It’s an honor to see my work included in The Center for Fine Art Photography’s “Dreams” exhibition this month. The photographs currently on display at C4FAP’s gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado thru January 7, 2012 were selected from over 2,500 entries. The curator of this show, Aline Smithson is the editor of the Lenscratch blog, and a wonderful photographer in her own right. Here’s what she had to say about the show:

“The concept of dreams is a broad one—a dream can be a personal goal, a life fantasy, a desire, and an ethereal scramble of ideas and imagery ripe for interpretation. It was from this heaping platter of ideas and elucidations with which I had to form an exhibition. And what a feast it was. I wasn’t disappointed in this quest, in fact, I was overwhelmed with fantastic images and I was only sorry that I had to edit the exhibition down to 62 images.”

My friend Vyana Bergen inspired the title for this image. She talked about how ancient Celts referred to ‘thin places’ in reference to those magical spots where the veil between worlds is most permeable. Kind of like the Mists of Avalon. This photograph was made in Iceland, but wasn’t included in my Iceland book. It just seemed to have a flavor all its own, so I’m glad it found a home among the dreamy images in this show

Thanks, Susan Spiritus!, for including my work in the Exhibition:
SPEAK FOR THE TREES – July 8 thru August 12
Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California

Opening Reception: July 8th, 6-9 pm.

SPEAK FOR THE TREES
Mark Ryden,Yoko Ono, Robert Norton, George Katzenberger, Katherin Gray, Axel Erlandson (Tree Circus), Amy Caterina, Stanford University, Sam Maloof, OCC Students, Ed Ruscha, Jim Cokas, Dirk Hagner, Kim Abeles, Ellen Jantzen, Mark Dion (Documentation of Neukom Vivarium), Laurie Hassold, Mark Chamberlain, Jerry Burchfield, Deborah Davidson, Ning Yeh, Lynn King, Winifred Wood, James Lorigan, Corey Stein, Eugenie Goldschmeding, Eric Stoner, Tom Dowling, Cara Barer, Jean Miele, Christopher Burkett, James Surls, Jean Francois Podevin, Larry Scher, Jean Towgood and Pat Warner

The way we see things changes them, and the things we see change us. Everyday magic surrounds us.

So many wonderful conversations! This incredible, synchronistic convergence of more than a hundred of my fellow artists, and tens of thousands(!) of art-lovers from all over the world made New York’s first-ever Artist Project really special. You may have come to Pier 92 looking for inspiration, but meeting you all and having this opportunity to share my work with you inspired me. Thank you!

When I’m photographing, and later when I’m working on the photographs, I’m always listening for that little voice in my head that says “Go this way…” or “What if?” to guide me.

If I listen carefully, and if I do my job right, magic happens. A whisper of the voice of the muse becomes part of the photo, waiting for you to hear it remind you “life is beautiful, and anything is possible…”

Come visit me next week at The Artist Project!
(click on the image above for the full invitation)

It’s been years since I had a show in New York, and I’m excited that this four-day exhibition will showcase a wide range of my photographs, from large-scale black-and-white landscapes to brand-new small, color(!) works.

Attend the Opening Night Reception on Thursday, March 17th from 6-9pm.

Or any of the days of the show:
- Thursday, March 17: 10am-9pm
- Friday, March 18: 10am-7pm
- Saturday, March 19: 10am-6pm
- Sunday, March 20: 10am-6pm

Get free tickets online NOW ; ) so you can go to the show March 17-20.
In addition to my photographs, you’ll see paintings, sculpture, and other works by more than 150 independent artists. Your ticket also admits you to the entire Architectural Digest Home Show.

Hoping my New York friends will take advantage of this opportunity, and come visit me on Pier 92, to see original prints from The Vintage Series, Vestiges of Industry, large-scale black-and-white landscapes, and even some never-before-seen surprises: a special Brooklyn project, and new small (color!) prints!

For those of you who couldn’t make it to recent exhibitions in Oslo or Houston, this is your chance ; )

FREE tickets here.

