Downtown Asheville, North Carolina. From 2020. Protest against the murder of transgender women in the United States. this photo with be part of a new book of photographs that I will be releasing in the near future.
Shot on a Nikon FM, Nikon 24mm AIS, and FujiFilm Superia 400.
I will be jurying the annual Knoxville Photo on July 2, 2021 at the Emporium Center at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN. Below is the press release sent out by The Arts & Culture Alliance. Hope to see you there.
The Arts & Culture Alliance presents the ninth annual Knoxville Photo juried exhibition featuring selected works from 36 artists throughout the region. The exhibition encompasses photographs depicting all subjects and genres, including streetscapes, cityscapes, landscapes, environmental portraiture, portraits, abstracts, and more. Joe Longobardi served as juror for the exhibition and viewed 323 images to select the exhibition.
The following artists’ works will be shown:
+ Dave Edens of Madison, AL + Samuel Brown of Dacula, GA + Evan P. Thompson of Kansas City, MO + Adam Jeffrey Trabold of Johnson City, TN + Nicholas Bell, Brandon Cartwright, Jürgen Dopatka, Laurie Drake, Jacques Gautreau, Charles R. Graves, Emily Greenquist, Gary Heatherly, Shelley King, Ashlyn Kittrell, John Edwin May, Tom Owens, Norm Plate, Chris Rohwer, Owen H. Weston, Tonya Wunder and Steve Zigler of Knoxville, TN + Kelsey Dillow of Luttrell, TN + Brianna Bivens and Catherine Griffith-Benson of Maryville, TN + Javier Arrieta of Nashville, TN + Yvonne Dalschen, Lela Moore, Anna Rykaczewska and Kelli L. Thompson of Oak Ridge, TN + Eric Buechel of Pleasant Hill, TN + AngelaDawn of Powell, TN + Marlon Davey of Rutledge, TN + Robert Batey of Sevierville, TN + Amanda Long of Signal Mountain, TN + Jelisa Peterson of Austin, TX + James E. Meldrum of Beloit, WI
Over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced at the reception at 6:00 PM on Friday, July 2.
The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, July 5. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.
The above image was taken in the Summer of 2015, and appears in my book, The Last Memory As North Carolina and most of the United States is currently under a lock down due to COVID-19, the photograph answers the ubiquitous question that many have asked me over the years: “Why do you take so many photographs?”