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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hanno Hardt, Professor, Photographer, Scholar


Tonight I found out that my friend Hanno Hardt passed away on October 11th. I am profoundly saddened by this news. Hanno was an inspiration to me while a student at the University of Iowa. Hans Breder and Hanno were friends and I was in Hans' Intermedia program.

Hanno Hardt loved black and white documentary photography. He loved Iowa. "A Time in Iowa" is a book he self-published in 2007. He has self-published a great number of photography books on Blurb.

I still have my notes from his class. We talked about the media. Film, photography, TV. My paper was about Woody Allen and all the controversies surrounding him at that time. I still have that paper. Later, Hanno served as a member on my MFA committee. I appreciated his support of my work.

Over the years, we stayed loosely connected. He wrote an invitation for me to teach and research at the University of Ljubljana last year and again this year. Hanno wanted me to help assist him teach photography and video at the university. He believed in me and in my work as an artist. Hanno Hardt was an incredibly smart and creative thinking man. He was also very generous and kind. I hoped I would see him again...this time in Slovenia.

There will be a memorial for him at the MILL in Iowa City on November 4th from 4pm - 7pm.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Pendulum by Jon Shumway


Beautiful work/cannot really say more....! Love it! Jon Shumway was a fellow grad
student at the U of Iowa in Intermedia Art while Hans Breder was the video guru in charge. For a lot more information go to JON SHUMWAY'S VIMEO page.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

IOWA CITY WARRIORS - BLOG by Maria Vorhis

I had the pleasure to sit and chat with Maria Vorhis last weekend. We sat outside the Englert Theatre on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon. She attended the Englert Theatre panel discussion about being an artist here in the Iowa City area. Here is her interview with me - IOWA CITY WARRIORS.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Doug Rickard: A New American Picture

Very inspiring work - it is the IDEA and what we can get from these pictures....! I want to see the exhibit - they are in MOMA now or soon to be.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

JOHN LENNON 1940-1980. TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.


I LOVE YOU JOHN - THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE