Gowanus Wild at Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY

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I'm thrilled to announce that the largest batch of images from Gowanus Wild​ so far will be on view at Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, NY from April 5th through May 12th.  Twelve photos from the series will be shown as part of Night Photography: Portfolio Showcase.  Headlining photographers Stephen DiRado and Bob Avakian are doing interesting things with night photography in nature, while the other portfolio showcase photographer, Susan Bowen, is shooting in the urban environment as am I.  Thus the show promises to provide a unique counterpoint between these two seemingly opposite takes on night photography.  I'll definitely be at the opening on Saturday April 6th as I love beautiful upstate NY in spring and can't think of any better excuse to get out of the city than this!

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6th from 6-8pm, Davis Orton Gallery, 114 Warren Street, Hudson, NY

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Open Water and Abstractions, Kiernan Gallery

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Right now two photos of mine are showing in the Abstraction​ show at Kiernan Gallery, juried by Matthew Gamber.  Channeling my eastern European roots (Hungarian), I have a real love for abstract photography and always think of doing more projects in the genre. I also just found out that a photo of mine taken on one of many Death Valley trips will also be shown at Kiernan in the upcoming Open Water show juried by Jennifer Schwartz.  This picture was taken at the Furnace Creek Ranch, an odd speck of tourist comfort in a sea of mineral oblivion.  Fun fact: check out this google maps link to see the pool where the photo was shot, then zoom out to get sense of the vast scale of the surrounding area.

Director's Choice Award at Midwest Center for Photography

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Today brings a great bit of news - I just found out I won the Director's Choice Award at the Midwest Center for Photography's 2013 annual juried exhibition!  The show features six images from Gowanus Wild, which has so far been the largest exhibition of photos from the series.  Looking forward to printing new images and eventually having a show of the complete series (really want to do a book too).  

Texas Photo Society 22, MWCP & c4fap

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Today brings ​three openings across the country, one of which I'm just now announcing.  My photo 'Turkish Family' is opening today at the Texas Photo Society 22nd International Competition in San Antonio Texas, as well as at the Center for Fine Art Photography's Portraits 2013 Exhibition in Fort Collins, CO where it won the Juror's Selection prize.  (Also showing at the Portraits 2013 Exhibition is 'Matt & Nicole').  The TPS 22 show will go on tour across Texas for one year which is pretty cool!

Last but not least, six prints from my Gowanus Wild​ series open today in Wichita, KS as part of the 2013 Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition.  This is the largest batch of prints from the series which have been exhibited so far, excited to see it taking off like this.

Viridian Artists, NYC and Darkroom Gallery, VT

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Two more images from my Gowanus Wild series will be turning up in group shows this weekend.  'Street Jungle' will be shown at the 3rd Annual National and International Juried Photography Exhibition at Viridian Artists in NYC from February 5th-23rd, a show juried by Nat Trotman, Curator at the Guggenheim Museum.  Stop by the reception on Saturday if you can, I'll be there:

Viridian Artists - reception: Saturday Feb 9th, 4-7pm, 548 West 28th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY.

 

'Red Piers' will be at the Color Story exhibition at the Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction, VT, from February 7th-March 3rd, juried by Seth Resnick.  This is right outside Burlington, so if you have any friends there, send them over!  I'm going to be at this reception too (conveniently combined with a little ice climbing while I'm up there).  Details:

Darkroom Gallery - reception: Sunday Feb 10th from 4:30-6:30pm, 12 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT.

Detroit Print Exchange

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This weeks brings news of a new group show, an interesting project called the Detroit Print Exchange which will be an edition of commissioned prints created by 25 artists around the theme of "the time we cannot meet".  Each artist receives a copy of all other participating artists' prints and the edition will also be exhibited in Detroit in the spring and NYC in the fall.  Starting to think about what I want to shoot for this...

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Juror's Award at the Portraits 2013 exhibtion, Center for Fine Art Photography

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Two of my portraits will be part of the upcoming Portraits 2013 show opening February 15th at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO.  A picture I took on vacation in Istanbul, 'Turkish Family', has won the Juror's Selection Award!  'Matt & Nicole' is a shot of my sister and brother-in-law in Budapest after my nagymama's funeral.  Check out the images below.

Bozeman Ice Fest Winner!

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Along with Mina Aggarabi we won 1st and 2nd place in the Bozeman Ice Festival trailer photo contest!  See our submissions below and some of the outtakes.  Thanks also to Jen Brine for her enthusiastic modeling.

Site Launch

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it's been a long time coming, but today I'm launching a long overdo personal site for my film and photo work.  Check out some of the photo projects I've been working on over the years, many never seen before until now.​