It’s hard to believe that it has now been ten years since the release of my book, Gathering Calm: Photographs 1994-2004! It was an amazing experience putting together my first hardcover monograph and it’s hard to believe how much has changed since then. Both in my own career as well as photography in general. The book, originally printed in a first edition of 1000, was received extremely well, better than I could have imagined. Little did I know back then what a difficult time it can be moving a book and I was lucky enough to sell out the complete first printing in less than a year. Five years later, there was a second edition made in a smaller run and those too will be gone before too long. It is definitely the last printing as to be honest, I never thought I’d sell out the first. What I’ve decided to do is to offer one of the remaining copies along with a choice of four, palladium prints for a very special price that will be announced soon. These four prints were included in the book and are among favorite of mine to print. I’m extremely proud of these recent […]
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In the Workshop ———- It’s said that the beginning is the most important part of the work and I’ve been working the better part of two years now to get this studio in the north of Michigan ready. I’ve been wondering if I’d ever get beyond all it takes to construct the space and get on to the work for which it was intended. Finally, I’ve gotten there and with the three workshops scheduled during Photostock2015, the place was nearly at full potential. There were the usual, organizational issues faced when moving into a new space, but those I’ve found fun. With each class, we were able to work out the kinks and things ran more smoothly by the day. Every instructor had very helpful suggestions and I was fortunate to have them here to help out. Even with all the advanced planning, It isn’t until you actually start working in a space that you realize what’s needed to get a comfortable and productive workflow going. Upon completion of the festival and courses, I was soon to find the joys of having such a space in which to work. The place was ready to go and I was able to […]
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For all practical purposes, the workshop begun in May of 2013 and funded in large part by not one, but two successful Kickstarter campaigns, is completed inside and out! It has been a long road with many twists, turns, ups and downs, but we’re there and ready to fly. Major work was completed just in time for the first Photostock2015 workshop on June 11, 2015 with Kerik Kouklis in the platinum/palladium process. Then, three days later, Clay Harmon taught a class in Polymer Photogravure followed three days after that with a class on Tri-Color Gum with Christina Z. Anderson. The classes were well attended and a great time was had by all. I can’t tell you how happy I am to be at this stage and can’t thank everyone enough who helped with their belief and support. Please stay tuned for more!
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