The sweet light is back. I missed it terribly. The sun coming through our window was so beautiful and warm and uplifting.
When I was in college, there was a period where all of my work was yellow toned (through NO intervention of my own), and though the images were beautiful and happy, the tone made them seem,... well..., foreboding. As if at any moment, my life was about to turn into a horror movie, or worse yet, these were going to be used in the next coming America's Most Wanted, and these were the pictures they would use as illustrations as they told my story.
The thing about this is that the images were HAPPY and BEAUTIFUL. I did not know why they turned out this way. Why they read this way. It was frustrating at the time, like my work was telling me something about myself.
However, this is the work I was creating right before unmadeup (see sample and artist statement). Now, if history repeats itself, and it does, I can accurately be deliriously excited about starting my next big project.
I went to a photo conference this past weekend, and I made a complete fool of myself yesterday purchasing the necessary supplies to make a light box.
See, Richard Avedon did unbelievable portraits using a large format camera, like this:
Portraits like this:
Ronald Fischer, BeekeeperDavis, California, 1981
copyright Richard Avedon
In set ups like this:
So, its being built this week by me and T, and there will be some portraits up so SOON! Can't WAIT!
4 comments:
Um, is that first photo taken from your window? It's BEAUTIFUL!
I would love to be a part of this in some way. I really want to photograph you using your large format camera for a personal project about photographers. I would even pose for you if if wanted?? Please please please. :)
well, you know i want to photograph you, so it sounds like a GREAT idea to me!!
Yay! Thanks for those links...they have led me in some interesting directions. :)
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