Two of my photographs, from a new series with the working title The imaginary forest, are included in the Open Theme 2025 exhibition at F-Stop Magazine.
September 21. The day passes unseen.
Autumn wind
This online exhibition, in the June-July 2025 issue, includes 300 photographs from around the world, diverse in their content and approach, and was curated by F-Stop Magazine Founder and Editor Christy Karpinski.
My photograph, “So many things we don’t have to say,” from the series Where you are, is included in the exhibition Dreams and Imagined Realities at PhotoPlace Gallery.
Exploring the spaces where imagination and reality intertwine, this powerful collection of work invites viewers into the realm of the surreal and the visionary.
Dreams and Imagined Realities runs from June 6 through 27, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, June 6, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. The gallery is located at 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, and can be reached by email at photos@photoplacegallery.com or by phone at 802-989-7556.
You can preview the exhibition at the gallery’s website, including work from both the gallery exhibition (which includes my piece) and the additional online exhibition.
An exhibition catalog is available in hardcover and softcover.
The juror for Dreams and Imagined Realities was fine art photographer Emma Powell, who specializes in alternative and historic photographic processes and often illustrates metaphor and fictional narratives.
Today, the Biblioscapes in Discussion podcast features an interview by lovely host Euan Ross with Opaque’s intrepid editor, Yant Martin-Keyte, contributors George G and Mark Thompson, and me.
The interview offers an “inside look” at our experiences in creating the photographs and accompanying text, as well as the editorial process. Each of us also talks about some of our favorite photobooks.
You can hear the episode on your favorite podcatcher, at the Biblioscapes in Discussion website, or on Podbean.
Here’s another of my images from the zine. One of the wonderful things about this zine is the wide range of approaches that the 17 contributors took, all using the same film.
Opaque is available worldwide for £9 plus shipping through the collective’s Ko-Fi shop. You can also find it for $15 at Underdog Film Lab in Oakland, California (our exclusive North American stockist! which also still has a couple of copies of my book, Returning to the Unimagined); and in the UK at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool and Parallax Photographic Coop in London.
Episode 358 of the Sunny 16 podcast features interviews by wonderful hosts Graeme and Rachel with Opaque’s intrepid editor, Yant Martin-Keyte, contributor John-Michael Mendizza, and me.
We discuss our experiences of making photographs with the theme of Opaque, the diverse ways the 17 contributors to the zine met that challenge, and our approaches to writing text to accompany the photographs.
You can hear the episode on Podbean, as well as through your usual podcatcher.
Several of the contributors have also written about how they approached making work for the Opaque zine, including pieces by Dave Whenham, Peggy Marsh, and Jim Graves.
Here is one of my photographs that’s included in the zine. Graeme and Rachel thought that my approach was rather bold :-)
Opaque is available worldwide for £9 plus shipping through the collective’s Ko-Fi shop. You can also find it for $15 at Underdog Film Lab in Oakland, California (our exclusive North American stockist! which also still has a couple of copies of my book, Returning to the Unimagined); and in the UK at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool and Parallax Photographic Coop in London.
The Photozine Collective (of which I’m a member) is excited to announce the launch of Opaque — a brand new zine created by 17 analogue photographers who came together to explore the theme of “opaque” in all its forms.
All 17 contributors photographed on the same film, Rollei Retro 400S, and each used image and text to bring their own unique interpretation to the idea of “opaque.”
The zine runs to 116 pages, with images from around the world. Opaque isn’t about explaining or clarifying; it’s about feeling, wondering, and letting the unknown sit with you for a while.
100% of the proceeds, after printing and distribution costs, are being donated to Asthma+Lung UK.
Here’s an image from my contribution…
Opaque is available worldwide for £9 plus shipping through the collective’s Ko-Fi shop. You can also find it for $15 at Underdog Film Lab in Oakland, California (our exclusive North American stockist! which also still has a couple of copies of my book, Returning to the Unimagined); and in the UK at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool and Parallax Photographic Coop in London.
Opaque is the Photozine Collective’s third collaborative zine. What has become a series is a tribute to John Whitmore, a photographer, photography podcaster, and maker of photo zines who died suddenly in 2021. A group of seven people who eventually became the collective decided to publish a zine in John’s memory using film that had been in his stock and using a title that he had planned to publish himself. This was the group’s first zine, Lucid. Five more people joined the group, which then made Ambiguous. All proceeds from the zines, after printing and distribution costs, are donated to Asthma+Lung UK.
My lumen print, “Ancient energy #19,” from the series Returning to the Unimagined (and the book of the same name) is included in the exhibition Purple! at Gray Loft Gallery.
