• Fine Art Photography

    Skeleton in the Closet showing at Pacific University

    Portland-based photographer and artist Fritz Liedtke will present ‘Skeleton in the Closet’ at the Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art on Pacific University‘s Forest Grove campus Oct. 26 through Nov. 19. The exhibit is free and open to the public, and includes an opening reception with the artist on Friday, Oct. 29 from 12 to 1 p.m. The gallery is open…

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    In Memory of Katie Nolan

    If you’ve watched or read the news this past week, pretty much anywhere in the country, you will have heard the story of the 3 lost climbers on Mt Hood.  Luke Gullberg, Anthony Vietti, and Katie Nolan went missing after a climb on Mt Hood on Friday, December 11.  Luke’s body was found Saturday, having succombed to hypothermia.  In spite…

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    Skeleton in the Closet Showing at WSU

    This month, I’m pleased to announce that Skeleton in the Closet: Eating Disordered Lives is currently showing at The Art Center at Washington State University. If you’ll be in the Tri-Cities, Washington area through November 30, please stop in and see the show. Speaking of university shows, I’m currently in the process of booking Skeleton in the Closet at University…

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    PhotoLucida 2009

    This is an intense week for me, as I head into the PhotoLucida Portfolio Reviews here in Portland, Thur-Sun, April 23-26. There will be 160 photographers (of whom I am one) meeting with over 60 reviewers: curators, book publishers, gallery owners, photographers, magazine editors, etc. It’s 4 straight days of reviews, lectures, shows, and more. I’ll be showing my Skeleton…

  • Fine Art Photography

    New Images and Stories in the Skeleton Series

    I’ve just updated the web gallery of my series on eating disorders, to include new images and stories from the past few months. They include a pregnant woman, a girl in London, a pink rock, and more. Check them out when you have time. I also recently completed my first portfolio for this series, for museums and private collectors. It…

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    Critical Mass Winners

    I received notice yesterday from PhotoLucida’s Critical Mass Competition that I was selected in their top 50 list. The news isn’t up on the PhotoLucida website yet, but one of the reviewers, Lisa Hunter–quite enthusiastically–posted the results on her blog. In time, PhotoLucida will put the work of the top 50 on their website for all to see. Critical Mass…

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    Skeleton at DaVinci

    Selected images from the series Skeleton in the Closet will be on display at Portland’s DaVinci Arts Middle School from November 13-December 8. These photographs (including new work recently completed) will be in the Library, and in display cases around the school. It will also be on display during the annual DaVinci Arts Fair. During this month, I will be…

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    Interview on Eagle and Child

    Jeffrey Overstreet is a film critic, author, and connoisseur of and commentator on the arts. He has several very popular blogs. And on one of them, Eagle and Child, he’s posted an interview he did with me recently, on my series Skeleton in the Closet. You can read the interview here. I also noticed another blogger commenting on my work,…

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    Be Nourished

    Today I am hanging a brief show, in collaboration with Be Nourished, for their open house. Come by Friday, April 20, from 4-7 pm, to see some work and eat some yummy food. I’ll be there. The work should be up for a week or so, so stop by later if you can’t today. If you can’t come by at…

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    The RACC Grant…

    Back in August I applied for a visual arts grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC). It was the first real grant I’ve applied for, requiring extensive preparation, a couple classes, lots of thought, calculations, and organization. You submit all of this, along with samples of your work, and then you wait. Three to four months. Wondering if…

  • Documentary Photography - Fine Art Photography

    Anorexia and Bulimia

    I’ve been working for almost 2 years now on a photographic project about anorexia and bulimia. I’ll give the overview of the project another time. For the moment, though, I have some new images about which I’m excited, and wanted to post one or two to share. There’s nothing like having something beautiful in your back pocket, with no one…