Education
BFA Photography, 1976, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
BS Arts & Media, 1980, Grand Valley State University, MI
Exhibitions & Awards
2009 Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards
Winner in portrait category
2009 Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Photographic Arts Center Members Exhibit
Juried by Loretta Young Gautier, co-director of the Camera Obscura Gallery
June 19 - July 17, 2009
2009 Louisville Art Association National Juried Photography Show, Louisville, CO
Juried by Larry Padgett, founder of The Center for Fine Art Photography
June 27 - July 5, 2009
2009 Al-Thani International Award for Photography, for "Lakota Boy"
2008 Finalist, Photolucida Critical Mass, juried online portfolio review
October 2008
2008 Atlanta Celebrates Photography, juried portfolio review
2008 Lafayette Community Art Show, a juried group exhibit
October - November 2008
2008 Republic Plaza, Denver, CO juried group exhibit Archer
September 10 - November 20, 2008
2008 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, "Sugar Mill Row"
August - September 2008
2008 Longmont Artwalk, juried photography exhibit
July 18, 2008
2007 Edge Gallery, Denver, juried photography show
December 1 - December 28, 2008
2007 IPA - International Photography Awards, winner in Architecture category
2007 Al-Thani Award for Photography, for "Chi" and "Sisters"
2007 Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO, juried "Regional Art Exposed"
October 2007 - February 2008
2007 Longmont Artwalk, a juried art show
September 2007
2007 International Color Awards, winner, Architecture Category, for "Chi"
2007 Spark Gallery, Denver Art District, juried group photography show
August 17 to September 2, 2007
2007 Chosen for theSanta Fe PhotoArts Market, Santa Fe, NM
July 20 - 22, 2007
2007 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show, "Lot Lights"
2007 Art Wolfe's Gallery, Seattle, WA, EP Invitational, winner "Lot Lights"
2007 Asia Society Museum, Park Avenue, NY
"Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sassanian Iran", photograph titled "Dome of the Rock"
February 15 - May 20, 2007
2007 Popular Photography Magazine, Annual Picture Contest
Grand Prize Award for "Chi", an architectural photograph depicting grand staircase at the Vatican
2006 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, two-person show
June - July 2006
2005 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
Judge's Award for "Seamus and Daisy - Irish Peat Farmer and His Dog"
2004 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
2nd place category winner for "Persian Boy at Wedding"
2003 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
1st place category winner for "Moldovan Bride"
2003 Lafayette Art Center Community All Art Show
Best-of-Show for "Lily and the Rose"
Merit Award for Church Beggar - Chisinau, Moldova"
2003 Boulder County Community Services Building, Lafayette, CO
Ongoing permanent exhibit, photographic documentary titled "Lafayette Family Portrait"
Publications
Publications / Selections2008 Colorado Magazine Online, June issue
Featured artist for "Big Sky"series
2008 Photography Masters Cup
International Color Awards coffee table book, for "Chi", an architectural photograph
2008 Colorado Magazine Online, April issue, photo essay "Nature: Butterfly Pavilion"
2007 Colorado Magazine Online, December issue, photo essay "1940's Radio Show"
2007 Trierenberg Super Circuit 2008
International photography publication, "Chi" and "Sisters"
2007 Schmap.com, picture in online travel guide of Rome "Dove over the Sistine Chapel"
2007 Photography Vibes, book published by Photography Laureates, Canada 2007 Popular Photography Magazine, January, 2007 issue 2005 Tree Magic: Nature's Antennas, CD book, SunShine Press Publications 1998 - present: Various publications including:
American Farrier's Journal, cover photograph
Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, by Jake Fratkin, hundreds of photos
Capstone Press, various children's magazine publications
Pilgrim Press, In Good Company, a coffee table book
FOTO3 Expo, Ft. Collins, CO, entitled "How to present your work to museums, galleries, and how to get published" ASMP - American Society of Media Photographers Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Boulder Digital Arts, Boulder, CO
Photo Salon, Longmont, CO
LinkedIn, online professional networking site
Invited Talks
Memberships