2022 is the second consecutive year I have had two photographs on display in the Atlanta Photography Group’s Airport Exhibition. This year I also had two photographs in the Atlanta Photography Group’s Selects Exhibition, in APG’s gallery space, concurrent with the Airport show, so I decided to fly to Atlanta last month to see both exhibitions and finally visit Atlanta for the first time.

I had never seen photographs of the Airport exhibition space before, but I had a rough idea of where the space in the airport based on its description. I knew it was outside of security in a food court area. After landing I got my luggage and went looking for the exhibition, luckily it was near by the baggage carousels. There are 30 photographs in the 2022 Airport Show by 22 different photographers. The exhibition was curated by Lisa Volpe who is the Associate Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The prints are uniform in size because of the framing constraints, and they are displayed on four columns within the Central Atrium. My photographs were on a column in front of the Atlanta Chop House; I am sure everyone who knows me would say this is an appropriate location for me and my work. The column had four panels with two photographs on each panel. Below are details of my photographs, the Central Atrium area, and finally a slide show highlighting all the photographs in the exhibition. As I stated in early blog posts about this exhibition, I am honored that Lisa Volpe selected my two photographs to be part of this exhibition. I am thankful that the Atlanta Photography Group arranges this exhibition annually and that they are able to secure top curators, like Lisa, for the selection process. After visiting the space and seeing the exhibition I am even more proud that my photographs are being displayed with so many other strong images, in such a unique space, with so much daily traffic. This exhibition runs through January 25th, 2023.

Slideshow of all 30 prints in the exhibition:

I am proud to announce that I have two photographs in the Atlanta Photography Group’s annual Airport Show which opens later this month at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Juror Lisa Volpe selected 30 photographs, from over 500 images which were submitted, to exhibit in the central atrium of the airport. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest airport with an average of 260,000 visitors a day. In 2019 Atlanta had 53.485,000 total visitors, the next closest airport was LAX at 42,880,000.

The 2022 Airport Exhibition is scheduled to be up September 22nd, 2022, to January 25th, 2023, and this is the second, consecutive year, I have exhibited two photographs in the APG’s Airport Exhibition.

My two included photographs are from two different series. The above image (PPD- 057 #14) is one of my favorite images from my Pasadena Police Department portfolios. I photographed Officer Kevin Hall on December 1st, 1985, at the Do Dah Parade in Pasadena. This parade is a spoof on the annual Rose Parade and the mid 1980’s was when the parade was at its height of popularity. I have always seen this image as symbolic of all the different threats and unique incidents that police officers encounter daily.

The image below (BOS DSC 8022 March 6th, 2021) is from a trip to Boston last year when I discovered Ponyhenge in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The link is to my blog post detailing that experience with numerous other photographs from there.

Having Lisa Volpe select two of my photographs for this exhibition is very exciting. Her insight of the medium is outstanding, and she has so much passion for photography. This interview of Lisa by Aline Smithson for Los Angeles Center of Photography gives fantastic insight to who she is and her thoughts about photography.

If you are in the Atlanta airport later this year hopefully you can check out this exhibition. It is outside of security in a food court area so it’s hard to get to if you are connecting to another flight there. I will try and update this post when more information as it is available.

Slideshow of all 30 prints in the exhibition:

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