Most recent work :: Project Descriptions

I spent several days in the photo studio with Gary Kirksey and Larry Hamel-Lambert photographing more than 80 quilts that were accepted into
The Dairy Barn Arts Center's annual Quilt National Show.
Click here to learn more about this recent project.

Gary Kirksey and I were invited to Zhejiang University to celebrate their 120th anniversary, to give guest lectures to the faculty and students and discuss future partnerships.
Click here to read more about this trip and see some photographs.

Hocking College hired me to lead a summer photography workshop for high school students. During this four day workshop I walked the participants through the entire process of a creative photography project. Day 1 was ideation. We spent days 2 and 3 making photographs at the Nelsonville City Pool. And day 4 was post production.
Click here to see these photographs.

Jeff Chaddock wanted to sell his Porsche Boxster S and donate the money to the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center. He asked me to make a few creative photographs of this car as a way to help promote the sale/donation.
Click here to see these photographs.

Artist and Ohio University instructor Courtney Kessel asked me to help set up her photo studio, make photographs and create large prints for a recent show on the Ohio University campus. Courtney's finished work included eleven life size photographs, measuring more than 5 feet in height.
Click here to see some of the prints from this show.

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Lewis just finished a film on the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar. I was asked to make a portrait of Frederick to be used in Perspective Magazine, as in other places to help promote the release of this new film.
Click here to see what I came up with for this shoot.

Inspiration

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." and "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
- Winston Churchill

contact me

Sam Girton > Athens Ohio
samgirton(at)yahoo.com
740-707-9677

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[2016] 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
[2015] 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 |
[2014] 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
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Quilt National Catalog 2017