5.07.2009
David Proctor 1970-2009
Yesterday, I learned the sad news that my former boyfriend David passed away this past weekend. It is very sad. It has been many years since I saw him last but I have strong memories of the time we were together. I want to share some photos that I made of him while we were together. These images are from 1994-1996. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
5.06.2009
Contemporary Portraiture with Doug DuBois and Richard Renaldi
Thursday, May 7, 2009
5:00 pm
Affordable Art Fair
7 West 34th Street
Lecture Hall
New York, New York
(212) 255-2003
Lesley A. Martin, Publisher of Aperture's book program, will present artists Doug DuBois and Richard Renaldi, who will speak about their respective bodies of work and how they fit into the broader context of portraiture in contemporary photography.
Doug DuBois: All the Days and Nights (Aperture, 2009) resonates with emotional immediacy, offering a potent examination of family relations and what it means to subject personal relationships to the unblinking eye of the camera. Doug DuBois began photographing his family in 1984, prior to his father's near-fatal fall from a commuter train and his mother's subsequent breakdown and hospitalizations. More than twenty years later, DuBois's project has developed in remarkable ways. Each photograph is rich with color, nuanced gestures and glances enveloping the viewer in a multivalent, emotionally tense world.
Richard Renaldi is a photographer in search of the brief encounter—that fleeting moment when a stranger opens his life to him and, consequently, to the viewer. His trust in the descriptive and empathic abilities of the camera verges on that of his nineteenth–and early-twentieth-century predecessors. His first monograph, Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), presents portraits and landscapes taken from coast to coast, across the United States. They form a collective portrait of a population and nation going through a process of diversification that has already dramatically enlarged the notion of what defines Middle America. In Renaldi's second monograph, Fall River Boys (Charles Lane Press, 2009), an extraordinary body of images—both portraits and landscapes—is gathered for the first time. The resulting photographs, made over the course of nine years, are not brief encounters. Renaldi's quiet gaze considers his subjects with neither judgment nor irony. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of a city where young men grow into manhood surrounded by a landscape of idyllic natural beauty, frayed at the margins by darkened relics of an industrial past.
5:00 pm
Affordable Art Fair
7 West 34th Street
Lecture Hall
New York, New York
(212) 255-2003
Lesley A. Martin, Publisher of Aperture's book program, will present artists Doug DuBois and Richard Renaldi, who will speak about their respective bodies of work and how they fit into the broader context of portraiture in contemporary photography.
Doug DuBois: All the Days and Nights (Aperture, 2009) resonates with emotional immediacy, offering a potent examination of family relations and what it means to subject personal relationships to the unblinking eye of the camera. Doug DuBois began photographing his family in 1984, prior to his father's near-fatal fall from a commuter train and his mother's subsequent breakdown and hospitalizations. More than twenty years later, DuBois's project has developed in remarkable ways. Each photograph is rich with color, nuanced gestures and glances enveloping the viewer in a multivalent, emotionally tense world.
Richard Renaldi is a photographer in search of the brief encounter—that fleeting moment when a stranger opens his life to him and, consequently, to the viewer. His trust in the descriptive and empathic abilities of the camera verges on that of his nineteenth–and early-twentieth-century predecessors. His first monograph, Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), presents portraits and landscapes taken from coast to coast, across the United States. They form a collective portrait of a population and nation going through a process of diversification that has already dramatically enlarged the notion of what defines Middle America. In Renaldi's second monograph, Fall River Boys (Charles Lane Press, 2009), an extraordinary body of images—both portraits and landscapes—is gathered for the first time. The resulting photographs, made over the course of nine years, are not brief encounters. Renaldi's quiet gaze considers his subjects with neither judgment nor irony. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of a city where young men grow into manhood surrounded by a landscape of idyllic natural beauty, frayed at the margins by darkened relics of an industrial past.
