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Exhibit: 2013 Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show – Through A Lens: Ten

I just received notification that one of “The Market Workers” was juried into the Michael H. Kellicutt International Photo Show in San Francisco, California. Jurors are Tom Till, Kim Komenich and Crista Dix.

“Selam” is a market worker in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. He sells vegetables and performs other labor such as carrying heavy items. It is an honor to represent these exceptional Ethiopians in celebration of their hard working and innovative spirits.

See all of the images selected for this show here. Opening reception and awards ceremony will be on July 6, 5-8pm at the Coastal Arts League Museum in Half Moon Bay, and the show will run from June 28 – August 6, 2013. The show will also be displayed at the Gallery At Calumet in San Francisco from August 9 – September 11, 2013, with an opening reception on August 15.

Valley Art Center Exhibit

The image “Selam” from “The Market Workers” series was curated into a show at the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

The exhibit will run from January 18 – March 7, 2013.

Ethiopia: The Beginning Of Man

It is said that the beginning of manhood began in Ethiopia. Looking at the faces here, I believe it.

Here is a model of “Selam”, representing the earliest and most complete skeleton of a child human ancestor ever discovered in the history of paleoanthropology. She was about three years old when she died 3.3 million years ago. This was 150,000 years before “Lucy”, whose skeleton was also discovered in Ethiopia.