New shoot, Friday, January 29, 2010 I've been working on some new imagery, from a couple different approaches. A lot is still in post world, but here's a sample... Exhibition Opening, Saturday, December 12, 2009 My solo exhibition at the Craft Studio Gallery opens this Monday, Dec. 14, and will continue to run until Jan 8. Located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, the exhibit features 16 prints from the Beta Fictions body of work. Work from Summer, Saturday, December 12, 2009 This summer I am once again working at the Maine Media Workshops, located in Rockport, ME. In my downtime from managing their Digital Service Bureau, I've been putting together images for another sequential still image music video, in addition to making more constructed imagery. Above is an image I put together with Claire Rosen, a friend and photographer in New York. We work in similar manners yet had never collaborated on projects. The one above is for me, while the one below is for her. New video posted, Saturday, September 26, 2009 This summer at the Maine Media Workshops, I once again collected tons and tons of still, sequential footage of the friends and activities around me. With most everyone back home now, and myself still at the Workshops, I decided to tackle this huge collection of nearly 20,000 images in hopes of creating a video that could capture those rare, but glorious, free moments we had that didn't consist of our job titles. And so... the video is now done! I learned a lot about this process while assembling the 2008 video, and put that knowledge to use with this one, in turn, learning even more to put towards my next project that may utilize this approach. To view it, either click the image above, or follow the following link. Enjoy! /2008/video/mysummer2009/files/mysummer2009.shtml Maine Media Workshops, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Next month, I will be teaching a workshop at the Maine Media Workshops. The class is titled "Advanced Digital Photography," course number 8827. It runs October 11-17. During that week, we'll be covering the various functions of DSLR cameras, composition, molding natural light and introducing artificial light, in addition to Photoshop techniques used to push images beyond the limitations of standard image capture. The big focus will be not what you photograph, but designing the frame contents of what you photograph. Seats are still available. For more information, please visit the workshop listing at theworkshops.com. Featured on Calumet, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 This was pretty fun. Yesterday I received an email from a friend. She attached Calumet's homepage, but I wasn't sure what she was talking about until I scrolled further down. Then I saw what she was referring to. Calumet is currently featuring one of my images as their Photo of the Week. You can check out their website at calumetphoto.com. While in Maine, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 While in Maine at the Workshops, I've had the pleasure of participating in various photographs. Last month, Drew Gardner taught a location lighting course. At the end, I helped the class out with post-processing their images. On the last day, an elaborate setup involving girls in bikinis and goats was put together. It was a team effort to bring this image together. Once we got back to the classroom, I hooked a projector to my laptop and walked the class through the processing to assemble the various elements needed to bring this image together. It was a lot of fun and I think the image turned out very well. Good job to the class! Also, Ryan Ball and I have been documenting our various adventures while working up here. The other night we assembled a neat stunt involving a picnic table, a kiddie pool, and a 10 foot gap. Two of our friends, Houston Faile and Emma Powell, were nice enough to sit in the gap as I performed a running leap and flip. Ryan photographed the event, which produced the following photograph! Award, Shows, Friday, April 24, 2009 Last Thursday was the wrap for the Redhead Alliance photo series. We finished up all of the remaining images and also conducted video interviews. I am now in the intense editing stage of both finalizing which images will hang in the MFA thesis exhibition, in addition to editing a documentary video for the entire process. All content (photography, prose, video, etc) will also be available on redheadalliance.com and is what I consider the "full version" of the work. This past Tuesday at the School of Art student show, I was honored with the award for Best Graduate Work, for the image "Beta 25" (the paper bag heads). David Taylor juried this year's student show exhibition. In addition to the upcoming thesis exhibition, I will also be in a few juried/group exhibitions around the country. In Oakland, CA, I have three images in the Red Door Gallery's upcoming "Death is Easy, Comedy is Hard" exhibition. The images are Beta 1, 4, and 28. I