Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Hurricane Ike Photographs Win Prestigious Spotlight Award, Published Internationally in Current Issue of "B&W+Color"

I was recently notified by the magazine B&W + Color, that my series Hurricane Ike: Images from the Debris Field has been chosen for a Spotlight Award in their 2012 Black and White Portfolio Competition.

Of the awards presented in this international competition, the Spotlight Award is the most highly coveted, with only 20 artist being chosen for the award out of the approximately 500 artists that enter the competition yearly.

Published in 60 countries, B&W + Color is a prestigious photographic journal featuring black and white and, beginning recently, color fine art photography from international artists.

With the Spotlight Award comes an interview and a multiple page layout in an issue of B&W + Color.  The issue containing my Spotlight interview and photographs was published this week in the December 2012 issue of B&W + Color (Issue #94, pg. 96-99).

Published photographs from the Hurricane Ike series include: Beaded Necklace, 2008; Flim Negative, 2008; Glass Coca-Cola Bottle #2, 2008; Light Fixture and Blub, 2008; Spade, 2008; and Toys, 2008.

The December 2012 issue of B&W + Color (Issue #94) can be purchased in the US at major booksellers (Barnes & Nobel, Books-a-Million, Borders Books, Book People, etc.) and newsstands, as well as online via B&W + Color’s website.
  

 
  

    
  





Beaded Necklace, 2008
19.3 X 21.9 inches (49 X 55.7 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Film Negatives, 2008
19.3 X 22.0 inches (49 X 55.9 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Glass Coca-Cola Bottle #2, 2008
17.9 X 20.5 inches (45.5 X 52 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Light Fixture and Blub, 2008
17.6 X 20.3 inches (44.7 X 51.5 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Spade, 2008
27.7 X 21.1 inches (70.3 X 53.6 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Toys, 2008
19.3 X 22.0 inches (49 X 55.8 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Photographs of Empty Graves to be Exhibited at Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Exhibits

Beginning October 19 and running through November 25 two of my photographs will be on exhibit at galleries in Lubbock, Texas for the annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration.

The Buddy Holly Center’s Fine Art Gallery will open their exhibit, Celebración, Friday, October 26.  The exhibit will run through Sunday, November 25 and will be exhibiting my photograph Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008

The following is taken from the artist's statement for Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008: "Made in the summer of 2008, the photograph depicts an empty grave in a small cemetery in southern Louisiana. Located less than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, the grave was nestled with others under the shade of a small gathering of moss-filled oak trees. Many of the graves were undisturbed, but a few still exhibited scars from Hurricane Rita that directly hit this area three years before.  This open, water-filled vault relinquished its contents at the height of Rita's fury.  It remained abandoned and empty for three years, with only an undisturbed tombstone to identify its former possession."

The International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University will open their Día de los Muertos exhibit, Friday, October 19.  The exhibit will run through Friday, November 16 and will be exhibiting my photograph Who'll put flowers on a flower's grave?, 2010. Made at a catholic cemetery in New Iberia, Louisiana, it depicts an empty vault containing discarded flowers. The photograph’s title was inspired from the lyrics of a Tom Waits song entitled: Flower’s Grave. 

Both exhibits will be part of the annual Día de los Muertos Procesión, to be held in Lubbock on Friday, November 2 from 5pm – 10pm. 

The Buddy Holly Center’s Fine Art Gallery (806-775-3560) is located at 1801 Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, Texas.  The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sunday 1pm – 5pm. 

The International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University (806-742-3667) is located at 601 N. Indiana Avenue in Lubbock, Texas.  The gallery is open Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm. 



Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008
16.7 X 25.9 inches (42.5 X 65.8 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.


     
Who'll put flowers on a flower's grave?, 2010
16.9 X 15.8 inches (43 X 40.1 cm)
Copyright 2010 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

"Grand Gulf, 2008" Selected for Spooky Show IV

Next month, Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon will exhibit my work Grand Gulf, 2008 in their exhibit Spooky Show IV.  Juror for the exhibit was Russell Joslin, Owner, Editor, and Publisher of Shots Magazine.  The exhibit will showcase photographs that are “haunting, mysterious, spooky or creepy in mood or subject, images that create a sense of unease, while maintaining an element of beauty.”
 
