JKY

These are the things I photograph, think about, get inspired by, hope for, write stories about, find beauty in, linger over, dream about, search for, listen to

I will be exhibiting my new series of wet-plate collodion work at Artomatic this year.  Artomatic is DC’s largest art show with over 1000 artists participating.  The event opens May 18th-June23rd 2012 in Crystal City VA near Reagan Airport and accessible via the Crystal City Metro stop.  
Meet the artist night is June 2nd from 7-9pm.  I hope to see you there!
For a full list of events: http://www.artomatic.org/events
The address is Vornado/Charles E. Smith’s  | 1851 S. Bell Street View high resolution

I will be exhibiting my new series of wet-plate collodion work at Artomatic this year.  Artomatic is DC’s largest art show with over 1000 artists participating.  The event opens May 18th-June23rd 2012 in Crystal City VA near Reagan Airport and accessible via the Crystal City Metro stop.  

Meet the artist night is June 2nd from 7-9pm.  I hope to see you there!

For a full list of events: http://www.artomatic.org/events

The address is Vornado/Charles E. Smith’s  | 1851 S. Bell Street

I am excited to say that I recently finished setting up my new wet-plate collodion studio/darkroom in the attic of my 1915 house.  I have begun working on a new series inspired by my family heritage and thoughts about the past and future.  I have thousands of ideas spinning in my head right now.  More new work to follow soon.  The wet-plate collodion process drew me in after I took a workshop with the talented Barry Schmetter a while back.  Thanks Barry for helping me to get set up!

Every now and then a student shows me something that really inspires me.  This is an image made by one of my former high school photography students, Kayla Mancuso, titled “Mermaid.” Way to go Kayla!   View high resolution

Every now and then a student shows me something that really inspires me.  This is an image made by one of my former high school photography students, Kayla Mancuso, titled “Mermaid.” Way to go Kayla!  

So I spent the day off work browsing a used antique book store.  I came across this lovely hot pink Aperture monograph of one of my all time favorite photographers, Ralph Eugene Meatyard.  When I got home I looked up the book online and saw someone selling theirs for $300!  Mine cost $20.  I don’t know if we have the same copy or not but I am definitely putting this book in a safe place! View high resolution

So I spent the day off work browsing a used antique book store.  I came across this lovely hot pink Aperture monograph of one of my all time favorite photographers, Ralph Eugene Meatyard.  When I got home I looked up the book online and saw someone selling theirs for $300!  Mine cost $20.  I don’t know if we have the same copy or not but I am definitely putting this book in a safe place!

Place, Race, & Memory: South x Southeast Magazine & Photography in the South

John Edwin Mason writes a lovely review of South x Southeast Magazine.  I am honored to be included in this great new online magazine with talented photographers such as Shelby Lee Adams, Marilyn Suriani, Brandon Schulman, Anderson Scott, David Halliday, and Michael West.  If you haven’t checked out the magazine yet, you should!

South x Southeast Photography Magazine Launches July 1st

Launching July 1st, South by Southeast is a new online monthly and quarterly print magazine that will bring you anything and everything about photography in and of the Southeast.

Issue One, launching July 1st, includes:

 

* Images from Shelby Lee Adams’s new book Salt and Truth, released in October by Candela Books.

 

20 Questions—an interview with photographer Jack Spencer on his life and work.

 

*  5 Questions—an interview with Marilyn Suriani, along with images from her documentary work Urban Renewal.

 

*  Anderson Scott’s Civil War Re-enactors photography.

 

*  Brandon Schulman’s landscape photography.


*  Joanna Knox’s color photographs of the interiors of abandoned southern farm houses. 


*  Dave Anderson’s video: William Eggleston.

 

*  LOOK3 Festival of the Photo: reporting and images from this year’s great festival.

 

*  Our featured museum: Hampton University Museum, located in Hampton, Virginia and their exhibit, “Corapeake: A Community on the Verge of Change,” photos and a documentary by Kendall Messick. 

 

 

*  In Books, Victoria Amador talks with Bill Boling about his new fine art publishing venture Fall Line Press, and the influence of the South upon his work. Plus two of Rob McDonald’s books, Cy’s Rollei and Poplar Forest.

 

*  Video of Larry Fink discussing “How Music Influences My Photography.” Larry’s images of jazz musicians in Memphis will appear in the Music Issue in September 2011.

 

*  David Halliday’s Still Lifes.

 

*  Favorite blogs culled from wonderful southeastern writers and photographers.

 

*  Plus!—Talk, where you can chat up someone on topics related to photography; Classifieds, where you can unload that old lens; Tech, where we will tell you about everything new and interesting; and finally, Last Look, where you’ll discover an iconic image and what it means to the owner. 


 and much, much more!!

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