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A journey from the anonymous to the personal which is amazing and sometimes puzzling. Since becoming full time, each project has taken on this same arc. While completely unexpected (at least to me), it has energized and contributed to a new sense of wonder. Photography is my third career - the result of a passion acquired in Maine many years ago. Most of this work is done on film. At least it begins there. The monochrome is printed in the traditional darkroom, the color scanned and printed on inkjet printers. I no longer print color in the darkroom although the experience in color and contrast management strongly affects how I print digitally. My education includes study at Parsons School of Design, International Center for Photography, Maine Media Workshops and Cuyahoga Community College.
I am a director of ICA Art Conservation and of the Friends of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art and also serve as a board member at Wire-Net and a Life Director of Jewish Family Services Association of Cleveland. Statement Becoming full time in 2008 changed the work in profound ways. Previously, people were anonymous and it was more about the public space. In this new time, the work has become intensely personal - often involving portraiture. This can be seen The Album Project, Precious Objects and, still in progress, Costumes. Every Place begins with my childhood home that, at the time of the photograph, had been empty for years and was in foreclosure. Today it is a vacant lot. In addition to being more personal, the work has become less traditionally photographic both in form and method. So, this is truly a journey which travels from safe commentary on the world around me to the less comfortable environment of my family, my neighborhood and my history. "Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement" -- e e cummingsBecause I serve on the board of a conservation lab, I make an effort to produce and prepare his work consistent with the desire for it to last. That is not always easy when things get large or leave the safety of a frame. Gallery Chuck is represented by: 1point618 Gallery
Publications The Cultural Landscape Foundation - Calendar and websiteFluxface in Space – Book and exhibit edited by Cecil Touchon - 2010 KATALOG 22.2 Magazine - 2010 View Camera Magazine – March/April 2010 Cover and article Muse Magazine – May 2009 Cover
Presentations American Music Therapy Association National Conference
2012 Exhibitions Every Place (I have ever lived)
Art From the Heartland Photospiva 2012
Every Place (I have ever lived) powerHouse Arena Juried exhibition Brooklyn, NY Nov
1st Annual Juried Exhibition
Minneapolis Photo Center Trinity Cathedral Zanesville Museum of Art Firelands Association for the Visual Arts Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Firelands Association for the Visual Arts Toy Art Exhibition Sao Paolo, Brazil Jan-Mar 2010 Exhibitions New Orleans Photo Alliance4x5 Four images by each of five photographers - juried New Orleans, LA April-May Spiva Center for the Arts Photospiva 2010 Juried Show Joplin, MO March-April 23 Sandy Gallery "New Directions" Juried Show - Merit Award Portland, OR February Wall Space Gallery "New Directions" Juried Show - Merit Award Seattle, WA January 2009 Exhibitions Silver Eye Center for Photography"Self Portrait:Silver Eye at 30" Group Show Pittsburgh, PA July-September 1point618 Gallery "The Album Project" Solo Show Cleveland, OH June-August APW Gallery "A Postcard is Worth 1000 words" Group show featuring ten "postcards" from my 10000 Tinkles series Long Island City, NY June Artist's Archive of the Western Reserve Member's Show Cleveland, OH May Erie Art Museum 85th Annual Spring Show Erie, PA April-June Silver Eye Center for Photography New works Gallery Online Online from Pittsburgh, PA Silver Eye Center - New Works Galley Online April-June Irevelar Courageous New Art Revealed Online from Atlanta, GA Irevelar March and ongoing FAVA Gallery Six State Photography Show Juror's Award Oberlin, OH April 2008 Exhibitions and Shows No Copper: Artists Address the Foreclosure Crisis Cleveland Public Art Cleveland, OH October-November Atlanta, GA October-December London, England August Butler Art Center Solo show in Mezzanine Gallery Butler, PA August Erie Art Museum 85th Annual Spring Show Erie, PA April-June Artist's Archive of the Western Reserve Member's Show Cleveland, OH June FAVA Gallery Six State Photography Show Oberlin, OH April
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