Tag Archives: Michael Ast

Interview for Wavepool with Kyle Seis (Jan. 26, 2015)

Happy to discuss Trying to Find the Ocean a bit in-depth with Kyle Seis, for Wavepool.

Jungjin Lee – “Unnamed Road” published by Mack

Jungjin Lee’s photographs are an indelible experience. Mack is courageous in taking on the task of reproducing her large-scale, hand-made prints (from rice paper with applied emulsion). She is a seamless master in executing metaphorical imagery. Her work is not blasphemous, extroverted photographic pictorialism, but the work of a spirited, interior-working artist. Her books “Thing” […]

This Sunday’s Coming Down

All day editing. A folder full of memory’s fragments. Chambourcin in our to-go cups on the Delaware in Frenchtown. Returning from my pacemaker check in Fort Dix, post house fire. My daughter’s hand in King’s Point, dressed in commercial hearts. Another night in Marriott. Another tungsten-lit night. Drunk-driver aftermath on 309 north. A forlorn warning […]

Monoprint, 11.24.14

CHILDHOOD on aamora

Happy to have been selected by AAMORA in their scout for young fathers to share some images of Childhood. It’s an honor to be teamed up with two photographers whose work I greatly admire, Llorenç Rosanes and Jeff James. Childhood Portfolio Aamora is a web-based collective of international artists, writers, filmmakers, designers and photographers. To […]

Le PhotobookFest, Paris – Trying to Find the Ocean for sale

I’m pleased to announce signed copies ofTrying to Find the Ocean will be available for sale at Le PhotoBookFest in Paris this weekend, Nov. 14-16, in tandem with Paris Photo. Be sure to visit L’Ascenseur Végétal’s pop-up bookshop of great books. Tell Claude, I sent you! He will have several photographers present doing signings, as […]

William Eggleston – Chromes . . . A Benediction

Looking at Eggleston’s “Chromes” produces an abstruse emotion in my gut. An impalpable flavor bellies up, almost landing on the tip of my tongue. I can’t put my finger on the taste. Saccharin doesn’t even come close. It evades any tangible description, leaving me stranded with a creative yearning of uncontrollable inspiration. I’ve witnessed Eggleston’s […]

Trying to Find the Ocean at NY Art Book Fair

Signed copies of “Trying to Find the Ocean” will be available for sale at the NY Art Book Fair tomorrow through Sunday. Swing by Empty Stretch publisher’s table (in the small press dome) to check it out and ES’ great publications, including the release of their heralded and latest Petty Thieves volume, #5. As always, […]

Mark Alice Durant on Michael Ast’s “Trying to Find the Ocean”

Mark Alice Durant’s essay from Trying to Find the Ocean now featured on Saint Lucy – Durant’s extraordinarily insightful website about contemporary photography and art. Complete Essay Here at Saint Lucy

Interview, Bucks County Herald – Self-publishing & Trying to Find the Ocean

A local newspaper, the Bucks County Herald, spoke with me last week about self-publishing and Trying to Find the Ocean. The Summer saw great sales after releasing my book in June. I’m pleased TTFTO has been shipped to many parts of the globe. Much thanks to everyone who purchased a copy and showed interest in […]