A numbers game

It’s a numbers game at Viewpoint Photographic Arts Center this month. Let’s break it down.

Twelve: Small Wonders is the sixth iteration of the gallery's 12th-month-of-the-year show.

The show's juror, Daniel Kasser, a University of the Pacific photography professor since 1985, chose 100 photographs from 60 artists out of 500 entries.

The style of photography selected includes 19th-century, 20th-century and 21st-century photography technology, like Thomas A. Gibson's “The Chimney Sweep,” a photo shot with the ambrotype technique, but printed digitally—which happened to be awarded third place.

In the spirit of the holidays, the gallery is allowing patrons to take home any prints that are purchased—all of which are 36 inches square or less in this exhibit—rather than waiting until the end of the month, which would be December 31. Because we needed one more number here, people. Oh, that's two! Now three!