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Open Call 2018 at PhotoPlace Gallery
My photograph, "In the heart of the dream," is included in the exhibition Open Call 2018 at PhotoPlace Gallery.
The show runs from October 3 through November 3. PhotoPlace Gallery is located at 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, and can be reached by phone at 802-388-4500.
An exhibition catalogue is available from the publisher in both hardcover and softcover.
The juror for Open Call 2018 was photographic artist Douglas Beasley, who works on fine-art commercial projects around the world, and is founder of Vision Quest Photo Workshops and owner and publisher of Shots Magazine.
World Cyanotype Day
World Cyanotype Day is tomorrow, September 29, 2018. Cyanotype is one of the first photographic printing processes, invented in 1842 by Sir John Herschel.
From September 29 through October 28, 2018, there will be an exhibition in celebration of World Cyanotype Day at A Smith Gallery, located at 103 North Nugent Avenue, Johnson City, TX 78636. The exhibition then moves to the New Orleans Healing Arts Center at 2372 St. Claude Ave, Suite 260, New Orleans, LA 70117, for a PhotoNola exhibition that runs from December 7, 2018 through February 13, 2019.
The exhibition, titled "Diversity/Us," consists of 12” x 12” flags created using cyanotype process, strung together and and hung in the gallery, representing the amazing diversity and commonality of us.
Here is my contribution.
Happy World Cyanotype Day!
Transitional landscapes on All About Photo
My series, Transitional landscapes, is currently featured on All About Photo.
The day must end to begin again (a recent addition to the series!)
All About Photo includes resources for photographers and others who love photography (such as galleries, exhibitions, and photographic labs), and a showcase platform for artists.
Seeing in Sixes
Work from my series, Notes from the edge of nowhere, is included in the new book, Seeing in Sixes.
Published by Lenswork, Seeing in Sixes is a juried selection of 50 six-image series of photographs.
Lenswork writes:
…I see these small projects as a visual cousin to the haiku or six-word story — a compact expression of a single nature, possibly a story, definitely a theme, held together stylistically, and making a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Tight, distilled to the essentials, impactful, deeper than what is possible with a single image.
In 2016, editors Brooks Jensen and Maureen Gallagher decided to create a vehicle for presentation of six-image projects, and published the juried book Seeing in Sixes. They published a second volume in 2017.
The upcoming book - to ship in late September, 2018 - is the third annual volume in the series. If the first two volumes are any indication, it promises to be a beautifully printed selection of diverse and fascinating contemporary photographs.
Somerville Toy Camera Festival review at What Will You Remember?
My photograph, “Before you knew where to look,” is featured on Elin Spring’s review of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival at What Will You Remember? (It’s on the Festival home page, too! and in this review from WBUR).
The review at What Will You Remember? includes several of the wonderful and diverse images images at all three festival venues.
Where you are on Inside the Outside
My series, Where you are, is currently featured on the Inside the Outside website.
This moment always
Inside the Outside is a "landscape photography collective mediating the liminal space between the world before us and within." They are "a diverse group of photographers that share an awareness of that [transformative] potential [of both being in and representing the landscape] and for whom it has become an essential element of their work. It is a question they commonly explore, but in highly individual and personal representations of the land around them."
Somerville Toy Camera Festival at Brickbottom Gallery
Three of my photographs are included in the Somerville Toy Camera Festival exhibition.
Before you knew where to look
In the pouring sun
In both worlds
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival includes exhibitions at the Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery, and Washington Street Gallery. My photographs are in the Brickbottom Gallery exhibition, located at 1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville, MA 02143.
The exhibition runs from September 6 through October 13, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 8, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The juror for the Somerville Toy Camera Festival was fine art photographer and educator Jennifer Shaw.
Elevate at Adobe Art Gallery
My photograph, Canopy, is included in Elevate, the Adobe Art Gallery's inaugural fundraiser and silent auction exhibition.
The exhibition runs from August 11 through September 29, 2018, with a preview reception on Saturday, August 11, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. and a silent auction and closing reception on Saturday, September 29, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The Adobe Art Gallery is located at 20395 San Miguel Avenue, Castro Valley, CA 94546.
Proceeds of the exhibition will go towards upgrading exhibition walls and gallery lighting.
Land, Sea, Air at F-Stop Magazine
Three of my photographs are included in the group exhibition Land, Sea, Air at F-Stop Magazine (issue #90, August-September). I encourage you to view the range of interpretations of the theme at F-Stop's website.
Dream's edge
The return of the light
Atlantis unexpected
Silicon Valley Plastic Camera Show at Santa Clara University
RayKo has closed, but the annual Plastic Camera Show lives on!
The exhibit celebrates "[b]eautiful prints from less-than-gorgeous cameras" - cameras that are as "obsolete, flawed, and lo-tech" as possible.
I'm honored and happy that my photograph, "Trail and contrail," is included in the Silicon Valley Plastic Camera Show at Santa Clara University.
The exhibition runs from July 13 through October 19, 2018, with a reception on Friday, October 12, 2018, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
It is located at Santa Clara University's Art and Art History Department Gallery, Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, and can be reached by phone through 408-554-4000.
The juror for the Silicon Valley Plastic Camera Show was fine art photographer, master printer, educator, and curator Ann M. Jastrab.
Revived With Light at Bath House Cultural Center
I'm proud and delighted that my photograph, "If I could come home", is included in the exhibition Revived With Light at the Bath House Cultural Center.
