Thesis Show: Unique c-Print Collage

This is the Unique c-Print Collage that I exhibited at our Thesis Show last month. Though these files will never do the actual prints justice, I thought some of you would like to see what I worked so hard on my last term. Please enjoy.

Books: Fragments, Volume One

This Thursday marks the debut of Fragments, Volume One, a small accordion style book that I will be publishing four times a year. This book is handmade and printed by me on digital inkjet paper. This volume is in an edition of 35, each one signed and numbered, and also features poetry by Katherine Murphy. I made this book in conjunction with my exhibition at The Hallway Gallery for the month of June. Future volumes of Fragments will consist of local and emerging artist.

My ideas for this series evolve daily, so please keep an eye out for Volume Two this early fall and see how this book progresses. Also stay tuned for some larger books that I will be producing this summer, both of mine and of other artist. I plan on doing a lot of handmade, small run editions in both book and portfolio case form. For these book ideas and for future volumes of Fragments, I have artist lined up such as:

Jimmey Leblanc

Ariel Kessler

Katherine Murphy

Aaron McElroy

Hot damm!

For now please enjoy this preview of Volume One and if you are interested in purchasing a copy, stop by The Hallway Gallery this Thursday, June 3rd for the opening reception. I anticipate these books going fast so stop by the gallery to pick one up, or purchase one online at the top of my blog page.

Exhibition: The Hallway Gallery

Join us at The Hallway Gallery for an opening reception of my latest exhibition of photography. I will be showing ten images from an older series of work, along side paintings by Fran Majusky.

This opening will also mark the debut of "Fragments", a limited edition, accordion style book of photography that I will be self-publishing quarterly. Volume one consist of the ten images I have in this exhibition along with poetry from Katherine Murphy. Future volumes of "Fragments" will consist of local and emerging artist.

Please join us for punch, photos, paintings, books and good times.

Hope to see you there.

Exhibition: Senior Thesis Show

Finally, all the hard work from me and my fellow classmates will be displayed in one amazingly big show. Are Thesis show opens tomorrow, Wednesday April 21st. 6-10 pm. There will be hundreds of people there to celebrate, you should be one of them. 

Show Details:

The Presidents Gallery, 11th floor of he Tower Building

Massachusetts College of Art & Design

621 Huntington Ave

Boston, MA 02115

April 20th to May 7th

Opening Reception is Wed. April 21st, 6-10 pm. 

San Fran: 2009

And image of the San Francisco sky in the late summer of 2009.

2005: Niagara and Chicago

A few Images I took in 2005. The first one is in Logan Square, Chicago. The second one was taken in Niagara Falls. I don't take a lot of images of people interacting with their surrounding environments but I thought these two were good images exploring that idea. I also think the two work real well together as a pairing.

Clint Baclawski: 4x5 Camera Installation

Recently, a friend of mine, Clint Baclawski, who is also a recent photo MFA graduate from MassArt. had an awesome installation at the Godine Gallery at MassArt. The show consisted of about a dozen 4x5 cameras and a digital projection of different landscape photographs flipped upside down. You could walk up to any of the cameras and view the landscapes right side up through the back of the ground glass. The show was visually amazing on many different levels. My Linhof 4x5 was used in this show and this is a photograph I took from it of the projections. The ghostly human figure to the left is Clint himself. Congrats Clint on a great show and I hope this idea spawns off into many other new visual experiences.

A Collection of Fences: Part 2

Another round of fences from the past year or so. Most of these images in the last two postings were taken in the Chicago and Boston. Enjoy!

A collection of Fences: Part 1

For the past year, I have been making a lot of images in the landscape. I have come to find a large set of fences within this work. I started shooting fences a lot when I was photographing empty plots of land for my missing teeth series, and just found myself to be really attracted to them. I respond to the different representations they have, whether as aesthetic choices, use for safety and comfort, or what it is they are trying to prevent us from seeing. Another round of fences will be posted soon. Enjoy.

20x24 Polaroid

I was very fortunate enough to have a session with the Polaroid 20x24 camera that Mass. Art owns. This was a rare opportunity that many people do not get the chance to have. I purchased 5 sheets at $75 a pop. Four of them came out and I got to say, I am very very happy with them. My goal was to make images that were visually pleasing and that partially mirrored some of the photogram work that I do. The quality of the images below do not do justice to the creamy and warm quality that these polaroids possess, not to mention the fact that they lost a good amount of the soft contrast they have. I hope at one point to have them displayed somewhere for people to see in person. More to come on that down the road hopefully. I also attached my blueprint of the ideas for the shots, to see a little of the thought process and how that can change when faced with different obstacles. I also attached a photo of when I was prepping for the fruit and of the actual session itself. Enjoy.

Unique C-Print's

Five of my latest unique c-Prints and photograms from my last critique. These images are not quite where I want them to be, but I was still fond of these visually and for the ideas they are starting to bring about. I'm still looking to have more layers and depth to these images, to try and create an unique concept of land and space.