2014 - A YEAR TO REMEMBER
GOODBYE 2014, HELLO 2015!
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
As hard as it is to believe, it's already time for a look back at 2014 and a look ahead to a shiny, alarmingly imminent 2015. Where does all the time you go, you ask?
The year began earnest with my Solo Show at the Los Angeles Art Association / Gallery 825. The show was covered by the LA Times, LA Weekly, and the Huffington Post. Before long, all the prints were sold. (Don't worry though, photographs come in editions, so there may be a few more around the studio...)
Images of my adventure riding on Metabolic Studio's 100 Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct won the First Place Award for Best Outdoor Photographic Series from the Outdoor Writers Association of California. I love that all the photos were shot from mule back...
Mule Train Winds through Alabama Hills outside Lone Pine, CA - 2013
First image: A Tree for All Seasons No.1 - Rosamond, CA - 2012
High & Dry, my collaboration with writer Christopher Langley, was launched to document the legacy of human activity in deserts of the American West. Our project is a regular feature on KCET's Artbound.
I was involved in some terrific exhibitions including POP Über Alles, curated by Timothy Potts of the J.Paul Getty Museum at Gallery 825; the four-person MOPLA show Fact + Friction with photographers Aline Smithson, Clay Lipsky and Mark Indig; West Hollywood’s Out There: I Do at LAAA; and The Life of Things at SCA Project Gallery in Pomona, reviewed in Rogue Art Research & Writing.
One hundred small prints from my Desert Windows Series were the VIP gifts for the Los Angeles Art Association Annual Benefit Auction.
Window with Creosote Bush - Dunmovin, CA - 2010
Further adventures include a journey to Kenya's Maasai Mara on Spacetime artist Jay Mark Johnson's project to document the Great Wildebeest Migration. The work is still being processed and a book will be forthcoming. You can follow the progress on our Facebook group.
Opening January 10, 2015, Chungking Studio will host a one-week pop-up exhibition featuring new work by talented local artist Lilli Muller, curated by critics Shana Nys Dambrot and Peter Frank.
Looking ahead, I'll be exhibiting work at photo la, the annual international photographic exposition in Downtown LA January 15-18. I may be able to get my hands on some passes, so please contact me after January 7th if you want to check it out.
And just received notice this morning that my photographs will be included in an Arts District Alliance collaboration with photographers from China participating in the L.A. Art Show. The work will be displayed during a three-day program at the MAMA and Art Share-LA galleries this January.
I'm particularly excited about this opportunity, living and working in Los Angeles Chinatown.
Finally, a handsome set of 12 notecards featuring a selection of my images was licensed by Picky Print Production, Inc. I have a limited number of boxes available for sale at $25/box. Please contact us at [email protected]
So from all of us here at Ospix and Chungking Studio, we hope 2014 was brilliant, and wish you a happy holiday of your preference.
HERE'S TO A BRIGHT AND PHOTOGENIC NEW YEAR!
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