tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40295691058405292382024-03-18T21:29:56.174-07:00ETSU Photo NewsTema Staufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120940377949689720noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-40492874390149928392024-02-15T05:51:00.000-08:002024-02-15T05:53:44.107-08:00"Reclamation: The Coal Fields of Virginia" by MFA candidate Brad Owens at Tipton Gallery <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbL8yhg4MCQS9prqRs2AI9YXvN_CQw8lQQhrdaqYczWCQ42aKlV6jMxuqHtRXCKrrVV0cKEgkNx4bEo_4oc5w1_yc2SsHIXMg5FzfSM_M_4nsC3W1vJ3P-HMOKUyGnDzD7e5IuryxryW1x70h9TrTN39pwoh-fzDnIb1FhU8kjY-_N4AkY7KGKqo1SLs/s1915/Reclamation_Install%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="1915" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbL8yhg4MCQS9prqRs2AI9YXvN_CQw8lQQhrdaqYczWCQ42aKlV6jMxuqHtRXCKrrVV0cKEgkNx4bEo_4oc5w1_yc2SsHIXMg5FzfSM_M_4nsC3W1vJ3P-HMOKUyGnDzD7e5IuryxryW1x70h9TrTN39pwoh-fzDnIb1FhU8kjY-_N4AkY7KGKqo1SLs/w640-h426/Reclamation_Install%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Reclamation: Towns of the Virginia Coalfields, </i>an MFA thesis exhibit of nineteen color photographs by Brad Owens, is on view at Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City through Feb. 23, 2024 with a reception on Friday, Feb. 16 from 6-8pm. <p></p>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-73418827769864827112023-04-24T07:52:00.001-07:002023-04-24T07:53:40.136-07:00Contemporary Photographer Series - Joshua Brinlee<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{167}" paraid="1978680289" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WrMqoH6xc0sZ8vuhGto-YUyPeY48gVpRh4qCQTNehr-FgZl3mU_nk3vtqEd1-yv0f8yg6FUAHY2UWbhC6Tekjz73LZ5QUN4WDmlLShMURC5Yh49Mjy5tTB4W_syRuKBIlj48gkFFHV_kN5mybKUdngPlOueAluiK1ZfZreEflWd8WowOBbhNI14M/s1262/Self-Portrait%20as%20Cruiser,%202017%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1262" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WrMqoH6xc0sZ8vuhGto-YUyPeY48gVpRh4qCQTNehr-FgZl3mU_nk3vtqEd1-yv0f8yg6FUAHY2UWbhC6Tekjz73LZ5QUN4WDmlLShMURC5Yh49Mjy5tTB4W_syRuKBIlj48gkFFHV_kN5mybKUdngPlOueAluiK1ZfZreEflWd8WowOBbhNI14M/w640-h512/Self-Portrait%20as%20Cruiser,%202017%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Joshua Brinlee, Self-Portrait as Cruiser, 2017</span></div></span><p></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{167}" paraid="1978680289" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{167}" paraid="1978680289" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Memphis, TN. He received his BFA and MFA from Memphis College of Art in Studio Art. Josh holds the position of Associate Professor of Foundations at the University of Mississippi. He employs digital and analog techniques to create his self-portraits. His work explores concepts of gender, identity, originality, and authenticity through self-portraiture.</span><span class="EOP SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{173}" paraid="493418538" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{177}" paraid="1594174620" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><b>ETSU MFA Studio Arts Candidate, Annie Hutchins: </b></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Hi, Josh. Thank you so much for doing this! To start, what are some of the inspirations behind your work?</span><span class="EOP SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{195}" paraid="2064189562" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: Within my work, being LGBTQ queer in the South, I feel as if my voice is not always heard. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I utilize self-portraiture, even though I hate pictures of myself, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">as a way to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> communicate my views or thoughts on masculinity and my position.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By using myself, I </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122610768 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">am able </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> work with a readily available subject.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> In my work, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I've</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> been dealing more with these satirical moments of human behavior where </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> taking on these characters based on reality, </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: var(--urlAdvancedProofingIssueV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">off of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> social media, daily news, and just random everyday moments. For me, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> just another way to use my voice. I feel like </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> easier to talk about complicated subjects through humor and satire, and it becomes a little bit more digestible. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW122610768 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{199}" paraid="613886446" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Joshua Brinlee, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW97076005 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97076005 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Self-Portrait as Good </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97076005 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{223}" paraid="421858708" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Annie</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Hutchins</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: Who are you looking at artist-wise?</span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{233}" paraid="1032238660" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{237}" paraid="1946885587" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: My go-to is always Cindy Sherman. </span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cindy Sherman uses herself as her subject because </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">she's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> there. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> there. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> here. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> constructing. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Granted, she doesn't recognize them as self-portraits, but they are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">more or less kind</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> of caricatures.