am also in a unique poetry/photography exhibition entitled "Vision/Verse." It will be at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum in Lake Charles, LA. Beta 28 and a new image title "Proportions of Man" will be exhibited. The latter image is based off the poem of the same name by William Coppage. In a neat twist, he is also the poet creating a work based off my image. I'm looking forward to it! Okay, it's only 12:30 AM. Time to get back to work. Twitter, Saturday, April 11, 2009 I succumbed to the trend. twitter.com/andybloxham I am still figuring out how the website works, but add me if you like. Who knows... Some Changes, Thursday, April 2, 2009 I've built a temporary redesign of the website and changed a few aspects of the navigation. The blog is gone, instead replaced by this front page which seemed to serve as a news update location anyway. Some of the formatting is still wonky. Working on that. If you find any bugs, please contact me! Older News, Thursday, April 2, 2009 Latest News... 3/25/09 Earlier today, an army of Louisiana Tech photography faculty, undergrads, and myself arrived in Dallas, TX. It's time for the 2009 National SPE! I have already seen many familiar faces and am enjoying catching up with how everyone is doing. When not in presentations, I plan to be involved in the informal portfolio showings so I'm sure I will run into plenty others. This year, SPE will be particularly interesting. I receive two awards this upcoming Friday. I'm the recipient of an SPE South Central Travel Scholarship, in addition to being a 2009 SPE Student Award winner. Friday will be a pleasant day. 3/20/09 You can now access this website via additional addresses. I went ahead and snagged www.andybloxham.net, www.andybloxham.org, and www.andybloxham.info. They all work exactly like the normal .com you may have used to arrive here. In addition, I now also have the beginning stages of www.RedheadAlliance.com. Stay tuned... 3/4/09 Recently, my Polaroid images have been making their way around various blogs in a multitude of languages. These sites are showing a lot of really interesting work from people all over the globe, so be sure to settle in and explore their entries! http://www.pravda.lt http://bienbienbien.net http://www.booooooom.com/ http://www.ignant.de http://www.comix.it http://designyoutrust.com http://www.likecool.com http://loudreams.com http://range.wordpress.com http://nomadicreveries.blogspot.com http://homecoming.tumblr.com http://www.kulturologia.ru http://www.novate.ru 1/3/09 Just a note that in addition to currently having half a photography solo show on display there, I'll be performing in some sketch comedy in a little under two weeks at Art Innovations in Ruston, Louisiana. I'm pretty excited about this. There are two different skits. The performances run both Wednesday, January 14, and Thursday, January 15. Shows begin at 7 PM. 12/26/09 I received a nice letter informing me that I'm the recipient of a 2009 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Award. The award includes a travel stipend to attend their conference, in addition to membership and conference waivers for 2009. I receive the award in March at the national conference in Dallas, Texas. SPE was founded in 1963 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. 12/23/08 I currently have work showing at Philadelphia's University of the Arts' Gallery 1401, juried by Julie Saul. Nearly half of my solo exhibit is also showing at Art Innovations, in Ruston, Louisiana. In January, I will be part of the North American Graduate Art Survey at University of Minnesota, which Christopher Atkins juried. A few states over that month, I also have a piece in the 6th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, which is in the Wellington B. Gray Gallery at East Carolina University, and was juried by Robert ParkeHarrison. In February, the "blow up doll photo" will be showing in the Guilty Pleasures exhibition at Projects Gallery, in Philadelphia. It was juried by gallery owner Helen Meyrick. Work is published in the current issue of Creative Quarterly, issue 12, in addition to Light Leaks, issue 11. Work will also be featured in the next issue of Creative Quarterly, issue 13, due at the end of the year. During February, my solo exhibition will travel to the 1078 Gallery in Chico, CA. I am still casting for misc roles in my new body of work, "Redhead Alliance." Specifically, I am seeking a blonde female with tan skin for a central role. Redheads are still encouraged to partake in the shoots, as well, in bit roles. The majority of shoots take place in the Harris Building, in downtown Ruston, LA. Contact me if interested. Also, if you're looking for something random, check out www.sutki.net. It is a Russian website that has a spotlight focus on some of my work. Unless you speak Russian, you will need to translate the text. It's certainly interesting to find your work being discussed in a language that doesn't even use the same alphabet.