “Living in the Light,” is illustrated with panoramic images from a gallery installation at East Carolina University. The talk begins at 7:15 p.m. It is preceded by a reception at 6:45 a.m. His talk is sponsored by the Department of Technology and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. The public is welcome.

Scarlata studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography and the California Institute of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in 1976. He has held teaching posts at UNC-Charlotte, the Penland School of Crafts and Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va. He joined the faculty at Appalachian in 1999.

Scarlata’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in Cuba and China. He uses primarily large format cameras and uses a variety of printing methods, from 19th century antiquarian processes to digital/inkjet output, to create his work.

Among those influencing his work are Edward Weston and Minor White. Scarlata also has explored the work of photographers Lewis Baltz, Robert Adams and Mark Klett who were part of the “New Topographic” movement.

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