Abstract nominee

The series Fractical Dubuque focuses on the city of Dubuque, Iowa, but it is not concerned with recognizable landmarks. Rather, I sought to uncover an aspect of its subterranean, unconscious identity.

I was born in Dubuque, Iowa and had been photographing it since the early 1980s. With my 2015 visit I found that the city, and my memories of it, had gradually become fractal and fractical. I could no longer document its past nor was I interested in an overt presentation of its physical present. However, the physical present city is based on a hidden foundation. That foundation is constructed of the susurrus purr of many thousands of past and current intentions. Combined with the geology of the adjacent river, hills and plain, this hidden foundation is what holds up the physical city of today.

These five images are a subset of the larger series. They were taken in the parking lot of Resurrection School, which I attended in 1961 and 62.

In 1978 I purchased a camera. In the early 80s my work was published, exhibited and purchased for the collection of the Standard Oil Company. My first solo show debuted in 1985.
I received a BA in Film from Columbia College in 1980.
My videos were exhibited at major festivals from 2003 to 2007. One video was nominated for the Golden Gate Award at the 47th San Francisco Int’l Film Festival.
2019: Gold Winner, 2018 Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver Winner Tokyo International Foto Awards for series "Fabric on the Dock", Seven nominations at the 5th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards, Finalist in Circle Foundation for the Arts’ Artist of the Year Competition, Exhibited at Transformations - 2019, Pennsylvania Center for Photography and In Motion exhibit at Photography Center of Cape Cod, and published in two hardcover art books: Tusis, Manipulated Images, a Dek Unu book, and the 7th International Photography Annual Publication at Manifest Gallery.
2017-2018: Exhibited twice in Rome, Italy, once in Belgrade, Serbia, and had ten works from the series Obscure Reveal exhibited at a Florida museum.