July 1st, 2014
Thanks so much to all those who purchased my book in the first month of its release. There will be 20 signed copies available in Arles, France next week at Les Recontres d’Arles photography exposition. Sincere gratitude goes to L’Ascenseur Végétal book store for featuring Trying to Find the Ocean at their table. I wish I could be there. What a festival!
View Festival Site here
June 1st, 2014
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
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!
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
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.
View feature One Photograph/One Paragraph & Saint Lucy here
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!
view PETTY THIEVES #4 ANNOUNCEMENT & EMPTY STRETCH
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).
December 14th, 2013
A Paradise Reclaimed, new series now posted
view portfolio here
November 5th, 2013
Super psyched to have photographs shown at the Petty Thieves Three projection exhibition and party. Showing Friday, November 8, at the Petworth Citizen + Reading Room in Washington D.C..
Big shout out to Empty Stretch for their ongoing Petty Thieves curatorial projects. The exhibition takes place with the launching of their latest “Petty Thieves 3” zine.
View event information and links to Petty Thieves 3
photo © Michael Ast – Untitled, New Hampshire, 2013
October 31st, 2013
Chattanooga (© Michael Ast)
Pleased to have my photograph “Chattanooga” featured in LENSCRATH’s “Night Exhibition”, launched today in conjunction with Halloween.
View Lenscratch Night Exhibition