Gallery Opening: Reid Yalom & Emil Yanos

Reid Yalom – Perspectives in Culture

REID SAMUEL YALOM is a Northern California photographer
whose work has been widely published and exhibited
over a 30-year period. He is a graduate of Stanford University
and the Monterey (Middlebury) Institute of International Studies.
Published works:
One Foot in Romania: Editor Vellant, Bucharest. This is a series of color images taken over a
7-year period, as he explored cities and villages throughout the country with his Romanian
wife, Loredana. The work exhibits a subtle change in image making as he progressed from
an outsider to an adopted son of the country.
Colonial Noir: Images from Mexico, Stanford University Press 2004, a monograph of 72
duotones. A highly personal series of images that combine visual elements of Film Noir,
Surrealism and attempts to capture the essence of Magical Realism.
The American Resting Place: A History of American Cemeteries with author Marilyn Yalom,
Houghton Mifflin, 2008. This book has been called the definitive work on the history of
American cemeteries from pre-columbian times to the present day.
In 2022 he contributed 25 photographs to the best selling German edition of A Matter of Life
and Death by Irv and Marilyn Yalom, Penguin/Random House, 2022.
Work in production:
The Professors’ Son, an autobiography in words and images with Agra Publications in
Athens. Release Date September 2025
Black Sea Report. Images of summer from the Romanian Black Sea Coastline, Editor Vellant
Pacific Dreamin’, Images of contemplation and frolicking along California’s coastline.
Other exhibition projects include works on Indonesia, Greece Vietnam, Quebec and
Romania as well as the American West.

Emil Yanos – Juxtaposition of Clay

Ceramic Sculptor Emil Yanos has been working with clay since
1993. Formally trained in Floral and Graphic Design, his ceramic work
weaves together the best aspects of both disciplines. Through hands-on
experimentation, he has found that working with clay provides an excellent
medium to explore his love of color and texture. The overall feel of his work
is organic and inspired of the earth. Elemental forms give his work primitive
yet refined sensibilities. Emil’s goal in all of his creative endeavors is to
communicate meaning, extending beyond the visual form to encourage an
emotional response from his audience.
Emil earned his certification in Floral Design from the highly respected
program at City College of San Francisco in 2002, and was he inducted into
the prestigious American Institute of Floral Designers within the following
year. Prior to working with flowers, Emil completed his BFA in Graphic
Design at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, after beginning his
education at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, where he was born and
raised. Emil enjoys exploring the sculptural nature of clay as opposed to
the two-dimensional limitations of graphic design, using varying degrees of
color to heighten or diminish contrasts in texture, emphasizing the
properties of the clay itself. He does this by building up layers of color until
the desired effect is achieved. Texture is also enhanced by employing
techniques such as stretching and pulling. His floral designs often look like
graceful floral sculptures.