Hosta Twist in Black & White Magazine
I have always liked this dying hosta photo. In 2022, I submitted it, along with several other BnW photos, to the annual Black and White Magazine single shot contest, and the magazine selected it for publication. "Hosta Twist" was published as a 2022 Contest Winner, in Black & White Magazine, issue 158, February 2023.
Only When It Rains
We had the models and classic cars all lined up, but we were running behind schedule. It was getting dark, rain clouds were moving in, and the cars had not yet arrived. Once the cars showed up, it began to rain. I few of us stuck it out and I got this classic "Woman in the Car Shot." I decided it looked better in Black and White as a film noir pic. Those were good decisions as it was juried into a Black and White Exhibition, and hung in the Praxis Gallery in Minnesota from November 19 thru December 3, 2022, and it was one of 8 given an Honorable Mention from the Exhibition of 75 photos. Additionally, the photo was also juried into a Greyscale International Exhibit of BnW Photos at the Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, from Nov 3 - 30, 2022. I am hoping for more accolades for "Only When It Rains."
Going for a Ride
So we defeat COVID and now we have Monkey Pox, with Polio poking around. Time to take a ride as in Ride Sally Ride, Magic Carpet Ride, Save a Horse and Ride a Cowboy, Free Ride, My Ride's Here, Hitch a Ride, or Ride like the Wind. American music is ride centric. So buckle up, because the Bumpy Ride is not over yet.
July 4, 2022 Ocean City, MD
When I dropped this one off at the gallery today, the gallery assistant asked me if this was really what Ocean City looked like on the 4th of July. I told her it was. Her response, "Interesting Perspective." Was she implying that the photo has a hidden meaning or contains subtle social commentary?
The last 2 years have been abstract, surreal, and often absurd. Even with new strains of COVID for the summer of 2022, people are dying to get out, gather, travel and pretend like the world is back to normal. I have never seen the beach so packed with people. I had to add the melting ice cream, because "The Heat is On."
Used Words
Over the early winter months of 2022, I experimented with some abstract photos. This photo was the result being at my desk late one night, and noticing how the single light in the room was reflecting off an unsigned contract I was about to throw in the trash. I began to play with the contract by rolling several pages and tying them together. I shot some photos of the paper bundle using a single LED flashlight as my light source. I liked this photo the best. After the photo session, I threw out the unsigned contract, but I kept this photo of "Used Words." It was juried into Praxis Gallery's Abstract Exhibit for June 2022, and will also hang at the ViewPoint Gallery in Canada in September 2022. I joke that it needs to hang in every corporate boardroom in North America. Patrons are buying.
