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turn of the century. The spring exhibit will revolve around Staten Island’s car culture, with photos culledfrom the Advance’s archives.ART AT BAYPhotographic art often is on the menu atArt at Bay, the Staten Island CreativeCommunity’s collaborative gallery.Founder Joyce Malerba Goldstein said ithas done well in the past, pointing toshows featuring works by members of theCreative Photographers Guild and studentsfrom the AHRC New York City’s MelissaRiggio Higher Education program at theCollege of Staten Island for people withdevelopmental disabilities.Also exhibited at the CPG Gallery is this digitalized image on aluminumby Ken Martin titled, "Gallery Painter," in Grant St., Soho, NYC, 1992.meaningful,” Ms. Goldstein commented.“When you’re decorating and havesomething very personal [like aphotograph], it makes it moreDigital photography has made it easier for amateur photographers to get good, display-worthy results,observed Charlie Stoffers of Hall of Frames.“You don’t have to wait to get something developed to see if it’s a dud or clear and crisp. You can just keeptaking pictures,” said Stoffers, who owns the Grasmere shop with his wife, Janice Giacalone-Stoffers.NOT BIG HEREConnie Mauro, owner of Mauro Graphics, noted that about 80 percent of thosewho bring photos in to her Sunnyside establishment for framing took themthemselves. But while she believes the trend toward photographic art isbecoming more popular in general, she said she’s yet to see a big uptick on theIsland.Many of the images photographers bring to her for framing are of landscapes,including abstract forms of objects, like window boxes and gates that offer, shesaid, “a juxtaposition of different objects that are interesting.”View full sizeOne of the hottest trendsin home decor is hangingphotograph art, eitheryour own prints orprofessional photospurchased at a gallery. Itmakes a big impactPage 132 of 157