On view in this group show will be images capturing the beauty, emotion, and symbolism of the color Purple — a hue often associated with royalty, mystery, spirituality, and creativity. This visually stunning show is dedicated to exploring the diverse dimensions of purple captured through the lens of the camera.
Presented in conjunction with PhotoCarmel
Selected by Ann Jastrab and Jan Watten
Featured Photographers
Debra Achen, Chris Adamson, Stephen Albair, Laurel Anderson, Janet Beaty, Ingrid Becker, Maria Budner, Kimberley Campisano, Ginnie Chabre, Jessica Chen, Marna Clarke, Robert Costa, Delilah Davis, Fairlight de Michele, Tony DeVarco, Allyson Ely, Diane Fenster, Robel Fessehatzion, Ginger Fierstein, Chris Gibbons,
J. M. Golding, Steve Goldband and Ellen Konar, Cheryl L. Guerrero, Marsha Guggenheim, Lawrence R Herzberg, Irene Imfeld, Judi Iranyi, Becky Jaffe, Patrick Jagger, Aidan Jung, Nadine Levin, Lisa Levine, Laurel Malinovksy, Jeanne Marino, Sonia, Melnikova-Raich, Melina Meza, Tom Minczeski, Carolyn Moore, Anne Morrison Rabe, Charles Moulton, Steve Napoli, Julia Nelson-Gal, Charlotte Niel, Fletcher Oakes, Gary Oehrle, Eben Ostby, Mark Overgaard, Karen Palamos, Peter R. Paluzzi, Tim Passaro, Malcolm Ryder, Jenny Sampson, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Dennis Segers, Neo Serafimidis, Nancy Sevier, Elizabeth Sher, Fabienne Sowa-Dobkowski, Alex Starfield, Anne Sturgeon, Steven Ta, Michael Teresko, Gary Topper, Jacqui Turner, Peche Turner, Jim Van Slyke, Jen Waicukauski, Jacqueline Walters, Susan West, Sharon Wickham, Stephanie WIlliamson , Nick Winkworth, Wilton Wong, Sara Wood Davis, Yelena Zhavoronkova
Purple! runs from April 12 through May 11, 2025.
Gray Loft Gallery is located at 2889 Ford Street, #32, Oakland CA 94601, and can be reached by phone at 510-499-3445. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, from 5:00- 7:00 p.m., and a closing reception is scheduled for Sunday, May 11, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m..The gallery is on the third floor and is not wheelchair accessible.
My photograph, “Scene from an imagined childhood,” is available for purchase in the L.A. Photo Curator’s PRINT-AID project, with all proceeds going to Los Angeles fire relief.
I invite you to view all the photographs available through this project, which benefits an excellent cause.
Two of my photographs were selected from among 3000 submitted for the Landscape 2025 exhibition at F-Stop Magazine.
You dream with me across the distance
A gathering of hopes and dreams
This online exhibition, which is live as of today, Saturday, February 1, 2025, includes about 350 photographs from around the world, diverse in their content and approach, and was curated by F-Stop Magazine Founder and Editor Christy Karpinski.
My untitled photograph is included in the exhibition Monochrome at PhotoPlace Gallery.
Monochrome runs from January 31 through February 21, 2025.
PhotoPlace Gallery is located at 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, January 31, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The juror for Monochrome was photographic artist, educator, and Shots magazine owner-publisher Douglas Beasley, who wrote,
The strong images in this exhibit often ask more questions than they answer. They show not merely what the photographer saw but transcribe what was felt. This is visually much harder to do, yet so much more compelling. I found these traits in abundance in these beautiful and sometimes even mysterious images.
The wonderful Pam Uzzell has included an interview with me on her inspiring podcast, Art Heals All Wounds.
Part of a season focusing on climate and the environment, the episode is titled Witnessing Nature's Cycles of Renewal and Healing with Slow Photographer J.M. Golding. Pam and I talk about nature’s healing from wildfire as I imaged it in From Destruction Grows a Garden of the Soul, the connections between images of nature and internal experience, the joys of lo-fi photographic processes, and the value of slowing down.
I hope you enjoy it!
My untitled photograph, from the series Before There Were Words, is included in the exhibition What Can’t Be Spoken at Gallery Route One.
What Can’t Be Spoken runs from January 11 through February 15, 2025.
Gallery Route One is located at 11101 Highway One, Suite 1101, Pt. Reyes, CA 94956. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, January 11, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The juror for What Can’t Be Spoken was abstract artist and professor emerita at San Francisco Art Institute Frances McCormack.
