Recent Images and Re-edits

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Homage to Hard Knox Roller Girls

This image is currently on display at 2 Many Pixels Gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

It was a recipient of a Juor's Award

Paintball Course; Jonesborough, Tennessee

Suspension; From the Series Liminal

Wave Isolation; From the Series Liminal

Recycling

While traveling home a few days ago, I drove past a familiar, featureless building. On this day, I saw what seemed to be a large piece of steel wool the size of a car adjacent to the building's edge.  Returning, it was steel shavings awaiting to be sorted and recycled. The on-duty security was very kind and gave me free run of the place. While the light was not what I had in mind for this type of imagery, I enjoyed exploring all the sunlit metal fragments and forms with my camera. I cannot wait to venture back, this time with my view camera and black and white film... Here are my discoveries:

Steel Shavings I; Recycle

Cut Outs I; Recycle

Steel Shavings II; Recycle

Torque Converters I; Recycle

 Wrench Cut Outs I; Recycle

Steel Shavings III; Recycle

Art & Culture Alliance

A&CA received nearly 625 entries from 160 artists throughout the region, and 46 pieces have been selected for the show. I received my congratulatory email this past afternoon.

The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville are pleased to present “Arts in the Airport”, a new exhibition featuring selected artwork from over 40 artists in the East Tennessee region.  “Arts in the Airport” was developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area.  The selected art features contemporary 2- and 3-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited from October 28 - April 19, 2012.

 The exhibition officially opens to the public on Tuesday, November 8, with a reception starting at 5:00 PM in front of the ticket counters (just inside the Departures entrance).  Please park in short-term parking, and bring your parking ticket with you to get it validated.  The airport staff will take up to 25 people at a time through security to view the exhibition.  You do have to pass through the security checkpoint.  Best of Show and other awards will be announced at 6:00 PM.  Please RSVP to Hughes@tys.org or 865-342-3016.

 Please join me at the reception and dinner afterwards...

Camo Chevy; Morristown, Tennessee, From the Series Phone

About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission (www.arts.state.tn.us).

Art & Culture Alliance Spring Exhibition 2012

Recent Additions to Bell Time

May 28, 2011 I traveled down Washington Pike to make photographs of the matches of Tennessee Extreme Wrestling. I was thrilled to arrive and discover that the venue was outdoors. The natural light adds an element of interest when I photograph wrestlers around sunset and continue into the evening. The blending of my harsh flash with the open existing light makes the scene even more surreal to me.

After the event ended, I remained and watched and photographed the ring be dismantled and packed away. Some were owners and family and others were the wrestlers. These following images were made around 11P.M. and everyone seemed exhausted...

Deconstruction

Denouement

Valediction

In the News

Peter Galassi

Very interested in Galassi's replacement at the Museum of Modern Art, as it will be an important event for the future of photography.

Arts in the Airport Spring 2011 Exhibition

Received great news… my work was juried into the exhibition along with 4 of my students from PSCC. This year’s juror was Stephen Wicks, Curator of the Knoxville
Museum of Art. Here are the two images:

Tobacco Detail, From the Series McFarlands One Season

Vacancy ; Room 4216, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
 

Credo

This past Friday, I visited Dr. Richard Cary, where his most recent work Credo, is on exhibition.  I also had the pleasure of meeting a number of students that I was able to share my passion of photography and design in a small workshop environment. The exhibition is on the campus of Mars Hill College in North Carolina. Dr. Cary's book Credo can be purchased here: Credo


Credo


Richard Cary

From the Artist Statement, " Credo. This one-sentence, "I believe" in Latin, is a simple, powerful declaration of faith with qualification of reservation. The photographs in Credo document moments in the religious lives of a small congregation of Signs Following believers and their pastor Reverend Jimmy Morrow at a Church of God in Jesus' Name Only in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The preactices of Sign Followers are based on New Testament scripture from Mark 16: 17-18: ..."