Projects

In the world today (or at least the one that exists to me), I am constantly bombarded by the word project. The sole goal of photographers today seems to be a cohesive project, which is fine, but I think that whole idea of a preconceived idea can be a bit smothering and limiting. The idea of the photograph to me, is to circumvent and transcend words, not rely on them. Whatever happened to the magic of the image? You can talk about a picture all day long, but at the end of the day, it is still the same picture. Read the interview with Ed Panar about his outstanding book "Golden Palms", his process is admirable, as are his photographs (above).

Paul Graham

Just remembering to mention an excellent archive of the work of one of my all time favorite artists Paul Graham.

Beth Lilly

Working under a very strange process, Beth Lilly clears her schedule on the 7th day of every month and continues her day as normal. Except on this day she waits for calls from usually unknown callers who are seeking psychic readings. Beth then takes 3 photographs that catch her attention where she is at the time of the call with her cell phone camera, and emails them to the caller. The images are to be interpreted in any way by the viewer. I question her genuine belief in the psychic world, but the idea of others breaking into our everyday schedule and determining where and when but not what we photograph is very interesting. Some interesting triptychs and imagery as well.

Dinosaur Joe Blog

Ok, I know its not photography related, but you've gotta check this hilarious blog out.

Taking In

A couple of my photographs were featured among other students in AIB's yearly Taking In book. You can email them for a copy, or just come to the show May 15th at Lesley University at Porter Square in Cambridge, Boston at 6pm.

Wendy McMurdo

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the potential of the tableau in photographs, partially because much of my own work employes it. I'm usually not a fan of digital composite images; I prefer photographs to represent the real world, thus being devoid of trickery, gimmicks, and crutches. But I have made an exception for the work of Wendy McMurdo, it works very well in conjunction with her concepts, which seem to be about the metaphysical and magical aspects of the child's imagination, which is something that they much of the time hold in advantage to adults. On her website, she explores these ideas throughout several projects. It is defiantly worth a look.

Hedge

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