Bid high, big often! Special thank you to Haley Berkman Karren for mentioning my work in her PaperCity article, “Vaunted Photography Print Auction Celebrates 40 Years With New Treasures — 10 Beautiful Pieces to Bid On,” on February 8, 2021. Lots of amazing prints in the auction to include Cindy Sherman, Pentti Sammallahti, Adam Neese, and more! This is the 40th anniversary of the Houston Center for Photography (HCP), dedicated to promoting photography and pushing the medium forward since 1981. Yet, it won’t be the same without Clint Willour, who passed recently.
Karren writes, “I was introduced to R.J. Kern’s work when I met the photographer this past spring at the FotoFest Meeting Place Portfolio Review. Kern explores ideas of home, ancestry and place through the interaction of people, animals and cultural landscapes. In this beautiful and expansive photograph, Kern depicts Icelandic sheep roaming the edge of a lake. Kern draws influence from 19th-century landscape painters, particularly in their use of light and composition.”
“Vaunted Photography Print Auction Celebrates 40 Years With New Treasures — 10 Beautiful Pieces to Bid On,” by Haley Berkman Karren, PaperCity, February 8, 2021.