30 Years of the Ucross Foundation

"Into the Fog" Oil on Linen by Travis Ivey

I had the amazing privilege last fall to attend a residency at the Ucross Foundation in rural, North-Central Wyoming. In conjunction with the Nicolaysen Art Museum, also in Wyoming, they just hung a huge retrospective show of a select group of past residents and I was invited to be a part of it. I didn't get to see the show but below is a link to an article about the happenings...

http://trib.com/lifestyles/weekender/article_97e7a823-1247-5035-840b-2d90ad4d3f02.html

MakeWork Update from the Collaboration Station...

Here are a few pics from the collaboration that I just finished working on with the Raleigh-based book binder, Kathy Steinsberger. She made this incredible accordion fold book that is 8" x 8" with 10 total 8" x 16" spreads. The book is in an edition of 2 and has some of my portraits from East of the Mississippi / Below the Mason-Dixon, which also happens to be the title. I paired photos of white folks next to those of black folks, attempting to show both our similarities and our unique differences...

- oh, and she used my bicycle route through this area, which is when these photos were made, and printed it on vellum for the back of the book

Florida Foreclosure Photography

The Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden is doing some really interesting work about one of my favorite subjects... houses. The link below will take you to a short film recently made about the foreclosure fanatics currently taking place in lovely lil' Florida. Well worth checking out.

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/foreclosures