“Check your travel plans–we’re snowed in. Hopefully the roads will be cleared before you guys get here!” That call came from my friend, a wonderful photographer, Don Hurzeler. Now if Don had called from Iceland or the Alps that would have been one thing. But he was calling from Stovepipe Wells Village in Death Valley…
“Digital Divide” was accepted into the National Prize Show sponsored by Cambridge Art Association (CAA), which will feature 71 artists. The show runs May 14 to June 22, 2019 at CAA’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery and University Place, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts. You can learn about the jurors, Camilo Alvarez and Steve Locke, here. “Digital Divide”…
I’m pleased that “Trash Day #1: Composting” was accepted into the 2019 Visual Feast exhibit. The show runs April 4 to 27, 2019 at Cambridge Art Association’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery. The owner and art director of 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington, Massachusetts, juried the exhibit. Here’s the description of the Visual Feast call for artists: Join…
How does an artist know when a piece is finished? This is a question I’ve been thinking about since I read a quote by German artist Gerhard Richter, whose astounding work ranges from photorealistic to abstract expressionist: “At the beginning, I feel totally free, and it’s fun, like being a child. The paintings can look…
Recently, I’ve been combing through megabytes of photographs that I’ve taken over the past few years, looking for images worth processing. Now, I’d love to say that this is part of a brilliant strategy: take photos, wait a while, then work on the ones that I spared from the delete key. Such an approach would…
If you’ve been following this blog, you might have noticed that I’ve been on hiatus for the past four months. During that time, I’ve been regrouping as I expand my work from traditional photography into abstracts and composites. It took me a while to get comfortable with the idea of taking and making images of…
For those of you who attended the reception for my “H20 Extremes” exhibition, hosted by Drinkwater’s Cambridge, many thanks. For those who couldn’t, here’s a multimedia recap (see below). The exhibition juxtaposed photos of Death Valley with images of Iceland. The extreme water part of the show concluded with images of the world as seen…
She Loves Me: When Mother Nature Shines Favorably… Back in February, when I visited Death Valley and the surrounding desert areas, I didn’t realize how fortunate I was that the weather cooperated perfectly. During the day, the temperature was mainly in the low 70s. At night, the thermometer dipped down to the mid-forties and then to…
I’m pleased to announce my upcoming exhibit, “H20 Extremes.” The show juxtaposes images devoid of water—such as those taken in Death Valley—with photographs that feature water in abundance. The latter include images of the Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon in Iceland and, much closer to home, close up shots of raindrops collecting on spider web filaments and…
MINDSHIFT GEAR CAMERA BACKPACKI rarely write much about camera gear, but I’m particularly excited about two photography products I used during my trip to Death Valley in February. Both helped make the adventure especially enjoyable and productive. (Note: neither of the items were provided for review by their respective manufacturers.) First, there’s the MindShift Gear…
