ALUMNI SUBMISSION |
May 2024

Reunion Updates

Greetings, fellow RISD students and alumni!

My RISD education proved to be the foundation for all I do in the arts. From majoring in photography, which I continue, I have also extended, professionally, into architecture, filmmaking, museum exhibit design and writing. I love all the arts and see the beauty in working collaboratively, across disciplines, similar to making music, adding different instruments!

UPDATES

My new, one-man photo show...

At the Space Art Gallery in Philadelphia -- coming up in June.
Twenty-one pictures taken in Philadelphia from about 2016-2024

My new film (and book)...

A STRING OF PEARLS: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg is a heartfelt story about a 9 year-old boy who survived the Holocaust by hiding on the roof of an old Parisian apartment, escaping to a farm, and converting to Catholicism. Narrating his own stories is 93 year-old Middleberg himself (He passed away in December of 2023). 

A STRING OF PEARLS is a moving collection of stories that retells a dark period in history and the small miracles that saved a resilient young boy’s life. Told with charm, passion, wit and exceptionally sharp recall, the viewer is drawn into Middleberg's childhood stories based in WWII-occupied Paris. 

The film features hundreds of hand-cut silhouettes carved by Director Joseph G. Brin, combined with his pencil and digital techniques...(please see cycloramafilms.org for trailer and other info)

One-man Photography Show, Joe Brin, opening June 14th, 2024
Book (front cover) by Joseph G Brin, companion piece to Brin film A STRING OF PEARLS: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg
Poster and film by Joseph G. Brin
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