Amusement Park, Coney Island, New York 2006 © Garie Waltzer
Ah, I miss Syracuse. (Never thought I would say that.) I miss Light Work, the darkrooms, and the great staff.
While working there for pretty much my whole time in Syracuse, I really loved the opportunity to see the artists that took up residencies there. Love seeing the prints getting freshly printed after the hours laboring over color correction. Love talking to them about their process and seeing how dedicated they were in producing work. Love getting advice and developing relationships and get immediately inspired to make my own work.
Street, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 © Garie Waltzer
Garie Waltzer was an artist in residence at the beginning of the year. Her gorgeous large portfolio of carbon pigmented prints on rag paper were inspiring and breathtaking. She travels the world photographing outdoor urban landscapes from the tops of buildings, creating a scrutinizing view of the world when looked at closely. (Seeing these prints in person are so worth it.)
She currently has a show at Humphrey Atrium Gallery at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit will run June 23 – Sept. 5, 2008.
Garie Waltzer
June 23 – Sept. 5, 2008
Humphrey Atrium Gallery at University Hospitals
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
(The talented Ms. Amy Stein is currently an artist in residence for this month at Light Work.)
Pain #8, 2003 by Elinor Carucci
Elinor Carucci is the first to be featured in the newly launched Women in Photography.
Carucci came to speak at Syracuse University a few years ago and it was one of the inspiring artists that have pressured me to keep making work.
I love the work presented on the website but I wish there were a few more images.. or maybe if images were isolated on different pages rather all on one blogpost. It would also make sense to have images from only both her Crisis and Pain projects. I adore the images of her mother and her family but with the statement and the other images, it seemed a little jumbled.
I can’t wait to see future female photographers on there. Remember, submissions are rolling!
The store has been updated. Be sure to buy now ’cause the store will only be up for approximately 2 weeks only! It’ll be on pause from June to whenever I find an compatible printer/lab in NYC.
With all this art school drama, I still want to make the best out of it. So I created a website with a sampling of work from the rest of our classmates in relation to our exhibition this coming Saturday night.
So check out our hard work.
www.janetam.com/star
The show is one night event (sadly) and will be on from 6-9pm, this coming Saturday, May 3rd. I’ll take installation shots during the show. All work going up for the show will definitely be for sale.
and yes, prints are still for sale. and i dearly need some funds!
Noel from We Can’t Paint has big news for his blog.
Back in December 2007 I started a blog called We Can’t Paint, a project that has since grown both in scale and in readership. I’ve enjoyed the continuing discourse between fellow bloggers and those of you who have submitted work and ideas. Not only have these past months been extremely interesting but they have opened my eyes to a whole new avenue for the examination and promotion of photography.
By September 2008 We Can’t Paint will no longer simply exist as just a blog, it will also be an online magazine (a future print version is in the works) and online gallery (as is a physical space). This was ultimately my goal from the beginning (the expansion of We Can’t Paint), to build upon a promotion of emerging photographers and those select few Canadian’s who often go unnoticed. I truly believe in the artists I showcase and I respect all of you who continue to produce interesting and thoughtful projects both in and out of school.
We Can’t Paint Magazine and We Can’t Paint Gallery will become extensions of my blog, permitting both a lengthier viewing experience and a broader forum to contemplate issues concerning the medium. For me these two new additions are not replacing the We Can’t Paint blog, but they are natural progressions of expanded ideas and collaborations. That being said, I’m hoping that you can post a notice on your blog and pass along this e-mail to those who may be interested in submitting (you included) writing, ideas, and photographs to We Can’t Paint Magazine and Gallery. I have temporarily set up a hotmail account specifically for submissions. Here is the info:
Send all work and writing to wecantpaint@hotmail.com
All work should include a brief bio (one or two sentences).
PHOTOGRAPHS
Send a selection of 5 – 8 images:
- All images should be 72 dpi
- Sized to10 inches on the longest side
- Saved as a .jpg file and labeled with no spaces or punctuation like this:
your_name_here_1.jpg
- In the body of the email you may list the titles but only if they are absolutely relevant
- No image should be over 5mb
Note: A link to your work is also accepted but strongly discouraged.
WRITING
All articles and/or essays should be 500 – 1000 words in length.
Send a brief summery and intent of your article/essay in the body of the e-mail with the actual article/essay formatted for Microsoft Word.
BOOKS AND ZINES:
If you would like We Can’t Paint Magazine to review your publication, please contact noelrodo@hotmail.com for more information on where to send your “review copy”.
For future details please visit:
http://wecantpaint.com
Over the past week, I’ve received gigantic amount of traffic from a couple of blogs (Conscientious and NYMPhoto) linking my gallerina post. While I hope many people can understand the problems, I also wished there was a discussion formed from the post. But being completely unaware I had a buggy problem with comments, no comments were posted. Anyways, it’s all fixed now. So, if you have any thoughts, please leave me a note.
I do find it interesting how some prominent female photo bloggers are not initiating into the conversation.
Let me get back to some head-scratching decisions. Edit thumbnails down to 15 images for my thesis show.
Store still open for business!!!
