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Brian Gooding

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status update (part 2): dragonflies and adventure
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status update (part 2): dragonflies and adventure

Posted on: March 13, 2026March 19, 2026

The first part of this series described a creative shift toward music during recent years, moving toward audio. I wanted to mention this because though it does not in any way supplant photography for me, it did become my main method of creative exploration for a number of years. Also, I went over some tough…

status update (part 1): music and creativity
blog / project updates

status update (part 1): music and creativity

Posted on: February 3, 2026February 7, 2026

In a lot of ways, I have neglected this site over the years. I had initially created it to be the home of some of my photography work, with occasional essays. Well, despite not posting as much the past few years, I actually haven’t been still. My photography output was scaled back a bit due…

reception: OMG Holiday Art Reception with Friends
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reception: OMG Holiday Art Reception with Friends

Posted on: December 11, 2016January 5, 2020

On Friday December 16th from 6-9p at Roots Coffeehouse I’m going to have a second reception for the Odonata of Tarrant County display. This one will be a little different than the November reception in that it will also feature some of my friends who are local artists. There’s a Facebook event with more information….

work on display: The Odonata (dragonflies) of Tarrant County
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work on display: The Odonata (dragonflies) of Tarrant County

Posted on: September 30, 2016April 10, 2024

Some friends at Roots Coffeehouse recently asked me if I would be interested in doing another display at their shop. I had some different ideas that originally focused on a lot of people and interactions I’ve had while traveling, working, and photographing different parts of the world but that was conceptually half of my last…

background: interest in dragonflies
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background: interest in dragonflies

Posted on: September 30, 2016December 20, 2019

Something I haven’t really mentioned a lot on this site is my fascination with insects. I have a series posted called insect life but that barely touches on the impact a certain order of insects have had on my life over the past decade. I literally stumbled into my observational studies of insects one summer…

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