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I recently returned from Mali, where my friend, Melanie, and I had the opportunity to visit the pottery village of Kalabougou, a 45-minute motorized canoe ride down the Niger River from Segou. Click here to see the complete photo story, Mali: The Makings of a Pot. To download a pdf on buying fine art photography, [...] I’m back on the road today, so you might not hear from me for a few weeks, though I’ll try to write if I have time. It was touch and go there for a while. Wasn’t sure I’d make it out today, what with more snowstorms in DC and my passport stuck at [...] Transitions Abroad has published another one of my photo stories, this one of my late 2008 trip par hasard through Dakar, Senegal, which ended up being my best trip in 10 years! I felt like I was back in Peace Corps again. The story goes like this: During recent travels to Guinea, I experienced [...] Transitions Abroad has just published my photo story from my summer trip to Tunisia. This is the second story of mine that they’ve published. Tunisia. Before the five days I spent wandering this North African country, I envisioned Tunisia as a land of sun, sea, and sand. But after actually experiencing the hectic, bustling Medinas, ancient fortresses, [...] Ganvie, Benin, with some 3,000 stilted buildings and a population of 20,000-30,000 people, may be the largest "lake vllage" in Africa. In Ganvie, the population lives exclusively from fishing, building houses on stilts in and next to Lake Nokoue. Because the Dan-Homey religion prohibited attacks on communities living in the water, the village of [...] Washington National Cathedral Looks like next month is going to be a busy start to the new year for teaching! I have several new photography students starting next month with private photography lessons with me, plus I’ll be leading the first of several photo workshops/field trips through VisArts, and finally, I’ve been invited to speak before several photography [...] Just wanted to let you all know that I’ve recently signed a representation agreement with the VisionLight Photographic Art Gallery. VisionLight represents a total of only 114 artists throughout the United States. I now have 240 photographs available for sale through the website, with print sizes ranging from 8×10 to 24×36 available. Check ‘em out [...] I recently did a headshot job for an NGO that wanted photographs of their CEO for the annual report, as well as their staff for their website. Working with their Senior Communications Director, we decided that a location shoot would best capture the personality of the organization, which focuses on raising public awareness and promoting an [...] I first exhibited with Gallery Serengeti back in March/April 2008. The gallery is run by a very nice guy named Wisson West who is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (like me) from Kenya and was the Associate Peace Corps Director in Tanzania. He specializes in “fine art from an African pot.” (Don’t you like that tagline?) Anyway, [...] |
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