Thank you for your interest in my work, and your ongoing support. I want to share some news about major developments in my creative process that are going to shape the next period of my life as an artist. Given how committed and supportive you've been over the years, I figured you'd be interested in what's been going on.

In the past year I have moved into a new space in Brooklyn that I have equipped with all the tools of a professional printing studio. Now I am able to achieve the highest standards in house, thus giving me far more creative control and capacity for experimental output. I have also invested in a digital camera so adept in its processing power (151 megapixels and the most advanced technology available) that its quality matches, and even exceeds, that which I achieve with my beloved 8x10 film camera.

While this carries great implications for me as an artist, on which I'll elaborate later, it will also impact your experience and appreciation of my work, due both to increased output of the highest quality imagery as well as the complexity and breadth of the work I'll be producing. With this new camera, I will be able to travel with greater ease, so my capacity to fulfill commission requests has increased significantly. Please don't hesitate to inquire about such projects.

Commissions are an integral and mutually beneficial component in this next phase of my artistic practice. These opportunities allow me to provide a collector with a unique image of great personal significance while making discoveries that would otherwise not occur. With this camera I am able to travel more nimbly, access a wider array of subjects, produce work in far less time with a much higher rate of success, and ultimately continue to evolve as a result. The iterative potential of this device in my hands allows me to explore artistic strategies and respond to their execution in real time, resulting in a complexity that was not previously possible due to the structural and logistical limits of the 8x10 camera.

To give you a sense of what this camera can do embedded below is my piece, Whose Woods These Are, taken with my new camera while fulfilling a commission in Costa Rica. An image that would not have been possible using my 8x10, I believe this piece will stand as an inflection point throughout my career. Without any enlargement from the raw data, and thus no loss of detail or clarity, the final exhibition scale is 5 x 15 feet. This image, and other works like it, represent a giant leap forward for me as an artist, and a sign of what is to come.

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Thank you for your time. It's the beginning of an exciting period for me and I'm grateful to share it with you as it unfolds.

Sincerely, and with gratitude,

Michael