I've always loved my photographic practice but over the past few years have integrated more mediums into my practice including drawing and sculptural "constructions" as a I call them. This has been an enlightening experience for both my work and myself specifically. It is sometimes difficult to make these pieces that fall outside my comfort zone of photography but in the end—when finished—make me just a bit more satisfied, most likely because it took a little bit more effort to get started.
With that said I have some dedicated time this week for myself and wanted to again work outside my comfort zone—so I made my way to the Japanese paper shop Hiromi Paper here in Culver City for the first time to see if anything inspired me. And wouldn't you know it, I found some wonderful handmade paper that I will use to integrate into my project "Longing for Amelia—The Historical and Mythological Landscape" about Amelia Earhart. I was thinking that maybe I'd be working with some alternative process photography type things this week but the alternative process will be watercolors and handmade paper.
I'm a new person here, but interesting that we have a shared background. I was a modern dancer in the 70s and got into theatre in Colorado and Boston and after leaving radio news in the late 80s went into PR consulting and then started a theatre company in Sacramento CA in '94 and took an original show to the Edinburgh Fringe in '96 - "Dancing with Desire: a Poetic Fandango with the Erotic and the Bawdy." I finally started getting serious with photography in '98 during a hiatus from being the artistic/managing director of Beyond the Proscenium Productions.
Hi Michael,
Another timely post... Thank you!
I've always loved my photographic practice but over the past few years have integrated more mediums into my practice including drawing and sculptural "constructions" as a I call them. This has been an enlightening experience for both my work and myself specifically. It is sometimes difficult to make these pieces that fall outside my comfort zone of photography but in the end—when finished—make me just a bit more satisfied, most likely because it took a little bit more effort to get started.
With that said I have some dedicated time this week for myself and wanted to again work outside my comfort zone—so I made my way to the Japanese paper shop Hiromi Paper here in Culver City for the first time to see if anything inspired me. And wouldn't you know it, I found some wonderful handmade paper that I will use to integrate into my project "Longing for Amelia—The Historical and Mythological Landscape" about Amelia Earhart. I was thinking that maybe I'd be working with some alternative process photography type things this week but the alternative process will be watercolors and handmade paper.
Cheers to those bold new steps in 2022.
Happy New Year!
Matthew Arnold
I'm a new person here, but interesting that we have a shared background. I was a modern dancer in the 70s and got into theatre in Colorado and Boston and after leaving radio news in the late 80s went into PR consulting and then started a theatre company in Sacramento CA in '94 and took an original show to the Edinburgh Fringe in '96 - "Dancing with Desire: a Poetic Fandango with the Erotic and the Bawdy." I finally started getting serious with photography in '98 during a hiatus from being the artistic/managing director of Beyond the Proscenium Productions.
Now I mix all the media that I can ; ~ D
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Always interesting, insightful, and never predictable.
Thank you Michael Foley!