Finalist, Airport Arts & Culture Program (Public Art), Indianapolis, IN. Proposal for four 10’x96′ curved panoramas in the central Civic Plaza of the new airport. Shot for several days in Indianapolis and rural Indiana. Murals proposed for central plaza of new airport (on an upper mezzanine level). Images celebrate the city and the state’s agricultural roots. Adhesive-backed vinyl applied directly to the wall. April 2005. Budget: $40,000.

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List of Finalists

From the Proposal

This proposal for the New Indianapolis Airport concerns the four long art panels to be located on the curved upper level/mezzanine walls of the Civic Plaza (site opportunities # 22 – 25). The architecture as it faces and defines the 200 foot diameter circular skylit plaza creates two separated arcs, joined only by the suspended upper level walkway. The inner edge of this walkway/catwalk will have a glass railing, through which at times the lower portion of the artwork may be viewed, depending on the angle of sight of the viewer on the plaza below. The walls upon which the artwork will be mounted are about 19′ tall and the floor is 16′ above the level of the plaza. On the wall of each arc there will be two long murals (10’ x 96’) with an 18′ gap between them. Offices will be located on this floor, and the public will have no access.

I am proposing creating digitally produced photographic murals using the style which I call “overlapping exposure panoramas”. This photographic technique is well suited to both to the physicality of the site as well as to the usage of the Civic Plaza. The unusual proportions (about 1:10), the horizontal focus, and the large scale of these panels are a good match for my work, and my pieces should further enhance and enliven this open and inspiring architectural space. My panoramas will express the vitality and motion of the many bustling travelers crossing the plaza and say something about the adventure of travel and the discovery of new places. They will also hopefully convey a sense of excitement about being in Indianapolis (and Indiana) specifically.

Finalist (1 of 3), Public Art Project, University of Northern Iowa, Dining Hall Panels. Traveled to Iowa to shoot custom imagery for this project (agricultural themes). Proposed 8 dining hall panels, 10’x3′ digital C-prints (framed in custom heavy metal frames). April 2004. Budget: $40,000.

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From the Proposal

Enclosed is my proposal as a finalist for the Towers Dining Center project. I am presenting eight photographic pieces 3’ x 10’ in size, to be mounted above the indicated dining booths. They will be archivally mounted and framed with a dark bronze-colored heavy metal framing and UV plexiglas. Details on the printing and framing follow.

I made a 4-day trip to Iowa last month to shoot and came back with a lot of material (drove 1,000 miles, shot 37 rolls of film). I was also fortunate that when I was visiting Houston that same month I was able to photograph a livestock show and carnival (as pseudo Iowa State Fair images). Though I would still be interested in attending and photographing the real Iowa State Fair in August, the amount of material I already have makes such a trip not absolutely necessary and ultimately outside the allotted budget.

I have selected eight images and have presented them displayed within elevation drawings of the booth panels. The ones I selected are the more graphic of the choices, which I think will hold up better when viewed from across the big space of the dining hall. I’ve also included a selection of other images, grouped by topic. As you can see, what interested me the most were the various types of grain elevators and equipment used in farming. It was luck that during the time period I was in Iowa, I had a friend there visiting her mother, and she facilitating me visiting some farms in Baxter, a small town near Des Moines.

LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR. 6/12-7/7/10. [1 piece: ‘J&N Feed Supply’]

This was Lightbox Gallery’s first plastic camera show; it is now an annual event. To submit to these competitions, your work must have been shot with a plastic/toy camera.

I was the Third Place Winner in 2010. This competition was juried by Lauren Henkin.

“The PLASTIC FANTASTIC SHOW, features toy camera photography of over 40 photographers from around the United States, as well as from Sweden, Australia, Great Britain and Canada. This group show celebrates LightBox’s love for photographic images made from the use of plastic “toy” cameras. This genre of photography has a huge following around the world, with images made from very low tech cameras with plastic lenses. Fifty images were selected by juror Lauren Henkin as well as ten gallery choice images selected by the gallery. Toy cameras are special with the wondrous and dreamlike images they create, photographic subjects take on a unique special quality that is rarely found from any other capture device. We at LightBox have a special love of these cameras and images and in celebration of our 1st anniversary we wish to feature photographers that share our love of these special cameras.

We are starting an annual tradition here at LightBox with this 1st Plastic Fantastic Show. Congratulations to Award winners Meg Birnbaum, Megan Green, Susan Bowen, Deborah Jaques, John Bridges and Lena Kallberg.”

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Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 4/1-5/3/2007. First Prize Award, juried by Michael Mazzeo of Peer Gallery. [4 pieces from the Halloween Parade series]

Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM. 3/26-4/6/04. 3rd Place Award, Juried by Carol Squiers, curator at the International Center of Photography, NYC. [1 piece: ‘Water Park and Clouds’]  
 

 

Texas Photographic Society, Wittliff Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. 2/21-3/28/04. Honorable Mention Award. Juried by Bill Wittliff. [1 piece: ‘Skateboard Park, Arms Up’]

Peter Harper Art, July 2004

Proposal for the New York University exhibition space within storefront windows. Proposed two 29′ x 9′-2″ murals, printed on vinyl and attached using grommets. Two New York City images from 2002: ‘Graffiti’ and ‘Chinatown’. The idea is that it would appear to be one long continuous image (though actually it would be in sections).

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