As an artist, I am interested in the unique power of portraiture to elicit this performative nature of identity – Siri Kaur Los Angeles artist, Siri Kaur has always been drawn to those who seek slightly out-of-the-norm lifestyles, perhaps that curiosity and understanding comes from her childhood perspective of growing up in an American Sikh […]
Archives for March 2020
Jo Ann Chaus: Conversations with Myself (The Exquisite State of Imbalance)
In looking at myself I see my mother, and every woman who came before me. I see the constraints imposed on them, by society, family and themselves. I see the resignation and the surrender, and I see a glimmer of courage and strength coalescing to emerge anew. What are we really considering when we photograph […]
Stephen DiRado: With Dad
Photographer Stephen DiRado has been chronicling his life through large format photography for many decades and that slowed down nature of looking through the lens has made him consider his world with reverence and deep thinking. One of his long time projects has been documenting his father over the years, and eventually photographing what is […]
Sound the Alarm
I’m taking a break from sharing work today as I need to speak to the important consideration that this moment in history is significantly impacting organizations that have worked tirelessly to promote photographers and photography. I am on the board of a number of organizations, so I know first hand how hard it is to […]
Winter Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes at the Center for Photographic Art
The Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, CA recently opened the exhibition, Winter Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes, curated by Center Director Ann Jastrab. Running through April 5th, the exhibition features the work of Diana Bloomfield, J.M. Golding, Brenton Hamilton, Barbara Hazen, Max Kellenberger, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Meghann Riepenhoff, Paula Riff, Leah Sobsey, and Brian Taylor. Curator and […]
Jamil Hellu: Hues
Artist Jamil Hellu has a current survey exhibition Jamil Hellu: Together at SF Camera Works in San Francisco that closes on March 14th, 2020. The exhibition is a compilation of several projects, but today we focus on Hues, a performative portraiture series about cultural lineages and queerness. As a an immigrant from Brazil with a Syrian […]