Rochester Contemporary Art Center

will open their annual 6x6 fundraiser this weekend.
http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2012.php
The 7500+ works of art are already live on their website.

Below are the two I contributed.
They are small parts of the "Digital Manipulation" series of cyanotypes I started at the beginning of the Spring.
You can search for them on the 6x6 website by entering the number you see below the image.

#1038

#1039

Some FDU students of mine also are participating in the show.
They are grouped together around #3372 to # 3383

International Photography Annual

a book by the folks at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH,
will have some of my work in it.
I'll post details closer to the publishing date.
The planned release date is some time late September - early October
so it can coincide with FotoFocus.

Let It Rain:

A Paddler's Guide to the Whitewater River of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada

http://neguidebook.com/sample-pages/

Several years ago, Alden Bird asked to use some photos of mine from the Housatonic River in Connecticut.   When he finished the guide book, he sent me a copy.  Being a whitewater geek, I was not concerned with where/how my photos were as I excitedly flipped through the pages of Alden's comprehensive edition, searching for new rivers to run.

I recently removed the book from my shelf, dusted it off, and thumbed through it for the first time in a while.  (drought conditions, teaching responsibilites, and a growing art career have conspired to keep me out of my boat more than once this year)  I am very proud to have my photos included in this book, and full of child-like glee that you can see two of them on the internet, on the book's website, on the sample pages section that displays the Bulls Bridge section of the Housatonic.

http://neguidebook.com/

Grand Canyon photogravure (so far)

Slideshow.  (if the show does not start in a few seconds, click here)




These are the 12 photogravures that have been editioned in sepia.  (only 10 copies each)  A few of them are editioned in a custom mixed thalo black ink.  My goal for this summer is to finish the thalo black edition and start work on the second batch of 12 plates for this suite.

The entire project is developed enough now that I feel I can start showing it to galleries/dealers, with the qualifier that the series not yet finished.

A few of you already have acquired copies from this suite of prints.  Thank you.  I hope you enjoy the fact that you are the first collectors of this project, and are participating at the earlier stages of it's development.  Your support and feedback are felt and very much appreciated.

(and now a link to a list of printmaking terms for the curious)
http://www.ira.usf.edu/GS/education/printmaking.html

A grain of truth in a company blog

This one cuts both ways Epson

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/CompanyBlogs/Story/PhotoNotFineArt.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

I agree that digital printing has reached the point at which we can just call it photography, without saying that it's "digital photography".   Printing methods are nice to note for same reason as always because there is good and bad printing with all processes; inkjet, wet lab, whatever.

But, historical processes are STILL photography.  They are only "alternative" because they are alternates to the common and mass-produced methods.  To some people, this is special because it is an alternative to the norm.  To others this is dismissed as unnecessary.  I think that it is more important to consider if it is the right process for the project.  Is the artist choosing the right medium?

Vallecito Lake Panoramic Photo

http://www.thepanoawards.com/

The story of this image goes back two winters.  I bought a pair of snowshoes while in Colorado between semesters.  The lake was low, so I could do a lot of stomping around on flatter land while I got used to the altitude.  The snow was bad; granular corn snow that slid easily.  I set my sights on this peak and took two days (about 2 hours each day) to blaze a switchback trail up this 45 degree pitch, having to backtrack a few times to either find more stable snow or a path around some piles of burned trees (left over from the 2002 fire).  On the third day I just decided to push through.  It took me 40 minutes to get up the blazed trail, and another 2 1/2 hours to finish the trip through the fresh snow.  I got to spend a half hour at the peak, but as you can see by the light in the photo, the sun was setting and I had to almost run down to get back to the truck before it was completely dark.

Polar Bear Club Panoramic Photo

http://www.thepanoawards.com/

Pretty cool to get one of the "Bronze" awards.  I think just a little less than half the entrants to the Epson Pano Awards score high enough to get the bronze status, but still nice to be in the top half of the group for an image that was shot in a rush as the chaos of the hazy light of the last day of the summer season burned this image of the entire camp jumping into the water for the morning polar bear club.

The Grand Vanyon

Rights of navigation are not just for fish

This is an effort to raise awareness of a simple concept:
If a fish ladder must be installed
Then why not one that acts more like a natural river?
It looks better.
It creates recreational opportunities in the local community.
It is safer.
Whitewater park engineers are the ones who know how to do this.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/a-passageway-for-fish-why-not-for-kayakers__2012-05-01.html

Repost the above link to your Facebook, Google+, or any forums in which you participate.  Local people are trying to make the plans for an ugly concrete fish ladder into something more sensible.  This will benefit ww boaters.  This will benefit fish.  This will benefit the local community far beyond boaters and fishermen.

Here is a link to a study re: fish stream habitat and ww parks.  You'll see the careful attention that ww park engineers give fish habitat,  and how much better ww features are vs. typical concrete steps.
http://www.boaterparks.com/Web%20fish%20report.pdf

Support Team USA Whitewater Slalom Team

http://www2.teamusa.org/Home/USA%20Canoe%20Kayak/Case%20for%20Support.aspx

Who knew that whitewater slalom is an Olympic discipline?
I did, of course, but many people do not.
Being semi-unknown is kind of cool. Amateur sports have a certain purity that big-time sports often forget in the age of hyper-commercialism. But there is a down side; lack of money.

http://www2.teamusa.org/Home/USA%20Canoe%20Kayak/Case%20for%20Support.aspx

Right now, Olympic athletes on the U.S. Team are working odd jobs, teaching kayak/canoe lessons, anything it takes to earn enough money for plane tickets to London this summer. They are as committed to earning their way as they are to their year-round training that rivals any major league sport you can think off. These men and women of whitewater slalom are not million dollar athletes of the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB who's big-league teams allow them to take a couple of weeks off to go play in the Olympics. The women and men of whitewater slalom train all year, work full time jobs that have nothing to do with their sport, and compete against each other in weekend events that have entry fees, hotel rooms, gas money, and other expenses that come out of their own pockets.

http://www2.teamusa.org/Home/USA%20Canoe%20Kayak/Case%20for%20Support.aspx

Every $20 helps. Give what you can. Even better. Pass the links along to people you know. Everyone can participate. Everyone can be a part of the Olympics. Money donated goes directly to the athletes. This is not some big corporate ad campaign that donates a few bucks to the Olympic Committee so that they can say the "support" the athletes. This IS the athletes. This is direct help, just like giving a family member a couple of bucks when they are sooooooo close to finishing a goal.