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I am on a new creative journey, the next chapter after a photography interval that began in 2017. Prior to the picture taking, I worked 25 years in the TV & film business as a production accountant in Los Angeles and NYC specializing in episodic series and indie features. I attended the University of California, San Diego and graduated with a BA in Visual Arts in 1986. I often have thoughts about love. 👀
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2025
> Created the work-in-progress archive: select photos from 2024–2025 (Strictly iPhone).
2024
> April 8: Celebrated the solar eclipse in Kerrville, TX, and wrote (abstractly) about it here.
> Jan–Feb: The First Time We Met exhibited at the Storehouse dispensary in Baltimore.
2023
> Created the archive: select photos from 2023.
> Nov 17–24: The First Time We Met, Mostly Sunny Skies With an Occasional Thunderstorm and Curtains exhibited at the 11th Annual Benefit Exhibition at Maryland Art Place (MAP).
> June–Dec: The Yellow Brick Road vs Stacked (Mash-Up) exhibited at the Storehouse dispensary in Baltimore.
2022
> Created the archive: select photos from 2022 (part 1 & part 2).
> Dec 9–14: My Chariot Awaits, I Used to Be Super Lonely and The Trending Appeal of Corrugated Steel exhibited at the 10th Annual Benefit Exhibition at Maryland Art Place (MAP).
> Oct 15: Diesel exhibited at the "I Don't Know What You See" international group photography exhibition at the IMPREINT Space in London.
> Sept–Jan: Grace and Hope Walk Into a Bar and The Ghosts of Detention exhibited at the inaugural group art exhibition—IMPACT: Baltimore Showcase @ Zeke's—hosted by Maryland Art Place (MAP).
2021
> Created the archive: select photos from 2021.
> Created the archive: select event photography photos from 2018–2021.
> Oct: Created a pictorial archive of record collection: 1952–1969, 1970–1979, 1980–1992, and wrote about it here.
> June–July: Drove 5,728 miles across the USA in a 2008 Chevy Colorado without turning on the radio, and wrote about it here.
2020
> Created the archive: select photos from 2020.
> Sept: Moved to Baltimore with Elle (formerly Dee).
> Jan–May: Taught digital filmmaking at Randolph College in Lynchburg, VA.
2019
> Created the archive: select photos from 1982–2019.
> Sept: In Praise of the Shadow won the Juror’s Choice Award at the National Juried Photography Exhibition hosted by the Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA.
> Aug: Created first virtual photography exhibition based on the series "Is It Ok if I Come Over?" and produced a companion book to support the experience.
> Feb–May: Taught digital photography and filmmaking at Randolph College in Lynchburg, VA.
2018
> Sept: Hand Woven: Connection exhibited at the National Juried Photography Exhibition hosted by Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA.
> Sept: Staff photographer for Riverviews Artspace (2018–2019).
> Aug–Sept: Perpetual Tea, or, Preparing Our Minds for Anything won Best in Show at the Asian Fusion Art Exhibition hosted by Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford, VA. The installation was an offering of fifteen 1-minute meditation videos displayed as a tea ceremony in a tatami room.
> May–June: Eat and Play from the series "Americana" exhibited in the 6th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition at the Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford, VA.
2017
> Dec: Created the photo poem "My Former and Future Self" to commemorate move from New York to Virginia.
> Nov: Created third website about love: MCHL WGGNS (the beginning).
> Nov–Dec: Blue Jeans and Peacock Umbrella exhibited in the 9th Annual Juried Art Show at the Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, VA.
> Jan: Moved to Virginia with Dee.
2016
> It All Boils Down to Being a Good and Meaningful Person in the Ways I Know How won first prize at the photo contest hosted by Womankind magazine. The theme of the contest was Simple Living and the photo was published in Issue #8. Womankind was published in Australia and distributed throughout the UK, Australia, NZ, Europe, Asia, the US and Canada.
2015
> The video Should City Bakery Hot Chocolate Be Drunk With or Without a Homemade Marshmallow? won first prize at The City Bakery Hot Chocolate Festival Essay Contest. The City Bakery was located in NYC (1990–2019).
2013
> Met Dee at the French Roast on 85th & Broadway.
2012
> Created second website about love: BUDDHAPIMP. The Tumblr was maintained until April, 2017.
> Directed a music video from a song by iamdeadsmiles58 (Daniel Angel Robleto): “It's the Disease.”
2011
> Created the archive: select videos from 2010–2011.
> Sold first piece of art (an oil painting) to Yvette Stapleton from Harlem. The work is titled Vertically as Fire Horizontally as Water.
2010
> Created first website about love: CUBICLEA. The Tumblr was maintained until May, 2012.
2009
> Became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
> Created a melancholy cover of “How Soon Is Now” by the Smiths.
2006
> Oct 3: “April Sun” premiered on KCRW in Santa Monica, CA thanks to DJ Chris Douridas and his show “New Ground.”
2002
> Hired by the indie film production company Killer Films as the manager of finance, accounting and human resources. Continued working with Killer until 2006.
1995
> Hired by Universal Television as the production accountant on the TV series “New York Undercover” produced in New York City. Continued working as an IATSE Local 161 production accountant in NYC until 2016.
1990
> Hired by Viacom Productions as an assistant production accountant on the TV series “Father Dowling Mysteries.” The series was produced in Los Angeles at Universal City Studios.
1987
> Sept 25: Buttered Side Down premiered on opening night of the Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival (now Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival) at the Music Box Theatre.
1981
> Attended the University of California, San Diego (1981–1986) and graduated with a BA in Visual Arts. Studied film, art and photography with David Antin, Eleanor Antin, Harold Cohen, Manny Farber, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Louis Hock, Standish Lawder, Claudio Fenner-Lopez, Chip Lord, Babette Mangolte, Patricia Patterson, Faith Ringgold and Phel Steinmetz.
1964
> Moved to Los Angeles, CA with the family.
1963
> Dec 2: Born in Pittsburgh, PA.