spent his young adulthood enlisted in US Armed Forces. He left his chosen career early due to his growing lack of respect for those far above him in the chain-of-command. In civilian society he soon found that he had somehow misplaced his sense of self. He has since found much solace in traveling throughout the US, in search of all the little things that encourage people to wake up each and every day.
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is a documentary still photographer who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political and cultural issues. His work has been extensively exhibited and published, including three books entitled, "Urban Nomads," "Still Home: Jews of South Philadelphia" and "Reading."
His ongoing work includes documenting the activities of many progressive organizations including a death penalty abolitionist group, ACT-UP, ADAPT (disabled activists), KWRU, and other groups concerned with housing and homelessness. Also, his work includes an extensive inventory of images depicting all aspects of life in Deaf culture, plus a substantial collection of photos dealing with education.
Finkle is also completing a documentation of a unique prison project that works with inmates months before release to prepare them for returning to the community and months after release to help remain in the community. The first showing of this work will take place at the National Network of Grantmakers Conference in Chicago - beginning 10/14/06 - and eventually will be shown at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Temple in Autumn 06 and Spring 07.
A broad exhibition of his work regarding social issues will appear at the Cheltenham Art Center, PA and will show for two months, beginning 9/06.
is a professional photographer living in London, England. To fight the evil forces of spamville, he wishes to keep his email address as private as possible. For more info on Mr. Walker, including how to contact him and see more of his work, please send an email to the MCR editors: feedback@mendacitypress.com
was born in 1974 in St. Wendel, Germany and today lives in Ottweiler. He is married, with two lovely daughters. A social worker by trade, Andreas has been toying with photography since 2004, trying to capture the essence of (human) being. He prefers the analog way.
He is the founder of unmittelbar.net - an agency and network of (photographical) authors.
is (although not in this order): a freelance graphic designer/artist; an avid photographer of all things life-like; a loving and doting mother of one very precocious, curious, and wildly intelligent little boy; and a proud Hungarian Romani living and breathing in Toronto, Canada (for now).
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is an amateur artist living in the city of his birth, Rome Italy.
He loves to travel the world, and regularly posts his latest artwork at FLICKR.COM
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison [
5.2008]
construct fantasies in the guise of environmental performances for the protagonist of their images - who interacts with the landscape. Tapping into their surreal imaginations, the artists combine elaborate sets within vast landscapes to address issues surrounding man's relationship to the earth and technology while additionally delving into the human condition. As Robert ParkeHarrison said regarding the work "We want to make images that have open, narrative qualities; images containing ideas about human limits. These mythic images mirror our world, where nature is domesticated, controlled, and destroyed."
Robert ParkeHarrison studied photography at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of New Mexico. In 1999 he was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.
Shana ParkeHarrison received a degree in painting from William Woods College. She went on to study Dance history and metalsmithing and University of New Mexico.
The ParkeHarrisons' collaboration has developed organically over the past sixteen years. In 2000 they began to publicly claim co-authorship of their images. "The Architect's Brother," a museum exhibition of 45 of their images, traveled throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
Currently their images are included in various group exhibitions, including "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," "Imaging a Shattered Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate" and "Envisioning Change," an exhibition in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme's, World Environment Day.
Their works are included in numerous collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. In October 2008 the ParkeHarrisons' new book of color images by Twin Palms Publishers will debut alongside an exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.
