Shorewood Photographer Unveils 'Portraits of Milwaukee' at Anaba Tea Room July 5

Shorewood's will unveil its art series July 5: local photographer John O’Hara's photo exhibition "Portraits of Milwaukee."

Presenting a focus on rural and urban landscapes, and portraits of people in their neighborhood surroundings, the exhibition reflects O'Hara's passion for capturing the beauty, diversity and people of the city he calls home. An opening and reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at 2107 E. Capitol Dr. with live music from guitarist John Stano.

With a fine art background in painting and graphics, O'Hara’s photographic skills have been honed from over 30 years of image-making, having transitioned from traditional black and white film and darkroom printmaking to current, high-end digital image capture and processing.

Just as many artists throughout history have done before him, O'Hara embraces multiple influences, tools and rapidly changing technologies to achieve his artistic concepts. Using these techniques, O'Hara creates pieces that explore narrative potential, as well as images that are purely formal studies of composition, texture and color.

O'Hara was also an award-winning newspaper photojournalist for 10 years, working full-time for the Journal Communications Publishing, Inc. He continues his photography working throughout the stylistic and environmental spectrum of editorial photojournalism, fine art photography, commercial marketing imagery, corporate and personal portraiture, sports action, weddings and event photography.

O'Hara is also a member of CoPA, the Coalition of Photographic Artists and the Wisconsin Art Guild. More of O'Hara’s work can be seen on his website.

The show will remain on view until Sept. 2.