Not When but if…

Is Krueger doing commercial work these days?

Poet/photographer Francis Raven wrote a poem about my piece “The Half-Hearted Confession of a Rainy Day Fan:”

You know you weren’t watching the game

Capable of.

As my titles suggest, I’m very interested in exploring the relationship between narrative and text in my photographs, and am excited to see someone else take the idea and run with it. Thanks Francis!

Over the past month, I’ve been sending out gallery packets for “Somewhere in Middle America:”

I do this every few years, and it is always with very low expectations for any positive outcome. Sending work cold to galleries just seems like such a shot in the dark. However, to be perfectly honest, sometimes I just don’t know what else to do, and I’m not good at doing nothing. I am very isolated from any fine art photography community beyond a very local one with no connections to other regions, and the longer I’m here, the more I realize how detrimental that is, not just in terms of connections but in terms of meaningful feedback, camaraderie, and dialog.

Of course if I get one positive response, it will all be more than worth it- the galleries/spaces I am sending to are all ones I would be ecstatic to work with. It seems promotion for the artist often boils down to taking the long shot enough times to make something happen. I’ll be sure to post the rejection letters as they come.

Back from 2 weeks touring the east coast visiting family and getting in some beach time. A combined 30 hours of driving with 3 kids under 6 went amamzingly well. Can’t say I feel rested though.

Nothing major, but I’ve updated the work from “Somewhere in Middle America.” Several images have been replaced with new ones, and the color in the images now more acurately reflects the split toned prints I have been making (hopefully there won’t be wonky color crossovers on uncalibrated monitors). Have a look!