Anderson Gallery:

These are the results of Anderson Gallery;
One got in...




And these two were not accepted. They look so sad all alone on the floor: (

This is where I have decided to go with the presentation of my work. I think that it makes more sense with the way the photographs look. I would like to add in other elements such as the flower drawings. I need to figure out how to speak about this but I have a nature theme that is developing (with the animals and the trees) and I think those extra framed drawings will help that theme along. Also if you look at peoples "memory walls" they have framed images like that on them.
I think the only image of flowers is actually from the 50's. I got it from the thrift store and when I took it out of the frame it had an old ad on the back of it. I thought that was really interesting.
On the frames there is dust in the corners that I like a lot. Do you think this would be distracting? To me it makes it feel more real.

My Meeting with Paul

In my meeting with Paul we discussed presentation of my work. I was thinking about framing with mismatched wood, gold, and silver frames. All of them about the size of a 5x7 photograph. This kind of presentation would staying with the materials and concept i have been using. I also feel that I could go another route with a more contemporary presentation. Something I had in mind was placing the images on a wood block, putting plexiglas over the top, and screwing each corner in. Just in case that was confusing the photograph would be in between the plexi and the wood: ) Although this seems far from the aesthetic of my images, I am torn with whether or not to keep completely within the time and character of the photographs or not or make it make it a more contemporary way of presenting it. This is my dilemma at the moment... let me know what you think.

Just let you know I am adding two images into the series from last semester. I want to use them because I think they speak to the series. As of right now my series is all black and white, if you think that these could possibly work in color please let me know. Also I am unsure about how I can add more then 3 photographs into the anderson show... I know that there are clever ways around that (i.e. gluing the frames together, taking a picture of three photos in one photo and framing that...) let me know if you have any ideas.
Thanks!

Artist Bertien Van Manen

Artist Bertien Van Manen has a book out named Give me Your Image. She traveled Europe photographing peoples family photographs within there own environment. There were a few things a found especially interesting when reading about Manen's work. First Paul Wombell talks about how a woman who's house was burning down stated that the first thing she would grab from her house was her photographs. When analyzing why these little paper prints would be so important he said something that struck me, "They are hidden maps that trace the routes that people have taken during their lifetime." I found this interesting because that is exactly what I am interested in with the family album.
Also when reading about the work, Manen said something that I found very interesting. She said, "They are interchangeable, but so very special to the family." When you look at anyones family album there is a familiarity about it. It's almost the same as yours or your grandmothers. Maybe thats what we love about these photographs, they tell the same story but in different variations. I think that we can connect with this way of photographing more than others because it is close to home and close to our hearts. Wombell stated, "We understand the language because our own lives have been made and re-made by such photographs. Because they are so familiar we start to look for our friends, family and ourselves. Could that be me, could I have been in these photographs?"
I think people will be able to relate to the work I am doing for these reasons.

New Image

I went to Action Photo and talked to them the other day about how to print an old photograph. They said to keep it looking older I should print it on rag paper. They want 11 dollars for and 5x7 so if anyone knows how I can print on this rag paper without giving my first born to Action it would be greatly appreciated: )

New Images

Redone 1st image

This image is the film version of the other image that is on my blog. I still need to add one more character, but the overall look is great and exactly what I was looking for. I don't know if my film was old or what but the image looks sort of muddy and it works perfectly for copying older photographs.
I may trying using models as was as myself (instead of doing mutiples). I'm starting to think that it is not that important to have the doubles of myself. Basically I just need to find a reason why I am doing it... besides that I just like it.