is a photographer based in the United States of America.
Philip has taught English at the university level in Finland and the United States. He has taught English to adult immigrants and continues to teach English in the K-12 system. His photography has been in juried exhibitions at the DeVos Art Museum in Marquette, Michigan; Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota; The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado; Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Center for Photography, and Minneapolis Photo Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Brighton Photo Fringe; University of Sussex, Brighton, Great Britain and others.
I am very glad to be able to include Philip's work in this project. Philip's contribution for the exhibition is a copy of his book
"The Changing Face of a Nation".
In correspondence I asked Philip if the book was for handling or for display, his eloquent reply says it all really:
"My book is for handling. The preciousness of my book isn't in the materials it is made out of; it's the personal stories, the collaboration with such good people, and the sense of accomplishment I felt in being able to carry out such a project."
A detailed explanation about Philip's project appears below:
This was a project that my adult English students and I took up. They wrote a story about their lives based on an example I had created. They made the story fit their lives, and we helped each other refine their writing. I made some photographs of the students using an old Yashica twin lens reflex camera. I made a few mistakes by metering for 100 Iso film when I had 400 Iso and then others when processing it. The project culminated in a published book with a forward by Cate Vermeland and piece about language that I wrote. The book's title is as written above.
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