Photo Contests

Photos of me and personal stuff

I drove to NYC the day after the attack, had vehicle trouble in Ohio, and drove back to Iowa. I took a bus out Thursday and arrived in NYC on Friday 9/14 to take photographs. After a short stay, I returned and began sending 364 photo post cards to random New Yorkers expressing Iowa's support for them. I received over 45 emails, cards, and letters in return. All photos with the I love NY motif were setup by me.

I took a B/W DMACC - Ankeny photo class. It was mostly middle aged women and the instructor told me I could not develop my "bimbo" photos. Bob Schulte, an occasional art Grandview College instructor, invited me to develop B/W film for the State Fair photo contest. I keep going back. At some point another instructor noticed I was not a student and told me to come only when he was there. I might have used B/W into late 2002 or early 2003 as I have a photos of B/W Todd G 2003 license plate. This is just a sample of the B/W era.

Christ Crucified is a 1632 painting by Diego Velázquez depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus. A billboard based on this painting was moved around Des Moines for at least three years. I photographed it in different weather, locations, and with scenes I created.

Germany has Art Vending machines in various cities. Here are the ones I found. I display the kunst box first to separate each section. The machine is shown, follwed by the art and then the artist bio included in the box and other images from the internet by the artist. Some cards have something on the back.

Photoed and video taped Terry Sallis for The Brennan Center for Justice talking about his first vote since prison.