I have been working on a project focusing on place. I wanted to investigate all the ways it changes, literally through time and psychologically through our own memories and sense of connection or disassociation with the physical location. Then, I decided to try to insert more of a personal aspect for me and began taking my childhood friend, Bunny, with me and putting him into the frame. This refers to a more universal childhood but then the condition of the rabbit, tattered and worn, seems to refer to a bygone time. I'm putting this out there, wondering what others think.

I was inspired by my good friend, Pixy, this week and shot some night time photographs. I think there is an eery quality created by the distortion of color and a transition from the idea of place to the feeling it evokes. I'm still adjusting the color but just curious what everyone else thinks...

I've been thinking about whose work I am interested in, though not necessarily emulating. Why not, right? I would love to try something like this- Boltanski incorporates light elements, wire and photographs. In the movie White Oleander, the mother creates photograph/light sculptures in the same vein- I wonder who created those for the movie?

Images from this summer

These images are from this summer; I forgot to post them before. I was thinking about how I deal with space; I tend to always have one dominant subject that becomes isolated in front of the background. For the last 2 years, I've been working with objects, trying to photograph their anthropomorphic qualities by illustrating a relationship between a couple or many objects, loosely based on Aaron Siskind's idea of an object's "force," or energy. Now, I am moving more to the space that an object inhabits and how [it] converses with its environment. Anyway, I am working out these thoughts as I start to formulate my thesis and I welcome any suggestions or criticisms.

Savannah Trip

I just returned from a trip to Savannah for a photo conference. While there, I had a little bit of time to photograph the city, out at Tybee island (as a West-coaster, it was my first dip in the Atlantic!), and some odds and ends which I encountered. I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Sam Wang, a really wonderful photographer and speaker. Other than that, just returning to a state of normalcy, also known as chaos. As I enter thesis territory, the anxiety level seems to be rising as the energy level wanes; such is life.

So, I posted a few images when I started my blog, but didn't say anything about them. My work is changing a lot right now, and I hesitate to talk about it, honestly because I'm not sure what I think. I'm in a strange place; I come from a traditional silver gelatin background and fell in love with C-printing early this year. Then, I bought a digital camera. I'm having trouble reminding myself that it [camera] is just a tool, that image-creating is a process and be it digital, 4X5, Holga, whatever, the tool is just that. I keep feeling like a traitor to the darkroom; like my Beseler is feeling lonely and unfilled alone in the darkroom. Why is that so hard? I'm having so much fun with the spontaeity that digital offers that I am no longer worried about spending too much film. Yes, I am enjoying my fling with digital, I admit it. We'll see where this relationship goes.