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New Nashville Photography Beth Gorham | Bradley Marshall | Casey Carter | Chris Donahue | Evan Hickman Holden Head | Jamie Donahue | Shawne Brown Fort Houston Gallery , Nashville, TN May 2 - May 31, 2015 Opening Reception: Saturday May 2, 6-8pm © Joshua Dudley Greer   Coming into Focus: Emerging Southeastern Photographers Jeremiah Ariaz | Shane Derwent | Joshua Dudley Greer | Meg Griffiths  Tammy Mercure | Whitten Sabatini | Kristen Skees Blue Spiral 1 Gallery , Asheville, NC May 1 - June 26, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday May 1, 5-8pm 

  Skogafoss, Iceland, 2011 © Jessica Auer Jessica Auer earned her MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University. Her documentary-style landscape works are held in many institutions including the Musée de Beaux Arts du Québec, Canada Council Art Bank, and Cirque du Soleil. Jessica is a co-founder and board member at Galerie Les Territoires and teaches photography at Concordia University and Champlain College St. Lambert. She was recently interviewed by Megan Cottage for our ongoing Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS). Much of your work focuses on themes that connect a particular place with the cultures you experience there. How did your interest in this subject begin? I think it really just comes down to being a curious person - curious about exploring the world and having an interest in how people inhabit and experience certain places. There was however a defining moment for me when I was quite young that brought photography and landscape together for me. Shortly after I turne...

 from the series The Last Road North © Ben Huff Ben Huff is a photographer and professor who lives in Juneau, Alaska. His project, The Last Road North , took 5 years to complete and consists of images all shot on a 4x5 film camera along Alaska's Dalton Highway. Huff has traveled hundreds of miles to capture a unique series of images that gives light to the relationship between wilderness and industry along the highway. He was recently interviewed by Annie Buckles for our Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS). Did you specifically move to Alaska to work on The Last Road North ? What about Alaska and the Dalton Highway made you decide to spend such an extensive amount of time exploring the region? My wife and I moved to Fairbanks in July 2005 for my wife to go to graduate school studying arctic chemistry. Initially, I was overwhelmed and challenged by the landscape, but ultimately confused by my new home. I would go out on the weekends, and the space was pure Nation...

from the series Owner of This World © Shawn Records Shawn Records is a Portland-based contemporary photographer. His work is in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum, LightWork, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography and has been published in The Wall Street Journal Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Contact Sheet, and DoubleTake . He was recently interviewed by Amanda Musick for our Contemporary Photographers Series (CPS). Your family is found in many of your projects, it is evident that family relationships are important to you. Your sons are frequently seen in Flaming Energy Ball 2, your project centered around basketball. In At a Loss , you are photographing scenes and moments related to significant changes within your family. How do you take moments that are so personal to you and make them relatable to viewers? One of the main driving forces in my work is simply the authentic curiosity / fascination / sincerity of ...