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> With my work, they start to become that. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> also interjecting my own personal views into them. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yeah</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> also the idea of being able to dress up and play a role or character, but that character </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">isn't</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> good all the time. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> just like actors. That they play a role, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">yeah</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, they can be very problematic or amazing. But for me</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, ultimately, it</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> is just another outlet or a way to use my voice and speak </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> issues that are important to me.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{ecc38f07-15fe-44e8-8a7f-e6e3b2cef26b}{255}" paraid="216390329" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{10}" paraid="1947103565" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Annie</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Hutchins</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: So, about your newer work. Has it been a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">significant change</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> for you? You previously worked with analog projections, and now, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">you're</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> working with digital compositions. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{24}" paraid="739995418" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{28}" paraid="864161974" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: No, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> just a new direction. My series </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">change</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">pretty regularly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm not interested in creating the same photos </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">over and over again</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, so that's why I work in series so that I can work with it as long as I need to.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> I can also put one project aside and start something else if my interest shifts. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> good for your brain to have different things to work on, at least for me. Also, it helps me to give myself a break from a project and come back to it with a fresh perspective. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{44}" paraid="533196521" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Annie</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Hutchins</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: You started this around 2019 to 2020, correct?</span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{58}" paraid="787024581" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{62}" paraid="1028583564" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yeah</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, it was sometime around there. I </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">can't</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> remember exactly when I started messing around with them, and I </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">didn't</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> know what would happen </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> them or where they would go. I got to a point where when I was making them, I felt something. Like you know when </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">you're</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> doing something you like, and I felt too. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">With art, we as artists always feel like our work </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">has to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> be this serious thing all the time, and I'm a very humorous person.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> I like to tell jokes and laugh and have </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a good time</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. I feel like this work embodies myself through conversations on issues that concern me or shed light on issues while also adding a satirical edge to my thoughts. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{62}" paraid="1028583564" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{62}" paraid="1028583564" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">Joshua Brinlee, Self-Portrait as Armed and Ready for the New Year, 2022</span></div></span><p></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{74}" paraid="409928078" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Annie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Hutchins</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: What is your process for creating the images?</span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{90}" paraid="1685521666" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{94}" paraid="1158152872" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: I like taking images you would see on Google or some other search engine and taking them and making them my own.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> I do </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">appropriate imagery</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> proudly. I do not buy stock images. I take segments and pieces from Google searches. I do fully recognize that I call these digital collages, but they take on a surrealist aspect. