Easter Sunday (viscosity print, 2014) © Michael Ast
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“Catalunya via Barcelona” – New Portfolio Posted to Website (Michael Ast)
April 28th, 2014
Catalunya via Barcelona portfolio posted to website. View Here
Images made in 2011 while traveling in and around Barcelona. Features photographs from Lleida, Tarragona, Figueres, Cadaques & Cap de Creus. Thanks for looking!
Featured in Oranbeg Press – “i fear for my safety” exhibition
March 30th, 2014
I’m happy to be part of Oranbeg Press’ Net 04 exhibition – i fear for my safety. The online exhibition, launched March 29th, will also be featured on April 4 (7-9 pm) at Furthermore Gallery, Washington D.C. as a projection and print show.
i fear for my safety was curated by publishers/artists Nathaniel Grann & Jordan Swartz of Empty Stretch.
View Oranbeg Press Net 04: i fear for my safety exhibition here
One Photograph / One Paragraph featured on Saint Lucy
February 17th, 2014
I’m pleased to have a photo from my Declarations series featured on writer/artist extraordinaire Mark Alice Durant’s “Saint Lucy”. And, I’m beyond honored to announce Mark has contributed an exceptional essay for my upcoming book “Trying to Find the Ocean”. The photobook is in its final stages. For those who may not know of Saint Lucy, be sure to check the art journal/website out! Mark is a gifted interviewer and writer covering contemporary art & photography.
Featured in Petty Thieves, Issue #4
January 7th, 2014
I’m honored to be featured in Issue 4 of “Petty Thieves.” The publication will be released during the LA Art Book Fair at the end of this month. Huge thanks to the ambitious crew at Empty Stretch!
In December, Larissa Leclair, founder of The Indie Photobook Library, listed their Petty Thieves #3 as one of her top photobooks of 2013 for Photoeye’s annual year-end roundup. Big congratulations to Empty Stretch!
Billboard, Philadelphia . . . On Behalf of Philly Photo Day Exhibition & Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC)
January 4th, 2014
A giant THANK YOU to the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and the city’s Mural Arts Program for selecting my photograph to display on a billboard outside 30th Street Station. It was an honor to sit tall outside the train station on JFK Boulevard. 40 billboards throughout Philadelphia featured photos from the Philly Photo Day exhibition during December, 2013.
On Friday, Oct. 18th, 1,561 people made a photograph in Philadelphia, which were then printed and hung at the Philly Photo Day Gallery from Nov. 14th – thru Dec. 28th (120 N. 3rd St, Old City).
New Series Posted – “A Paradise Reclaimed”
December 14th, 2013