The Bath House Cultural Center is located at 521 E. Lawther Dr., Dallas, TX 75218. The exhibition runs from July 7 through August 4, 2018, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 7, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
This unique exhibition celebrates the unpredictability and beauty of art produced with expired photographic materials.
When it comes to using photographic film, many artists soon recognize that, notwithstanding their efforts to amass extensive experience and technical knowledge, the medium still demonstrates aspects of randomness that, more often than not, produce unexpected results. To some of those artists, the inherent element of unpredictability connected with the use of film represents a force of discord that they must try to tame and conquer, armed with precision tools, light readings, and the aid of long-lived techniques and practices. To many other artists, however, the uncertainty of film is cherished and celebrated and is perceived as a favorable characteristic of their art-making. Changeability of results is seen as a strength by these creators for they believe that beautiful, albeit unexpected, images can come from conditions that cannot be fully controlled. Given their predilection for media and creative methods that yield unplanned outcomes, these artists have frequently shown an interest in the use of expired photographic materials.
Expired photographic materials (film, paper, instant camera sheets) are excellent media for the curious artist who enjoys experimenting with unorthodox processes that can potentially capture truly unique photographs. The Revived With Light exhibition at the Bath House Cultural Center examines the strong appeal of degraded film and paper that are past their intended use-by date. Although expired photographic materials do not guarantee reliable results, artists explore their use because they can yield stunning surreal images not achievable with other methods. What to some photographers would seem like a deterrent (haze streaks, color shifts, larger grain, necessary exposure modifications) appears attractive and intriguing to the artists participating in this exhibition who see those characteristics not as deficiencies or constraints, but rather as an incomparable vehicle of personal expression.
The juror for Revived With Light was Enrique Fernández Cervantes, Visual Arts Coordinator and Curator for the Bath House Cultural Center.
Water at PhotoPlace Gallery
I'm delighted and honored that my photograph, "On the precipice of waking," is included in the exhibition Water at PhotoPlace Gallery.
The exhibition runs from May 30 through June 23, 2018.
PhotoPlace Gallery is located at 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT, and can be reached by phone at 802-388-4500 .
The juror for Water was fine art photographer, master printer, educator, and curator Ann M. Jastrab.
The Magic of Collaboration at Adobe Art Gallery
I'm honored and very pleased that four of my collaborative works with Al Brydon, from the series Tales From a Non-existent Land, are included in the exhibition The Magic of Collaboration at the Adobe Art Gallery. You can see one of them below.
The exhibition runs from May 26 through July 7, 2018. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, May 26, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The Adobe Art Gallery is located at 20395 San Miguel Avenue, Castro Valley, CA and can be reached by phone at 510-881-6735.
The Magic of Collaboration was curated by artist and Adobe Art Gallery director Leah Virsik.
Secret Gardens at Nave Gallery
I'm delighted and proud that my photograph, "You know without having seen," from the series From destruction grows a garden of the soul, is included in the exhibition Secret Gardens at the Nave Gallery.
The exhibition runs from May 4 through June 17, 2018. There will be a reception on Saturday, May 19, 2018, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Nave Gallery is located at 155 Powderhouse Road, Somerville, MA 02144.
The juror for Secret Gardens was artist, curator, and ARTSomerville outreach director Tori Costa.
Open Exhibition in F-Stop Magazine
My photographs, We have today, (from the series, From destruction grows a garden of the soul), If you were here beside me, and These hills do not blow away are included in the Open Exhibition in issue #88 (April-May) of F-Stop Magazine (online).
We have today
If you were here beside me
These hills do not blow away
One at New York Center for Photographic Arts
I'm pleased and honored that my photograph, A way out, a way in, received an Honorable Mention in the exhibition One at the New York Center for Photographic Arts.
The gallery exhibition runs from April 3 - 14 at Jadite Gallery, 413 West 50th St., New York, NY. Honorable Mentions are included in the online gallery only - which is available now.
There will be an opening reception on Thursday, April 5, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The juror for One was Aline Smithson, , who is a fine art photographer, curator, and founder and editor of the top-rated photography blogzine Lenscratch.
Art/Act: Local - Natural Harmony at David Brower Center
I'm honored and excited that my photograph, Night rolled gently, from the series Transitional landscapes, is included in the exhibition Art/Act: Local - Natural Harmony at the David Brower Center.
The exhibition runs from March 2 through May 29, 2018. There will be an opening reception Friday, March 2, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; free tickets are available at the reception's Eventbrite page. The David Brower Center is located at 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, and can be reached by phone at 510-809-0900.
Flora at Rankin Arts Photography Center
I'm happy and honored that my photograph, You are beyond all words, from the series From destruction grows a garden of the soul, is included in the exhibition Flora at Rankin Arts Photography Center.
The exhibition runs from March 2 through March 30, 2018, with an opening reception on Friday, March 2, at 6:00 p.m. The Rankin Arts Photography Center, a unit of Columbus State University, is located at 1004 Broadway, Columbus, GA 31901, and contact person Kenny Gray can be reached by phone at 706-507-8366.
The juror for Flora was Paula Tognarelli, who is Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Diffusion IX
I'm proud and delighted that two of my photographs from the series Where you are appear in Diffusion IX, "an exquisite survey of contemporary avant-garde photography."
To see the other in the self
This moment always
Curated by Blue Mitchell and Liz Kale, the volume includes nine chapters, each reflecting a common theme among the photographs, and an epilogue in which artists reflect on their individual processes, themes, and passion for their craft.
Diffusion IX was published by One Twelve Publishing and is available from Big Cartel.