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University of Maryland Virginia Quarterly Review Contact If I can be of assistance to you or your organization please do not hesitate to contact me using the social media links (below), or via email at: dpb@dougbrunsphotography.com https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6d58aff7-4176-4a06-b1fa-e10d846a3f50/51C77500-2979-4497-AA69-D0C0DBE79EFC.jpeg About Doug Bruns, Maryland-based black and white fine-art photographer I was raised in the mid-west but have spent most of my adult life on the East Coast. I’ve had the good fortune to travel extensively in pursuit of images and adventure. My work has appeared in publications, exhibits, and collections. I am currently living in Aix-en-Provence, France, with my best friend and wife of several decades, along with my little pal Cooper, a Cairn terrier. If you’re in the area, drop me a note. Let me buy you a glass of wine Thank you for taking the time to visit my site. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance. I seek an open-source, algorithm-free internet experience. Consequently, I am part of the Federverse. Come find me at Pixelfed. ————————————————————————————— Photographer’s CV Doug Bruns (b. 1955, Indiana, US) I am a lifelong amateur photographer. After a successful twelve-year career as an entrepreneur I returned to serious photography, providing professional services to organizations and individuals. I currently photograph only personal projects. Education Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts, Principia College Elsah, Il., 1979 Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, History of Ideas, 1984 Exhibitions, Installations, Publications 2004, Tibet, a Photo Expedition, (collection) Camille Seaman, ed., Fastback Books 2005, Sheppard Gallery, Maryland, solo exhibit, (35 pieces) Tibet 2007, The Baltimore Photospace Gallery, Maryland, solo exhibit (100 pieces), The Gentlemen of Baltimore, an investigation into life on the streets of Baltimore. 2008 - 2011, Gallery f64, Maryland, representation 2012, Addison Woolley Gallery, Maine, representation 2014 Virginia Quarterly Review, photographs, Roxanne Robinson 2015, Lewis Gallery, Portland, Maine, solo exhibit (50 pieces), The Maine Literary Portrait Project 2015, University of Southern New Hampshire, select images from The Maine Literary Portrait Project 2015 Virginia Quarterly Review, photographs, Andre Dubus III 2017 Maine, a Life in a Day, (collection) Down East Books 2024 Street Photography Magazine, image profile, May 2024 The Chateau Gallery, Portrait competition, finalist, August 2024, Constellations Magazine, “House of Mirrors”. August 2024 The Sun Magazine, November, “Timing” Private Collections & Media Various works are held by private individuals and organizations, including the University of Maryland, the Save Tibet Foundation, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. My images have appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Maine Media Publications, Everywhere Magazine, and The Virginia Review, among other outlets. References available upon request. https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/new-page daily 0.75 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/0b533165-8490-4ef9-ac9e-63c9cf27d027/L1030295-1.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. ~ Henry David Thoreau Assateague, NP, Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/1652028080806-9C1FY9FAQN0FVP9YA3E3/L1020280-1.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright Wyoming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/a604068a-e6a5-45e3-9e81-808c4509e94b/DSC01319-1.jpg Fine-art black and white landscape photography We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~ Native American proverb Yellowstone, NP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/93f0c73f-fed3-461f-ae9b-41da14424d3c/Cormorants.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tzu Macworth Island, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/8afe2fb9-c594-407a-93bc-981efd3f7c33/Doug+-+DSC01297_36.jpg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known. ~ Carl Sagan The Badlands, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/577420c5-e87d-4a1f-9047-17d4210476fe/DSC01368-2-1.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography The earth has music for those who listen. ~ Shakespeare Lake Powell, AZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/b0472906-09b9-4844-9501-c49e079af48c/DSC00731-Pano-1.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. ~ Emerson Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/9e4edd54-2924-4b05-8922-4db649aabe4f/DSC01197-1.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them. ~ Dogen Crested Butte, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6ece2998-4828-4d25-9e0d-c555d5ec6093/L1010169.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. ~ Zeno Grand Manan Island, NB, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/b42d30c8-7820-4d0c-8bbe-274572a45cc2/Moutains+in+clouds.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle Himalayan foothills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/99f9727e-0ce6-4466-8372-23afe02914a8/L1030228-3.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. ~ Gary Snyder Asateague Island, NP, Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/607796df-a233-4411-9351-22e119c1a6ff/L1010494.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time. ~ Katrina Mayer Asateague Island, NP. Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/3da9a56d-40bd-4e97-ad7d-bd1b0cbfb044/BP1K4078-2.jpeg Fine-art black and white landscape photography The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ~ Joseph Campbell The Badlands, South Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/e0a19e78-ea0c-48fc-a293-c6425245ddf6/IMG_0535.jpg Fine-art black and white landscape photography Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake. —Rachel Carson Antelope Canyon, AZ https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/essays daily 0.75 2024-04-27 https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/writing daily 0.75 2026-01-24 https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/store daily 0.75 2022-10-04 https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/portfolio-2-1 daily 0.75 2024-05-02 https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/portfolio-2-1/project-three-8zgh7-7fe7h monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/cb8188c6-51f3-4ee9-8d3f-f475cb3e4bd2/Streets+11.jpg Projects - Street Photography Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/f0ee08b1-ffb9-492a-a2e6-305369a07b07/Streets+10.jpg Projects - Street Photography Ocean City, Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/7275af53-d3b0-4a84-afcb-468921ec3055/Kid.jpg Projects - Street Photography Aix-en-Provence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/7a9473ba-48a4-4fe8-819d-afeae567778b/Subway+Rider+1.jpeg Projects - Street Photography Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/58dd3956-20a3-4279-9de8-688645e494a5/Streets+9.jpg Projects - Street Photography Portland, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/c916cff3-f970-4c33-8d24-2b005c60b9ee/Streets+7.jpg Projects - Street Photography Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/2f893892-b45d-4930-9594-e2c2fa7c7f07/Streets+6.jpg Projects - Street Photography Portland, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/7913bec7-18c6-47f1-9301-63d1e27b4345/Streets+13.jpg Projects - Street Photography Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/c50d8434-2c4e-40ca-8ee4-272a94b0a6f0/Streets+5.jpg Projects - Street Photography Portland, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/55dcbc64-2da4-42b9-90a3-353937ca009a/Streets+4.jpg Projects - Street Photography Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/95d710e4-5e15-4e8c-8edf-891c10654e43/Streets+3.jpg Projects - Street Photography Portland, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6c9447c6-a8d8-4bd0-affb-58d2d95cb68c/Streets+1.jpg Projects - Street Photography Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/8587bc32-c296-4ff4-8a27-4c26be59143d/Streets.jpg Projects - Street Photography Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/a8ae1f6d-564e-4442-8122-52de79aa65e5/DBRUNS04.jpg Projects - Street Photography Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/281c7d9f-0011-4272-903f-b9e4bb9d5cf1/DBRUNS02.jpg Projects - Street Photography Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/c2175bf4-2798-46c0-8205-309460fad7e9/Streets+18.jpg Projects - Street Photography London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6975f1e5-cf13-4496-805e-4f9e33aff52a/Streets+17.jpg Projects - Street Photography Washington, DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/49968609-8f86-4a34-8bcc-0952cd2006bd/Streets+16.jpg Projects - Street Photography Naples, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/64302685-74b7-487d-b190-843eac288361/Walking+the+Dog+2.jpeg Projects - Street Photography Portland, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/2e9f3a0e-6900-496f-a69d-b57813f05280/In+the+Alley.jpeg Projects - Street Photography Lucca, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/dcabe911-e9b3-408c-8115-bfeba3467c53/Window+View.jpeg Projects - Street Photography Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/e58e4bab-8604-48aa-83e2-b8e69cb865fb/EmptyName+4.jpg Projects - Street Photography Washington D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6bcffcb8-d679-4261-b436-e8d1f8cb165e/london.jpg Projects - Street Photography London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/9892c010-cffd-47bd-949f-3d372bd37916/paddington.jpg Projects - Street Photography Paddington Station, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/73dadf7b-ae44-4246-91b0-eb687ec7832c/Shadow.jpg Projects - Street Photography Aix-en-Provence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/d1e7f929-5720-498c-a153-abe9101dda18/tate.jpg Projects - Street Photography The Tate, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/421acd37-9c81-4b91-9b10-2db37ac60121/Turkey.jpg Projects - Street Photography Turkey https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/portfolio-2-1/project-three-8zgh7-7fe7h-ncac4 monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/acbae07a-159f-4a75-a688-c8b87a95c2bf/MLPP+9.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Elizabeth Strout, 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Olive Kitteridge" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/e415de5a-88ea-4309-9873-6e2ce3863c79/MLPP+7.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Richard Ford, 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel "Independence Day' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/68949494-0533-4735-a06e-67d88b7be741/MLPP+5.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Jonathan Lethem, National Book Critics Circle Award, MacArthur Fellowship, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/4a310c31-8c46-46e6-8c05-4c93e1c326ff/MLPP+4.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Richard Russo, 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/d520ca8c-52cb-438e-8ab3-3a7494afe052/MLPP+6.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Annie Finch, poet, recipient of the Sarasvati Award, and the Robert Fitzgerald Award; Yale Younger Poets Finalist, National Poetry Series Finalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/bddcb0fe-6a05-4883-9282-9382cbd9139c/MLPP+3.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Nicholson Baker, National Book Critics Circle Award, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/d046c869-a994-4dc1-80ef-4823cf1271d8/MLPP+2.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Richard Blanco, Inaugurational poet for Barack Obama's second inauguration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6f0d413d-c1dd-44eb-9faa-ebac1a2ef80c/MLPP+1.jpg Projects - The Maine Literary Portrait Project Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal 1990, 1994, Margaret Edwards Award 2007 https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/portfolio-2-1/project-one-ephnc-y82bk monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/3e124a46-555f-45b9-aef7-9bed73824292/GOB+6.