My photograph, “Unimagined wonder is waiting to be born,” from the series From destruction grows a garden of the soul, is included in Momentum, the East Bay Photo Collective’s annual members’ exhibition.
In this exhibit, 47 photographers explore the meaning of motion. Momentum was curated by Malcolm Wallace.
A photography exhibition that captures the beauty, energy, and emotion of movement through diverse scenes and subjects, this collection invites viewers to explore movement as a universal thread woven into nature, cities, and daily life. Featuring striking moments frozen in time and sweeping motion blurs, the exhibition presents scenes from dynamic urban streets and tranquil landscapes, as well as intimate portraits and the lively rhythms of wildlife.
Each image tells a unique story of life in motion—whether it’s the rush of wind through trees, the pulse of city streets, or the expressive gestures of human and animal subjects. With contrasts between sharp, suspended action and ethereal, flowing blurs, Momentum encapsulates the endless ways in which movement shapes our experiences and emotions. This exhibition invites viewers to pause, reflect, and see the world through the lens of motion—a force that connects and drives all of us.
Momentum is on view at the East Bay Photo Collective’s gallery space, Oakland Photo Workshop, from December 6 2024 through January 26 (extended!), 2025.
The gallery is located at 312 8th St., in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood, and is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m...
You can preview the exhibition online.
An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, December 6th, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.. There will be music by DJ KG (@Djkgee_), beverages, and snacks. Thanks for supporting local art!
My photograph, This moment always, from the series Where you are, was selected for today’s edition of Your Daily Photograph.
You can see this edition of Your Daily Photograph here.
My photograph, Into the morning, is included in the Minimal exhibition at F-Stop Magazine.
This online exhibition, which is live as of Tuesday, October 1, 2024, includes photographs from around the world, and was curated by F-Stop Magazine Founder and Editor Christy Karpinski.
The Spectrum of Intention & the Art of Lumen Printing closes on September 1.
Join us on Friday, August 30th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for a closing reception and artist Q&A celebrating the East Bay Photo Collective's first alternative process exhibition, The Spectrum of Intention & The Art of Lumen Printing! Francis Baker, Brenna Hansen, Jacqueline Walters, and I will be in attendance and are excited to talk about our practices and answer any questions you may have about the process
The reception will be at Oakland Photo Workshop, located at 312 8th street, Oakland CA.
Copies of my book of lumen prints, Retutrning to the Unimagined, which includes my images from the exhibition, are available at the gallery. You can also find it at Underdog Film Lab, 1624 Peralta Street, Oakland, CA 94607, order it from Blurb (watch for their sales!), or contact me to order a copy.
Today’s episode of the Art Heals All Wounds podcast features my description of collaborating with Hélène Barrette and the creation of our book of lumen prints, with a lovely introduction by host Pam Uzzell,
My photograph, The communication of light/The light of communication, from the series The Maybe Lakes, is included in The Analog Forever Exhibit 2024 at LightBox Gallery.
The exhibition runs from August 10 through October 5, 2024.
LightBox Gallery is located at 1045 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR 97103, and can be reached by phone at 503-468-0238.
The Analog Forever Exhibit 2024 was juried by photographic artist, independent curator and juror, advocate for the photographic arts, and Analog Forever Magazine Editor in Chief Michael Kirchoff.
I’m excited to announce that several of my lumen prints from the series Returning to the unimagined are included in the exhibition, The Spectrum of Intention & The Art of Lumen Printing, at the Oakland Photo Workshop.
The exhibition includes lumen prints by Francis Baker, Brenna Hansen, Jacqueline Walters, and me. It runs from July 12 through September 1, 2024, with an opening reception on Friday, July 12, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
The gallery is located at 312 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607. It is open on Fridays and Saturdays from noon - 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from noon - 3:00 p.m.
The exhibition was curated by Oakland Photo Workshop Gallery Manager Jyoti Liggin.
The Oakland Photo Workshop is the gallery of the East Bay Photo Collective, a creative arts non-profit organization providing inspiration, education, and community through the art and craft of photography.
My photograph, So many things we don’t have to say, from the series Where you are, is included in the Botanica exhibition at the Village Theatre Art Gallery.
The exhibition includes botanical-themed art work in a range of media. Here are the details:
Three of my lumen prints from the series Returning to the unimagined were recognized with an Honorable Mention in the 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award competition, in the Non-Professional Alternative Processes category.
The wordless regions of the heart #36
Ancient energy #19
Inhale, exhale #99
The Julia Margaret Cameron Award is hosted by Fotonostrum and recognizes women photographers worldwide. The competition is named for Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879), who is considered one of the 19th century’s most important portrait photographers.