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> not interested in that part of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNXB4IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjNweCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUgMyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj4KICAgIDwhLS0gR2VuZXJhdG9yOiBTa2V0Y2ggNTUuMiAoNzgxODEpIC0gaHR0cHM6Ly9za2V0Y2hhcHAuY29tIC0tPgogICAgPHRpdGxlPmdyYW1tYXJfZG91YmxlX2xpbmU8L3RpdGxlPgogICAgPGRlc2M+Q3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIFNrZXRjaC48L2Rlc2M+CiAgICA8ZyBpZD0iZ3JhbW1hcl9kb3VibGVfbGluZSIgc3Ryb2tlPSJub25lIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjEiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlLWxpbmVjYXA9InJvdW5kIj4KICAgICAgICA8ZyBpZD0iR3JhbW1hci1UaWxlLUNvcHkiIHN0cm9rZT0iIzMzNTVGRiI+CiAgICAgICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wLDAuNSBMNSwwLjUiIGlkPSJMaW5lLTItQ29weS0xMCI+PC9wYXRoPgogICAgICAgICAgICA8cGF0aCBkPSJNMCwyLjUgTDUsMi41IiBpZD0iTGluZS0yLUNvcHktMTEiPjwvcGF0aD4KICAgICAgICA8L2c+CiAgICA8L2c+Cjwvc3ZnPg==")); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">collage</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> where it becomes a juxtaposition of elements and different ideas. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It's more like free association, where you're dealing with </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">particular imagery</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> that can be positioned in different ways.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> It takes on various ideas that are more dream-like paradoxes, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> more interested in these collages that have been more constructed and trying to make them seamless. However, at the same time, I want the viewer to know that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">they're</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> constructed, so </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> trying to find a balance between them.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; 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clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{114}" paraid="694138737" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Annie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Hutchins</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: I want to circle back to something you mentioned earlier. You were talking about how your new work has more of a satirical or humorous way of looking at these topics. Could you elaborate more on that?</span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{126}" paraid="1477264816" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{130}" paraid="272060518" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yeah</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, absolutely! I was looking at old political cartoons where </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">they're</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">basically critiquing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> society through these exaggerated characters. After that, I analyzed the characters in shows like </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Saturday Night Live</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, and they got me </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">very interested</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> in satire as parody. Where I go from here with that, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> open. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> excited about where they could go. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I've</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> had a lot of success with them, not that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> important. While yes, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> important to me, just being able to make the work and having the opportunity to display it is exciting also. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I've</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> gotten into some solid exhibitions and am just excited about the work. It feels great working on a series </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> not tired of yet. This is a huge thing because normally, by now, I would be tired of a series, but this one is only expanding more.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{148}" paraid="1603089387" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Annie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Hutchins</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">: Where are you hoping to see this work go in the future?</span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{168}" paraid="195947833" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{172}" paraid="1715609135" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Joshua Brinlee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> working on a piece now inspired by a book by T.J. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Klune</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> an LGBTQ writer I really enjoy. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I've</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> also been creating these Renaissance fair characters that I call Pleasure fair. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm touching on a lot of topics right now, but I'm </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">really happy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> with the direction of the teacher and the abortion images.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> I want to start focusing on more important conversations, like </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">school shootings, drag queens, and book burnings. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I'm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> fascinated and horrified at examining the cyclical nature of history.