Andrew Sullivan's The Dish today

Sweet headline!

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/11/29/taken-by-swarm/

Print Center auction

I have a signed, 16" X 20" print of Glow sticks no. 1, mounted on dibond with a French cleat on the back, available in an online benefit auction for The Print Center in Philadelphia. Paddle8 is hosting the auction, which ends December 7 at 8PM EST. Please feel free to bid freely and wildly.

https://paddle8.com/work/thomas-jackson/24614-glow-sticks-no-1

Wired

There's a stylish little piece about my Emergent Behavior series on the Wired website today. The author, Doug Beirend, did a really nice job of capturing the essence of what I'm doing with these images.

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/11/swarms-of-everyday-objects-look-unnervingly-alive/

The Center for Fine Art Photography

Just learned I'll have two pieces in a show entitled "Wondrous Indeed"—juried by one of my faves, Phil Toledano—at The Center for Fine Art Photography Fort Collins, CO. Opening reception: February 7, 2014.

The Print Center

Excited to report that I'm currently the featured artist at The Print Center's online gallery store.

Brush Creek residency

In a couple of days I'm headed to Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming--Cowboy Country, that is--for a two week residency. Follow me on Instagram: THOMASJACKSON415. I should be dispatching regularly.

Two new pieces

Crumpled paper no. 1
Shot in Blue Ridge Mountains, near Asheville, NC. They've had tons of rain this year so it was incredibly lush. Breezy too.

Straws no. 1
Shot in Chester Springs, PA. Note the chewed up tennis ball in the lower right, property of an amazing chocolate lab, Weimaraner mix known as Shrubby.

Auction with Daniel Cooney Gallery

Daniel Cooney is offering a one-off, 16X20, signed (in ink on the back) artist proof of my own Yarn #1 in an auction on iGavel.com. The bidding starts at a very reasonable $200. Please check it out! Auction ends August 6 at 1:05PM

http://bid.igavelauctions.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3045227

Plates #3 walkaround

Here's a (slightly primitive) iphone walkaround of my latest piece, Plates #3:

Plates #3 from Thomas Jackson on Vimeo.

PDN The Curator

I am very happy to report that I've won the "Installation/Still life" category in the "The Curator," Photo District News's annual fine art photography competition. The other winners are Greer Muldowney (Photo Essay/Reportage), Lindsay D'Addato (Nature/street photography), Bobby Davidson (Abstract/Mixed Media), Noah David Bau (Portraits/nudes) and Jeremy Underwood (Student work). Here's the online gallery, as well as some snaps from the spread in the PDN's July issue.

Tricycle magazine

I must confess I'd never looked at Tricycle (The Buddhist Review) until they featured my work in their Summer issue (accompanying an excellent essay by Henry Shukman). What a good looking magazine. Bill Armstrong is in this issue too, as is Sarah Palmer, whose work I like a lot.

Interview

Here's a nice little interview of me in East Tennessee State University's photo department blog, conducted by Lurah Lowery, who is a senior there.

Glow sticks #2 video

Here's a little video I shot of the actual piece. Watch for the 13 second mark, when I step in a hole and nearly hit the deck.

Glow Sticks #2 from Thomas Jackson on Vimeo.

Glow Sticks #2

Here's my newest piece, Glow sticks #2. It's shot in Stone Ridge, NY, and modeled after the mating swarms of midges, mosquitos and gnats, in which the males cluster in the middle, and the females buzz through from the margins, hoping to emerge with a new friend.

American Photo

Check me out in the March/April ish of American Photo Mag:

BRIC Arts

Happy to report I made a BRIC Arts "Short List," curated by Leslie Kerby. Other picks include super-cool sculptor Abraham McNally and Mary Mattingly of Waterpod fame.

Sixth Finch

There is some exceptional poetry in the winter issue of Sixth Finch. Also a curious photo of swarming post-it notes that's worth checking out.

 http://sixthfinch.com/mainwinter13.html