As I’m writing a proposal for a new photo essay I’m doing some major recon of the archives. I’ve found all sorts of things that time ran away with over the past couple years.
This shot I took from a cable car while dangling above the German Alps.
Wander, wander, wander.
Transition/Translation.
From wandering around Awendaw with John Stortz, fitting really.
My current background noise is this.
Another from the new series I’m working on.
Since I set my feet back on US solid ground I felt like I left something somewhere overhead. Definitely mentally, arguably physically. It’s not specifically locationally related - more of the lack of location.
Over the course of the next few months I’m attempting to visual portray transition.
And make an second attempt at proving that being stuck, is very much an action verb.
And so with the new semester begins a new project.
I mentioned before that my camera suffered last fall - but this semester I’m going to attempt to juggle a new portrait series, learn to stitch and bind books, put together a exciting new project with John Stortz, and…get a job, or a postgrad life.
My hopes are high and am excited to see how these, and other TBA hit list items, are completed.
The shot above is part of the new series.
I shot a behind the scenes fashion video for the fall issue of Garnet & Black.
A bit out of my element at first but by the second location I got the hang of it and ended up coming out with some pretty nice footage.
I couldn’t help but catch a few stills throughout the shoot though - above is Miss Ashley McClary, a senior English major and effortlessly fashionable.
See the video here.
For John Stortz.
My third Moleskin cover, and the one that gave me the most trouble. Hand cut all of the tiny animal stencils, sprayed individually and went back in with pen and paint.
It kills me how methodical I can be about some things, especially when they are gifts.
Even though my kid dream was to attend a fancy art school and be able to burrow in a studio and create for days on end (join the club, right?) I had been doing my best to avoid the studio the last year or so because I have so invested into technology. My creative career life has become much more than what pen on paper can do but..you don’t forget your first love.
Being back in the studio all semester has created that weird inner-artist conflict for me (ugh, how granola do I sound right now?) The comparison between the digital and fine arts.
I’ve mostly ignored it and committed to another semester in the studio in the spring.
Above is a few shots of one of my studies on Harold Whittles all by hand from ink to cut paper.
I dropped off the face of Tumblr again, I know. The last time this occurred I was hip hopping around Europe but this time…This time the semester from Dante was the cause.
It’s been a bit of a challenge creatively to put my personal work. Unfortunately my camera has suffered severely. But I’ve gotten to work on my video editing, writing and fine tune a lot of fine art work by hand.
I’ve also been working as the Visual & Design Consultant for my uni’s study abroad office. Working in the office has tested me specifically in two ways. One being my ability to deal with ambiguity and the second being how well I plan and pace myself with the projects. I’ve spent the last couple of years always assuming I would work for a creative collective and never be THE creative in a not-so-creative collective of people. Much more challenging in terms of pressure to learn on a dime, articulate your skills and produce good work.
Hopefully the next few posts will be a little visual summary.
Enjoy the holidays!
The Royals got married.
They were even on TV.
Congratulations, you guys. I’m pleased I got to be a part of it.
