STATEMENT/BIO
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| I have been making photographs concerning Viet Nam for over twenty-five years. The first photographs I made there was with a small Japanese rangefinder, carried while a soldier in America's war against Viet Nam. Since the 1970's, most of my photographs have been contained in series form. The first of the Viet Nam series titled WAR STORY, are portraits made of Viet Nam veterans. Under each veteran' s image is their handwritten statement about "Viet Nam." The portraits and intimate statements testify to varied emotions and complex nature of the participants feelings about their relationship to that war. Returning to Viet Nam in 1992 for the first time since the end of the war with an old Nikon and a hundred rolls of black and white film, I began documenting Viet Nam, with the intent of seeing a place I had only known during war time. In 2009, SPRING VISITS: Photographs From Viet Nam was published. In 2010, coinciding with the 1000 year anniversary of Hanoi, I began making HANOI STREET WORK. Using color film and working with a long-time Vietnamese friend, I chose to document primarily street vendors who sell the products consumed daily in Hanoi. With the decision to photograph them as they stand, facing the camera, I hope to provide these anonymous, courageous and proudly patriotic workers a moment of respect and dignity. BIO... b. 1950, Wolf Point, Montana, USA US Army, Combat Medic,Viet Nam University of Colorado Artist In Residense, LIGHT WORK, Syracuse, New York SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2009 New Orleans Museum of Art, group, traveling exhibition, THE ART OF CARING: A Look At Life Through Photography; New Orleans Museum of Art, Cinncinati Museum Center, Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi(2012). 2008 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, group 2005 Photographers Association Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, solo 1999 Fine Art Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, USA, group 1997 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, group 1997 Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, group 1994 Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse, New York, USA, solo 1994 Ruth Ramburg Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, solo 1994 Jean Cocteau Theater Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, solo 1990 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, group 1990 Infinity Gallery, University Park, Illinois, USA, group 1989 Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, group 1989 South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, group 1989 Library Gallery, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA, solo 1988 Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, group PUBLICATIONS SPRING VISITIS: Photographs From Viet Nam, monograph, Stray Dog Press, 2009 THE ART OF CARING: A LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, Exhibition catalog, Cynthia Goodman, Phd., 2009 CONTACT SHEET, 25th Anniversary Edition, LIGHT WORK, Syracuse, New York, 1988 BANG! THE GUN AS IMAGE, Exhibition catalog, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1997 WAR STORIES AND MEDITATIONS, Exhibition catalog, Robert B. Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1994 AWARDS 2010 SPRING VISITS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM VIET NAM, Photography Book of the Year, Publishers West 2010 SPRING VISITS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM VIET NAM, Gold Award, for printing excellence, IAPHC |
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