Two of my photos have been accepted into the 2025 Regional Juried Arts Competition hosted by the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers Michigan. The photo shown here, "Three In One" received an Honorable Mention. The show opened January 19th and closes on February 18.
There are several exciting exhibit's at the Three Rivers Carnegie Center for the Arts this summer. "It's Bug's Life" features insect themed artwork. It has been almost a decade since I last made focus stacked insect images, but I dusted off the macro bellows and gave it a shot. Here is my contribution to the show:
From June 21 - September 11, 2024, the Carnegie Center is hosting 4 exhibits -4 Exhibits: Pathfinder Quilts, Beyond Cornfields, It's Bugs' Life, and Three Points of View. Gallery Hours Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 5pm.
Here are a few more macros I worked on in preparation for this exhibit:
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My photo, Old Tree In February, is in an invitational exhibit at the Three Rivers Carnegie Center For The Arts. The show is titled "Seeking Beauty" and runs from June 23 to September 13, 2023.
Stop by and see this and several other exhibits is the Carnegie's galleries!
Old Tree In February
Green leaves are beautiful indeed,
And crisp snow pleases the eye,
But on this hill I struggle to see
The beauty that passes by.
Old tree: grace rising from ground,
Branches elegant in the air.
Small trees gather round,
And dream of summer fair.
Your bark is rough and battered,
Your roots bite the earth,
Your crown is richly tattered,
As you stand both blessed and cursed.
Old tree: scarred and worn,
Sleeping, graceful, mass and form.
Beauty veiled, branches broken,
Word of creation yet unspoken.
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An exhibit of my photographs is now up at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. This solo exhibit features 39 of my photographs, drawing upon my two main long term projects – Midwest landscapes and close ups / macros. Several of my new black and white forest landscapes are on display. The show will be up through May, 2022. A reception will be held on Sunday, April 10, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM to coincide with their April Brunch. The Pierce Cedar
Creek Institute is located at 701 W. Cloverdale Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. I hope you get a chance to visit!
Power to the people.
A fallen log in the woods -
Taken in October, this was a grab shot while photographing some of the interesting tombstones in an old Connecticut graveyard. Tri-X 400 rated @ 1600, developed in HC110 Dil B, 20C for 16 minutes.
Early October and the Allegan Forest is still lush and green for the most part, though a few small Sassafras are starting to lighten.
Made with a Rocohflex Diacord L on Classic Pan 200, HC110 Dil B for 7.5 minutes.