Saturday, March 27, 2010

Metro at the Clarridge Gallery

I will be showing eight prints from my series Metro in the Clarridge Gallery at the Eastshore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32 Street, Bellevue, WA from March 27 through May 1. This series documents the behavior of ordinary people in mass transit systems in several countries and cultures. 
Metro Line 2 near Lujiazui, Shanghai

Friday, March 19, 2010

Lucie Foundation E-pprentice Program

I am pleased to announce that I have been selected as one of nine participants for the first annual Lucie Foundation E-pprentice Program.  This online program matches emerging photographers with established professionals who act as mentors in an electronic apprenticeship during a six-month time period.  The mentorship activities take place using the internet as the platform for communication.  

I am delighted that my mentor is Ed Kashi, a  photographer I have admired for some time.  Ed does wonderful work and he has a sensibility that closely parallels my interests. We have already had several productive talks with one another and I look forward to our continuing conversations. I would like to thank the Lucie Foundation for initiating this innovative program and to Ed for his generous assistance. 

A list of the other participants and a detailed description of the program is on the Lucie Foundation website.

Open Portfolio Viewing at FotoFest

I will be participating at the FotoFest open portfolio viewing on Friday March 19 from 7-9pm at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Houston, 400 Dallas Street.  In addition to showing work from my two new series Metro and Sidewalks of New York, I will have handmade books of my work from Paris, Oaxaca and Central America on display.  The portfolio walk will be preceded by a curatorial dialog featuring Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator of Photography at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Edward Robinson, Associate Curator at the Los Angles County Museum of Art, beginning at 5:30pm in the Travis Room at the Doubletree Hotel.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

FotoFest 2010

After weeks of preparation and a red-eye flight from Seattle, I arrived in Houston yesterday for my first time at FotoFest.  I spent all day Tuesday in a wonderful workshop entitled Beyond Print that was coordinated by Mary Virginia Swanson and Katrina D'Autremont.  The workshop involved presentations by the coordinators as well as David Bram, Richard Kelly, Darren Ching, Darius Himes, Nadja Masri, Aaron Schuman and Katherine Ware.  The presentations focused on the most effective ways to utilize online tools to present photographic work to targeted audiences and to engage in dialog with others.  The presentations were followed by questions from the attendees and a lively panel discussion. 

Beginning today, I will be participating in four days of portfolio review and showing my two new bodies of works - Metro and Sidewalks of New York.