It Was a Very Good Year
. . With 2012 quickly winding down, Facebook was kind enough to remind me that I had quite a year. I even ended up in New York somehow, without actually having been there this year. Well, I guess...
View ArticleSalon Saloon, The 2012 Show!!
. I’ll be a guest on Salon Saloon again tonight for “The 2012 Show.” I’m appearing on the 10 p.m. segment, and am very excited to be among the great guests lined up for the evening. I just can’t wait...
View Article2012 Was the Best…
. Year-end lists abound, but when Andy Sturdevant asked me to carve out a little bit of the “Heavy 100” for Salon Saloon’s “The 2012 Show” a few things leaped immediately to mind. The first, of course,...
View ArticleMN Center for Book Arts Presentation
I’ll be yakking about my book, A is for Elsewhere, at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts tomorrow evening in front of Craig Eliason‘s “Type Tuesday” group. Everyone is welcome. Gathering around 6 in...
View Article17 Things Photographers Should Not Do
. . This seems like decent advice to me. Now, to follow it…! http://www.roshsillars.com/2012/02/17-things-photographers-should-not-do/
View ArticleFly Over Art
. . Grateful that my work was featured on Fly Over Art the other day. Check it out, and follow me on Tumblr. .
View ArticleAlec Soth on Mike Brodie
Check out Alec Soth’s “Popsicle” concerning photographer Mike Brodie (a.k.a. “The Polaroid Kid”). I’m so glad he picked up this book and looked beyond the cover into what appears to be a pretty damn...
View ArticleSlow Spring…
. . This spring has come so slowly. I’d been waiting to take this picture for a whole month, it seemed. Worth the wait, I suppose. But it’s still freezing! Needed a down comforter last night....
View ArticleSoutheast Minneapolis is Blooming
I love the (somewhat odd) design elements of this parking lot. I wonder if it means anything…besides being an invitation to street photographers.
View ArticleTilting at Elsewhere
. About this time last year, I was preparing for my trip to Elsewhere, the “living museum” in Greensboro, North Carolina. Here is a Flickr set from my trip. I also made a photo book, A is for...
View ArticleLoft Mentor Series
. I’m excited, if a bit daunted, to begin the Loft Mentor Series at the Loft Literary Center in a few weeks. I’ll be working with Loft Mentors along with a group of 11 other writers. Hoping to emerge...
View ArticleA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
. . Out and about in Lauderdale again, this time with a Canon 50mm, a roll of Ektar 100, and the amazing light up here on the hill.
View ArticleMinneapolis Outsider Artist, Andrew Moore, Faces Eviction
. . I had the chance to photograph Minneapolis Artist, Andrew Moore, today at his home in Powderhorn Park. As you can see, his work is amazing, fiercely political, and brave. He is losing his home to...
View ArticleMade Here at Block E
. . The Made Here at Block E project has been up for a week, and the project has been an unmitigated success. Here is a shot of my photos in the window of what once was a Walgreens. Before that, it was...
View ArticleOpen Door 9 and Untitled 10
. I’m really excited to be in two great group shows in Minneapolis this December: Untitled 10 at SooVAC and Open Door 9 at Rosaulx Gallery. It’s particularly fun because the opening nights are...
View ArticleThe Block Formerly Known as E
Made Here @ Block E is starting to wind down. I hope you had a chance to see all the great work in (and on) Block E. A news story broke recently describing new plans for the building. It actually looks...
View ArticleDer Greif #7
I’m excited to have work in the most recent issue of the German photography journal, Der Grief. Blink and you’ll miss my photo, “Robert Adams Meets Ansel Adams,” at about 48 seconds. Happy to be in the...
View ArticleDer Greif #7
My issue of Der Greif arrived in the mail yesterday. It was a lot of fun to have one of my photos cross the Atlantic by email and get mailed back to me in this great magazine. If only I had shot that...
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