Tag Archives: Baltimore

Mark Alice Durant on Michael Ast’s “Trying to Find the Ocean”

Mark Alice Durant’s essay from Trying to Find the Ocean now featured on Saint Lucy – Durant’s extraordinarily insightful website about contemporary photography and art. Complete Essay Here at Saint Lucy

Interview, Bucks County Herald – Self-publishing & Trying to Find the Ocean

A local newspaper, the Bucks County Herald, spoke with me last week about self-publishing and Trying to Find the Ocean. The Summer saw great sales after releasing my book in June. I’m pleased TTFTO has been shipped to many parts of the globe. Much thanks to everyone who purchased a copy and showed interest in […]

Interview for Photojournalism Now (Aug. 8, 2014)

“The first thing I noticed about American photographer Michael Ast’s debut book is how these images carry the tempo of a city, in this case Baltimore, Maryland. It is almost as if Ast’s camera is a barometer for the mood of this town seen in its human and animal inhabitants, its concrete structures, cracked roads, […]

Trying to Find the Ocean – Feature on Lenscratch

I’m pleased to have my book featured on Lenscratch. Much gratitude goes to one of photography’s saints – Aline Smithson, for sharing with her world-wide audience. Many photographs from the book accompany the article. Thanks for looking. View full feature at LENSCRATCH

Trying to Find the Ocean – Afterword Essay by Mark Alice Durant

The Afterword essay from Trying to Find the Ocean by Mark Alice Durant has been posted. You can read the full essay here. – AFTERWORD

“Trying to Find the Ocean” Released (Photobook by Michael Ast)

I’m pleased to announce my book Trying to Find the Ocean is officially ready for order and shipment. Edition of 300, Signed & Numbered 94 pages, 8.75 x 11 inches 54 B&W Plates, 4-Color Offset Printed Afterword essay by Mark Alice Durant View Book & Full Details here

No Thoughts magazine Issue #8

Honored to be be featured in the current issue of No Thoughts magazine . . . an intimate publication pushing the envelope. Support print media! (Click on image to go to No Thoughts Magazine’s site)