Spooky Show IV can be viewed from October 13 through November 9 at Lightbox Photographic Gallery (503-468-0238), located at 1045 Marine Drive, in Astoria, Oregon.  The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 5:30pm.  Artists’ reception will be held on Saturday, October 13 from 6pm – 9 pm.
   

Grand Gulf, 2008
17.3 X 17.3 inches (43.9 X 43.9 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

Hurricane Ike Photographs Selected for PhotoSpiva 2012

This past spring, two photographs from my series Hurricane Ike: Images from the Debris Field were selected for PhotoSpiva 2012, exhibited at the George A. Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri.

Juried by fine art photographer Andrew L. Moore, my photographs Church, 2008 and Nails, Screws, and Nuts, 2008 where selected for the exhibit.

PhotoSpiva 2012 was on exhibit from March 9 through May 6 at the George A. Spiva Center for the Arts (417-623-0183), located at 222 West 3rd Street, in Joplin, Missouri.  The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am – 5pm and Sundays from 1pm - 5pm.  



Church, 2008
19.3 X 22 inches (49 X 55.8 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.



Nails, Screws, and Nuts, 2008
27.9 X 22 inches (70.9 X 55.8 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

"Childhood, 2011" Selected for "Off the Cuff" Exhibit

Earlier this year, Mpls Photo Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota exhibited my work Childhood, 2010 in their exhibit entitled Off the Cuff: The Spontaneous and Unrehearsed, juried by Madeline Yale.

Off the Cuff: The Spontaneous and Unrehearsed was on exhibit from January 20 through February 26 at the Mpls Photo Center (612-643-3511), located at 2400 North Second Street, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The gallery is open daily from 12pm – 6pm.  
   

Childhood, 2010
24.3 X 17.3 inches (61.8 X 44 cm)
Copyright 2010 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

"Saudade, 2011" Receives Award in Juried Show

Earlier this year, my photograph Saudade, 2011 was awarded Honorable Mention by Jean Caslin in the juried show Winter, exhibited at A Smith Gallery, in Johnson City, Texas.

Caslin is a founding partner of Caslin Gregory & Associates: Consultants to Arts & Culture, which provides coaching for visual artists, as well as exhibition, fundraising, editorial, and event planning services for artists and organizations. From 1988 to 2005, she served as executive director and curator of Houston Center for Photography.

An online gallery of the exhibit has been posted.

The exhibit Winter was on display from January 6 – February 12 at A Smith Gallery, located at 105 N Nugent Avenue, in Johnson City, Texas.  The gallery is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11am – 6pm and Sundays from 11am – 3pm.
  

Saudade, 2011
18.2 X 18.2 inches (46.3 X 46.3 cm)
Copyright 2011 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.

"Adrift, 2011" Receives International Award, Published Internationally in "B&W + Color" Special Issue #90

This past spring, the Special Issue #90 of B&W + Color featuring the 2012 Color Single Image Competition Awards showcased my photograph Adrift, 2011.

Of the 300 international artists that submitted over 1,900 photographs for the competition, Adrift, 2011 was selected for a Merit Award.

Published in 60 countries, B&W + Color is a prestigious photographic journal featuring black and white and, beginning recently, color fine art photography from international artists.

Last winter, Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction, Vermont, displayed two of my photographs, Adrift, 2011 and Storm, Sandoval County, New Mexico, 2009, in their exhibit Four Corners of the Earth, juried by George DeWolfe, where Adrift, 2011 was selected as the Viewers' Choice Award.

Adrift, 2011, photographed at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange, Texas.

Reminiscent of an impressionist painting and invoking a romantic mood, Adrift, 2011 is a surrealist and dream-like color photograph that captures the reflection of cypress trees in a pond containing floating leaves.

A limited edition print of Adrift, 2011, framed by international award-winning fine art framers John and Phyliss Nazworth, can be viewed and is available for purchase at Pinehurst Gallery in Orange, Texas. 

Pinehurst Gallery and Custom Picture Framing (409-882-9008) is located at 2498 Martin Luther King, Suite C, in Orange, Texas.  The gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm, and Saturday, 10 am-2pm.




 
 
Adrift, 2011
16.4 in X 16.4 inches (41.6 X 41.6 cm)
Copyright 2011 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.
 
  
 Adrift, 2011 framed and exhibited at Pinehurst Gallery in Orange, Texas.