I’ve finally posted the work I did in June when Ann and I returned to Ireland for my exhibition at Sirius. You can find it here.

Ann and I are getting ready to head back to Ireland for 2 weeks.  We will spend the first week in Cobh getting ready for my show at Sirius which opens June 3rd and runs though July 4th.  We are then planning on heading up to Clare, the Burren, and places north for some photography.   Here’s a copy of the invite for the show.  The photograph is of the Titanic Pier.  Cobh, or Queenstown as it was known then, was the last stop for the Titanic before it set off across the Atlantic.   This is the pier the 3rd class tenders left from, shuttling passengers out to the ship.

Last Friday I attended the opening of the Minneapolis Photo Center’s landscape exhibit where my print Last Light, Van Road Pines placed 2nd. I was actually stunned at the attendance. The press release said there were 4000 entries so I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised at a good turn out but it was packed.

Amazingly, with the big crowd, I only recognized two photographers in the crowd; Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin and Bill Cameron.  Although this felt weird, I think its a good thing, it means there is a much larger photography community in Minneapolis than I thought.

I was surprised how complete the digital revolution has been, it may be that Keith Taylor’s wonderful Badlands platinum print and my gum over were the only wet prints present.  My only disappointment was there was no indication that the work was for sale. Simple adding the price to the print label would have been enough.

Orin and Abby Rutchik the founders of the center have definitely tapped into something and should be congratulated.