Posted in musings on December 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Happy New Year to everyone!
Posted in family, photography on December 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Oxford Market
Oxford Museum of Natural History (Pitt Rivers closed until Spring 2009)
an egg cozy
the tree
Avebury
my new wellies on a walk up Windmill Hill
Christmas dinner
Posted in family, gear, photography on December 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Will you be traveling over the holidays?
On Sunday I’m going to England for two weeks to visit family and friends, and hopefully to do some shooting. This means a suitcase for F and my clothes, an extra suitcase for presents and whatever else doesn’t fit into suitcase #1 (usually shoes, which I always find ridiculous), a Pelican hard case for my 4×5, and a tripod case. I always try to stuff the tripod into one of the suitcases – it never works.
Along with a puffy sleep mask, neck pillow, earplugs, books, magazines, myriad travel-size hand lotions and creams, lip balm, and no i-pod (I am the last person in the continental US not to own an i-pod), I always carry on my boxes of Fuji Quickload film with me.
Usually, requesting a film hand-check at security elicits curiosity rather than complaints – what kind of film is this, am I a “professional” photographer, what am I shooting, etc. I should be thankful that I’ve never had a nightmare encounter with security – I’m reminded of a photographer friend who once was refused a hand-check returning home from China. After developing her large-format black-and-white sheet film, she discovered wiggly white x-ray lines all over the sheets. OMG.
The TSA has some decent info on their website for travelers, and more specific details for those of us traveling with film.
Safe travels everyone!
Posted in friends, misc. on December 18, 2008| 2 Comments »
Posted in art, books, inspiration, photographers, photography, portraits on December 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Photographer Richard Renaldi recently announced a new publishing venture called Charles Lane Press on his blog. I’m really looking forward to seeing the first publication Fall River Boys. It is Richard’s second monograph, following his successful first book of mostly portraiture, Figure and Ground.
The constant barrage of bad economic news was making me feel really gloomy. How refreshing to see an artist bucking the trend and doing something really ambitious! With behemoth publishing houses scaling back, and newspapers and magazines folding all around us, it is reassuring to witness artists following their passions.
Sign up on the Charles Lane Press mailing list here!
In similar news, photographers Jake Chessum, Christopher Griffith and Christian Weber have set up Auditorium Editions to publish their own monographs. Once again, a self-funded endeavor! Andrew Hetherington, aka Jackanory, has a really good interview with the three photographers on his blog here.
Posted in photographers, photography on December 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Several photographers are selling prints directly through their blogs or websites. Support an ambitious artist, stimulate the economy, and buy a print for the holidays!
Here are the photographers’ blogs below (also on my Blogroll):
Juliana’s Lovely Land of Neurosis
Posted in inspiration, movies on December 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in books, photography, self-promotion on December 10, 2008| 4 Comments »
I picked up my Fairground accordion books today!
Each book measures just over 6″ x 8″ and is covered in a deep-orange textured silk. The front and back covers are not connected, so the book can be opened up as one big accordion. It works really nicely.
I also brought home the magnesium die because it’s so cool-looking:
Here’s the book edit (I stole the video idea from A Photo Editor’s post on photographer Erik Wåhlström):
Judith Ivry, expert bookbinder and conservator, handmade the beautiful covers and put the books together. Do email her if you have a handmade book project idea. She does amazing work.
I only finished two books but eventually will complete the full edition of 5. For now, one for me, one for the Center for Photography at Woodstock, where I printed the books during my artist’s residency.
Posted in exhibitions, photographers, photography, portraits on December 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Jörg‘s show opens on Thursday night at Michael Mazzeo Gallery. See you there!
Posted in misc. on December 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
My brain is frozen from the cold and I’m thawing it out with this challenger. WordPress doesn’t support Javascript so you’ll have to print it out:
Lots more here: Conceptis Puzzles.
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