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I'm happy to announce the release of my first book - Beauty In Ruin - The Asylum Nudes.  This book is available in hardcover and softcover, in 8x10 format, and weighs in at 104 pages. Info here: http://www.gvbfineart.com/page8060.htm The Beauty in Ruin body of work involves a series of environmental figure studies shot within the interior of the former Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, later known as the Traverse City State Hospital.  The hospital operated for about 104 years, before it was closed down and left empty, and time and the elements took their toll.  Thankfully, through the work of a number of people, restoration efforts h

It's taken a lot of work, but, as they say... it's a wrap. I'm happy to announce the topic of my upcoming solo show in December will be the asylum nudes series, which I have titled Beauty in Ruin. To go along with this, I'm also releasing a book of the images from this series.  The book currently weighs in at 102 pages, containing black and white, color and hybrid / manipulated images. The book will be released on my website in November 2008. The show, which will appear at the InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City, will run from December 5, 2008 to January 7th, 2009.  The opening reception will be December 5th from 7-10pm.  Featured in the e

I began my first series of shoots out at the dunes this week.  It is a bit later in the season than I'd planned, but the weather has been working against me, between the rain and the temperatures, but everything was looking up more this week. I've been out there about three days this week, and did one shoot.  I'm hoping to get out there again today to do a little more scouting.  The area is so vast, and there are really so many hidden gems out there... I'd hate to overlook something. The style of photography is a bit different than what I've been doing over the past few months (hybrids, manipulations, digital work), in that it is much more