Absolute Blogmusings from an absolutely blank mind ExposureJust wanted to let you all know that as member of the Center For Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, I get to populate my own little corner of their website. I finally found the time to upload some pictures, so now there’s another place people can find a few of my images online. You can see it here:
Unfortunately I only get to include a handful of pictures, so I have had to be very selective. If there’s a favorite you think I should include, please let me know (…and also which image it should replace!)
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Time to Vote!It’s election time here in the US, so this image seemed strangely appropriate.  
The Empty Room Click here to view the image in my online gallery. A recent photography workshop allowed me access to an old historic house that is in the midst of being renovated. A few rooms were staged for a Halloween haunted house tour — while others (like this one) were simply unused, in the midst of redecoration. It was great to have free reign to open some of those closed doors and poke around places where you felt you probably shouldn’t be. Opening one door I found that someone had used this dusty attic room to dump this large flag out of the way. The emptiness and confined space of the room – without even paint on the walls – gave the space a desolate atmosphere that I really wanted to capture. No doubt there is any amount of possible symbolism here, but any interpretation you make is entirely your own. Hope you like it! Windows and Mirrors“Windows and mirrors offer photographers an amazing variety of creative options. A window can offer a reflected subject or be used as a framing element in a composition. A mirror can present two different realities simultaneously, or present an altered view of reality.” This is the preamble to the current exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. This show, WINDOWS AND MIRRORS, runs from October 30th to November 29th – both in the gallery and online. (Online exhibition, gallery details and hours here). The images for this show were selected by Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts from the Corden/Potts Gallery in San Francisco – known and respected in the photo world as teachers and reviewers as well as gallerists. My image “Texas Time”, was selected for the online gallery and the exhibition catalog. This image was taken (surprise) in Houston Texas through the window of a store selling neon light art – an open door inside the store reveals an open courtyard beyond, and the street scene behind is reflected in the window glass. There’s no manipulation or double exposure here. That’s as it came from the camera. 
Texas Time Click here to see the image in the gallery. The exhibition catalog is available from Blurb, and can be seen here (…and ordered, if you like the show!): 
Windows and Mirrors: Exhibition Catalog There’s some great work here. Please take a look. It’s a Sign!…is the name of a juried exhibition now showing at the 1650 Gallery in the arty bohemian neighborhood of Echo Point, Los Angeles, California. Two of my images were selected by the gallery – one is currently on display in the physical exhibition, and in addition, a second image was selected for the online “annex”.
Click here to see the Gallery Exhibition. These are the images which were selected. Click on each to see a larger version on my website. 
Guggenheim 
IO CLAY The exhibition runs from October 13th until Nov 2nd. So hurry!
Birds By The BayThe featured image for October is something of a change from my recent geometric architectural studies. The salt ponds that surround San Francisco Bay create a surreal landscape of shallow featureless wetlands, divided by low dykes that separate the areas of increasing salinity. Although salt discourages vegetation, it does support a rich fauna of brine shrimp and algae — and that acts as a magnet for a host of wetland birds such as these egrets I spotted lined up along one of the decaying wooden walkways that criss-cross the area. 
Birdline Click here to see the image in the gallery. This is a landscape dominated by horizontal lines – the horizon, bridges, power lines etc. – so the evenly spaced line of birds fits perfectly with the aesthetic of the local surroundings. By the way, this is another of those images which looks as if it’s black-and-white …but it’s not. The haze has filtered out most of the color, but not all. This is exactly as it came from the camera! You might not notice it unless you compared it with a true monochrome version, but then you’d see that the “color” version has a certain “spark” of energy which is lost with the removal of the subtle color. |
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