Kevin Gerien

Born;1/12/1949,Levittown,N.Y, great time to be alive. Average american kid,Boomer turned Hippie,. Went to Woodstock, Chicago 68', California 69'. I seemed to be in middle, and witness to events, great change's that I wanted to understand myself & describe to friends who stayed home and hadnt " gotten on the Bus". My desire to describe what I was seeing, combined with a lack of any talent at writing, I took up the mighty Camera in 1975. Photography has a built-in excuse to travel & explore. I've visited many places I would not normally have been welcomed. I usually fit right in. I've always felt empathy for the underdog, acknowledge the power of the invisible. I feel most comfortable at home and in places that are rapidly changing or possibly disappearing.

Always a student, learning everyday. SVA evenings for years. Night school, otherwise self taught. Kept my eyes open, projects found me. Nicaraguan poetry vs North American politics. Himalayan Buddhism vs Chinese Confucian. Shows in NYC- White St. Cooperative gallery. Bowery Poetry Club. Now Saatchi in London 2008,