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Reading “ON [____]SCAPES” and some new scenes from the Edge of Manhattan
“ON [____]SCAPES: Let me know you made it there okay. Send a postcard? Wish You Were Here.” – Daonne Huff, Studio Museum in Harlem We need a break, a change of view, an escapade, an escape—let’s get some air.-scape: a view or picture of a scene—usually used in combination, a noun (Merriam-Webster). Add land, city, sky, space, quiet, sound,…
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Vampires, and the Paleolithic Age. Oh, and running from Zombies!
Peter Watt’s vampires still lingers in my head. In his Blindsight/Echopraxia sci-fi universe, Watts invents a premise for his world where vampires truly existed, as an evolutionary offshoot from early Homo sapiens, and also went extinct by the time we invented architecture. Geometric structures with 90 degrees, perpendicular lines — and BANG! Crucifix Glitch, their…
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Mini-post: May 21st, Bronx Zoo
Went to the Bronx Zoo with Tiya and Matt. I wanted to work on snapshot aesthetics again, but this times, using ideas from The Anonymous Project and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s ‘Diorama’ series. Nicer Tuesdays: The Anonymous Project. It’s Nice That. (YouTube) A History of Snapshot Photography – Take Your Pick at UMMA. UMMAMuseum. (YouTube) WAJDA PHOTO…
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Plethora of Pictures
Lenapehoking Wigwam The edge Hybrid land Convergent evolution Environmental anthropology “During the American revolution the term wigwam was used by British soldiers to describe a wide variety of makeshift structures.” Latest Consumptions https://alecsoth.com/photography/projects/broken-manual Snapshot Photography: The Lives of Images by Catherine Zuromskis Echopraxia by Peter Watts Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
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Me, Myself, and Land
Digging up more photos from my archives, changing them, and trying out new possibilities, or identities for them Post-analog photography revival What is the film look that escapes digital photography? How to remember something you didn’t experience first-hand? Reality is null, there is only… Art-making doesn’t feel like an efficient way to live for my…
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Group Show, Magazine Contribution, and more
Group Exhibit: What’s Your Black? WHAT’S YOUR BLACK, curated by Fable Jones is on exhibit February 5th – 19th. Featuring 16 artists and 24 artworks. Post image: Sandy Clafford RSVP Here Heath Gallery’s Website Color Tag Magazine Vol. IV I was accepted to being a contributor for Color Tag Magazine’s 4th collaborative publication: Vol IV…
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Then I remembered that photography can be a science fantasy… (Revamps & experiments)
…of make-believe and anachronisms Lately, I started looking back at photos I’ve taken years ago. Remembering why took such photos, and giving them new identities. There is influence here to the revival of analog photography, as well of personal circumstances of what is accessible. Being that what is not accessible tangibly, and what is abundant…
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December 14, 2021
News – Upcoming Group Show Journal I feel frustrated with working 6-7 days a week at the moment. I’m trying to take photos everyday again. Making art gives me that distance away from thinking about my self-confidence, worrying about if I’m good enough. It feels like being suspended in the place I go to when…
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