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“Trying to Find the Ocean” available at Les Recontres Arles Photographie

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

“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.

Michael Ast, Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Baltimore, Mark Alice Durant

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

“Catalunya via Barcelona” – New Portfolio Posted to Website (Michael Ast)

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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

MichaelAst_ExhibitionAnnoucement

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

Michael Ast, GOD, Delray Beach, Saint-Lucy, Saint Lucy, saint-lucy.com, Florida, Christianity, FL, Velvia, Velvia50, Mark Alice Durant

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

Featured in Petty Thieves, Issue #4

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!

Petty Thieves, Empty Stretch, LA Art Book Fair, Michael Ast, Coast to Coast

view PETTY THIEVES #4 ANNOUNCEMENT & EMPTY STRETCH

Billboard, Philadelphia . . . On Behalf of Philly Photo Day Exhibition & Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC)

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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).

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New Series Posted – “A Paradise Reclaimed”

A Paradise Reclaimed, new series now posted

Michael Ast

view portfolio here

Photographs featured in “Petty Thieves” projection exhibition, Washington D.C.

Michael Ast, Empty Stretch, Petty Thieves, New Hampshire

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

LENSCRATCH “2013 Night Exhibition”

Michael Ast,Chattanooga, cat, cat at night, Halloween, Kings Point, Tennessee, TN, Lenscratch, Night Exhibition

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