Exhibition: I’ve Been Here Before
Images from West of Here and Oglala will be on display at Gallery 1516 in Omaha as part of the emerging artists exhibition “I’ve Been Here Before.” The show runs from July 15 - August 28 and also features work by Sophie Newell, Oria Simonini, Evan Stoler, and Katie B Temple.
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This Prairie
I’ve visited the Flint Hills of Kansas a few times now, inspired first by the sprawling detail of PrairyErth by William Least Heat-Moon and more recently by the thoughtful photography of Philip Heying. This was the first trip where I really spent time focusing the landscape, rather than the settlements. The Hills are remarkably green in late Spring, dotted with bands and fields of rocks, and they are far more lush than Nebraska’s Sandhills that I have oft-explored.
The weather didn’t always cooperate, but it still was an inspiring and productive trip.
Going to Kansas
One of my on-again-off-again projects that I have been working on for a few years is a collection of photographs of Kansas called Sunflower Blues. I have a loose framework for what it will look like in the end and I have enjoyed adding to it here and there when I have time for a short trip and want to stretch my photography muscles a bit. The photographs in the Blues capture the strange and colorful side of the state of Kansas.
These are the latest additions from this past weekend…
I'm not ready for an endless summer
I’ve begun working on prints for a group show this summer here in Omaha.
It feels good to start making large-ish prints (16x20”) of images from my Great Plains survey. Every image starts with a small work print to check color and make sure that everything is cohesive from print to print. Once everything looks good, a full size print is created. I will then mat and frame the print at a later date prior to the exhibition.
Check back for more information about the show as well as more behind-the-scenes details of the nuts-and-bolts of how creating an exhibition works.
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