A W A R D S - H O N O R S - D I S T I N C T I O N S
· Affialte member of American Society of Media Photographers
· Member of National Association of Photoshop Professionals
· 1st Place, Manipulated Photo Category, How To Judge A Band By Its Cover photography contest at the Chrysler Museum of Art in conjunction with Touch Me I'm Sick: Rock 'n' Roll Photographs by Charles Peterson. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 2005
· Honorable Mention, Live Photo Category, How To Judge A Band By Its Cover photography contest at the Chrysler Museum of Art in conjunction with Touch Me I'm Sick: Rock 'n' Roll Photographs by Charles Peterson. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 2005
· 1of 8 whose work was selected from The Chrysler Museum of Art Photographic Challenge to appear in Portfolio Weekly Magazine. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 2003
· Best in Show, Trendy, True or Taboo: A Photographic Exhibition, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA 2002
· Award of Distinction, Gosport Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA 2002
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· Purchase Award, Gosport Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA 2002
· 1st Place, Suffolk Museum’s 18th Annual Photography Exhibition, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA, 2002
· Best in Biblical Theme, Halizo Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA, 2002
· Served as a judge for the Wine by Design contest at the Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, 2002
· Served as a judge for the digital photography portion of the state SkillsUSA - VICA competition for high school vocational students, 2002, 2003
· Best in Show, Tidewater Artists Association Tidal Waters Juried Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 2000
· Steering committee member of the Virginia Society for the Photographic Arts since 2000-2003, VSPA Newsletter Editor, 2002.
· Award of Merit (Third in Show), Tidewater Artists Association 1999 Juried Summer Exhibition, Clarion Hotel Downtown Norfolk, VA, 1999
· Honorable Mention, Tidewater Artists Association 75th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA, 1999
· Artwork exhibited in the Netherlands as part of the Dutch Open Gallery Artists/Tidewater Artists Association International Exchange Exhibit, April 1999
· Co-founder / Director, Emerging Artists Tidewater, August 1998
· Commissioned to provide artwork for 14th annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival Poster, 1998
· Co-juror for Isle of Wight County Public Schools Student Art Show; K–12, 1998
· Instant Nostalgia series purchased by United Paramount Networks, Hampton Roads affiliate, to hang in their corporate headquarters, 1998
· Member Tidewater Artists Association Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001, and Artline (TAA newsletter) editor, 2000-01
· Juror’s Choice Award November All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, VA, 1997
· Award of Excellence; 24th Annual Student Art Show, Visual Arts Center, TCC at Olde Towne, Portsmouth, VA, 1996
· Invited to demonstrate Polaroid SX-70 manipulation technique at the d’Art Center, Norfolk, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002 at Jubilee on the James, Newport News, 2000, and at Governor’s School for the Arts, 1999, 2001
· Artwork has appeared in: Juxtapose Magazine of
Art and Culture, Lolipop Music Magazine, Brick, The Virginian Pilot, Portfolio Weekly, Style Weekly, Visions Magazine for the Arts, 9-Volt Magazine, Veer Magazine, And Flash Magazine, The Courier, Old Dominion University Faculty Newspaper
I'd like to meet:
fotoboyart is looking for all types of models especially those who represent a specific subculture. He travels to Baltimore, D.C., West Virginia and North Carolina periodically. fotoboyart usually does tfp/tfd, but would pay if in need for a specific project or deadline.
Fotoboyart friends are past or potential fotoboyart collaborators, other visual artists or photographers he likes and/or respects, galleries and publications he works with or would like to work with or thinks are cool.
Heroes:
Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, David Hockney, Richard Avadon, William Wegman, Robert Maplethorp, Robert Raushenberg, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, Roy Lichtenstein, O. Winston Link, Diane Arbus, Bob Lake, Rachael G, Darin Back, Susan Rosen...
