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Pictures at an Exhibition

“Pictures at an Exhibition,” as in I have one included in a group exhibition.
Night, a 2007 image from an installation of Heart Beats Light is included in New York University’s Photo and Emerging Media 2014-2015 Faculty and Staff Exhibition.  The exhibition opened on September 2, 2014 and closes on October 9, 2014.  The show is in two locations: the Gulf + Western Gallery (1st Floor, rear lobby) and the 8th Floor Gallery, 721 Broadway New York, NY 10003.

My piece is at the 721 Broadway location.  Admission is free and open to the public.

NYU’s Photo and Emerging Media faculty and staff of 2014-2015 include Ulrich Baer, Matthew Baum, Michael Berlin, Wafaa Bilal, Terry Boddie, Isolde Brielmaier, Kalia Brooks, Mark Bussell, Edgar Castillo, Iliana Cepero Amador, Charlotte Cotton, Yolanda Cuomo, Erika deVries, Thomas Drysdale, Brandy Dyess, Cate Fallon, Adrian Fernandez, Kara Fiedorek, Nichole Frocheur, Mark Jenkinson, Whitney Johnson, Elizabeth Kilroy, Elaine Mayes, Editha Mesina, Charles Nesbit, Lorie Novak, Paul Owen, Karl Peterson, Christopher Phillips, Shelley Rice, Fred Ritchin, Joseph Rodriguez, Bayeté Ross Smith, Abi Roucka, Peter Terezakis, Cheryl Yun-Edwards, and Deborah Willis.
Night, Peter Terezakis, Heart Beats Light, Yuha Desert 2007
Peter Terezakis, MPS
New York University Artist in Residence
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Outside my window

Crepuscular rays

I drove to Southern California’s Yuha Desert to photograph the first full moon of 2014 last night.   The Yuha has been one of my favorite places to gather fossils, observe plants, animals, historical artifacts, celestial phenomena, and develop my light installations since 2001.   Yesterday’s experience was like going home to a place I had forgotten was home.

I had so much fun riding my bike  that I almost missed the moon rise altogether!

In fact, my moon images weren’t so hot.  I used my Nikon 75 – 300 and focus was off, which was a bummer.    Turning around the other direction I had a nice example of crepuscular rays shaped by the Cuyamaca Mountains.
crepuscular-rays

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Desert Spring

“Go take a hike,” took on new meaning this past Monday when George Willis, Kenn Petsch and I did just that. What made it all the more enjoyable was knowing that I was dodging rain, fog, and generally unpleasant seasonal NYC weather.  What was it like over here in San Diego? Funny you should ask:
January in San Diego
George drove to a destination in San Diego’s North County recommended by fourth friend who wasn’t present(Peter Larlham, you were missed!).  We had a great time. Less than a quarter of a mile from were we parked our vehicle, Kenn found artifacts left by Native Americans including bits of thin-walled pottery, stone tools, grinding areas. camp sites, and fire circles. Each discovered item was replaced as we found it with thanks and wonder to those who went before us.Desert plants which are usually greener this time of year were atypically dull and thin.  We did discover beautiful, delicate tiny flowers – blossoms less than an eighth of an inch in diameter – of purple and yellow half-hidden in the shadows of rocks.

I will miss this valley in the spring. By March the warm sun will cause the earth to explode with the activity of all manner of living things including a dizzying number of plants which will blossom in near weekly succession. Flowers, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals will sing and dance the only dance that is and do so knowing that the merciless heat will soon follow.

On the other side of the continent, scurrying between the brick, concrete, and shadow which define Manhattan Island, I will think about this special place.

I will remember my friends, their laughter, and highlights of our conversations. I will imagine what the living earth looks, smells, and sounds like. In that way, even if only for the briefest of moments, I will be free.
In the desert the quick and the dead
are clear manifestations of Shiva.
Kenn cradling the handiwork of a long-dead craftsman
Kenn, Peter, and George
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Visitor

This little character showed up for a few days.  Cuter than heck.  Sad to say the neighbor’s cat put an end to his colorful life the same day these photos were taken.   I never would have noticed this beautiful animal if I hadn’t looked out my window, away from my computer monitor. Some people may not quite understand why I get so wrapped up in the natural world.   All I can offer is that a lifetime of observation brings its own rewards. Sometimes it is difficult to tell what things were like just from a picture.  Here is a soundtrack of eight minutes in my San Diego backyard the day these photos were taken.

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August 1, 2011

Backyard, San Diego, August 2011
Backyard, San Diego, August 2011
Backyard, San Diego, August 2011
Backyard, San Diego, August 2011
Backyard, San Diego, August 2011
Backyard, San Diego, August 2011