News and Exhibitions

2008

May 8-15, 2008: "cactus flower" Picture of the week, Natures Best Photography Magazine. www.naturesbestmagazine.com

O.C. Register, Gary Robbins blog, Sciencedude: Legally blind photographer captures beauty of nature. February 9, 2008

"Amazing Photographers: Underwater and Legally Blind" http://blog.imagekind.com Imagekind blog dated February 7, 2008.

"Featured member" February 7, 2008. at Imagekind.com

current.com: Video "Blind Photographers" These professional photographers take stunning photos despite the fact that they are blind. February 1, 2008.

Photo L.A. 2008: January 10-13, 2008, Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Group show with "The View From Here."

2007

"Open Shutter" Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, CA. December 4, 2007 - January 27, 2008: Photography by youth who are blind or visually impaired.

49th Catalina Festival of Art, September 2007
Bruce Hall, “Honorable Mention” “enjoying the view”

November 3, 2007 - January 20, 2008: Art Ability, juried exhibition, Malvern, PA

October 2007: National Geographic Magazine Photo credit, "Bruce Hall," page 15.

October 4 - December 7, 2007: Insights, juried exhibition, San Francisco, California. Opening Reception,Thursday, October 11, 2007, at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in City Hall, 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

September 27,2007, Thursday from 6:00-9:00 pm at Vizcaya Hall on 21st and T streets, Sacramento, CA. Pete Eckert, Bruce Hall, Theresa Lambert, Mary Dignan, and other artists will be freatured in the Sacramento Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) Chapter's first art show and fundraising event.

September 23, 2007 - October 23, 2007: juried exhibition, NEBA National Exhibits by Blind Artists. Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA. This is a traveling show. Future venues tbd.

September 6 - September 23, 2007: Passionate Focus, juried exhibition, River East Art Center, 435 East Illinois Street, Chicago, Illinois. Opening reception, Thursday, September 6, 2007, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm.

August 2007: National Geographic Magazine, "your shot," daily dozen, week 1, Macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) to be published October 2007.

June 2007: Bruce Hall's photography now available at Catalina Artist's Market, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA. Contact gallery manager Drew Mauck at 310 510 3544

June 23, 2007: Photo Talk Radio. Interview with Howard Lipin, and Michael A. Garcia Cr..

2006

November 16, 2006 through October 2007: "giant kelp" highly honored winner, Oceans. Exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. This exhibition features the finest images from the 2006 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Competition.

2006 NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE International Photography Awards Competition. Fall 2006 Collector's Edition: "giant kelp," highly honored winner, Oceans, pg.48

October 13 - November 17, 2006: Passionate Focus, juried exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

September 11 - November 22, 2006: Insights, juried exhibition, San Francisco, California. Opening Reception, Septermber 19, 2006, at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in City Hall, 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

July 21-23: Photo San Francisco, "The View From Here," Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

April 9 through May 5,2006: ArtFirst, International juried exhibition, Princeton, NJ

February 6-12, 2006: "Kelp Symmetry" Picture of the week, Natures Best Photography Magazine. www.naturesbestmagazine.com

November 6, 2005 - January 8, 2006: Art Ability Juried Exhibition, Malvern, PA Third place award, "giant green anemone."
September 2005 to 2006: Shared Visions Exhibition, Fullerton, CA

2005

September 16 - November 13, 2005: Passionate Focus, juried exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

August 17 - October 28, 2005: Insights, juried exhibition, San Francisco, California

47th Catalina Festival of Art, September 2005 Bruce Hall, First Place, "Best Catalina Scence" Casino/garibaldi

2004
46th Catalina Festival of Art, September 2004
Bruce Hall, First place, “Best Catalina Scene,”  “swimmers
Bruce Hall, Second Place, Phototgraphy, “Casino/Descanso




Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup
Photos by Bruce Hall, published in the Avalon Bay News, and Catalina Islander, February 2004.


45th Catalina Festival of Art, September 2003
Bruce Hall, first place “Photography” “Kelp Symmetry”.


44th Catalina Festival of Art, September 2002
Bruce Hall, first place “Best Catalina Scene” “A Fish’s View of the Casino”