Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Children naturally connect to the precious in animals and nature. They are responsive to the beauty and variety of the world. Whether it’s birds nests, young rabbits, trees to climb or carrots from the garden, children know how to cherish each experience.
Also filed in Brooklyn, children, family, nature, New York, portraits, Vermont
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Tagged , animals, bird nests, birds, black & white silver gelatin, carrots, children, garden, harvest, nature, outdoors, palladium, play, rabbits, trees
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
With Thanksgiving Day approaching and Fall truly upon us, I am posting work that brings these two together for me. They are all photographed in Vermont. They are scanned from black & white silver gelatin and palladium prints. I am dedicated to the art of handcrafted prints. I hope this set expands the meaning of [...]
Also filed in children, Mountains, nature, portraits, Vermont
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Tagged autumn, black & white silver gelatin prints, chicken, children, corn, Cornfield, earth, fall, fox, handcrafted prints, hawk, heritage turkey, hunting, leaves, light, Mountains, mud, palladium prints, pitchfork, Robert Frost, seasonal changes, seasons, sun, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Vermont
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One of my clients recently had her second child. My first session was when their first born was three months old. It was early spring and warm enough to photograph outdoors. Now their son is a lively two year old as they welcome his new sister into their loving family. Dad took him outside to [...]
Also filed in Brooklyn, children, family, nature, New York, portraits
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Tagged baby, birth announcement, black & white, Brooklyn, brother, color, energy, family, gelatin silver prints, love, nature, New York, newborn, palladium prints, photographs, sister, Spring
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
As soon as I put up my work at the Textile Arts Center I realized the connection my work has with arts that have quality in their materials and beauty in their design. Whether my work is done in silver gelatin or the painterly methods of platinum or palladium, I work by hand. Platinum and [...]
Also filed in Brooklyn, children, family, fashion, maternity, nature, New York
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Tagged art, art exhibit, babies, beauty, Brooklyn, children, couples, family, maternity, New York, palladium prints, prints, Prospect Park, silver gelatin prints, swans, textile art center, textiles, wild
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
This summer, which just recently turned to fall, has been incredibly busy for me. A lot of photography–weddings, maternity, very new babies, continuing photographing babies as they grow. Also continuing photographing in Vermont for the inner story of a place. My next few posts will catch up to the present.
Also filed in Brooklyn, family, maternity, New York, portraits
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Tagged , anticipation, black & white silver gelatin print, Brooklyn, father, fun, happiness, joy, love, maternity, mother, New York, photograph, writing
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Pregnancy is both a rite of passage and a passage of time. To honor both, I have focused on the physical changes that the body experiences. With the use of a single sheet of 4X5 inch film, I make two exposures at different times in a woman’s pregnancy, sometimes waiting until the baby is born [...]
Also filed in maternity, nature
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Tagged , 4X5 film, anticipation, birth, black & white, changes, double exposure, experiences, film, life, maternity, natural changes, nature, palladium, pregnancy, prints, process, rite of passage, silver gelatin, time
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Did you ever try to photograph your children and tell a story about how their life is? Sometimes I think we may wish to do a story instead of a “look at the camera” photograph. I did these while visiting a close friend. They are done with a Holga camera so they have a softer [...]
Also filed in children, family, Massachusetts, nature, portraits
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Tagged , adolescents, cat, daughter, family, friends, holga camera, joy, mother, Ocean, parenting, photographing kids, pre teens, stories, summer, swimming
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Yesterday, I spent the afternoon at Sotheby’s in Manhattan looking at the photographs from the Polaroid Collection. This collection contains works by past and contemporary artists. Works by Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, William Wegman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Beard, Lorna Simpson and other wonderful artists line the walls of five floors. My work is also a [...]
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Tagged , art, art collection, auction, collection, hawks, Manhattan, New York, pitchfork, Polaroid Collection, prints, Sotheby's
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When I work with my clients for prints that they will frame, I show them different types of prints. There is a variation of effect and interpretation. Online the differences might not seem so apparent. The first photograph is printed on a warmer toned paper, the second on a neutral black & white paper, and [...]
Platinum and palladium printing is one of my favorite mediums. These metals are more precious than gold. I take solutions containing one or both and paint them on cotton or gampi papers. Placing the negatives on the dried surfaces, I expose them to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. A totally “green” way of printing [...]
Also filed in maternity, nature
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Tagged , archival, black & white, bodies, cotton paper, gampi paper, Green, light, maternity, natural, nature, palladium, photography, sun printing
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