Austin Granger Show in Portland, Oregon

[John Layton]

Austin...I'm blown away that your work exhibits such variety and yet you do all of this with such obvious reverence to what each subject says to you and how each subject engages you.

Also...speaking as one who, when wearing my "instructor hat" has no real trouble with verbalizing and engaging with others relating to their work, I tend to stumble when addressing my own work - and after watching your video I'm truly inspired by how you step up to this challenge with such a natural grace.

At any rate...congrats - and I'm sorry that I cannot make it out to see your exhibit.

[John Layton]

...and I also appreciate your considering the possibility of taking more time to concentrate on making photographs, and a bit less time engaging in "promotional" activities.

The amount of time I've spent over the past year... printing, matting, framing, and generally attending to all that is required to prepare and hang exhibits, plus other publicity-related activities, has taken a huge bite out of time that I could have spent photographing and, yes, continuing to evolve creatively. Gotta change this!

[austin granger]

Thank you everyone, for your kind words. I appreciate them very much.

[johnmsanderson]

Thank you everyone, for your kind words. I appreciate them very much.

I lieu of seeing your exhibition I enjoyed the video presentation.