Had some late night visitors last night. Nice of them to clean up the yard for me after I “dropped” a bunch of cat food. Now if only they would refill the water dishes after they wash their hands…

Another digital presentation, this time back in Athens. This is one of my favorite photos because it was of a long-time friend with a miracle pregnancy two years ago. My only regret is that I haven’t been able to photograph the child out of the womb yet.

This year has been a year of contests for me, entering just about anything I can find if I have a photo that might work.

I’d entered the Monovisions Photography Awards back in May and initially thought I hadn’t placed, but I was reviewing my lists and double-checked. Turns out my underwater work has another honorable mention : )

The Next Big Thing

Check out all the other cool work at the above link.

Three pieces on display at Studio Channel Islands.

http://studiochannelislands.org/tnbt20/

http://studiochannelislands.org/events/nbt20/    (Virtual Tour)

My most successful image continues to pull in some notice. “Into Dreamtime” was selected from five underwater images I submitted to this online gallery curated by the Marin Society of Artists for their “Celebration of Art 2020” show. I’ve included the link so you can see all the works as well as a screenshot of my piece below.

https://shows14.wixsite.com/mysite/celebration-of-art

 

 

This photo is almost five years old and was taken at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, AZ. I’d made a whole series of these and a book in black and white but since nature is not usually what I do I didn’t really promote it much (like I said, this was EARLY on). I’ll include a few below, and like I said: I do have a book of “20 Little Dreams” available.

20 Little Dreams (Butterflies)

Set to appear in Bulgaria.

The executive director of Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo, CA was kind enough to send me snaps of 2 of my 3 pieces hanging in their gallery right now.

I am grateful to have been selected as part this month’s show.

Homepage

https://www.facebook.com/studiochannelislands/
https://www.instagram.com/sciartcenter/?hl=en

A great title, since for portraitists this what we are dealing with. Frank Cordelle’s work collects portraits of females from birth to early 90’s and everywhere in between, in some cases the same person at two different ages. Each photo has a write-up, in most cases from the photographed person.

It’s not for the puritanical since there are underage people in the natural state and the opening photo is a crowning birth, but the material is not suggestive and it’s a beautiful collection that shows bodies and engaging gazes.

working that is.

I stumbled upon this little gem months ago at Half Price Books and didn’t look at it until yesterday when I was going through some of my collection. It’s a delightful little piece covering the work of Philippe Halsman and his wife who acted as his assistant during the course of his career. This little volume shows some of his pieces he took of famous people in the mid-20th century, including Einstein and Churchill, and includes behind the scenes photos and little notes from him and his wife about the event. I should have known his name; he made the photos with Dali of the cats and water and chair in the air, as well as the skull formed by nude female models.