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW246879263 BCX4" paraeid="{117254ee-57a7-4e09-8068-5af8182ac3fc}{190}" paraid="1822732850" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246879263 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246879263 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p></div></div>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-60981523905955363052023-04-23T16:11:00.009-07:002023-04-24T07:53:05.091-07:00Contemporary Photographer Series - Parker Day <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4Rgpsmp-dIsex49iagVObb9hD4mmlj-dxsigso0quStgWhx3KxmKyMvXigc6iVSO9ZAB9GhUuZwLRIcNLVZSIFfKKZiFEUARUDQb4_7DwlAVA78_y6Di_ANtXK89CQzvy25Ef8wzTiYZYt_OZs7kuQH0X4oDFmnIkwbv0wjhv_YhbMSn9qcT1dXq/s1800/Parker%20Day,%20I%20can%20be%20your%20angel%20I%20can%20be%20your%20devil,%202017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4Rgpsmp-dIsex49iagVObb9hD4mmlj-dxsigso0quStgWhx3KxmKyMvXigc6iVSO9ZAB9GhUuZwLRIcNLVZSIFfKKZiFEUARUDQb4_7DwlAVA78_y6Di_ANtXK89CQzvy25Ef8wzTiYZYt_OZs7kuQH0X4oDFmnIkwbv0wjhv_YhbMSn9qcT1dXq/w640-h426/Parker%20Day,%20I%20can%20be%20your%20angel%20I%20can%20be%20your%20devil,%202017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker Day, I can be your angel I can be your devil, 2017 </span></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">MFA Studio Arts Candidate, </span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Delaney</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Rogers:</span></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi, everyone! This is Parker Day with me, she is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, and she's known for her portraits, exploring identity with bright colors, exaggerated <span lang="FR">expressions</span> and with lots of makeup and dress involved. So thank you for joining me Parker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day:</b> Yes. happy to be here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers:</b> So you shoot with film. Right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>I do. Yeah, I shoot exclusively with film, mostly 35 mm. Every now and again I will dabble with medium format. Generally to my taste medium format just looks too much like digital, you get too much resolution and I like a bit of grit and grain and I like things to be kind of obfuscated by the grain. You know, I don't I don't need like smooth perfection that you get with medium format or contemporary digital cameras. 35 mm has more of a nostalgic quality to it, since it's associated with a snapshot photos from days of yore and and I like that kind of sort of nostalgic cast off kind of vibe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RPaJ41_GZaL9PiX7bC72QPNNeUMEsqLHLGSftCx4gJvO-uT_g9_CwvGtvHVhlw6pHL7lJggSDAC14sy6W_n2KAOXQv48joYWc9uIEvBh6OhLK-vTz56qiNITBt3tHC97kXXcl0dxpKmTL2JK50RkM7GV_KacCfXcC3HCFdBnLpArYKG-knWgBfIZ/s1800/Parker%20Day,%20Bunny,%202016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RPaJ41_GZaL9PiX7bC72QPNNeUMEsqLHLGSftCx4gJvO-uT_g9_CwvGtvHVhlw6pHL7lJggSDAC14sy6W_n2KAOXQv48joYWc9uIEvBh6OhLK-vTz56qiNITBt3tHC97kXXcl0dxpKmTL2JK50RkM7GV_KacCfXcC3HCFdBnLpArYKG-knWgBfIZ/w266-h400/Parker%20Day,%20Bunny,%202016.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"> Parker Day, Bunny, 2016</span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-size: 11pt;">Delaney Rogers:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Yeah, I mean, you get such amazing like exposure and color, and like even the light effects. I'm like amazed that these aren't edited images.</span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>Yeah, I just got my my secret sauce worked out with the lighting the film, and then my scanner and the scanning software because I'll sometimes do some tweaks in light room mostly, and not so much photoshop, but generally it's just in the the view scan software that i’m dialing it in. My scanner is like a 20-25 year old scanner. It's just I really like this specific scanner. I've bought so many of them because they break. And then you know, you'd live in fear that the one you're working with currently is going to break. So you got a backup. They don't they don't make them like that anymore. I don't like the the current scanners on the the market that I've tried.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers:</b> What does your process look like when you're setting up your images? I know you have this tableau layout. How do you select your props and your environment?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day:</b> So most people like know me for my icons body of work, which is the like very colorful studio portraits with the problems and the costuming and all that. So I'm working on a series right now in a very similar vein. It’s going to be 1,000 final photos. It’ll be an NFT collection. So that's why it has like this great breadth and it is structured so that I have 100 characters and they each perform 10 different emotions, and each emotion has a different prop and different background. So the props in this series are repeated across the characters. When the final NFT collection comes out, you'll be able to sort through the 1,000 images by the props by the character types, by background stuff like that. This series has been a fun mix and match with the props and the people and the background like I have a a big shelf just full of props that I grab. Me and my assistant like plan out ahead of time this emotion is going to go with this prop. If the emotion is horny, maybe I’ll do red and black whip, or if it's a sad, i'll pick like this really pathetic looking stuffed animal that's 70 years old and has an eye falling off. Especially with this series of trying to like augment that emotion we select and consider how it corresponds with the character in their costuming. Sometimes a prop will have nothing literally to do with the character but just through the association it'll feel like the prop has some kind of like magical symbolism, it like it's infused with the energy from the character and the model. I kinda like when the prop is a non sequitur because then when you're viewing the photo, it's like you feel like it has some significance so maybe you insert that in there and I think that then the power of it is put in by the viewer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4PpvbPb31d9tkxOy6K9LBnTJU81-JTGn2MZhbVZ8qDKZqWJrITu6PxhwsXdzQrWvoOMHSl5Zds2hU6LijWOFWIsa0_CmyHbhExieXJJW3QUuVePkb4CNKhahq3Wc9KBhdYp0dpmZtw7d33jX8YmzTi2VD8iANpFjye2OOVJufyy7UJZPtMuBrYSN/s1800/Parker%20Day,%20Glow,%202016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4PpvbPb31d9tkxOy6K9LBnTJU81-JTGn2MZhbVZ8qDKZqWJrITu6PxhwsXdzQrWvoOMHSl5Zds2hU6LijWOFWIsa0_CmyHbhExieXJJW3QUuVePkb4CNKhahq3Wc9KBhdYp0dpmZtw7d33jX8YmzTi2VD8iANpFjye2OOVJufyy7UJZPtMuBrYSN/w266-h400/Parker%20Day,%20Glow,%202016.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Parker Day, Glow, 2016 </span></div></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Delaney Rogers: </b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Yeah. Well, symbols are so like malleable in their meaning like how our identity is malleable in that way, right?