Category Archives: Journal

Sintra, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Michael Ast, Sintra, Portugal, doberman, overlook, wall

Sintra, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Michael Ast, Lisbon, Portugal, Canon, Castelo de Sao. Jorge, Castel of Saint George, Moorish, moors, fortress, medieval, castle, Alfama district, Alfama

Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Lisbon, perched, pigeons, Michael Ast, branches, b&w

Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Michael Ast, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, fishermen, sunset, dusk, seagulls, fishing, swarm, ocean, sea, beach

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Michael Ast, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, fishermen, beach, ocean, sea, Portugese fisherment, Portugese, fishing net, fish catch, dusk, Atlantic Ocean, seagulls, flock, avian, tractor

Fishermen, Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Michael Ast, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, fishermen, break time, beach, ocean, sea, Portugese fisherment, Portugese, relaxing, break

Fishermen, Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016 / © Michael Ast,)

Yamamoto Masao – Signing “Tori” at ICP, (Dec. 2016)

Yamamoto Masao, ICP, photobook, Tori, book signing, International Center of Photography, poet

Yamamoto Masao Signing ‘Tori’ at the ICP, 12/9/16 (Published by Radius Books, Jan. 2017)

I stand before one of the world’s greatest visual poets . . . Yamamoto Masao signing advance copies of “Tori” on Friday night in NYC at the International Center of Photography. The event was organized by the great Spaces Corners bookshop. An absolute serene and transporting book awaits Masao fans. The corresponding exhibition “Tori” just opened at Yancey Richardson Gallery. The show is on view until January 28th, 2017.

Yamamoto Masao, ICP, photobook, Tori, book signing, International Center of Photography, poet, Radius Books, Japanese photography

Lisbon Photobook Fair, The Unknown Books

Great intimate photobook fair, and time hanging with Fabio M. Roque, publisher of The Unknown Books.

Feira do Livro de Fotografia de Lisboa, Lisbon Photobook Fair, photobooks, publisher, The Unknown Books, Michael Ast, a musing from the rocking dock

Hanging with publisher Fabio M. Roque, 7a Feira do Livro de Fotografia de Lisboa, 11.26.16

Framed – Photo Etching (from Kinsey series)

Michael Ast, photopolymer, photo etching, printmaking, intaglio, Kinsey, print Michael Ast © 2016

a musing from the rocking dock – Book Feature from printer La Imprenta

I couldn’t be happier with the printing of a musing from the rocking dock by La Imprenta (Valencia, Spain).
La Imprenta shared my new book on their site, with a peek at some of the interior photos and pages:

“a musing from the rocking dock” @ La Imprenta blog

Michael, La Imprenta, LaImprenta, a musing from the rocking dock, photobook, The Unknown Books, HP Indigo, printer

Un momento fugaz en la vida de una playa norteamericana captado por el fotógrafo Michael Ast © La Imprenta CG / Michael Ast, 2016