AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS,  PUBLICATIONS

pulitzer prize and prestigious literary award nominations

Professional exposure on National Public Radio, All Things Considered

Professional exposure in Camera Arts Magazine, "The End Of An Era,"

Nominated for the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award, Germany and England.  Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Images of the Rust Belt.

The Kent State University University Press. 

Nominated for The 2000 Golden Light Award,

Main Photo Workshop. Nominated for the National Book Award. 

Nominated for The Great Lakes Book and Ohioan Book Competition,
The National Library Foundation. 

Governor's Individual Artist Award for the Arts in Ohio

ONE MAN SHOWS AND PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITIONS

One Man Show at the Upper Arlington Art Center, Columbus, OH

One Man Show at The Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, OH

One Man Show at The Jewish Community Center, Youngstown, OH

One Man Show at Creative lmages Studio, Hubbard, OH

One Man Show at Hiram College,
Hiram, OH

One Man Show at the Gene Nieminens Studio, Ashtabula, OH

One Man Show at the Shenango Valley Arts Guild, Sharon, PA

Show Entry/Participation at Kent State University/Trumbull Campus.

One Man Show at Franciscan University,
Stubenville, OH

Show Entry/Participation at The Butler lnstitute of American Art

One Man Show at Mather Gallery, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH

Show Entry/Participation at the Millcreek Park Centennial Celebration.

The Medina Library,
Medina OH

Show Entry/Participation at The Trumbull Art Guild.

The Trumbull Art Gallery
Featured Artist

Trumbull Art Gallery Entry,
2010-Present

Original Art

Publishing Nominations

  • N.P.R. All Things Considered, May 2000
  • Camera Arts Magazine, The End Of An Era.
  • Krasna Krause Book Award Germany, England
  • Pulitzer Prize, "lmages Of The Rust Belt"
  • The 2000 Golden Light Book Award, Maine Photo Workshop
  • Nominated For The National Book Award
  • Finalist, The Great Lakes Book Award
  • Finalist, Ohioana Book Award
  • Finalist, National Library Foundation Book Award
Commission A Work

Entry, Participation


  • Kent State , Trumbull, Oh
  • Butler Art, Youngstown, Oh
  • Trumbull Art Guild, Sharon, Pa

PUBLISHED ARTICLES/MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

  • Pennsylvania Magazine
  • Columbus Dispatch
  • Ohio Magazine
  • Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • Hubbard Newspaper (23 Articles Since 1989)


  • Akron Beacon Journal
  • The Warren Tribune (Front Page Article),
  • The Sharon Herald (Whole Page)
  • The Ashtabula Paper


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