Really enjoyed the opening for the “Created and Found Maps – Exploration of Self and World” exhibition at the Houston Center for Photography. Many thanks to Frazier King, everybody at HCP, and the Houston photo luminaries who attended!

OK, I should be posting more often – and probably getting involved with Twitter and Facebook. Until I do, here’s an update on a few recent happenings:

Norwegian friends (and luminaries from the Oslo photo community!) joined my friend PÃ¥l and I for the opening of our “Vestiges of Industry” exhibition at Fotografiens Hus in Oslo (above). Special thanks to Morten Løberg, Carll Goodpasture, Arne Knudsen, and everyone else who helped us create the exhibition and celebrate the work.)

A really great group of students (and our friends Helge and Tom at StudioTechnika/Farvelabben) made the Oslo Digital Workshop a terrific experience.

Of course every trip to Norway is supplemented with a healthy dose of socializing ; ) My sincerest thanks to Tarand and Morten Krogvold for an amazing dinner at Brasserie France!

The next few day include a road trip in Norway to shoot new industrial images, followed by a brief stopover and shooting adventure in ICELAND with the crew from Mo i Rana! More soon…

This was the 9th time I’ve visited Norway in the last five years! My dear friend PÃ¥l Otnes and I had a great time teaching a sold out workshop at StudioTechnika / Farvelabben in Oslo – to an exceptionally talented and nice group.

Afterwards, PÃ¥l and I took a road trip to shoot a couple of abandoned industrial sites for our upcoming “Vestiges of Industry” exhibition at Fotografiens Hus in May 2009. I’m looking forward to posting more pictures, from both the workshop and the road trip, very soon.

I must confess, leading workshops may be the best excuse in the world to travel, make new photographs – and new friends. I am so grateful to realize how many incredible people come to mind as I think about the past few months. Thank you all for your generosity – and thank you ICP & MMW.

The two classes I taught in June at the Maine Media Workshops were a delight, and Eleanor and Herbert Peters at the Thomaston Café very kindly extended the June exhibition of my landscape photographs an extra month, into August. Thank you to everyone who made it (and almost made it) to the opening in June!

New York in summer is also pretty great. The workshops at ICP were filled with amazing people! Returning to Maine to teach a third workshop in September was absolutely icing on the cake. Happy Solstice everyone!

Norway in May was amazing, as usual. Great workshop, fantastic roadtrip to shoot industry in Sweden, and being in Oslo for the National Day on the 17th was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The exhibition of my landscape photographs at Fotografiens Hus Gallery in downtown Oslo was a success, and there’s talk of another in 2008.

I’m happy to report that my Exhibition and the Workshop PÃ¥l Otnes and I are presenting in Oslo are already receiving favorable attention from the photography press in Norway. Take a look at fotografi.no, the website for Norway’s best photo magazine.

“Seeing Is Believing,” a gallery exhibition of my black-and-white landscape photographs, opens on May 4th at Fotografiens Hus in downtown Oslo. There’s a reception party from 6-9pm if you’re in the neighborhood.

The prints that make up this exhibition feature images made in Norway (happily, I’ve been visiting Norway often since 2003 to teach and to photograph), as well as the US, Canada, Western Europe, and Japan. In addition to the exhibition PÃ¥l Otnes and I will be teaching a special Digital Workshop, and we may even take a road trip into Sweden to photograph abandoned industrial sites. In fact, it looks like I’ll be spending most of the month May in Norway – including May 17th, which is the Norwegian National Day; I hear it’s quite a party!

The Susan Spiritus Gallery, which represents my work on the West Coast, has a whole new website – with my work in the slide show here.

Camilla Longin’s London Gallery, The Art Movement, will be featuring my black-and-white landscape photographs at Photo London. Photo London is like New York’s AIPAD show – approximately 50 world-class photo galleries showcase collectible photographs which are for sale.

The dates are Wednesday 17 May – Sunday 21 May 2006 at the the Royal Academy of Arts’ Burlington Gardens. I will be at the exhibition Wednesday thru Saturday, and I would love to see you there (booth #15). Please come by, or ask your friends in London to stop by and introduce themselves.