Exposure: Hawai'i
· Sun, Jan 03, 2010

I am off to Hawai'i soon to participate in a experimental photo project called Exposure: Hawai'i. Organized by Jesse Stephen(www.jessestephen.com), a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. (the above image is his) Jesse has organized many photo explorations before but this learning experience and photo opportunity is a bit different, and therefore more of an experimental than ones he has organized in the past.
I am excited to get this opportunity to go to Hawai'i and take photos, and learn with such accomplished photographers.
Here is a brief list of other photographers going, more info is available at livingexposed.com.
Morgan is currently an archaeology Ph.D. Candidate in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation research is on the intersections of new media and archaeology, expressed in a series of digital artifact biographies ranging from Second Life reconstructions to pervasive games. She has presented this research in both archaeological and technological venues, and is the first anthropology graduate student at UC Berkeley with a dedicated emphasis in New Media.
Heidel was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico and raised in Tacoma, Washington. After building a successful career in project management and working for several successful dotcoms, she began experimenting with photography. On January 1, 2009, she started a project to take one self-portrait every day for a year. During the course of this project, her photography has grown from simply capturing a “day in the life” to creating scenes that are meant to evoke emotion and elicit thoughtful dialogue.
Born in Brooklyn in 1950, Tornick became passionate about photography as a teenager, photographing his neighborhoods, Coney Island, Manhattan, and a trip to Mexico. He continued taking pictures in college, using traditional darkroom techniques, but put aside photography at graduation as he moved into spiritual communities where he lived for 11 years.
After an eclectic array of jobs, and going back to college and attaining his Master’s degree in Counseling, in 2003 Josef returned to his photographic roots after a 32–year hiatus. After many years of deep inward study and reflection, there is now an effortless flow of images from his camera, reflecting a long sought integration. In the words of Goethe, “In his own magic circle wanders the wonderful man, and draws us with him to wonder and take part in it.”
In his own words –“I am deeply happy to have found my place, camera in hand, in this world.”
Tornick has been self-taught, and includes his studies and love for the photography of Josef Sudek, Manuel Bravo, Flor Garduno, Paul Strand, Nancy Rexroth, Edouard Boubat, Willie Ronis, Russell Lee, Sebastiao Salgado, James Nachtway, David Michael Kennedy, and Keith Carter as a just few of the many inspirations for his own work.
Along with his documentary fine-art projects, he also does some local portrait and architectural work. His work has been exhibited by Camera Obscura in Denver, Longmont Museum in Colorado, and is in permanent display at Museum Nan Eilean, South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland. He has recently won awards at Art of Photography in San Diego, curated by Charlotte Cotten, and was also chosen for a Portrait exhibition curated by Mary Ellen Mark.
He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife Annie, Pookie their Chow and Rollei the Cat.





Liquid light, first steps
· Sun, Oct 04, 2009
Observations from my first trials with liquidlight ...

Blow me down hike
· Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Pictures from Blow me Down hike on Sunday Sept. 20 ...


Portraits of my brother — Scot Cohlmeyer
· Sat, Aug 22, 2009
A few portraits of my brother ...

In progress — Memories of Another Life
· Tue, Aug 18, 2009
A few in progress images of an project ...



Wild woodwinds
A reflection
Two Lovers and A Canyon
A circle of strength (RUFE)
An observation
Thoughts of a passing presence


















Printer Friendly