Last month, I submitted two of my legacy pieces – the lenticular color-changing Grateful Dead Super Beetle car The Long, Strange Trip, and my film collage of the Hamilton College Chapel, The Congregation of Carissima, to the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts for consideration in their regional juried photography show. I’m not expecting anything…
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Picking myself up and dusting myself off
After giving myself plenty of time to recover from failing at the Iowa State Fair’s photography salon for the second consecutive year (ugh), I received a “Call for Art” message in my Facebook feed. Specifically, this message. The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts has an upcoming juried photography show that hopes to showcase the…
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The results of “Work of Art” 2021
Two years ago, right around this time, I traveled to Old Forge, New York, and photographed a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle that was repainted with Grateful Dead logos and had traveled to dozens of Grateful Dead concerts. I used various filters to capture the car’s image, and combined some of those photos into a lenticular,…
Read More“The Long, Strange Trip” is a Work of Art!
It was way back in 2019 when I traveled to Old Forge, New York, on rumors of discovering the remains of a vintage 1974 VW Super Beetle, one that had previously seen more than its share of Grateful Dead shows. I photographed it with various cameras, including using my Nikon Df with an assortment of…
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My entries for the 2021 New York State Fair Photography Competition
Last year, due to COVID-19, the New York State Fair’s 2020 season was cancelled. That meant that the photography competition – which I had entered for the past 11 years – was shuttered for the season. I had six entries, but none could be shown. Nuts. And for the longest while, I was worried that…
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The long, strange trip.
Last year, I captured an image of a worn-out 1974 VW Super Beetle in Old Forge, New York. it wasn’t just any vintage Volkswagen; it was owned by some Deadheads, who decorated the car with Grateful Dead imagery. I took several photos with various cameras, thanked the owners, won an blue at Durham in 2019…
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