</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day:</b> For sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers: </b>So I was gonna ask you about your models, who is modeling for you and how do you source that? Because you have such a diversity, from what I've seen in your work, of different people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker Day: Yeah. So I like to pick expressive people, people who are comfortable with who they are. I don't generally do that well with “<span lang="DA">models</span>”, because models have a sort of prescribed way of acting in front of a camera. They're like, okay, this is this is my pretty face, my sexy face, you know they just go through their thing like I want people who just who are, whose emotions are right there on the surface, and who aren’t thinking about how they're seeing they're just present. That's that's what I look for and it’s not always easy to find. I'm doing my casting on Instagram, so i'm scrolling through posts and trying to get a sense for who the person is. I want them to be able to play with me, doing a shoot i<span lang="PT">s fun</span>, it’s exploring identity and emotion and you gotta bring a sense of play to not be self-conscious.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers: </b>Well, my next question has to do with that, how much are you posing them, or adding to their costume, and how much of it is kind of like you letting them kind of play for the camera?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>I'm gonna keep talking about series I’ve been working on because that's freshest in my mind. The series is tentatively called “FUN!”. So with this series I'm doing 99% of the costuming, I pick the model I conceive of the character for them. I pick out the costuming, and then I have a makeup artist that helps bring it to life. I do a lot of directing, we’ll pick out the emotions that we're gonna perform. I'll direct them, but I love it when I get someone who's just got some acting chops, they've got a flare for the dramatic. I hope they'll just go there, I tell them bring the melodrama. Give me over the top telenovela cheese.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_XCjnYtWTZWeIkzAEBOcmdTuClffAcIaA8BG5FjRLodiyKpUEIdZhQKBASWQQRzlx-eEWjV9Ar5l2dItPi-XUujDTcAJ4hrsqvJ_Isn0xwpo2FRnf1o0luX0S3nMKIVUXjQ-dVoAPzYsC-lx_1Ed0X0wi4OnWk_o9aPUabsk2G3r0cloUdNwKsQr/s1800/Parker%20Day,%20The%20Female%20Gaze,%202016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_XCjnYtWTZWeIkzAEBOcmdTuClffAcIaA8BG5FjRLodiyKpUEIdZhQKBASWQQRzlx-eEWjV9Ar5l2dItPi-XUujDTcAJ4hrsqvJ_Isn0xwpo2FRnf1o0luX0S3nMKIVUXjQ-dVoAPzYsC-lx_1Ed0X0wi4OnWk_o9aPUabsk2G3r0cloUdNwKsQr/w266-h400/Parker%20Day,%20The%20Female%20Gaze,%202016.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Parker Day, The Female Gaze, 2016</span></div></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Delaney Rogers:</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"> I think you've said this in other interviews that you feel like the fantasy </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">aspect</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">, the over acting of it adds more realism, right?</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>What I've found is that people seem to identify more with the more cartoony characters and portrayals. I think that's because those photos, and those characters are in a more symbolic space rather than the space of it being just a straight portrait. When you look at the straight portrait of someone it's about that person. If you've got like the the green skinned lady with the the eyeballs popping out and like bloody smile like that in the realm of symbolic, that's not about the model.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers: </b>Could you explain a little bit about the concept behind the work and and how this identity exploration is happening, and kind of what you want it to say to your audience?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>Throughout all my work thus far, I'm interested in identity and how it’s performed and perceived, and our ability to change that through our costuming, gestures and <span lang="FR">expressions.</span> I hope people recognize the power they have to take control of their identity, and how they exist in the world. I think people are very unconscious of a lot of power they have in different aspects of life, and every day we get dressed and that's an opportunity to tap into how you want to feel and how you want to be seen and exist in the world. It's a small thing that I think is really powerful. I love clothes and transformation, I always have since I was a little girl playing dress up. I dyed my hair like a natural color from hot pink because I feel more like I want to be perceived as more grown up or more mature at this moment, and that's something that I can take control over. For my photos I always say that they’re characters, right? And they are, but they’re infused with the energy of the model and me. I always think the model, and I are making this third thing that's an expression of both of us that, hopefully, the viewer can see something of themselves in. I think we all have so much potential in us that goes unrealized. I think it's important for us to kind of tap into the fullness of our being, and see ourselves and others, and explore who we are, and to not take it so seriously. I might just speak to that for a minute, because I've been shooting in this vein, thinking about the malleability of identity since, 2015, 2016, and identity has become such a hot topic in that time. I think that's great in so many ways that we are having <span lang="FR">conversations</span> in the culture about identity expression. Sometimes I feel like people just take it too seriously and start to cling to an identity. It may be like a new identity for them, or an identity that’s shunned in society. and I get that, however, I don't think it's a good idea to ever cling to any identity too tightly because there’s only pain in that kind of ego identification. Because the ego isn't who you are, it's the character you're playing. I think peace and happiness is found in identifying with what transcends the ego. I'm all about the character and the play of forms of ego identities, but what i'm really interested in is what behind all of that, what's behind those masks. That's why I do these series where there's so many different characters, so many different models, but they're all shot in very much the same way because I want to equate these disparate ego identities. They all have so much force of presence, there's a lot of life force energy coming through all these different masks, and that's what it's really all about, that's where we're all connected, and that's what gives life to all these different forms. So don't get stuck on the surface. Don’t, I believe that that's all you are, have fun with it, but know you're so much more. That's my preach moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L6pg8O_IWtoIJz2QTOZNL69BJrXPOFmd7k3-ORa0ky23_UEQIQSoGf_phZxKIUwNYnhvy63D6Puelc8XVM_3rtWSylz_aJQfhM7wb1Bo0nUvhd45i9EX_TsHWMPQ0IIbp016dlUGLeo7C7wnW4ayGNDZAFHiT5M21IOzolBoeo3tQRYLVmV70Dnk/s1800/Parker%20Day,%20Daddy,%202017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L6pg8O_IWtoIJz2QTOZNL69BJrXPOFmd7k3-ORa0ky23_UEQIQSoGf_phZxKIUwNYnhvy63D6Puelc8XVM_3rtWSylz_aJQfhM7wb1Bo0nUvhd45i9EX_TsHWMPQ0IIbp016dlUGLeo7C7wnW4ayGNDZAFHiT5M21IOzolBoeo3tQRYLVmV70Dnk/w400-h266/Parker%20Day,%20Daddy,%202017.