Transitional Landscapes at the Center for Fine Art Photography

My photograph, "Somewhere in another world," from my series, Transitional landscapes, will be included a juried group exhibition also titled Transitional Landscapes at the Center for Fine Art Photography.

Somewhere in another world

Juror Natasha Egan, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, named the entire juried group exhibition after my series (not to be confused with my solo exhibitions of this series, which will be recalled by longtime readers of my blog).

The exhibition runs from May 6 through June 10, 2016. The Center for Fine Art Photography is located at 400 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO80524, and can be reached by phone at 970-224-1010. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, May 6, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Photography NOW! at Umpqua Valley Arts Association

My photograph,"The land transforming," and diptych "Many miles," both from the series From destruction grows a garden of the soul, will be included in the Photography NOW! exhibition at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association.

The land transforming

Many miles

The Umpqua Valley Arts Association is located at 1624 West Harvard Avenue, Roseburg, OR97471, and can be reached by phone at 541-672-2532. The exhibit runs from May 6 through July 8, 2016, with an opening reception on Friday, May 6, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

The juror for Photography NOW! was photographer, curator, educator, and arts director Laura Valenti.

Childhood at Glass Key Photo

My photograph, "Scene from an imagined childhood," will be included in Childhood, an exhibition of the San Francisco Toy Camera Group, at Glass Key Photo.

The show runs from May 2 through July 7, 2016, with an opening reception Wednesday, May 4, from 7:00 -9:00 p.m.

Glass Key Photo, which has film, film cameras, darkroom supplies, and root beer, is located at 442 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, and can be reached by phone at 415-829-9946.

Childhood was curated by Christine Zona, Clare Coppel, and Gordon Szeto.

Flow at Nave Gallery

Two of my photographs will be included in the exhibition Flow at the Nave Gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Tel me again

Creek, Sky, and Trees

Flow, which includes work by 20 artists in a variety of media, will run from April 30 through May 21, 2016. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 - 5:00, with extended hours during Somerville Open Studios weekend (April 30 and May 1) from noon to 6:00. A closing reception is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

The Nave Gallery is located at 155 Powder House Blvd., Somerville, MA02144. It is open on the weekends from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Flow was curated by photographer, curator, graphic designer, and Nave Gallery co-founder Michelle Fiorenza and graphic facilitator Kelvy Bird.

Rite of Passage at San Francisco City Hall

My photograph, "You know without having seen," will be included in the exhibition, Rite of Passage. This photograph is from my series, "From destruction grows a garden of the soul."

Rite of Passage, presented by Ziya Art Center, celebrates Nowruz, the Persian New Year and includes work that "reflect[s] the unique cultural, spiritual, and creative interpretations of artists who have been working directly in their natural environment or have implemented nature in their art through their creative expression."

The work will be exhibited on video projectors, screens, and monitors this Friday, March 25, at San Francisco City Hall, located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4678. Additional work will be exhibited in Ziya's online gallery.

Rite of Passage was co-curated and juried by Arash Shirinbab and Minoosh Zomorodinia of Ziya Art Center, with the aid of assistant curators Faezeh Faezipour and Shaghayegh Shirinbab.

Square Magazine Special Issue - Holga

My photograph, "From darkness we find each other," is included in a special issue of Square Magazine featuring the Holga, one of my favorite cameras, which ceased production in November 2015.

Here is how Editor-in-Chief Christophe Dillinger introduced this special issue:

To commemorate the demise of the Chinese Holga factory, here is a collection of images taken with the iconic camera, the result of a worldwide call for contribution. We are very proud of the response we got from the artists. Holga is dead, Long live Holga.

From darkness we find each other by J. M. Golding

You can read the issue on Issu here, or in pdf format here. My photo is on p. 21.

9th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show at RayKo Gallery

My photograph, "Infinity," is included in the 9th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show at RayKo Gallery.

Infinity by J. M. Golding

The exhibition runs from March 9 through April 29, 2016, with an opening reception on Wednesday, March 9, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. RayKo Gallery is located at 428 Third Street, San Francisco, CA94107 and can be reached by phone at 415-495-3773.

The juror for the show was fine art photographer, master printer, teacher, and RayKo Gallery Director Ann Jastrab.

Wonder-Full in F-Stop Magazine

Four of my photographs are included in the group exhibition, Wonder-Full, which appears in the March/April issue of F-Stop Magazine. In conjunction with this exhibition, F-Stop also published an interview of me by photographer and writer Cary Benbow.

At the frontier of the known world by J. M. Golding