On January 31, I talked with Graeme and Rachel, two of the three delightful hosts of the Sunny 16 Podcast, about lo-fi photography, 127 format, and other things photographic … including twin-lens reflex cameras and the importance of gaffer’s tape. You can find Episode #136 here.
Fading Light, Shots magazine
My photograph, “From nowhere into the dream,” is included in the Winter 2019 issue (no. 142) of Shots magazine. The issue includes a wide range of beautiful and evocative interpretations of the theme “Fading Light.”
Seeing Red at Don't Take Pictures
Two of my photographs are included in the Seeing Red online exhibition at Don’t Take Pictures magazine.
The land remembers, the land heals
Autumn unfurled
The exhibition includes 42 photographs in which red is the prominent color.
Flawed Beings at Light Leaked magazine
My photograph, In this silence I hear your voice, is included in the November issue of Light Leaked.
The theme of the issue is Flawed Beings, a collection of photographs that consider the process of being human and of creating art as a discovery of beautiful flaws that morph into our work and lives - photographs in which imperfections of the subject, camera, or technique are highlighted as an integral part of the image.
The juror for Flawed Beings was Michael Kirchoff, photographic artist, Founding Editor at Catalyst:Interviews, and Editor in Chief at Analog Forever Magazine.
The online exhibition is available now; a print zine is in preparation.
Bay Area Big Shots: The Bay Area's Best Photographers at Panorama Framing
My photograph, “From darkness we find each other,” from the series Where you are, is included in the exhibition Bay Area Big Shots: The Bay Area’s Best Photographers.
Bay Area Big Shots is the first-ever juried exhibition of the East Bay Photo Collective, a community of photographers working together to provide facilities, education, inspiration, and community to East Bay photographers .
Bay Area Big Shots runs from November 1 through December 29, 2018. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, November 1; a mid-show reception on Thursday, December 6, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., and a closing reception on Saturday, December 29, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The exhibition is hosted by Panorama Framing, located at 3350 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA, and reachable by phone at 510-629-1918.
Bay Area Big Shots was juried by the East Bay Photo Collective's board of directors.
Out of the Woods of Thought at Argentea Gallery
Out of the Woods of Thought opens on November 1 at Argentea Gallery in Birmingham, UK.
I'm honored and delighted that three photographs from my series, Transitional landscapes, are included.
The mirror in the memory
I will always come back to you
Somewhere in another world
The exhibition runs through December 22, 2018. The gallery is located at 28 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham, B3 1RB, UK, and can be reached by phone at +44 (0)121 236 5444.
There will be an opening reception on Thursday evening, November 1, 2018, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Out of the Woods of Thought is an exhibition of Inside the Outside, 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."
Sense of Place at Wobneb Magazine
My photograph, “At the frontier of the known world,” is included in Wobneb Magazine’s inaugural online exhibition.
The exhibition, titled Sense of Place, includes diverse and beautiful photographs from North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, and a thoughtful essay by photographic artist Rob Hudson. It is also available at medium.com.
Out of the Woods of Thought - sneak preview!
Watch this space for more details!
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.