Experiences
While still in high school, I helped found a head shop in southeast Kansas that sold leather goods, rolling papers, and posters. In this group of friends behind the shop, I’m second from the bottom.
Books
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Booksmith, 2024
Iberia, Booksmith, 2024
Aves: Photographs of Birds by Kerry Tremain, Booksmith, 2022
Still Here: Portraits of the Chemakum (editor/designer), Northwind Art Editions, 2022
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Photographer Bill Curtsinger by Ken Brower (editor, designer), Northwind Art Editions, 2021
Birds Two, Booksmith, 2020
Year of the Birds, Booksmith, 2019
Yosemite: A Storied Landcape, California Historical Society, 2014
Russian California, Fort Ross Conservancy, 2013
Exhibits curated
Curtsinger: Undersea Photography (co-curator), Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington, 2021
Yosemite: A Storied Landscape (co-curator), California Historical Society, 2014.
Mother Jones (co-curator), Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 1995
Solo Photography Exhibitions
Birds, Uptown Dental, 2021
Birds, The Meadery, 2019
Year of the Birds, Sunrise Coffee, 2018
Group Photography Exhibitions
Ten Birds, Pacific Northwest Drawers (juried), Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, 2024-25.
Red-tailed Tropic Bird, CVG Show 2024, Bremerton. Second-place award in photography.
Neah Bay Doves, Fresh Talent, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Winslow. Juror Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Award.
Outside In, with Brian Goodman, Sara Mall Johani, and Tom Jay, Jeanette Best Gallery, Northwind Art, Port Townsend, July-August, 2023
Birds, Jefferson Hospital, Port Townsend, 2022
Roosevelt Elk, Contemporary Photography, Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, 2021
Birds, Artist Showcase, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, 2020
Birds, Port Townsend Public Library, 2020
Neah Bay Doves, Jefferson Hospital, Port Townsend, 2020
Orchids, Bishop Hotel, 2019
American Crow, Art Sparks, Grover Gallery, 2019
Living in Color, Bishop Hotel, 2018
Positions
Editor, Writer & Designer, Sol Editions/Booksmith, 1998-2024
Design Director, Northwind Art, 2020-23
Associate, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of California, Davis, 2009-15
Climate Editor, University of California Office of the President, 2008
Editor-in-Chief, California magazine, 2003-08
Executive Editor, Creative Director, Art Director, Mother Jones magazine, 1987-97
Co-founder, Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, 1989-1998
Volunteer
President, Northwind Art, 2021
Founder/Member, League of Extraordinary Observers, 2018-24
President, Port Townsend School of the Arts, 2017-20
Vice President, Port Townsend School of the Arts, 2016
Selected Awards
Yosemite: A Storied Landscape. Winner, 2015 Digital Book Award, Quality, Excellence, Design
California Magazine:
2x Folio Gold Winner, Best Association Magazine, and Best Feature Article
Best American Essays (Richard Rodriguez on California Disappointment)
Best American Science and Nature Writing (Keah Davidson on Dark Matter)
Best Politics and Social Issues/Consumer Magazine, Western Publishing Association
2x Society of Professional Journalists Gold Awards
CASE Gold Medal, (Tom Wolfe on Clay Felker)
Trouble in the Presidio, San Francisco Magazine: National Magazine Award Finalist
Mother Jones: Various national and regional editorial and design awards from National Magazine Awards, Society of Publication Designers and the Society of Illustrators.