Newtown
This is such a hard post to write, because what I feel goes beyond words. My tendency when in deep distress is to isolate--I'll share my emotions with a few people, which helps for a bit, only to...
View ArticleNothing big
My last post was three months ago, and while I've started other entries a number of times, I haven't been able to finish any of them. It's the paralyzing force of perfectionism--if I'm going to say...
View ArticleWah.
This is pretty much how I feel about one image that I can't quite get right today.
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And this is pretty much how I feel about getting two rejection emails in the span of 15 minutes. Blurg.
View ArticleSomeone I Know
I'm very excited to have the above image included in Stuart Pilkington's latest endeavor, "Someone I Know." He has five other equally intriguing projects--I was part of "The Chain" last year (my...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Justin James Reed
I just looked over the "Someone I Know" website again with the aim of choosing some of my favorite portraits to share here. Interestingly, as I scrolled through the images I began to think as if I were...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Todd Stewart
From here on in I'm going to randomly choose which picture to show from my Someone I Know favorites list, so there's no hierarchy. I think it would hurt my brain too much to have to put the photos in...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Irina Rozovsky
I was hoping to be able to post my favorites daily but I had to head down to Philadelphia for a baby shower for my sister and editing blog posts on the iPhone proved maddening, so I decided to just let...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Colleen Plumb
I've dropped the ball again on consistency in posting, the girls have been on spring break so not much is getting done around here. Excuses out of the way, how could I not pick this image as a...
View ArticleThinking of Boston
A very sad day in Boston, the world is so scary and inexplicable at times. The vulnerability random acts like this one, Newtown, and others bring up is difficult to deal with, but this time around I am...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Susan Worsham
I had the pleasure of getting to spend some time with Susan Worsham at Review Santa Fe in 2009; she's one of those people who embodies her pictures, or maybe it's that her pictures embody her? Some of...
View ArticleSomeone I Know Favorites: Bradley Peters and Maury Gortemiller
Throwing a quick post up about Someone I Know, I thought these two by Bradley Peters and Maury Gortemiller went together nicely. Both are quirky and unique and engaging. That will be the last for now...
View ArticleHiatus/New Path
Obvious hiatus going on. Seems to be a trend among a sizable enough group of photographers I know. A fair number of us were hanging on by a thread and have gone silent as of late (if one can call not...
View ArticleSpontaneous picture-taking
Originally from April 16th, 2008:This morning Edie (my 4 1/2 year-old) got dressed up for school and then was playing around in June's room (June is my toddler, almost 20 months old). Edie started...
View ArticleBalance
Originally from April 18th, 2008:At the risk of sounding like a self-help book, I present the following:I've been thinking quite a bit about balance, and the contradictory feelings that fight for...
View ArticleNew Jersey living
Post originally published May 22nd, 2008:Laurel Ptak of iheartphotograph fame is crossing the river into my very own state of Jersey tonight. She'll be discussing "The Google Aesthetic" and the impact...
View ArticleNew images/chaos theory
Originally posted May 29th, 2008:Two images shot in the last week or so. Not sure about the second picture, I wanted it to be more uncanny but I'm wondering if it looks maybe too pretty to be...
View ArticleHiding
Originally posted June 17th, 2008:The above images aren't necessarily a diptych, but I couldn't decide which I thought was stronger, so am posting both. They're another instance of spontaneous...
View ArticleSexism is alive and well
© Rachel Whiteread Originally posted July 7th, 2008:Cara Phillips brings our attention today to the disturbing point of view of the ever-controversial British art critic Brian Sewell on her blog. She...
View ArticleLetting go
Originally posted August 6th, 2008:As I redo my website there are certain images I'm feeling the need to let go of. In fact, I decided to remove the gallery "First days" altogether (the photos above...
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