Back in 2000 I took a sabbatical from my job and spent 3 months travelling in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. I was pretty serious about photography and shot a bunch of 35mm slide film along the way. As it turned out the Motel 6 chain was in the process of renovating all of their motels in the West and every night I was staying in a different brand new Motel 6. I started shooting the interiors and produced a series of photographs that I eventually framed and installed in the men's room at my office in downtown Durham. They had the characteristic sickly green tint of unfiltered fluorescent lights and became a celebrated permanent installation. Fastforward 11 years and I get a notice in the mail about a gallery in Charlotte that has put out an artist call for entry for NC photographers for a show called Eyes of Carolina. The show was to be juried by the director of the NC Museum of Art Larry Wheeler. I forwarded the notice to all of my photographer friends and my friend MJ dared me to enter the Motel 6 series. To my shock and delight my work was chosen along with 4 other talented NC photographers for a 3 month show at DOMA Gallery in Charlotte. If you get to Charlotte check it out. Otherwise, here is the series!
Enjoy.
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