Michael Kirchoff 4/21/24 Michael Kirchoff 4/21/24

Featured Photographer: Matthew Ragen - If They Have Eyes, Can They See?

Explore the mesmerizing blend of ancient landscapes and modern artistry with Matthew Ragen's captivating photography series, "If They Have Eyes, Can They See?,” in our latest feature article. Journey through the Cascade Mountains as Ragen's lens captures the silent symphony of nature's cyclical pattern, revealing the haunting beauty of ancient forests and forgotten epochs.

Michael Kirchoff 4/7/24 Michael Kirchoff 4/7/24

Featured Photographer: Jacqueline Walters Weaving Light and Language

Jacqueline Walters, a visionary photographer from Cambridge, England, blends her love for landscapes and language into a unique visual style. In her project "Learning Mandarin and the Language of Lumens," she uses biological materials to create captivating shapes, merging Mandarin script with imagery in a profound way.

Michael Kirchoff 1/14/24 Michael Kirchoff 1/14/24

Featured Photographer: Wendy Constantine – “Reverie”

Embark on an ethereal journey through Wendy Constantine's artistic practice with her body of work, “Reverie.” From childhood memories in a converted chicken coop to protesting art department cuts, Constantine's life unfolds like a visual poem. Delve into her unique fusion of analog and digital, intention and spontaneity, as she invites you into a dreamlike realm where trees stand as silent witnesses to a life shaped by nature.

Michael Kirchoff 12/31/23 Michael Kirchoff 12/31/23

Featured Photographer: Debbie Bentley – “Bentlandia”

Embark on a visual journey with Debbie Bentley, a creative force navigating the diverse landscapes of photography. Bentley's story is a testament to the limitless possibilities of creativity, proving that true art can emerge from a tapestry woven with hard knocks, research, and experimentation.

Michael Kirchoff 12/2/23 Michael Kirchoff 12/2/23

Interview: Marcus DeSieno - “Geography of Disappearance”

Spend time with the photographs and words from this interview with photographic artist Marcus DeSieno. His ongoing project, "Geography of Disappearance," is a brutally honest examination of the crisis at the US/Mexico border from the perspective of landscape photography.

Michael Kirchoff 4/23/23 Michael Kirchoff 4/23/23

NSFW | Featured Photographer: Rachel Portesi - “Hair Portraits"

Explore the nuanced transitions of female identity through the unique and captivating portraits created by photographic artist, Rachel Portesi. From Polaroids and tintypes, discover the amazing images that embody motherhood, aging, and self through this ongoing exploration of femininity and the physical world.

Michael Kirchoff 2/5/23 Michael Kirchoff 2/5/23

Feature: Vaune Trachtman - “Now Is Always"

Finding a way to remove harmful chemistry from her creative life, photographer and printmaker Vaune Trachtman makes the move into printmaking via the direct-to-plate photopolymer gravure process. Her combination of new imagery with the nearly 100-year-old images of her father, result in family connection over time, and through photographic means.

Michael Kirchoff 7/3/22 Michael Kirchoff 7/3/22

Featured Photographer: Victoria Kosel - “A Cut Above”

Victoria Kosel quite literally destroys her photographs, only to create them anew. Her sliced and diced prints are reborn into fragmented scenes that force the brain to fill in the gaps that challenge the ideas of traditional landscape photography.

Michael Kirchoff 1/30/22 Michael Kirchoff 1/30/22

Featured Photographer: Jan Cook - "Fugue: A Dreamlike State"

What is chromoskedasic painting, you ask? Photographer, Jan Cook, has the explanation of this lesser-known process and the intention behind its use in her incredible body of work, “Fugue: A Dreamlike State.” A combination of printing and painting techniques like this is sure to lure you into this deeply mysterious work.

Michael Kirchoff 8/29/21 Michael Kirchoff 8/29/21

Featured Photographer: Suzanne Révy - "A Murmur in the Trees"

Suzanne Révy's latest series, "A Murmur in the Trees," imparts a sense of solitude that has been both endured and embraced through each season of this past year during the pandemic. These triptychs lure you in with their subtle details and shifting light.

Michael Kirchoff 7/4/21 Michael Kirchoff 7/4/21

Featured Photographer: Diane Meyer - "A Stitch in Time"

Diane Meyer’s “Berlin” investigates the former Berlin Wall using a combination of analog, digital, and mixed media processes that deceives the viewer to see pixelated sections that enhance a connection between forgetting and file corruption.

Michael Kirchoff 3/28/21 Michael Kirchoff 3/28/21

Featured Photographer: Cody Bratt's “The Other Stories"

Cody Bratt’s series “The Other Stories,” continues by using his great-grandfathers collection of negatives to explore a darker narrative of family history. The artist’s hand becomes evident as Bratt uses mixed media processes to create unique and tactile analog objects.

Michael Kirchoff 9/26/20 Michael Kirchoff 9/26/20

Featured Photographer: J.K. Lavin's Series “Crisis of Experience”

Crisis of Experience is the result of an eight-year project by J.K. Lavin exploring themes of self-reflection and female identity using the mechanics of seriality from behind a mirror with a Polaroid SX-70.

Michael Kirchoff 8/30/20 Michael Kirchoff 8/30/20

Featured Photographer: Tara A. Cronin's Series “Winds”

Taking landscape photography to a new level, Tara A. Cronin’s new series “Winds” uses transparency film, archival inks, and her own blood to create work reminiscent of star maps or ancient genetic code.

Michael Kirchoff 3/29/20 Michael Kirchoff 3/29/20

Featured Photographers: Charlie McCullers and Cecilia Montalvo's "Where the Light Enters"

Using the wet plate collodion process, McCullers & Montalvo create their body of work, “Where the Light Enters”. The images, made in South Florida’s barrier islands, represent a mysterious search for origins.

Michael Kirchoff 2/23/20 Michael Kirchoff 2/23/20

Featured Photographer: Ernie Button - "Back & Forth"

Ernie Button’s nostalgic diptychs combine black & white and color film images that remind us of our past while simultaneously showing us that change and progress are as inevitable as time itself.

Michael Kirchoff 11/17/19 Michael Kirchoff 11/17/19

Featured Photographer: Lori Pond - Learning to Walk in the Dark

Lori Pond's “Learning to Walk in the Dark” illustrates the written word with prints on vellum that are backed with silver leaf that creates objects of depth with tactile qualities and stunning beauty.

Michael Kirchoff 3/4/19 Michael Kirchoff 3/4/19

Featured Photographer: In the Studio with Paula Riff

Takes some time to get to know Paula Riff and her gorgeous cameraless photograms in this interview. Find out what it takes to produce her abstract works of art that are vibrant and full of life.

Interviews

NSFW | Interview: Shadow Gather - Nightlife, Authenticity, and Art as Resistance

Shadow Gather’s photos unveil nightlife’s raw, electric energy as spaces of defiant authenticity. Her Meow Wolf exhibition elevates marginalized stories, embracing imperfections as vital truths. Each image is a protest against sanitization, celebrating unguarded moments of liberation.

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