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New Press!
Just got some new press with artGuide Magazine! Check it out, and you can get a little more insight about what I do, and how I do it.
Ain't we a pair?
A mile off the coast of the tiny port town of Beaufort, NC, lies Shackleford Banks; a nine-mile long barrier island. Cut off from civilization, and accessible only by boat, Shackleford is a rare gem. It is battered by storms, and the ever-flowing tides are constantly changing its shores. Wild horses, shipwrecked there in the late 1600's, are its only inhabitants.
It is my home away from home, and its splendor is ever evolving.
Research Vessel...
Where you can't fly, you drive. Where you can't drive, you walk. Where you can't walk, you...you...well, you paddle.
Say hello to the new research vessel...for those hard to reach spots.
We've got plans to go places...
NEW SITE
We've totally got a new site!
This award thing...
I recently entered a few images in the artavita art contest, and was awarded a certificate of excellence.
Lovely. Very lovely.
Goin' walkabout...
Making the trek out to the middle of nowhere in Cedar Island, NC.
The resulting photograph (shown at the end) is Cedar Island VII.
News type news...
Hey! We're in the paper!!!
The local paper did a little heads up on the show this month. Stoked!!!
Road Trip
I had a shoot in Charlotte two weeks ago, which I drove to, expecting to take the scenic route on the way home. Stone Mountain State Park is an hour and a half north of Charlotte, and I've wanted to check it out for a while now.
Living out at the coast, I've sort of started to miss rocks and hills.
Here are a few from a quick drive by of the area...
POUND NET SERIES
THE BACK STORY:
This is one of my favorite serendipitous stories I like to tell of my travels. I left home early one morning to make a 6-hour drive up to Ocean City, Maryland for a shoot for Johns Hopkins, and passed this spot on the drive up. I don't usually carry my large format gear with me, but will take it along if I've got a long haul ahead of me.
Anyway...this particular day happened to be outrageously windy, a condition in which hoisting a bulky camera atop a tripod will guarantee blurry photos from the camera shuddering in the wind.
The shoot for Johns Hopkins went incredibly smoothly. So smoothly, in fact, that we shot for about 45 minutes, and I was on my way toward home again. I had intended on sleeping in the car (or ground) near the place I had seen these pound nets on the drive up, but made good time on the way back, and, when I got there, somehow the 30+ mph winds had stopped...completely.
I jumped out of the car, built the camera, and dashed to the shore. The scene before me couldn't have been more ideal. The summer heat had created a beautiful hazy backdrop behind the nets, and the water was reflecting the evening's twilight.
In just under an hour (about as long as my commissioned shoot that day), I made seven exposures, recording these delicate nets on a sheet of silver film. The pairing couldn't have been better...
If you're interested in seeing these pieces in person (they're breathtaking in person), you can view (and purchase) them in 20x24 inch silver gelatin prints at my gallery in Beaufort, NC, or at Rebekah Jacob Gallery in Charleston. I can also ship pieces, and guarantee satisfaction upon delivery.
ELEMENTS | Beaufort
Fresh off the walls of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the show ELEMENTS is making its way home to Beaufort for the month of May.
The all black and white exhibit features beautiful coastal scenes from North Carolina to Maine, in silver prints ranging from 16x20 up to 40x50 mural.
A reception is being held Saturday, May 7th from 5-7PM at Mike Basher Gallery, 410 Front Street. Beaufort, NC
ELEMENTS will be on exhibit through the month of May.
South of the border...
Ok...so it's been a bit since I've had time to get to my film from my trip to Charleston a few weeks back. Yesterday, I processed it. Today, I bring you two of the three photographs I made on Folly Island, early one morning. What happened to the third one? Well...let's just say that I made a slight error in its exposure, and the image will just have to live on in my memory.
The joys of film...
That view!
Just wanted to chirp out a photo of the view out of the gallery windows. Even a rainy day looks good. Come on down!!!
410 Front St. Beaufort, NC 28516
artGuide feature...
My feature in the March 2016 artGuide is now online, if you'd like to take an in-depth read through it. Click the image above, or this handy little link.
Ahhhhhhh...Charleston...
I did some exploring early last Friday while in Charleston, and found this awesome jetty and the Morris Island Lighthouse just hanging out on a sand bar...barely clinging on to life. Pretty cool. Still need to process the film. Stay tuned for something hopefully better than this phone pic...
I was in town to drop off a few pieces with Rebekah Jacob Gallery, and talk shop. Got some good stuff on the horizon.
Speaking of horizons, here's a cool sunrise on one of the many awesome marshes in the Charleston area. Absolutely beautiful down in those parts. Gotta get down there again soon. Stay tuned for some real photos from the trip...
We've moved!
Update your address book...we've moved!!!
As sad as it was to hand over the keys to our beloved first gallery space, it was because we lucked out on a spot in downtown Beaufort RIGHT ON THE WATER!!!
We're still tweaking the space, and need to get more photos of it, but here's a rough teaser...and the new address: 410 Front Street Beaufort, NC 28516 (inside Handscapes)
Come by and check it out. Hours are 10-6, 7 days a week.
ELEMENTS
It's alive!!!
Last Friday, we had the pleasure to open my new show ELEMENTS at North Carolina's Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, and I couldn't be happier. Met some lovely folks, and had some great conversations about a bunch of the pieces...
Below is a little video tour of the exhibit. Check it out...and if you're in the area, stop by and check it out in person! The show is running through the 27th of March.
Thanks to everyone who made this show possible, especially the kind folks at the Nature Art Gallery.
3/16 artGuide
WowWowWow!!!
I just went to the mailbox, when what to my wondering eye should appear, but my monthly artGuide. Thomas, the publisher had reached out to me last month, looking to do a feature on my "unique style" of photography. We corresponded a bit, and the magazine went to print.
Well...not only was there a gorgeous write up about the work of yours truly, but to quote Cate Blanchette in The Life Aquatic, it was the EFFING COVAH!!! I'm beyond words.
Here is a link to the newest magazine on issuu: artGuide March 2016.
Check it out. If you're into the arts, artGuide is a tremendous resource for collectors and enthusiasts in the Southeastern US.
Composition Craven
The Composition Craven show is wrapping up this weekend, and I gotta say...what an honor to have had the opportunity to contribute what I could to it. Some heavy photographs and stories from our community here in Eastern Carolina.
My collection of portraits for the show focuses on powerful images of four local high school students who are very involved in their community, and are working hard for bright futures.
Here's a little behind the scenes video of me working on it with Kayla Murphy, who was kind enough to stand in to show the process. All of these portraits were shot on a four by five inch sheet of film. The four portraits on the wall behind me are one of three different exposures of each subject. Working this closely to them with large format, you're not left with a lot of error with focus, so I tend to shoot an extra sheet for good measure.
The show is running through the 29th. If you haven't been able to, please go check it out. Not to look at my stuff, but to read the stories of Anytown USA. Humbling.
A HUGE thanks to the Craven County Arts Council for asking me to contribute my take on these portraits to this show, and Elizabeth Ellis for making it happen.
Rebekah Jacob Gallery
We're beyond excited to announce our teaming up with Rebekah Jacob Gallery. Rebekah is one of the foremost experts in fine art photography in the American Southeast, and a worldwide source for photography acquisitions.
Based in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, Rebekah and her team have curated a lovely collection of photographers and their works.
Check out: rebekahjacobgallery for more info.