I look for the abstract in the concrete. All my images are what the camera recorded on film; none are manipulated in the developing or printing process beyond occasional cropping. Of the images presented here, all are found; none are staged. All are prints from 35mm negatives. I use a Canon AT-1 I received as a high school graduation present way back when that camera model was new. For presentation, I work with a lab to enlarge images to 24"x16".

I see a great nexus between my photography and poetry. I consider my images akin to William Carlos Williams’s red wheelbarrow, things in the concrete world that most people pass by without a second look. I seek to make images that, as T.S. Eliot said about good poetry, communicate before they are understood. And in that communication, whether between photographer and viewer or among viewers of the same image, lies a connection which transcends the labels and categories that, in the concrete world, separate us.

Solo

• Invitational, Gallery 101, Randolph Arts Guild, Asheboro, NC, 2008
• "Some Consequence Yet Hanging," Crocker's Mark Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2008
• Invitational, United Arts Council Boardroom, Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro, NC, 2007
• "Rise, and Fight Again: Revolutionary Photographs," Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC, 2006
• "Veil," Ellenburg & Shaffer Glass Art Studio, Greensboro, NC, 2005
• "World Turned Rightside Up," Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC, 2001
• "(rh)²" collaboration with sculptor Roger Halligan, W.H. Moring Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2000
• "Better Red than Read," Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC, 2001
• "…aim with the nicest precision", W.H. Moring Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 1996

• RESPECT, CreateHere Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2008
• "Make a Joyful Noise," W.H. Moring Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2007
• "5x5: Photography by Ross Holt, Katelyn Keith, Scott Hunt, Christi Ramsey and Eric Abernethy," W.H. Moring Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2007
• "Art & War," Arts West Gallery, Elon University, Elon, NC 2006-2007
• "Compilation of Color and Texture," Wachovia Tower Lobby, Greensboro, NC, 2006
• Exposure Biennial National Juried Photo Exhibition, Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC 2006 (juror; work included at request of organization), 2006
• Holiday Show, Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC 2005
• North Carolina Photographers Annual Exhibition, Honorable Mention , Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 2005
• Randolph Arts Guild Juried Art Show, First Place, W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2004
• Randolph Arts Guild Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention, W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2004
• Merry Moor Winnett Photography Triennial, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC 2004
• Winter Show, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC 2003
• North Carolina Photographers Annual Exhibition, Best in Show, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 2003
• "Exposure," Juried Photography Show, Greensboro Artists League, Greensboro, NC, 2003
• Randolph Arts Guild Juried Art Show, Best in Show, W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 2002
• Randolph Arts Guild Juried Art Show, First Place, Photography, W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 1999
• Randolph Arts Guild Juried Art Show, Third Place, Photography, W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center, Asheboro, NC, 1997

Publications

• North Carolina Photographers Annual Exhibition, catalog, 2003
• Compact Disc art and design, "Noodles," Jack Gorham, 2003
• Compact Disc cover and booklet design, "Songs My Father Taught Me," Larry G. Davis, 2001
• Que Pasa Carolina, July 4, 2000, front page feature on U.S. Independence Day, two photographs

Other

• Juror, Exposure Biennial National Juried Photo Exhibition, Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC, 2006
• Emerging Artist Grant, Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub, North Carolina Arts Council, 2000