Installation View

Curator Sven Davis just emailed me some installation shots from the 'Wider Than a Postcard' group show at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

Making Maple Syrup at Mill Hollow - Food52.com

I recently visited Mill Hollow Maple, a Certified Naturally Grown maple syrup producer in upstate New York to document the process of syrup being made. Food52.com just ran a piece featuring the resulting photographs. Please CLICK HERE to see all the images and read the full story.  

Wider than a postcard

Wider than a postcard

A group exhibition curated by Sven Davis

2 May – 1 June 2013

“It is not easy writing
someone a postcard.
The size and shape
of the card cut you
down to size…”
—Ron Padgett ‘Postcard’

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May 2013: Portland, Oregon is the location for Wider than a postcard, the latest curatorial collaboration between Arrested Motion’s Sven Davis and Breeze Block Gallery. Over 200 artists have been invited to produce up to 3 works each based on the traditional postcard format. The surface can be an antique postcard – either from a thrift store or maybe even from the family archive, a new shop-bought card or a home-made postcard on each artists chosen medium to the 6×4 inch size limit imposed. Each postcard can either start as a blank canvas or the new composition can be woven into the existing image on the card. The artworks are to be displayed in a grid formation to create an holistic installation of more than 400 individual artworks. The postcards must come from, and be named thus, a current or past place of residence and the thematic subtext is based loosely around place and belonging. The exhibition will also serve as a comparative survey of how artists interpret the same brief, giving a unique insight into the varying creative processes of each participant. 

Breeze Block Gallery

503.318.6228
323 NW 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209

Brooklyn Grange Bees

 

Installation of 20 new hives at the Brooklyn Grange Apiary on the roof of Building 292 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, April 2013. The nucleus hives, each containing around 10,000 bees, were driven up from Florida by beekeeper Mark Negley and installed in their new homes. Please CLICK HERE for more information.

From the Archives

Wild dogs, Lei Yue Mun, Hong Kong 2011.

From the Archives

Hong Kong, 2011.

Packing for a group show in Portland

Packing up some prints for an upcoming group show: "Wider than a postcard" at the Breeze Block Gallery in Portland, Oregon. I was invited by curator Sven Davis, director of the online arts magazine Arrested Motion, to produce 3 traditional postcard sized images loosely exploring the themes of place and belonging. The photographs I chose were all taken in Hong Kong and are printed directly onto aluminum. The exhibition opens Thursday May 2nd 2013, with a preview evening the night before on Wednesday May 1st 2013 and will run till June 1st. 
Please CLICK HERE for more information.

Chinese Medicine

Alligator claw is utilized in traditional Chinese medicine as it is believed to cure the common cold and prevent a variety of diseases including cancer. The claw is usually cooked to make some kind of medicinal broth.

18˚05'39" N 65˚29'20" W

18˚05'39" N 65˚29'20" W, February 2013

18˚05'43" N 65˚29'35" W

18˚05'43" N 65˚29'35" W, February 2013.

Playa Negra

Sunset on Playa Negra, 18˚05'39" N 65˚29'20" W, February 2013

Island

18˚14'53.62'' N 65˚34'39.85" W, February 2013.

Stars

18˚05'54.77'' N 65˚27'55.92'' W, February 2013.

Adidas Neo - Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes at Adidas Neo fashion show, New York, February 2013.

Brooklyn Woods

CNC Machine, Brooklyn Woods, December 2012

This is a sneak preview of a new photo story I have been working on. Brooklyn Woods is a nonprofit organization that provides training to help unemployed and low-income New Yorkers start careers in skilled woodworking and cabinet making. 

Rock Study #2

Rock specimen found in Harriman State Park, NY. Actual size: 5" x 1.75" x 1.5".

Ice Study #1

Ice bubbles, Harriman State Park, 2012.

Pretzel

Pretzel, rescued from the Newport Animal Shelter, Tennessee, December 2012.

Rock Study #1

Rock specimen found in Harriman State Park, NY. Actual size: 0.75" x 0.25".

Rainforest

Ground Cherry

The Nectar Of Brooklyn: Inside Brooklyn Grange Bees, The City’s First Commercial Apiary

Nona Brooklyn just ran a great story featuring my photographs on the Brooklyn Grange Apiary. Please CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Indigo Rose

Ghost Bees

Varroa mites are parasites that attach themselves to honey bees and feed on their blood as well as larvae in the hive. Powdered sugar is one chemical pesticide free method to control a varroa infestation. The fine sugar clogs up the suction feet of the mites so that they are no longer able to cling to the bees' bodies and fall off.

Man Down

If you keep bees sometimes you get stung. To reduce the effects of any allergic reaction to the bee venom it is best to remove the stinger a soon as possible.

Brooklyn Grange Apiary Update

Chocolate Stripes

                                                      

Chocolate Stripes organic, heirloom tomato grown in Brooklyn, 2012.

Reisetomate aus Siebenburgen

Reisetomate aus Siebenburgen, organic heirloom tomato grown in Brooklyn 2012

Reisetomate aus Siebenburgen, which translates from German as "travel tomato from Transylvania" actually has roots in Central America. Native Indians would take this unusual variety on trips and break off the individual lobes to eat without the use of a knife.

Indigo Rose

Indigo Rose tomato, grown in Brooklyn, 2012

The Indigo Rose, developed by Jim Meyers at Oregon State University using traditional plant breeding techniques, is the first variety of tomato that contains anthocyanins. These are powerful antioxidants that only develop where the fruit comes into direct contact with sunlight giving it a distinctive purple color. Parts that are shaded remain green.

Mountain Dew?

Bees are resourceful creatures, so when there is a dearth in nectar supply they look for alternative sources like discarded soda cans. Could the green cell shown above be a result of a bee drinking Mountain Dew?

First Tomato Harvest

A beautiful organic Ananas Noire tomato developed by the Belgian horticulturist Pascal Moreau.

Grown in Brooklyn, 2012

Fire Hydrant Hive

A few weeks ago, I was there to document the apprentices at The Brooklyn Grange Apiary removing a feral bee hive from inside a fire hydrant at The Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Macro Bees

A new worker bee emerges from its cell

Bees constructing wax honeycomb

Bees consuming honey

Entrance to the hive

A dead bee hangs by its stinger and part of its own intestinal tract