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feature:: the photography of pedro dell
I first heard of Peter Dell on the
Cleveland Poetics message board; his photography and poems were on display at a Cleveland gallery. I thought it interesting that he is both a poet and photographer; thought, wow, what a creative person.
Then, I saw him for the first time at the Barking Spider during the April Hessler Street Fair. Pedro is the drummer in Tongue-n-Groove.
At the Spider, saw
Ray McNiece
jim morrisoning it, palpitating the air. Sitting next to me was Cleveland performance artist Timmy, who kept trying to sell a tie that had a skull with flashing eyes. But that is another story.
Back to
Pedro; everyone knows that the drummers are the really cool guys. Pedro thinks when he plays. He moves his eyes over the crowd. He does interesting things with cymbals and brushes. He wears neat shirts. I saw
him at the Cinemateque, palling around with the live musicians for Diary of a Lost Girl. Pedro sightings are frequent.
 By trade, Pedro is President of Environmental
Response Systems, Executive VP of Creative Solutions, and VP of The Petal Pusher Florist Shoppe. Much of his work involves training companies in order to help them comply to OSHA
and environmental requirements. Pedro volunteers at many non-profits, including the Cleveland Food Bank and
Cleveland Sight Center.
Currently, you can catch Pedro at the Powerhouse Pub in the Flats on the
first Sunday of every month @7 p.m. Tongue-n-Groove plays a set, and accompanies live poetry.
I am featuring Pedro’s photos out of vanity. If I could operate a camera,
these are the subjects I’d shoot. Wow; gulls hovering by the warm outlet of power plants. They say in Florida the manatees swim further north than
usual, near the product waters of industry. This is what Pedro shares in his poetic photography: the things that are made, the interesting interstices,
unexpected boons, unlikely habitats in the making of city and breaking of nature.
Artist’s Statement:
Join me in a creative process that begins in my mind’s eye, enters through
a lens, is captured by a chemical film, realized on paper, and interpreted by you. I hope to trigger a flow of emotions, questions, and ideas that
contemplate mankind’s contribution to, and disruption of, the natural world.
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Pedro’s photos will be used throughout this issue, with the exception of the
graphic at the top of the page, which was designed by Kathy Walker (c’est moi).
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