Time for an update:
First and foremost, the newest news: my website Home/Body Imaging is now officially launched. And you can now access it either through the homepage of this website or by going to 
. Please go check it out. Home Body/Imaging is an installation/performance/photographic piece that I started in 2009 in New York and also did in 2010 in Shanghai. There will be more venues; I'll be alerting you and adding to the site as they occur.
Now zipping from the present to a recap of the recent past: over the summer I again ran the School of Visual Arts’ Digital Photography Residency in Shanghai , this second time expanded from three weeks to four. The course, which encourages the integration of Western and Eastern photographic practices, had seven terrific participants ranging in age from 18 to 44 (an SVA sophomore, one SVA alum from the film department, an Alfred University grad, an NYU student about to graduate, one finishing up this fall at Capitol University in Ohio, an established Washington, D.C.-based photographer who specializes in political and disaster work, and last but hardly least a Chinese SVA graphic design major who is not only a promising photographer but also served as our fabulous 24/7 translator and Shanghai maven. Once again we visited with museum and gallery directors with special shout-outs this year going to Steven Harris (M97), Jean Loh (Beaugeste Gallery), Xaofei Li (video artist and director of Fei Art Center and Zendai Art) and Rebecca Catching (OV Gallery). And we met with some very generous, interesting and informative artists: Birdhead (two Shanghai photographers who had recently returned from mounting their show at the Venice Biennale), Stefen Chow (a Malaysian photographer based in Singapore and Beijing), Lois Raimondo (a photojournalist who’s covered Asia for years ), Shen Wei (a native Shanghainese home for a visit after the publication of his book and New York show both titled Chinese Sentiment) and Sean Hanratty, a young American photographer in Shanghai. We were again assisted by the multi-talented, incredibly capable artist and curator Zane Mellupe who has lived and worked in Shanghai for 10 years. To learn more about the workshop, you can read my blog posts in Photo District News .
When the workshop ended, I headed to Paris, London and Brussels to visit friends which was totally delightful. Then back to NYC to spend time on my own work before the fall semester begins.
Speaking of fall, I’ve got a fairly hefty and exciting teaching load at SVA. For the Photo Department, I’m teaching a freshman workshop, a self-portrait class and, in addition, I’ve picked up a new class, a third-year 6-hour seminar that should be fun and challenging. Plus my Digital Photography for Designers course for the Graphic Design & Advertising Department.
So there’s plenty to keep me busy—always a good thing.
And there you have it. If you have any questions or comments, I would, of course, welcome hearing from you.
