Summer is upon us, and with it comes thoughts of vacation destinations both near and far. In the spirit of the season, Art Share L.A. is presenting Flight Patterns, a tour de force show that includes my friends Dani Dodge, Danielle Eubank, Daniel Leighton, Marianne Magne, Susan Melly, and many other talented artists – opening Sat, July 9th, 7-10pm...

“Best Outdoor Media Award" “Best Outdoor Feature Photograph” “Best Nature Photograph” Editor’s Choice: “Best Overall Photograph” “Best Outdoor Magazine Feature” Los Angeles, CA (June 1, 2016) – The Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) annual Craft Awards competition honored High & Dry: dispatches from the land of little rain wi...

First, I'm beyond pleased to announce a solo show in February 2017 at the Porch Gallery Ojai. Heather Stobo and Lisa Casoni have created a special community up there, and I'm delighted to work with them. Window View of Fruitland Fire Remains - Dawn - Thermal, CA - 2016 I'm also developing a High & Dry installation at the Museum of Art & His...

Hot off the press, the Whole Life Times' feature story High & Dry: L.A.'s Tug-of-War with its Neighbors (beautifully written by Genie Davis) explores the city's historic relationship to the surrounding desert and the challenges we face in an era of increased water scarcity. by Genie Davis, photos by Osceola Refetoff Meanwhile, High & Dry's...

This week brings Photo LA, Jan 21-24, with work in the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art’s Abstract Never Is (Booth 607), and the LGBTQ exhibit Round Hole, Square Peg 2 (Booth 121). I’m especially excited to take part in the panel "Artists Take Issue: Photography and the Aesthetics of Activism" Friday, Jan 22, 5:30pm, with photographers Zoe Cros...

100 DEGREES IN OCTOBER It's been a long, hot, busy season. Having survived the blood supermoon eclipse, I'm looking forward to getting back to some more desert field work. Just in time for Halloween, COMPASS MAGAZINE spotlights two haunting photographs of the Salton Sea on their cover and the last page "Martini Shot" (movie production lin...

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL Friends, collectors, seekers of thrills. It's scorching out there, and I sense unrest in the air. With the spirit of summer in mind, I've agreed to participate in some rather outlandish affairs. First: the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art & Gypsy Trails Gallery’s 2015 Museum Tour is crashing the party at the Torrance...

"Best Outdoor Media Website" "Best Outdoor Feature Photograph" "Best Nature Photograph" "Best Overall Photograph" Los Angeles, Calif. (June 23, 2015) - The Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) honored High & Dry: dispatches from the land of little rain this week at their spring conference in Big Bear Lake in the "Best Outdoor Medi...

AND ON THE SEVENTH SHOW... This Friday the OUT THERE exhibition opens at Gallery 825, and while I can't guarantee you'll get lucky, the always-exuberant affair is an LA Weekly Art Party Pick of the Week. This is the 3rd year running I have work in the open, juried show celebrating the LGBT experience in partnership with West Hollywood's Pride Mo...

TWO DAYS ONLY AT CHUNGKING STUDIO! MAGIC AND REALISM, a Month of Photograph Los Angeles -Featured Event, is a two-person show with fellow photographer Bill Leigh Brewer, curated by art critic Shana Nys Dambrot, and featuring all new, never seen work. This will be a big night in Chinatown, with art openings at all the galleries on Chung King Ro...

SPRING EXHIBITION MANIA! This weekend marks the first of five art openings in the next two months. With one exception, all these exhibitions feature all new, never before shown images. That's exciting! But it also means I kinda need to get back to the printer in a minute here, so I’ll keep it brief. First, I have a piece in BUNNYMANIA, hosted...

GIVING UP SLEEP FOR LENT It’s difficult to complain about being crazy-busy when everything is so good – but may I just say, 2015 is already in contention for busiest year ever! January’s showing at Photo LA was an enlivening, inspirational, and educational whirlwind of an experience – especially with two other simultaneous exhibitions presented...

TWO GREAT SHOWS. ONE BUSY WEEK! First off, I'm excited to be exhibiting work at photo LA this Thursday-Sunday, January 15-18 at the LA Mart Building in Downtown Los Angeles. Come visit me at booth #529 (how cool is that?) I'm also one of four Los Angeles-based photographers selected to participate in the first annual Uniting the World tho...

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 L...

BACK IN THE GROOVE! Back from seeing thousands of migrating wildebeest in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Park. Here's an image from a new portfolio which employs the same handheld, infrared technique I'm using to communicate a sense of moving though the California desert in Flirting with Disaster. Above: Wildebeests on the Run - Infrared Ex...