Woman Aircraft Worker © 1942 David BransbyLabor Day weekend I will be doing some serious laboring. A good friend is getting married in Washington, DC, on Sunday so I will be making the three and half hour trek down I-85 for the big event. Of course, this means I will miss the opening of The Interactive Landscape at Mt. Tremper Arts. I am happy my friend found true love, but it sucks the
Friday, 31 August 2007
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Travels With Charlie
Posted on 10:54 by election
© Charles TraubOne of the joys of my time with the Do You Know What It Means project has been working with Charles Traub. I have known Charlie for a while now, but our relationship has been defined by highly structured situations. First, with me as MFA student and Charlie as department chair at the SVA and next with me as Director of DYKWIM and Charlie as the visionary and leader behind the
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Monday, 27 August 2007
Back to the Big Easy
Posted on 20:07 by election
Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, 1970Tomorrow I am traveling to New Orleans for my last stint as Director of the Do You Know What It Means project. This week marks the second anniversary of Katrina and I will be there speaking at a press conference as we officially hand off the photo archive and the Web site to the Historic New Orleans Collection. You can read more about the event here. I have
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Griffin Opening Recap
Posted on 09:18 by election
© Colin BlakelyThis past Thursday, Shen, Natasha, and I made the journey up to Winchester, MA, for the opening of the 13th Annual Griffin Museum Juried Show. Any time I am covering that much ground on the highways I take along my tripod and the RZ just in case there are some stranded motorists along the way. I am always looking to fill out the series and I was secretly hoping to show off my
Friday, 24 August 2007
Behind the Scenes of a Crewdson Shoot
Posted on 13:04 by election
© Gregory CrewdsonBoston.com features a photo and text slide show behind the scenes of a recent Crewdson shoot in Pittsfield, MA. With massive budgets and a crew of over thirty that includes grips, a lighting team, interns, models, firemen, and police it's spooky how similar your typical Crewdson shoot resembles one of my shoots. Smart guy award goes to Pittsfield local, Robert "Skube" Skubel,
Richard Misrach: This Photo is Blowing My Mind
Posted on 05:32 by election
Desert Fire #153 (Man with Rifle) © Richard MisrachWhile I was visiting Corey Arnold in Portland, I was flipping through his copy of Richard Misrach's Desert Cantos and rediscovered this remarkable photograph. All of Misrach's photos in that book are amazing, but I kept coming back to this one image.
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