In 2012, exhibitions featuring Mr. Bau’s work have included group shows at the Houston Center for Photography, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, and the Minneapolis Photography Center. He was selected by the Photographic Resource Center to exhibit at the New York Photo Festival. Among a number of distinctions earned this year, Mr. Bau received the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award (best in show) in the Griffin Museum of Photography’s 18th Annual Juried Exhibition.