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Parker Day, Daddy, 2017 </span></div></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Delaney Rogers:</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"> Thank you, I appreciate it. Okay. So you're kind of blending this kind of fantasy, reality, ego with the attraction and repulsion of this in your face maximalist image. How do you find yourself navigating the balance between that attraction and discomfort? Do you personally embrace that kind of maximalism while using it as a tool to create that kind of tension for your audience?</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day:</b> I think getting the viewer into that space of attraction and aversion simultaneously is really potent. I love that, because if you’re attracted something, but at the same time kind of grossed out with yourself for being attracted to it, then it makes you question what's going on? What's pulling you in and pushing you away at the same time? I like that feeling of uncertainty and <span lang="IT">questioning.</span> Because pretty things are boring, it can’t be just pretty. You’ve got to have some warts, whiskers, and messiness in there too. It’s all about the contrast. That’s something I consciously conjure up. My favorite photos often are the more grotesque ones and certainly not everyone’s cup of tea but it seems like the people who really like my photos really get excited about those ones, too, rather than the just like “Oh, that's nice” kind of photos that are more palatable. Yeah, I want a little bitter in my sweet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers: </b>Alright, l<span lang="FR">ast question.</span> Are there artists that you're looking at, that you would recommend looking at it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>Oh, yeah. So I love Moni Hawworth. I like Petra Collins. I love Pieter Hugo. This one photographer I love Charlie White did this series called <i>Understanding Joshua </i>and I just think it’s the best thing ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Delaney Rogers: </b>Well, thank you so much for for meeting with me today. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Parker Day: </b>Super fun. Thank you for letting me talk about myself. It's nice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p></div>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-18024738681798239612023-01-20T14:14:00.007-08:002023-01-20T14:18:53.389-08:00Associate Professor Tema Stauffer's SOUTHERN FICTION Exhibition at ETSU's Reece Museum <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-nKAbrdMGXzQ5pLhGP2ssUsEVbIzFfbsFnIo3REPz1KcQesVUPWpIjfjXhxs73jZgqiEehry4-sW3tFJ8c7SWYTTm53_qpRg6dWuFMn7YqYj51xynVTIRclce1vlSFm1r7EHILPj0bg_Oot6XSCjxD9IXnhfzIc_vwhEczaRQkbR7giK0Ve0wCWA/s1000/01_SF_ReeceMuseum_23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-nKAbrdMGXzQ5pLhGP2ssUsEVbIzFfbsFnIo3REPz1KcQesVUPWpIjfjXhxs73jZgqiEehry4-sW3tFJ8c7SWYTTm53_qpRg6dWuFMn7YqYj51xynVTIRclce1vlSFm1r7EHILPj0bg_Oot6XSCjxD9IXnhfzIc_vwhEczaRQkbR7giK0Ve0wCWA/w640-h480/01_SF_ReeceMuseum_23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><i>Southern Fiction</i>, an exhibition of photographs by East Tennessee State University photography professor Tema Stauffer, is now open to the public at the Reece Museum</span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">. The exhibition is on display through <strong>March 1</strong>. A reception will be held on <strong>Thursday, February 2, from 5-7 p.m.</strong> The museum will also be open for special weekend hours on Saturday, <strong>February 4, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.</strong></span><span style="color: #011e42; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><i>Southern Fiction</i> explores the history of the American South using its literary tradition as a road map, focusing on environments that have shaped the imaginations of 20th-century Southern writers during their formative years or throughout the course of their lives and careers. The images portray domestic settings, vernacular architecture, and rural landscapes that visually resonate with the history, culture, and atmosphere of the Deep South.</span></div><p></p>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-19553499157891026022022-02-15T12:44:00.007-08:002022-02-15T12:47:24.855-08:00Hannah Taylor's Thesis Exhibition "Blue-Collar Backroads" at Tipton Gallery <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDWsQsl_8k77OD469ikiqn5I0wCLM9SGoYtXDLs-6UCM25QD3ht9OSQR51n3bNPRbYpDA8PNBav1H7_sczrmJUKuocb733oBOs94cyImGVY0eSmj0biwlZuD0sEwmVgGetBwTpZBtjCdWD5-uOi7on3qUyl4f-W1l0jW5NfGMlfHfeYSQodmqpGJ_2=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDWsQsl_8k77OD469ikiqn5I0wCLM9SGoYtXDLs-6UCM25QD3ht9OSQR51n3bNPRbYpDA8PNBav1H7_sczrmJUKuocb733oBOs94cyImGVY0eSmj0biwlZuD0sEwmVgGetBwTpZBtjCdWD5-uOi7on3qUyl4f-W1l0jW5NfGMlfHfeYSQodmqpGJ_2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>MFA candidate Hannah Taylor's thesis exhibition, <i>Blue-Collar Backroads,</i> is on view at Tipton Gallery from February 1 - 18 with a closing reception on Friday, February 18 at 6pm. <i>Blue-Collar Backroads</i> is a documentation of the various states of growth and decay within rural Appalachian communities and the economic crisis that many blue-collar families are facing. Seventeen large-scale photographs explore the relationship between place and identity. </p>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-89801368780740648502021-11-17T15:53:00.008-08:002021-11-17T15:56:43.374-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4LJ7E2Hazn0j99twxKDXy0VZY3haUkC5H_mwB7_bXTBR02HC5uFJIUGmdDz10rx_ZU2yJF0wOgN_oVkhyphenhyphenXt8l1TjB-Tr-gGlKf0m4eFj-eYxtCTl1oeO2VxhTYnFDAm5y-8IwHlRkIo/s1000/Scott+Adams+Memorial+Park%252C+Kingsport+Tennessee%252C+16x20%252C+Archival+Inkjet+Print%252C+2020+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4LJ7E2Hazn0j99twxKDXy0VZY3haUkC5H_mwB7_bXTBR02HC5uFJIUGmdDz10rx_ZU2yJF0wOgN_oVkhyphenhyphenXt8l1TjB-Tr-gGlKf0m4eFj-eYxtCTl1oeO2VxhTYnFDAm5y-8IwHlRkIo/w516-h640/Scott+Adams+Memorial+Park%252C+Kingsport+Tennessee%252C+16x20%252C+Archival+Inkjet+Print%252C+2020+copy.jpg" title="Scott Adams Memorial Park, Kingsport" width="516" /></a></div><br />BFA senior Jarrod Holloway's thesis exhibition is on view at the Slocumb Galleries from November 15 - 23, 2021. <p></p><p>His