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore James - It was a cold January afternoon when I found James walking up Charles Street. We stood in the sun while he smoked. He had been homeless for ten years and lived on the streets in Albuquerque, Ft. Worth, and other places in the south and west. He had recently taken a bus to DC from out west. "I thought it would be different." He had used his disability check to pay for the ride. From there he came up to Baltimore. He found DC to be hard. He said that he simply was "floating for a place to live." I asked if he was a veteran. "I missed being drafted by one number." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/7f352f9c-998e-4069-b488-4db944890357/GOB+5.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Charlie - Charlie has been homeless for three years. He said it began after breaking up with a "lady who was on drugs, all messed up." We were sitting on a bench in the Inner Harbor talking with a police office approached. The officer asked if I was an advocate for the homeless. I had my notepad in my hands and two cameras over my shoulders. "No sir," said Charlie, talking fast. "He's a photographer. He's taking my picture. We're just talking." The officer moved on. I asked Charlie what would have happened had I said that I was an advocate for the homeless. He laughed hard. "Oh man, that would have really messed with his head" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/0eda167c-bf09-4162-805f-18700d60bdcb/GOB+4.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Lonnie - "They call me the Godfather of the Inner Harbor. I never leave the harbor, here twenty-four seven." Lonnie was bright and articulate. "The lifestyle is addictive. I have no responsibilities, no bills, no commitments. It's the life I've chosen. It gives me time to do what I want. My main things is books." He said he pulls books out of the dumpster behind the Barnes and Noble. "Reading is my drug of choice. It changes your mind, takes you to other places, a different reality. And it's legal!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/a6749c5e-f5b3-452d-835f-c4d626b82035/GOB+3.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Flynn - Flynn sat on a bench. There was a book next to him, "The City Boy." "It was the first book Herman Wouk wrote," he told me. "I have an eidetic mind. The second definition of it is total recall, a photographic mind. That's what most people are familiar with." I asked him what the first definition is. "Science of the world," he quoted, "intuitively apprehended." He said he had a lot of ideas. "And they are all elegant." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/498b0262-194c-4cfe-837f-15c9301444c9/GOB+2.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Charles - "I've been on and off the street since I was fourteen. It's my fault. I wanted to do what a grown-up did. I was just a kid and made bad decisions." He told me of his various illnesses, including diabetes. "I also suffer from depression, but take medicine. He described his circle of seven or eight friends. They all sleep together at Charles and Saratoga, at the steps of St. Paul's. "There is safety in numbers. We all look out for one another. If somebody has food and somebody's hungry we give it to them." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/fd48a900-f6ec-49f2-a6c3-46c86ed5a7d2/GOB+1.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Alphonzo moved to Baltimore from Maryland's Eastern Shore. "I didn't want to bring shame on my family." That was five years ago, and he has been on the street ever sense. He says he makes money panhandling and turning tricks. He also has a drug problem. Two weeks previously a drug deal turned ugly. "We were in an abandoned warehouse and the dealer told me to do jumping jacks. I did them. He told me to do push ups. I did them. Then he made me stand on a box and sing. He had friends and they started to stab me with little stabs all over. Finally they heated a knife blade and burned my face. I went back a week later for more drugs. He was gone. It was probably a good thing he wasn't there." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/752da702-c145-4bf1-aff1-0322780c2762/GOB.jpg Projects - The Gentlemen of Baltimore Ben - "I am Vietnamese." To compound the challenge of homeless, Ben hardly spoke English. He came to America to be with his aunt. He worked in a restaurant until it closed nine months ago. His aunt left him. "She go with somebody. I don't know were she went." He kept wiping his eyes. "I want to go back to Vietnam. My mom and dad are still there." He grabbed his bags and walked to the corner. I watched him. He stood there, staring into the street. I walked a block away and when I turned back he was still there, motionless. https://www.dougbrunsphotography.com/portfolio-2-1/pairings monthly 0.5 2024-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/9e460d7f-e36f-44cd-97e5-11511e5715c7/IMG_0732.PNG Projects - Pairings Cortina, Italy / London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/42c8ccfa-d9ba-4481-a34b-4584393781e5/IMG_0718.jpeg Projects - Pairings Florence Busker / Strasbourg Busker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/768c557f-28af-413f-a7c7-d19d9081f9a1/IMG_0564.jpeg Projects - Pairings American Muscle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/12470f99-89f2-421d-a50d-bded4bb2fe94/IMG_0719.jpeg Projects - Pairings Monk, Bangkok / Barber, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/68c9d4d4-65ee-42af-b2b7-0b2176974533/IMG_0720.jpeg Projects - Pairings Poster Art London / Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/751be734-fc69-41d3-8615-12849912af70/IMG_0721.jpeg Projects - Pairings Ocean City, MD / London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/c75d7317-7a02-46c3-bb46-d1f81aeed1cb/IMG_0730.jpeg Projects - Pairings France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/36078ec3-0c1e-4088-bcfa-2f84a628ac85/IMG_0723.jpeg Projects - Pairings Strausbourg, France / Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6271497f383fcf419d042274/6fe34626-cd4b-4388-a3ef-fc8e6457619d/IMG_0774.jpeg Projects - Pairings Strong Families, Strong Nations / Used Flags