BIOGRAPHY
Download Craig Varjabedian’s current bio here
PRESS RELEASES
March 1, 2010
Craig Varjabedian’s 6th Book Wins “Outstanding Photography Book Award”
from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. (pdf)
WEB PRESENTATIONS
Brief Interview with Craig Varjabedian, April 17, 2010, during the Western Heritage Awards, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, on the occasion of winning the received the Wrangler Award for Outstanding Photography Book for Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby (web)
March 23, 2010, NPR The Picture Show
Ghosts, Dudes and Ranches: A Large-format View of the American West
by Claire O’Neill (web)
BOOK REVIEWS
February 2010, Art Libraries Society of North America Reviews
GHOST RANCH AND THE FARAWAY NEARBY, Review by Andrea V. Cancellare (pdf)
December 2007, Shutterbug Magazine
TOP PHOTO BOOKS OF 2007
Annual guide to the best photography books published in 2007 (pdf)
Winter 2007-08, Words on Pictures, Rochester Institute of Technology
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S VISION
Book feature by Kathy Lindsley. (pdf)
October 2007, New Mexico Magazine
FOUR & TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS: STORIES FROM BEHIND THE LENS
Book review by Paul Weideman. (pdf)
July 2007, Cowboys and Indians Magazine
FOUR AND TWENTY PHOTOS
Book review of Four & Twenty Photographs. (pdf)
June 2007, Santa Fean Magazine
WEST SIDE STORIES
Book feature on Four & Twenty Photographs, by Marin Sardy. (pdf)
MAGAZINES
October 2011, Rangefinder
Listening to Landscapes (web)
January 2010, Rangefinder
A Matter of Time: Craig Varjabedian (web)
October 2010, New Mexico Magazine
THE LAND DOWN UNDER. Online photo tour
December 2009, Western Art Collector
CRAIG VARJABEDIAN: SPIRIT OF PLACE
Feature article. (pdf)
July/August 2009, Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities
GHOST RANCH AND THE FARAWAY NEARBY
Article by Laura Wolff Scanlan. (pdf)
July 2009, New Mexico Magazine
GHOST RANCH AND THE FARAWAY NEARBY
Feature article, portfolio and video interview. (web)
July 2008, New Mexico Magazine
TAKING THE TIME: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CRAIG VARJABEDIAN
A portfolio of images with text by Jay Packer. (pdf)
May 2008, The Armenian Reporter
CRAIG VARJABEDIAN HAS THE EYE OF THE POET
Feature story on the photographer by Nareg Seferian. (pdf)
October 2005, New Mexico Magazine
50 YEARS OF GHOST RANCH
Story by Robin Jones, Photography by Craig Varjabedian. (pdf)
September 2004, Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic Magazine
Cover photograph by Craig Varjabedian, of his friend Archie West. (pdf)
March 2004, Art Now Gallery Guide
PHOTOGRAPHY AND PLACE
Review of exhibition at The Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island. (pdf)
2004, Photovision Magazine
PORTFOLIO: CRAIG VARJABEDIAN – A SENSE OF GOOD FORTUNE
Feature article, text and photographs by the photographer. (pdf)
September 2003, Black & White Magazine (U.K.)
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
Interview by Elizabeth Roberts. (pdf)
October 2000, Santa Fean Magazine
Cover photograph by Craig Varjabedian. (pdf)
NEWSPAPERS
June 16, 2011, Cibola Beacon
A CLEAR AND HONEST PICTURE
A review of Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby at the Haak’u Museum by Kathryn Marmon. (pdf)
October 20, 2009, Santa Fe Reporter
WONDERS IN OUR MIDST: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CRAIG VARJABEDIAN
A review of Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby at the Gerald Peters Gallery by Tiana Finney. (web)
August 2009, The Albuquerque Journal
PHOTOS CAPTURE MAGIC OF GHOST RANCH’S BEAUTY
A review by Wesley Pulkka of the exhibition Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby. (pdf)
July 2009, The Albuquerque Journal
SPECTRAL VISIONS
A review by David Steinberg of the exhibition Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby. (pdf)
June 2007, Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican
BUCKING THE YOSEMITE SYNDROME
Feature article and review by Paul Weidman (pdf)
May 2003, The Taos News
THE WEST THROUGH A MASTER’S LENS
Exhibition review. (pdf)
October 1995, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
BRIGHT VISION SHINES IN ‘IN DIVINE LIGHT
Exhibition review by James Auer. (pdf)
BROCHURES
2009, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
GHOST RANCH AND THE FARAWAY NEARBY
Exhibition brochure (pdf)
2001 This Enchanted Land Exhibition Brochure
A PERIPATETIC PHOTOGRAPHER IN AN ENCHANTED LAND
Essay by Marc Simmons, New Mexco’s Historian Laureate, that accompanies eight photograph reproductions in an exhibition folio. (pdf)
RADIO
December 17, 2010
Interview with Craig Varjabedian on Santa Fe Radio Cafe with host Mary-Charlotte, KSFR-Santa Fe Public Radio, discussing his new book The Eloquence of Trees, along with Maria Franco-Tapia of Heifer International.
Listen to the podcast here.
July 17, 2009
Interview with Craig Varjabedian on Santa Fe Radio Cafe with host Mary-Charlotte, KSFR-Santa Fe Public Radio. Listen to the podcast here.