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Excerpted from THE REGULARS by Sarah Stolfa (Artisan Books). |
Before Sarah Stolfa was an award-winning photographer, she was the fast-but-surly bartender at classic Center City dive McGlinchey's. Over her 10 or 11 years (she's not quite sure) distributing shots and cheap beer, she went through the cycles familiar to anyone who has spent significant time serving the public. The initial thrill of making sweet, sweet cash gives way to nightly drudgery, which eventually morphs into smoldering resentment of pretty much everyone on the other side of the bar.
When Stolfa returned to school to study photography, she used the subject matter close to hand � her McGlinchey's patrons.� Turning the lens on her subjects, always photographed alone, restored their humanity to the grizzled bar vet, and The Regulars series transformed her from a surly barmaid into a famous artist.
The series, first shown in 2006 at Gallery 339, has just been released as a book. Best-selling author Jonathan Franzen, who takes a dim view of both bars and his failed time in Philadelphia, provides a suitably existential forward to Stolfa's portraits.
Tomorrow, July 14, Gallery 339 will host a reception and book signing with the artist at the debut of The Regulars Revisited, which runs through September 5.
Read more about The Regulars and two other tavern-centric Philadelphia books in Justin Bauer's Shelf Life column here on CityPaper.net.
Reception for The Regulars Revisited, Tue., July 14, 6 p.m., Gallery 339, 339 21st St., 215-731-1530, gallery339.com
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