photographic series,<i> <b>Chemical Cohabitation</b></i>, focuses on the town of Kingsport, Tennessee, where he grew up. The images expire the socio-economic impact of the multimillion-dollar chemical company, Eastman, which is central to the town - a chemical plant so large that it is virtually its own city. This chemical company has a significant impact on the people who live in the area: through these photos, her shows the difference between social class in the Tri-Cities and how Eastman defines the lives of those who live near or work in the chemical plant. The photographs examine the many different kinds of houses and how different communities coexist in such a small area. The images of houses and the factory show a division of class created by the hierarchy of Eastman's employees and their various jobs. Eastman has an impact on most people who lives in Kingsport - even if they do not work there, they might know someone who does, or even just drive by it every day. It also brings people from out of the area who travel for work; there is no way to come into Kingsport and avoid some type of interaction with Eastman. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU0tndxPEp_gwwv2uvyqeXyNZtMel7MyephDjf_1ADqgjXOoLyMBjpLfXPnTdBuT9ajnfVVl5LiYwVq7lHKfcVEnmu7zB6jdNgcVV1kFIkGNC0ar-tYsjyLZIMxxAE5wXPS2N4Z8AnN0/s1000/Across+The+River%252C+Kingsport+Tennessee%252C+17x22+Archival+Inkjet+Print%252C+2020+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="803" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU0tndxPEp_gwwv2uvyqeXyNZtMel7MyephDjf_1ADqgjXOoLyMBjpLfXPnTdBuT9ajnfVVl5LiYwVq7lHKfcVEnmu7zB6jdNgcVV1kFIkGNC0ar-tYsjyLZIMxxAE5wXPS2N4Z8AnN0/w514-h640/Across+The+River%252C+Kingsport+Tennessee%252C+17x22+Archival+Inkjet+Print%252C+2020+copy.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEEkVkcf6xkBQLbSi30igVRzcPPV3_PHnbl0pj_WeM8y8Sdq-2fq6kTe2XMyfZJxfDBFzDH7CA2_kaAahhHkau7dNn1ecUr7kATvo3pzNaH83-dXv77_O2i8R-5fPvUpWbHc0phumqE/s1000/01_WilliamFaulknersKitchenCurtains_RowanOak_Oxford_MS_2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEEkVkcf6xkBQLbSi30igVRzcPPV3_PHnbl0pj_WeM8y8Sdq-2fq6kTe2XMyfZJxfDBFzDH7CA2_kaAahhHkau7dNn1ecUr7kATvo3pzNaH83-dXv77_O2i8R-5fPvUpWbHc0phumqE/w640-h512/01_WilliamFaulknersKitchenCurtains_RowanOak_Oxford_MS_2018.jpg" title="William Faulkner's Kitchen Curtains, Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi, 2018" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>TEMA STAUFFER:</b><i> SOUTHERN FICTION</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">November 5 - December 23, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reception for the Artist: Friday, November 5, 6-8pm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracey Morgan Gallery is pleased to present a selection of large-format color photographs from Tema Stauffer's ongoing series, <i>Southern Fiction</i>. This is Stauffer's second solo exhibition with the gallery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Southern Fiction traces the literary landscape of the American South, investigating sites which were formative to canonical fiction writers of the region such as William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Alice Walker, and Flannery O'Connor, among others. An affinity for the works of these iconic writers has informed Stauffer's photographer practice, and her road trips through rural Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia are pilgrimages of sorts. Her resulting images capture a fascination with the beauty, mystery, and layered complexity of the South.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paramount to the works of many Southern writers is a strong sense of place, and Stauffer's photographs as well are imbued with this sensibility. The stillness and quiet grandeur of her images speak to belonging; old structures and automobiles are literally tethered to the earth, engulfed in foliage, while interior living spaces are carefully ordered and marked by permanence. There is an immovability to these photographs and the objects depicted therein, and they are charged with the weight of both the real and imagined histories they hold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tema Stauffer is a photographer whose work examines the social, political, and cultural landscape of American spaces. She is currently an Associate Professor of Photography at East Tennessee State University. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and institutions internationally. in 2018, Daylight Books published a monograph of her Upstate series portraying the lingering legacy of American industrial and agricultural history in and around Hudson, New York. The book was nominated for the Unveil'd Photobook Award 2018. The production of Southern Fiction received support from ETSU's Research Development Committee through a Small Grant Award in 2019 and a Major Grant Award in 2020. She is a recipient of a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship award for fiscal year 2022 toward completing the series. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-40147013006135345602021-04-06T02:57:00.004-07:002021-04-06T03:36:51.199-07:00William Arrowood's BFA Capstone Exhibition at the Reece Museum <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ml-wkB6qKcwW2Jnn6u1h1DN3GeCboEasDOVnpa-KvY2D4Sbi1SyOtwp0ar-3IKqvGscrgqhd40WTIfSrkh3o6Nam0JNTZys1FC4rZsf6uPMNc_zWWgXJCij8nqqX8w-X5JOK1spFPqA/s2000/01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ml-wkB6qKcwW2Jnn6u1h1DN3GeCboEasDOVnpa-KvY2D4Sbi1SyOtwp0ar-3IKqvGscrgqhd40WTIfSrkh3o6Nam0JNTZys1FC4rZsf6uPMNc_zWWgXJCij8nqqX8w-X5JOK1spFPqA/w400-h300/01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />William Arrowood's series of photographs, <i>Essential,</i> is on view in the Spring 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition at the Reece Museum from March 29 - April 30. <i>Essential</i> is a look into the home-improvement retail industry impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. William's series documents what retail workers struggled with on a daily basis, such as the enhanced safety measures, stock level issues, empty shelves, and social distancing. Being part of this business provided William an insider's view and greater accessibility to observe the trials of the retail environment during the pandemic. Throughout this project, William strives to create compelling images that show the extent of how these environments have changed and how the employees are coping in such times. William previously received a Presidential Purchase Award selection in the 2018 ETSU BFA Honor Show and will be graduating with his Bachelor of Fine Arts in May 2021. <br /><br /><p></p>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-22550610196387155072019-09-23T06:59:00.003-07:002019-09-23T06:59:59.012-07:00MFA Candidate Meg Roussos' Thesis Exhibition at Tipton Gallery <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Meg Roussos<br />
