On Becoming Invisible - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

On Becoming Invisible - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionFor the last few years, I have noticed that I am becoming invisible to a wide swath of the humans I walk amidst on this planet. In the words from a song by my favorite musician " young people don't pay me no mind". Four years ago I began making pictures that reflected my feeling about age. The series is called " As we get older," the photographs are mostly self portraits and speak about my experiences as a middle aged man. This hand pulled

30+ years ago I was traveling around the US selling prints at outdoor art fairs

signed dated and numbered by the artist

not because I dislike the work made in these spaces

The next edition of prints from my series of photographs of Paris - Les Petites Vues Paris

5  inches on an 15 x 20 sheet

presented in a 4-ply white rag mat

as winter is my least favorite time to be outside

I set this bunch of pomegranates and persimmons on the window sill and made a negative with my 8x10 camera

My choice of a slightly mottled off white background is likely a nod to my photography hero Irving Penn

It felt like a collaboration with a mystery

I am drawn to farms and barns as subjects and I often find myself set up with my view camera looking out over a cultivated field

6 x 8 on an 11x15 sheet