A month or so ago, I received an e-mail from Director and Curator David DeMelim inviting me to be part of an exhibition at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts in Providence, Rhode Island. His idea was to create an exhibition that celebrates and gives thanks to past and future Jurors and Curators of […]
Sara Bennett: LOOKING INSIDE: Portraits of Women Serving Life Sentences
Sara Bennett is doing the important work of humanizing those behind prison walls. She has a legacy of considering subjects who have no voice, who have suffered at the hands of others, and those who have had their life change in a flash of bad choices. Her projects chronicle women during and after incarceration and […]
Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object
Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object, will open Thursday, January 9th at 4pm at the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University Gallery in California. A big thank you to educator and artist Lana Caplan, Assistant Professor of Photography and Video at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for the wonderful opportunity to curate this exhibition […]
Barbara Boissevain: Salt Pond Restoration 2010 – 2019
I had the great pleasure of meeting Barbara Boissevain and her work at CENTER’s Review Santa Fe this past October. Barbara has created a number of compelling projects about toxic territories in the San Francisco Bay Area, one the most polluted regions in the United States. This examination “highlights issues of toxicity relevant to the […]
Project XV: New Perspectives on Photography
Each year, I teach a year long Personal Project class at the Los Angeles Center of Photography where photographers continue with or create new bodies of work, produce artist’s books or catalogs, hone their articulation and consider their influences. To say that I’m proud of these artists is an understatement–I’m amazed by their dedication to […]
The Your Favorite Photograph of 2019 Exhibition
Happy New Year! I hope this year brings you all good things, from health and happiness to creativity and continued successes. Thank you for sharing your favorite photograph of 2019! I know that favorite doesn’t necessarily mean best–it can be a favorite for sentimentality, remembrance of the experience, or just because it moved something inside […]