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Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Festival picks work by Camas filmmaker

The Columbian
Published: February 1, 2010, 12:00am
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Nikia Furman
Nikia Furman Photo Gallery

Nikia Furman of Camas directed photography for “Calvin,” a short film accepted in the music video category of the San Diego Black Film Festival. It’s one of the top three African-American film festivals in the country and takes place Thursday through Sunday.

The five-minute film looks at domestic violence through the eyes of 11-year-old Calvin. The English alternative rock band Radiohead licensed its song titled “Nude” for use in the film.

“Calvin” won honors at the 2009 Washougal International Film Festival. The majority of the short film was shot in Portland, with one key scene shot on Prune Hill in Camas.

Furman works for corporate clients, but makes time for such indie projects as “Calvin.” He is working on a couple of other short films, and has started writing a script for a feature-length movie.

“It’s really great to be able to work on these creative projects,” said Furman, 35. “I’ve worked on a number of other indie films with people in Portland. You meet people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. That’s been really enjoyable.”

Vancouver photographer lands second exhibit

Raymond J. Klein’s photography goes beyond reflecting the subjects he finds in the environment.

He strives to capture light in fresh ways, such as a close-up view inside an iris that has been illuminated with sunlight.

As part of his process, he captures multiple images of the same subject and layers them. When he’s happy with what he’s created with the layering, he then has the image printed in ink on canvas.

Klein, 77, started experimenting with this technique as a commercial photographer when he was creating background material for product photos.

He not only refined his process over time, but he began making larger images that measured to 2 feet by 3 feet, or in some cases 2 feet by 4 feet, to give them more impact.

“After my wife passed away this was a great way to get out and meet a lot of people and kind of set my mind free to do things I had never done before,” Klein said in an e-mail.

Klein is the featured artist at Vancouver’s Sixth Street Gallery for the month of February. His exhibit is called “Visions of Light,” because “all the images have something to do with light,” Klein said.

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The Sixth Street Gallery exhibit is Klein’s second in Clark County since he moved to Vancouver after retiring in 1994. His first was in 2008 at the Camas Public Library.

Writer appeals to imagination

Ridgefield’s Janet Bohm has always dreamed of writing children’s books. She started writing in 2003 while she was working at a day care.

“A boy was bored, and he said, ‘What if my house had wheels?’ I thought, ‘What a cute idea for a children’s book.’”

Tate Publishing in January released Bohm’s book, “What If My House Had Wheels?”

The book is available online at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

If it sells well enough, Tate will publish additional books in the series. Bohm, 52, has written other books on the theme, including “What If My House Had Wings?”

Bits ’n’ Pieces appears Mondays and Fridays. If you have a story you’d like to share, call Features Editor Elisa Williams, 360-735-4561, or e-mail elisa.williams@columbian.com.

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