Watershed

I am selling a limited edition of Watershed: The French Broad River, that will come with an 11×14″ archival inkjet print of Garden, North Toe River, Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

Both the book and the print is an edition of 25, and sell for $200.00.

I’ll be at the Photoeye booth on Friday March 23rd from 2:45-3:45 with a couple copies of Watershed, please stop by if you get a chance.

I am having an upcoming exhibit of the Watershed work at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery. The opening is on February 3rd, the show will run until March 17th.

I am excited to announce that Fall Line Press will be selling the book at the gallery.  There will be a book signing and artist talk on February 18th at 3pm.

Please come out if you can, this will be the first time the book is publicly available.

We are getting very close to sending the book to the printers. I wanted to share a few of my favorite spreads.

Thanks to Lauren for her elegant design…

The French Broad Riverkeeper, Hartwell Carson is going to write an essay about the history and current state of the French Broad River. I am really excited that Hartwell has decided to contribute his voice to a project that could not have happened without his assistance.

Hartwell is a native of Macon, GA. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia studying Recreation and Resource Management. While a student there, he worked with the Outdoor Recreation Center as an environmental educator and guide.  After working for the Forest Service in Colorado, Hartwell earned his Masters of Science from the University of Montana, where he conducted extensive work examining social and ecological impacts on the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Hartwell has been the French Broad Riverkeeper for the past 7 years.  He is one of 180+ Waterkeepers who are networked through the Waterkeeper Alliance. As the French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell works to monitor pollution and protect the water quality of the French Broad River, as well as educate the public about stewardship of the rivers in the watershed.  Hartwell currently works for the Western North Carolina Alliance and is also the President on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Riverkeeper.

Rod Slemmons, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago is going to contribute an essay to the book. Rod has written essays about the work of Lee Friedlander, Matt Siber, Andrew Borowiec as well as many other artists.

I’m honored to have such a great writer contribute to the book, thanks Rod!

I’m very excited to have Lauren Henkin working with me on the book.

Lauren will be designing the book, and working as project manager throughout the year. Lauren is an amazing photographer, and has published two books of her work, Displaced and Silence is an Orchard.

Her Bio…

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1974, award-winning, internationally shown photographer Lauren Henkin grew up in Maryland. In 1996, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, she moved home to Maryland and began working as an architect. During the next 10 years, she worked as the public programs manager for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, a book designer and creative director.

Henkin is a frequent reviewer, private educator, Photolucida board member, author of two artist books, frequent speaker on marketing techniques for fine art photographers, and active member in the photographic community. She has served as a guest critic for Portland State University’s School of Architecture as well as Lightbox Photographic and Lúz Gallery in Canada.  In addition, she recently started PhotoRadio, a blog presenting audio interviews with curators, gallerists, artists, publishers, educators and more.  Her work is supported in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Commission, located in Portland, Oregon.

The book Watershed: The French Broad River will be published  in February 2012 by Photolucida as part of the Critical Mass book award. This site will be a place where I post updates on the progress and the details of the book’s production.