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Retired NFL - Chiefs/Bears
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It is with a heavy heart that I share that my mom, Joan Hall Bryce, passed away peacefully on June 25 after a courageous battle with cancer.

She was an extraordinary mother, wife, grandmother, sister, and friend. Her kindness, faith, strength, and love left a lasting impact on everyone who knew her, and we will miss her more than words can express.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with your love, prayers, and condolences. Your kindness has brought our family great comfort during this difficult time. Big thank you to my buddy, John Tait, for taking these portraits!

Funeral details are below for anyone who would like to celebrate her life with us:

A viewing will be held on Friday, July 10, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Metcalf Bonzo Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., with a viewing prior from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Northbridge Ward Chapel, 1080 West Arlington Street, Washington, Utah.

Those unable to attend are invited to view the services at the following ZOOM link: https://zoom.us/j/92642183597?pwd=PB4iHqBG2Z0BXsxpHhhBZG4yBEfdZk.1

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Well that was a blast!!! After a couple weeks of rest and sitting in our gratitude we are pleased to share the official installation photos of the first year’s exhibition LONG ENOUGH TO TIE MY SHOE held @villaheikekunstverein

We would like to extend an extra special thank you to @ralfoto for curating one last exhibition, your guidance and expertise made the exhibition such a success. We’d also like to thank @clrbhlsn for taking the time to critic our work, we really appreciated your feedback.

Our hearts and minds are full after such an incredible experience in Berlin. Thank you to all of those who came from far and wide to see the exhibition in person, we can’t thank you enough!

A final thank you to @mvahrenwald and @chikaraumihara for organizing and helping everything go smoothly ✨

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Final night in Berlin felt perfect. Time spent with old and new friends, all talented photographers, talking shop, sports, and life. The kind of night that reminds you why people matter as much as places. I poached a portrait of the bar owner from online because he deserved to be remembered here too. Full of life, generous with the shots, and somehow always finding the right song at the right moment, he made the night unforgettable.

#PhotoNerdSession #OneMoreShot

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Berlin was incredible and I’m so thankful to have done it with new friends. A big thank you to all the artists that shared their studios and their processes with us. And to the faculty @hartfordphotomfa for a great session and @ralfoto for curating an amazing show with us ♥️♥️

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Berlin Photo Dump

Art and the views in between…

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Thank you to Hartford Photography Program, Michael, Chikara, and Robert for welcoming me to Berlin and letting me be part of such a special week. The studio visits with Lukas Hoffmann and Clara Bahlsen were inspiring, and it was wonderful to spend time with artists so deeply engaged with the medium.

A big congratulations to the first-year students for mounting a fantastic exhibition.

It was particularly special to be there for Robert’s final session of a program he has built into a real juggernaut. Grateful for the invitation, the conversations, and the community.

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Today is the day! Our first year MFA students have been working hard all week to put together LONG ENOUGH TO TIE MY SHOE at @villaheikekunstverein. Join us for the vernissage starting at 18:30. You won’t want to miss it!

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All week we’ve been hanging our show for @hartfordphotomfa. It opens tonight! Folks in Berlin, join us at Ville Heike from 18:30-21:30. We’d love to see you!

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BERLIN!!! Come out this Thursday, May 21st for the vernissage of LONG ENOUGH TO TIE MY SHOE — an exhibition featuring never-before-seen work by eleven Masters students from the University of Hartford’s Limited-Residency Photography MFA program.

For the first time in Europe, these works will be shown together for a very limited time. Curated by the former director @ralfoto and hosted by @villaheikekunstverein you do not want to miss this!

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A week from today in BERLIN — Hosted by Villa Heike, we invite you to the opening reception for LONG ENOUGH TO TIE MY SHOE an exhibition featuring the work of eleven masters students from the class of 2027. Join us from 18:30–21:30 on May 21st for an evening of music, discussion, refreshments, and most importantly photography.

Curated by Robert Lyons, this exhibition features in-progress work by first-year MFA students in the program. We appreciate the other faculty, Michael Vahrenwald (Director) and Chikara Umihara, for their valuable insight and assistance in making this exhibition possible.

The photographic works included will reflect a range of approaches and styles, yet all engage photography’s enduring relationship to time — its ability to hold, mark and measure a moment. Each artist uses the camera as a starting point for reflection on growth, memory, distance, and family.

Through gesture, landscape, body, and trace, these artists consider duration as both threshold and transformation. Working with distinct practices, they meet at long enough to tie my shoe — not a place, but a measure of time that allows for pause, awareness, and the possibility of becoming.

Poster design: @redithw

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Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who donated to our print sale benefitting the National Immigration Law Center!!! With your help, we raised over $2,000 and will be donating all the proceeds minus printing and shipping costs!

These beautiful prints are all wrapped up and heading for their new homes today! If your ordered one, keep an eye out in the mail over the next few days for yours!

Thank you again to everyone who bought a print, shared our posts, and for all the love and support!

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Today is LAST day to donate to the National Immigration Law Center and receive a print or many from the current students at the University of Hartford’s Photography MFA program!

We deeply appreciate all of the donations so far and are so excited to get these prints into your hands and homes!!!

These photos and more are available on our website (🔗 in bio) Make the most of this last day and get yours before the sale closes!!!

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