INteriors: real and imagined

INteriors is a juried exhibit at the the Glen Arbor Arts Center in Glen Arbor, Michigan. The exhibit runs for another month, closing on March 12, 2026. The exhibit challenged artists to look inward and explore “inner spaces, both real and imagined, spaces of the home and of the mind.” One of my photographs, a montage, was accepted into the exhibit and is on display at the Arts Center. (Slide 42 in the Virtual Exhibit.)

If you are in northwest lower Michigan this winter, it is worth stopping by to see the exhibit. If you can’t attend in person, you can view the exhibit virtually by clicking here.

Quiet Moments

Here is my submission to the Glen Arbor Arts Center‘s Members Create exhibit this summer. Titled Quiet Moments, it is a triptych of images taken during in the winter of 2018. Winter is my favorite season in which to do photography. Dressed in layers, I willingly endure the cold so that I can enjoy the solitude of the beach. Except for the sound of the waves, the world is silent, muffled by the layers of snow, and I embrace the peaceful feeling that wells up in me.

The images are separately framed, but have always been exhibited together. The Members Create exhibit runs from June 6 to August 7, 2025, at the Arts Center at 6031 South Lake Street in Glen Arbor. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

On Display at the Glen Arbor Arts Center

“Exposed,” by Rodney Martin

My photo “Exposed” is currently on display at the Glen Arbor Arts Center as part of its “Members Create” exhibit. The exhibit runs until August 8, 2024. The exhibit can be viewed online by following this link.

In the 1920s, photographer Man Ray began processing photographs using a process called solarization “to create a photograph that would not look like a photograph.” Ray created his solarized photos by exposing a photographic print in the wet darkroom to a brief flash of light.  Solarization created an unpredictable reversal of tones giving a photograph an otherworldly quality.  I attempted to recreate the effect in the digital darkroom by adjusting the tone curve on this photo of a cedar tree whose tap root has been exposed by erosion along the shore of Sleeping Bear Bay.