First off, let me apologize for my month and a half absence from the blog. There is no excuse and I whole-hea…. scratch that. I have a great excuse! I have been burning the candle at both ends, printing, writing, designing, and otherwise preparing a three-year long master’s thesis project for its final review. Luxuries, such as sleeping, eating, and of course, updating this blog, unfortunately were put on the back burner. That said, I’m back baby! After an hour-long Powerpoint presentation and defense of my thesis I was granted a full pass! Now all that stands between me and my MFA diploma is a wee-bit of course work and a stroll down the graduation stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here in San Francisco in a couple of weeks.

The materials presented at my final thesis review were as follows:

• 16 finished prints, gallery-ready at 10”x15” and mounted in 16”x20” hand-cut mats
• 40-page, hardcover book featuring the series images and written material such as an autobiography, resume, project abstract, thesis intensive discussion, influences, timeline and statement of future plans
• 25-image professional portfolio featuring food, still life and product photography for client review in a leather-bound book with a neoprene case
• Journal of notes and progress kept throughout the three-year project with lighting diagrams and shoot breakdowns
• Archival box for the university’s library containing a presentation book with 8”x10” prints of the work, 3 CDs with digital files of the images for promotional use and a copy of the hardcover book
• Powerpoint presentation defending the thesis