I’m honored that my photo Man with Pipe and Tabor was selected for the 2015 Soho Photo Gallery National Competition. The competition was juried by Elizabeth Avedon, the noted writer and independent curator, who chose 40 diverse images from the over 2,000 submitted.
The exhibition will be on display at Soho Photo Gallery on 15 White Street in the TriBeCa district of Manhattan from July 7 through July 25, 2015, with an opening reception from 6-8 pm on Tuesday, July 7.
I’m delighted that my photo Man with Cake – Remedios, Cuba was selected for the Texas Photographic Society 24th International Competition. The juror for the competition was Dr. David Coleman, Director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, and he chose 50 photos from the 847 images submitted.
The exhibition will be on display at the Wittliff Galleries at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, from June 1 through July 25, 2015. A public reception with the juror will be held on Saturday, June 6 from 3:00-5:00pm. The exhibition will also travel to the San Antonio Public Library during FotoSeptiembre in the fall, followed by The Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene.
The exhibition may be viewed online and an catalog is available on Blurb.
The Texas Photographic Society is a non-profit organization that hosts a variety of exhibitions, events and workshops.
I followed the Lunes Santo procession of Santa Inés del Monte Pulciano on Easter Monday. This rural community had a different feel than the larger churches in Antigua. Their smaller anda was stored in a large shed and had figures of Jesus, Mary and Moses raising a cobra in the desert. The procession was headed by men and boy dressed as Roman soldiers and carrying banners, trumpets and drums. They were followed by Nazarenos, hooded penitent with conical hats, an outfit that has been used for hundreds of year in Spanish processions. They were carrying white crosses with small paintings depicting the stations of the cross. The Nazarenos were followed by the anda, band and clean-up crew, and they traveled along the highway into Antigua, where they encountered the usual problem low-hanging power lines.
