Darkroom, Gainesville (1979)
“A more complete picture of myself” - application to Brown (1980)
My education in photography began when I was a kid, from University of Florida professor and artist, Jerry Uelsmann. He taught my mother photography, then she taught me, and eventually I apprenticed myself to him. His effect was doubled because he also contributed to the photographic education of my parents; consequently the home I grew up in was literally a museum of historic mid-century modernist photography, from Adams to Weston. My entire sense of vision and photographic meaning has come from this unorthodox education.
Timeline
1963 Gainesville, Florida
1978 Started Photography
1981-1985 Brown University, Providence
1985-1993 Marin + Los Angeles
1993-2008 Santa Cruz
2006-2008 Netflix
2011 San Francisco
2013-2016 Adobe
2017-2020 Neomodern
2021 Santa Fe
Podcast: “Everyday Photography, Every Day”
Starting out, recording in my closet… (2018)
Recording in the HD Buttercup Gallery of Neomodern (2020)
Post-recording brunch at Don Pistos (2019)
Books
“The Photograph as Haiku” (2022)
"All Things" by Erin Berman, 108 Photos by MH Rubin (2016)
droidMAKER: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution (Triad, 2005; ePub 2012; audiobook 2018)
The Little Digital Video Book, 2nd edition (Peachpit, 2008)
iLife ’06 — Apple Training Series (Peachpit, 2006)
iLife 05 – Apple Training Series (Peachpit, 2005)
iLife 04 – Apple Training Series (Peachpit, 2004)
Making Movies with Final Cut Express (Peachpit, 2003)
Beginners’ Final Cut Pro (Peachpit, 2002)
The Little Digital Video Book (Peachpit, 2001)
Nonlinear: a field guide to digital film and video editing (Triad, First Edition:1992; Second 1993; Third 1995; Fourth 2000)
Computer Gardening Made Simple (Zick, 1984)
Defending the Galaxy: The complete handbook of videogaming (Triad,1982)
Shows
My work is in a few private collections in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Gainesville!
Other highlights:
• PhotoIndependent (Virtual) - an international group fair of 60 photographers; July 2022
• "The Magic of Light" a group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery, jurored by Ann Jastrab; March 2022
• Neomodern, San Francisco, July 2017 and December 2019
• "Composed" a group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery, jurored by Sam Abell; Feb 1-Mar 3, 2017
• "Old", a group exhibition at A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, jurrored by Ann Jastrab, May 20-June 26, 2016
• “In Celebration of Trees,” a group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery, jurored by Tom Zetterstrom; Jan 20-Feb 12, 2016
• “How to become a San Franciscan” SF Battery Club book, directed by Stephen McLaren. December 2015
• “Black and White,” a group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery jurored by Tillman Crane; Aug 25-Sept 18, 2015
• “Family Matters,” a group exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery, jurored by Ann Jastrab, July 28-Aug 21, 2015
• The Bay Lights [Commemorative Book], by Illuminate (dir. Ben Davis); 2015; pp 6-7, 23-33
• Inanimate Objects, a group exhibition at the MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis MN, March 2105.
email at rubin at droidmaker dot com