‘Intimate Portraits’ - at PhotoPlace Gallery

"To my mind, the title 'Intimate Portraits' describes portraits that go beyond the surface and explore or reveal a deeper vision of the subject. This can be accomplished by showing an environmental context, capturing a telling expression, or, as in the case of the image that won the juror’s award, construction of a magical vision that does not exist outside the mind of the artist."
Joyce Tenneson -Juror’s Statement

Joyce Tenneson, a master in the field of portrait photography in her own rights, juried this group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery.

A print from 'Ayutthaya Heritage' was selected for participation.

To view all exhibited works of this exhibit please click here.

AREZZO & FOTOGRAFIA - Biennale internazionale di arte fotografica - solo show

"Dreams of a Distant Place" was exhibited in a solo show in Italy at AREZZO & FOTOGRAFIA - Biennale internazionale di arte fotografica.

Close to 70 prints were on display in the majestic historic building of "Museo Archeologico Nazionale "Gaio Cilnio Mecenate" e anfiteatro romano di Arezzo".

Some installation shots here:

"T A B U L A R A S A" - Gallery OBERFETT / Hamburg

“Tabula Rasa”, an exhibition at Gallery Oberfett in Hamburg.

Oberfett opened it’s doors in the beginning of 2016 and is looking back at this exciting first year with more than 30 shows and 200+ exhibiting artist.

One print from "Dreams of a Distant Place" is part of the plethora of fantastic artworks.

Chapeau Oberfett, keep on rocking and always a “handbreit wasser unterm kiel”!

Watch the video from the opening:

"Light" - group exhibition at A Smith Gallery

"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the LIGHT gets in."
Leonard Cohen

Group exhibition "Light" at A Smith Gallery - I am DELIGHTED to have three prints in this show, selected by Jennifer Schlesinger !

installation shots

"Haunted" - a juried group show at Darkroom Gallery

If you want to explore the dark shadows of mystery, you ask for Russell Joslin!
This time he put an exhibition together for Darkroom Gallery called “Haunted”.

Two pieces from “Naraka, Buddhist Hell” series are included in this show.

You can view the complete selection here.

Juror's Statement:

As someone who leans toward skepticism when it involves matters of the supernatural, I often consider that which is “haunted” as being the interior traces of my memories of people, places, and/or experiences that I haven’t let go of. In other words, for me a “haunting” is interior, psychological, and personal, not exterior (as in ghosts or spirits of unknown others that inhabit an old hotel or house). As Stephen King says, “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” Whatever one believes, it can be said that such matters traditionally makes fertile ground for storytelling. In terms of photography—a medium that is largely dependent upon reality—such concepts are often expressed or symbolically utilized by a variety of effects (motion, blur, manipulation of light, etc.) in an attempt to visually express the suggested or non-visible. For this exhibition, I viewed a compelling variety of interpretations and approaches to the theme Haunted to arrive at the selection you see here. In the end, I hope that viewers will not only consider the photographs before them, but what haunts them personally as well.  

 Russell Joslin, September 13, 2016

return to sender... / exhibition prints from Open Shutter Gallery

Look what came in the mail today!

All the way from Colorado, The Open Shutter Gallery sent two prints that were in previous exhibitions.

Fishing for iconography - wheat pasting by A Smith Gallery

"Ayutthaya" goes to Texas....

A Smith Gallery's "Fishing for Iconography" has been wheat pasted in two public places in Johnson City, Texas.
Three pieces from "Ayutthaya Heritage" are taking part.

Check out this super fun video from the day the pasting happened! Click on the picture above to start the clip.

All done, an open-air gallery !!!

Px3 Paris Photography Prize 10th Anniversary Exhibition in Paris

"Ayutthaya" goes to Paris...

The Px3 Paris Photography Prize 10th Anniversary Exhibition is on display at Espace Beaurepaire and one print from "Ayutthaya Heritage" is part of the show!