“When I moved to New York, I was completely overwhelmed, overstimulated, and anxious. I loved every second of it. (…) I used the camera to distill the chaos and overwhelming nature of New York into something that I could understand and process.” – Jonathan Higbee Being in the right place at the right time is […]
The 2019 DOG Exhibition
Jurying an exhibition is never an easy task. Perhaps this because I know what it feels like to be on the other side. I know the sting of submitting work for an exhibition I truly believed I was right for, only to not be accepted. With this in mind, I would like to share my […]
Linda Troeller: Living in the Chelsea Hotel
When I lived in New York, every time I walked by the Chelsea Hotel, I wondered about its histories and residents. Living in the hotel was a badge of honor as it housed artists, writers, and musicians who defined New York City until it closed it’s doors in 2011. Photographer Linda Troeller was there to […]
Bob Tanner: What Was Left Behind
Bob Tanner has created a meditative still life project on the transience of the metaphorical tea bag, suddenly sculptural with the addition of hot water and again deflated into new incarnations of shape and form. Freud said that the temporal limitations of object do not devalue an object. He said that the transience may increase […]
Tommy Keith: Success Strategies
I had the pleasure of jurying the Filter Photo Member’s Exhibition and I was asked to select 5 portfolios to help showcase the Filter community. Not as easy task as there were so many excellent projects. One that I selected was Tommy Keith’s Success Strategies. His project examines family through a series of staged tableaux, […]
Madeleine Morlet: I Promise I’ll Never Forget
Madeleine Morlet‘s project I Promise I’ll Never Forget takes us on a narrative journey thought adolescence and time, through histories and memory and the the bliss of youth. This series speaks to the trying on of personas, of sun kissed faces and tangled limbs in scenarios that span the decades. As she states, “‘I Promise […]