Returning to this one, nearly finished. I needed something new in life, a new mechanism for expression, a mechanism for which I had absolutely no skills. Painting is incredibly alienating. I persevere.
photographer Michael Ast, acrylic on canvas, January, 2021
I talked with local reporter Jodi Arthur of the Bucks County Herald in regards to my awarded body of photographs by Emmet Gowin, Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition. Awarded Best in Show & Best Body of Work. (Published on 5.28.20.)
Photographer Michael Ast awarded Best in Show & Best Body of Work by acclaimed American photographer Emmet Gowin, 2020
Honored to be awarded both Best in Show and Best Body of Work in this year’s international Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition, juried by Emmet Gowin. The exhibition was canceled for obvious reasons relating to the pandemic. A beautiful online version went live this morning, “transformed in substance, scale, and spirit.” Much praise to P.M.P.E. director […]
One of the proudest moments yet, in a life making pictures, was learning photographer Emmet Gowin awarded this and 3 other photos of mine “Best in Show” and “Best Body of Work”. The 27th international Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition was to open tonight in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Gowin is not only one of America’s great […]
It was Sunday morning, late February, a week before the immense survey “Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry” was to come down. There was no way to stomach missing this retrospective. I booked a flight a few days before the show ended, arriving in New Orleans on Mardi Gras’ hangover, on […]
Photographer Michael Ast, Los Angeles, 2020