5.03.2009
Teaching at ICP this summer
The Large Format Portrait
Instructor: Richard Renaldi
Dates: One-Week Workshop
7/13/09 - 7/17/09
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Meeting Times: Monday-Friday: 10 am-5 pm
Code: 09MVC18
Course Description
In this fun, one-week course, students become familiar with large-format view cameras through demonstrations with the instructor`s own 8x10 camera and an assignment using the School`s 4x5 cameras. The class reviews and discusses the work of large-format photographers and covers a variety of technical information. Students create a small, strong portfolio of portraits during the week with a final review on the last day of class. Emphasis is on photographing strangers and unfamiliar subjects. PREREQUISITE: Photo III or portfolio review
$620.00 | Members $595.00
Materials: $30.00
Registration Fee: $30.00
By Mail or Fax: Print Registration Form
By Phone: 212-857-0001
Instructor: Richard Renaldi
Dates: One-Week Workshop
7/13/09 - 7/17/09
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Meeting Times: Monday-Friday: 10 am-5 pm
Code: 09MVC18
Course Description
In this fun, one-week course, students become familiar with large-format view cameras through demonstrations with the instructor`s own 8x10 camera and an assignment using the School`s 4x5 cameras. The class reviews and discusses the work of large-format photographers and covers a variety of technical information. Students create a small, strong portfolio of portraits during the week with a final review on the last day of class. Emphasis is on photographing strangers and unfamiliar subjects. PREREQUISITE: Photo III or portfolio review
$620.00 | Members $595.00
Materials: $30.00
Registration Fee: $30.00
By Mail or Fax: Print Registration Form
By Phone: 212-857-0001
5.01.2009
4.30.2009
Valentino: the last emperor
Is a fabulous documentary about Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani and his long time partner, Giancarlo Giammetti. The movie is quite touching and highlights a classic designers unwillingness to back down from his artistic principles in the face of pressure from corporate investors who see things only in terms of dollar signs. He certainly lived an extravagant and excessive life and justified it by saying that for the good of his brand he needed to perpetuate the fantasy that consumers of his designs could have a piece of it. Nevertheless a strong film.
4.28.2009
4.27.2009
Fall River - a subject in the NY Times today
I'm certain the times picked up this story due to the pandemonium surrounding Fall River Boys.
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
4.21.2009
4.15.2009
Seth & Richard by George Towne
I saw the painting today that my friend George Towne recently finished of Seth & I today. Seth & I are very happy with it. George is a great painter and I am so happy to have been his subject. Here are a couple photos I took of George today and the painting.
You can see more of his work here.
George
You can see more of his work here.
George
4.14.2009
Doug DuBois: All the Days and Nights
Hats off to Aperture for bringing this touching project and insightful work by photographer Doug Dubois to light.
All the Days and Nights spans almost twenty years of Doug photographing his family-since 1984 and the pains and trials that
befell them. Doug's documents with the respect and passion of a loving son the aftermath of his dad's fall from a commuter train and his mother’s subsequent breakdown and hospitalizations. The book is beautifully designed and edited and for me particularly resonates at a time when my family is experiencing so much sorrow in regards to my own ill mom. I thank Doug and his family for sharing this with us and appreciate the importance of affirming the painful moments of our lives. Aside from the more emotionally raw images All the Days and Nights contains many quiet lovely images.
All the Days and Nights spans almost twenty years of Doug photographing his family-since 1984 and the pains and trials that
befell them. Doug's documents with the respect and passion of a loving son the aftermath of his dad's fall from a commuter train and his mother’s subsequent breakdown and hospitalizations. The book is beautifully designed and edited and for me particularly resonates at a time when my family is experiencing so much sorrow in regards to my own ill mom. I thank Doug and his family for sharing this with us and appreciate the importance of affirming the painful moments of our lives. Aside from the more emotionally raw images All the Days and Nights contains many quiet lovely images.
4.10.2009
4.09.2009
4.08.2009
Illness and Photography
I've been home in Chicago the past week visiting my mother in the hospital who has been through a tough time suffering from a slipped disc and a stroke. I brought my camera with me to the hospital mostly out of both habit and instinct. When I was there and saw through my own eyes how fragile and close to the edge my mother was and how emotional me and my siblings were I did question whether I should make any photographs in this situation. I thought about it and it felt right for me - that the camera was for me a way of extending and documenting my emotional state. The next day when my other sister was in the hospital room and noticed that I had my camera she became angry with me as she considered that my mother would never want to see herself in that condition. This naturally caused some tension between my sister and myself and I was not inclined to fight for this given the support we were all there to give each other. For me though this does raise some serious questions. Did I have a right to photograph my sick mother when she was weakened and unaware of my camera? Was the experience that I was going through in the hospital those three days mine to capture however I choose? If I were a writer and wrote a story or in my journal about that experience would my sister have that same defensive reaction?
Mom
Mom
4.05.2009
On My Way - through the airport...
My former producer from the Microsoft campaign and friend Mary passed through the airport in Brussels and she
saw this lightbox display of the On My Way photographs I shot in 2007-2008. I think it looks really nice presented this way.
saw this lightbox display of the On My Way photographs I shot in 2007-2008. I think it looks really nice presented this way.
4.04.2009
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