About me – I was born and raised outside of Pittsburgh in the borough of Green Tree.
Green Tree, along with Dormont and Castle Shannon, was a member of the Keystone Oaks School District and so I attended and graduated from Keystone Oaks High School. After High School I enrolled in the Pennsylvania State University and attended the Greater Allegheny Campus ( old Mckeesport Campus), main campus in State College, and then Penn State Harrisburg Campus (old Capital Campus). I eventually graduated from Penn State with a couple of engineering degrees. I currently live and work in the Harrisburg area.
I have been photographing in a “snapshot documentary” style from the age of about 10 or 11. Through the years I have photographed my life and those around me including my three children, my wife, other family members and most all of the events that I have experienced on my life’s journey. I hardly go anywhere without some type of camera.
Nine years ago, in the fall of 2009, I joined the Harrisburg Camera Club to try and gain a new “photographic perspective”. Through my experiences at HCC, the digital competitions, print critiques, guest speakers and gallery shows, I have learned a tremendous amount and now I find myself looking at photography from more of a “fine art perspective”.
On this site you will find both my “snapshot documentary” photos and my attempt at “fine art photography”. I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to post your comments. Some photographs on this site can be offered for sale. Contact me for more information.
Accomplishments So Far:
Permanent Collections:
- Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA – “Abandoned Gymnasium – J.W. Cooper School”
Clients:
- Trinity: Planning, Design, Architecture
- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
- Quandel Enterprises, Inc.
Juried Exhibitions:
- Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2018, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA – “Aboard the S.S. Columbia #1”
- Photo ’17 – Multiple Exposures Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA – “Boxes”
- Juried Cumberland Valley – Visiting Art Exhibit, The Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV – “Building A Mystery”
- 2017 Cumberland Valley Artists & Photographers Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD – “Building A Mystery”
- 2017 MWCP Juried Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS – “Building A Mystery”
- 5th Annual Olympus InVision Pennsylvania Photographers Juried Exhibition, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA – “Aboard The SS Columbia #1”
- Black and White 2016, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT – “The Moment Before Ascension” (Black and White Edition)
- Black & White 2016, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO – “Building A Mystery” (Black and White Edition)
- 4th Annual Olympus InVision Pennsylvania Photographers Juried Exhibition, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA – “Building A Mystery”
- Photo-Transformations, West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton Junction, NJ – “Building A Mystery”
- PA Modern Architecture Juried Photo Exhibit, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- “Lynn Hall and Lynn Hall Cottage”
- “Lynn Hall Interior #1”
- Black and White 2015, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT – “Building A Mystery” (Black and White Edition)
- Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA – “Building A Mystery”
- Art Association of Harrisburg’s 87th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA – “presents:”
- 3rd Annual Olympus InVision Pennsylvania Photographers Juried Exhibition, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA – “Circa 1921 – At the Bath House”
- The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, 2014 National Juried Photography Exhibit, Fredrick, MD – “Visiting Angel”
- Frederick Camera Clique, 28th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition at the Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery on the Frederick Community College Campus
- “The Wayfarer”
- “Route 581 – Scene 2”
- 2014 Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Camp Hill, PA – “The Hangman”, “The Air Blending Chamber”, and “Visiting Angel”
- Black & White 2014, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO – “The 581 Project – Scene 2”
- 2nd Annual Olympus InVision Pennsylvania Photographers Juried Exhibition, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA – “Mossy Trail Reflection” and “The Hangman”
- Frederick Camera Clique, 27th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition at the Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery on the Frederick Community College Campus
- “Mossy Trail Reflection”
- “The Hangman”
- “The Winding Room”
- “Redemption”
- 2013 Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Camp Hill, PA – “The 518 Project – Scene 2”, “Mossy Trail Reflection”, and “Forest Reflection”
- Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, 42nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition at Lebanon Valley College – “The Workhouse”
- Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA – “Abandoned Gymnasium – J.W. Cooper School”
Awards:
- Juror’s Award, 2017 Cumberland Valley Artists and Photographers Exhibition,
Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD for “Building A Mystery” - Fourth Place, 2015 Black & White Photo, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “Shelby #1”
- 2014-2015 Photographer of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place – 2014-2015 Digital Photographer of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place – 2014-2015 Digital Image of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place – 2014-2015 Print Photographer of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place – 2014-2015 Color Print Image of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place – 2014-2015 Monochromatic Print Image of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- Second Place, 2014 Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Camp Hill, PA for “The Wayfarer”
- Honorable Mention, Frederick Camera Clique, 27th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition for “The Hangman”
- Honorable Mention , Frederick Camera Clique, 27th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition for “The Winding Room”
- 2013 Digital Photographer of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA
- First Place, 2013 Digital Image of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “The Winding Room”
- First Place, 2013 Monochromatic Print of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “Redemption”
- Second Place. 2013 Color Print of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “Mossy Trail Reflection”
- First Place, 2013 Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Camp Hill, PA for “Mossy Trail Reflection”
- Third Place, 2013 Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Camp Hill, PA for “The 581 Project – Scene 2”
- First Place, 2013 Photo Op Exhibition, The Art Center School & Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA for “The Hangman”
- Honorable Mention, 2013 Photo Op Exhibition, The Art Center School & Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA for “The Workhouse”
- Second Place, Photography Category, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012, Harrisburg, PA for “Abandoned Gymnasium – J.W. Cooper School”
- First Place, 2012 Digital Image of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “Abandoned Gymnasium – J.W. Cooper School”
- Second Place, 2012 Color Print of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “Sunset at Sunset Key”
- Second Place, 2011 Monochromatic Print of the Year, Harrisburg Camera Club, Harrisburg, PA for “The Crypt”
- First Place, 2011 Color Photo – Historical, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “Chucky’s Nursery”
- Second Place, 2001 Color Photo – Historical, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “Anderson Grist Mill”
- First Place, 2011 Color Photo – People, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “The Clown”
- Second Place, 2011 – Black & White Photo, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “Chicago After Dark #2”
- Fourth Place, 2011 Black & White Photo, Dillsburg Farmers Fair, Dillsburg, PA for “Hybrid”
Published Work:
- ABSENCE 2013, Volume 15, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Literary & Visual Art Review, McKeesport, PA
- “The Route 581 Project – Scene 2”
- “The Air Blending Chamber”
- “Artistic Ooze #1”
- “The Hangman”
- “Homeless – One Dollar, One Photograph”
- “Malt Room Windows”
- “Spools”
- “Sunset at Sunset Key”
- “The Workhouse”
- “The Winding Room”
- ABSENCE 2012, Volume 14, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Literary & Visual Art Review, McKeesport, PA
- “The Fisherman”
- “Pittsburgh at Night”
- “The Crypt”
- “Desecration 1889”
- “Abandoned Gymnasium – J.W. Cooper School”
- “Balloons”
- ABSENCE 2011, Volume 13, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Literary & Visual Art Review, McKeesport, PA
- “Chicago After Dark”
- “The Clown”
- “Chucky’s Nursery”
- “Mud Run #2”
- “Hybrid”
- “Wood, Stone, & Glass #1”
Websites
Memberships:
Jimmie Crow (a.k.a. Jim Crowley)