I get lost in my mind sometimes. I don’t mean I get confused. I mean, I get lost in it — as in, “She got lost in his eyes.” I have often said I can never get bored, because my own mind seems to be an endless source of amusement for me.
Tag: architecture
Welcome to Gattaca
In 1998, Andrew Niccols’ film Gattaca (from the year prior) screened in my college-required biology class, and my life was never the same.
That’s only a slight a exaggeration. Science fiction inspires me because its stories are based on things that scientists are actually exploring in the present, making it totally conceivable that the suspension of disbelief is a logical endeavor.
KIDS IN SPACE: Documenting the Child’s Perspective of Architectural Design
No. 5 – Greater Cleveland Aquarium
When I first moved to New York in 2002, I used to chat with architect friends about the frequency with which spaces are “recycled.” Someone new to a neighborhood would point out a hip new bar, and someone who’d lived there a few years would nostalgiacally recall when it was a pet store or a bakery. The flagship Apple store in New York’s SoHo was once a traditional American post office. The idea of space being used for different purposes fascinates me — the energy that ebbs and flows between four walls can be transformed again and again with design, usage, and the cast of characters occupying the space.
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Cleveland – Black and White Photography
Just got some film back from my favorite lab — I had a mystery roll in the batch, and was unsure of what it would have on it. It had been sitting in my camera bag for awhile, and I halfway thought it was unprocessed, so I actually put it through my Brownie again (upside and backwards!), which gave the faintest hint of a double-exposure and made the photos look even more “old.”
KIDS IN SPACE: Documenting the Child’s Perspective of Architectural Design
No. 4 – Salk Institute, San Diego
For this installment of Kids in Space, I asked my architect friend and colleague Julie Gabrielli to comment on the photos. I was so intrigued by what she wrote, I decided to include it in its entirety here.
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Kentuck Knob
Continued from my photo story on Fallingwater, these are more instant images on Fuji black and white film shot on my Polaroid Land Camera, of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob.
Fallingwater
This spring, I went to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Interview by SoCal Kids San Diego
The brilliant writer Kathie Zaccaria of SoCal Kids San Diego interviewed me about my creative practice and approach to photographing kids, as a corollary to my trip to California last month. It’s included here in its entirety, and you can also view it in its original form on the SoCal Kids website.
What kind of camera do you use?
I use all kinds of cameras. I own both Nikon and Canon digital cameras, and actually still prefer to shoot film, when I can. For that I have a Nikon SLR, and a Voigtlander rangefinder that I love — as well as all kinds of other random ones. I love the look of film, and the artistry involved when you can’t “check on” the pictures to see how they’re shaking out. I find it’s an exercise in being present, and the images end up reflecting something ethereal.
Travel Journal: Southern California
Trying something new… this is a stream-of-consciousness excerpt from my travel journal…
California. February 2012.
Cleveland on Impossible Film
As part of the “Welcome Back, Cleveland” show at the Greenhouse Tavern, I shot these images on Impossible Film using an old Polaroid camera from Aperture in Tremont. The black and white shot of Cleveland’s School Board was also featured in the Pop Royalty benefit auction show at Spaces.
Unsold prints will soon be available in my Etsy store, which you can visit by clicking here.
And, all of the images shown in this post are available as 10×10 mounted prints for $75.00 each, by custom order. They would make a wonderful gift for a lover of art, a lover of Cleveland, or a lover of all things “city.” Mounted prints are ideal for hanging with or without a frame.
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