Detroit, MI : January 9, 2013. 

"An exhibition almost two years in the making opens to the public on Saturday, February 2nd at the detroit contemporary. Members Cut includes work by seven artists from Detroit, Windsor, and Ohio selected by curator Aaron Timlin during the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit's 2011 Members All Media Exhibition. 

The exhibition includes the work of both established and emerging artists ranging from sculpture, painting, photography and installation. Exhibiting artists are Steve Baibak (DeWitt), Douglas Bedard (Windsor), Matthew Boonstra (Milford), Chrissy Deiger (Toledo), Robert Quentin Hyde (Royal Oak), Ray Katz (Pontiac), and Munazza Naeem (Windsor). 

Members Cut opens to the public on February 2nd with a reception from 6pm to 10pm. The reception is free and provides an opportunity to meet the artists and curator. The exhibition runs through Sunday, March 3rd." 

As I sort through my thousands of photographs on my computer (about 10,000), I remember the thousands that exist outside of my computer.  This is one of them.  This is a photograph of Jeff, in 2003, minutes after finishing a hike along Brice Creek near Cottage Grove, Oregon.  Though Jeff and I have lost touch, this photograph has resonated with me over the years.  On the way home, I rode in the back of their pickup with their dripping wet black lab Emma, as his parter Kasey, in the drivers seat, perhaps hummed In Spite of Ourselves.  

Kasey and Jeff now run and operate Lonesome Whistle Farm in Junction City, Oregon.  

This post was inspired by old friends and a call for entries by the Early Works Project. 

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istanbul and cappadocia, turkey 2012