Day 1
Behind the Scenes Video
Happy 2011...sure to filled with tons of creativity and inspiration and life-changing events :-) Thank you guys for making last year a dream...sometimes I have to pinch myself.
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I've been terribly negligent with my Flickr account, so I'm finally getting caught up on uploading some of my favorites from the last year+!
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If you've ever watched a timelapse of a seed growing into a bud growing into a flower, or a ripe strawberry being overtaken by mold, or a baby growing into a child growing into an adult, then perhaps you know that continuity does not mean that something stays continuously the same, but rather continuously changes.
Anger will recede into forgiveness, but that does not mean it is a different thing altogether. Life is a series of shifts and transformations, the latest version only possible because of its predecessor.
A similar metamorphosis happens in art. The exacting days of impressionism, or cubism, or surrealism, may not exist in their heyday, but they have been reimagined again and again, fought against and romanticized, until we scroll here, now, looking at so much art that has exploded only thanks to the timelapse of art across the ages.
Today I'm taking a moment to be grateful for the timelapse of my life, and of the art that has preceded me to get to this place, and to all the shifts that are yet to come, should I be so lucky.
"Ode to Beksinski" self-portrait January 2024
Zdzislaw Beksinski is my favorite painter, and this year I'm taking some time to navigate through my most fundamental inspirations and pay homage to the roads they paved.
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The circumstances surrounding this picture are pure happiness for me - Shooting my favorite photographic color, red. Shooting in an amazing location with beautiful light. Shooting with 15 new friends. Being in London where I met 100 new people in 4 days. Beautiful memories.
More about the meet-up and workshops I hosted: shadenproductions.com/blog/2013/08/04/100-amazing-people-...
Model: Katerina Kuznetsova
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"BEGIN AGAIN"
A meditation on identity. When we take away our veil, our mask, the thing we hide behind - who are we? How do we find that person under the layers of identity others put on us?
This series asks these questions, and I hope you find an answer creeping up in you as you view them. I hope you enjoy the journey of looking at all these images - 11 in total. They are hanging in the JoAnne Artman Gallery in NYC through mid-August.
Let me know which one resonates with you most!
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