Tipton Gallery<br />
September 19 - October 4, 2019<br />
Closing Reception on Friday, October 4, 6-8pm<br />
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Tipton Gallery is excited to announce Meg Roussos' solo exhibition, B L A Z E, comprising four different series of work made over this past year. For their exhibition, Roussos uses the landscape as her backdrop and walking as the foundation to explore various experiences in the landscape from the highly personal to the social and technological.<br />
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Rousso' artistic practice is cultivated from personal experiences in the wilderness. She discovered that her artistic approach need to be physical. Her art requires trekking in the landscape, often alone in unideal conditions. She carries her camera, introduces human-made entities into the landscape, or methodically walks a hillside. Roussos works across multiple disciplines to allow her ideas to take form in photographic prints and artist books, documentation of land art, and videos.<br />
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The Tipton Gallery is located at 126 Spring St. Downtown Johnson City, TN. Events are free and open to the public. Open on Thursdays and Fridays, 5-7pm., first Fridays, receptions, and by appointment. For more info or to schedule a visit, call Slocumb Galleries director, Karlota Contreras-Koterby at 423-483-3179 or email contrera@etsu.eduETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-26681647850188781772019-04-04T03:50:00.003-07:002019-04-04T03:52:04.777-07:00Tema Stauffer's UPSTATE at Tracey Morgan Gallery <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tema Stauffer | UPSTATE<br />
Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC<br />
April 12 - May 25<br />
Reception for the artist: Friday, April 12, 6-8pm<br />
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ETSU's Assistant Professor of Photography, Tema Stauffer, exhibits a selection of photographs centered on the intersection of the social, historical, and ephemeral landscape of the Hudson River Valley. <i>UPSTATE</i> was recently published as a monograph with 33 color photographs by Daylight Books.ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-12117830603421093302019-03-25T09:06:00.001-07:002019-03-25T09:06:30.146-07:00MFA Candidate Jordan Whitten's Thesis Exhibition at Tipton Gallery <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">The ETSU Department of Art & Design and Slocumb Galleries present <i>The Boone Dam Project </i>exhibition by Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate Jordan Whitten from March 18 - March 29 at the Tipton </span>Gallery. The closing reception will take place on Friday, March 29 from 6-8pm. The exhibition consists of archival inkjet prints representing a three-year exploration of immediate and residual impacts made on the environment, economy and community affected by repairs being made to the Boone Dam that have resulted in lower lake levels since 2014. </div>
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Tipton Gallery is located at 126 Spring Street, Johnson City, TN. Gallery hours are Thursday and Fridays from 5 - 7pm, First Friday receptions, and by appointment. For more information, contact Slocumb Galleries Director Karlota Contreras-Koterbay via email (contrera@etsu.edu) or call 423.483.3179. Parking and handicap access are available. Please visit the ETSU PlanIt Calendar under Museums and Galleries or <a href="http://www.etsu/cas/art/galleries">www.etsu/cas/art/galleries</a> for event updates. </div>
ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-31076652526746266862019-02-11T08:19:00.002-08:002019-02-12T13:38:30.024-08:00ETSU Visiting Artist Lecture - Rachel Bolloit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Visiting artist<a href="https://www.blogger.com/Rachel%20Boillot%20is%20a%20photographer,%20filmmaker,%20and%20educator%20based%20in%20Nashville,%20Tennessee.%20She%20holds%20a%20BA%20in%20Sociology%20from%20Tufts%20University,%20a%20BFA%20in%20Photography%20from%20the%20School%20of%20the%20Museum%20of%20Fine%20Arts,%20Boston,%20and%20an%20MFA%20in%20Experimental%20and%20Documentary%20Arts%20from%20Duke%20University.%20Her%20work%20has%20been%20funded%20by%20the%20Annenberg%20Foundation%20(Los%20Angeles,%20CA),%20the%20Riverview%20Foundation%20(Chattanooga,%20TN),%20the%20Tennessee%20Arts%20Commission%20(Nashville,%20TN),%20and%20the%20National%20Endowment%20for%20the%20Arts%20(Washington,%20D.C.).%20She%20was%20the%20recipient%20of%20the%202018%20PhotoNOLA%20Review%20Prize.%20Her%20monograph%20Moon%20Shine:%20Photographs%20of%20the%20Cumberland%20Plateau%20will%20be%20published%20by%20Daylight%20Books%20in%202019." target="_blank"> Rachel Bolloit </a>will present a lecture in Ball Hall Auditorium on Thursday, February 14 at 7pm. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Bolloit <span style="background-color: #fcf9f6; color: #262625;">is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator based in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a BA in Sociology from Tufts University, a BFA in Photography from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University. Her work has been funded by the Annenberg Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), the Riverview Foundation (Chattanooga, TN), the Tennessee Arts Commission (Nashville, TN), and the National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, D.C.). She was the recipient of the 2018 PhotoNOLA Review Prize. Her monograph <i>Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau </i>will be published by Daylight Books in 2019.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262625; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fcf9f6;">Her talk was organized by Slocomb Galleries and generously sponsored by the </span>Tennessee Arts Commission for the Arts Project Support grant for <i>Tangibility of Faith: Art & Religion in Appalachia and Tennessee </i>and ETSU SGA BUC Funds. Her work is included in the <i>Tangibility of Faith: Religion in the Arts in Appalachia and Tennessee </i>exhibition at Tipton Gallery and Reece Museum and the Positive /Negative 34 National Juried Art Exhibition at the Slocumb Galleries.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #212121; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My time in snowboarding (age 16-24) was nothing but learning to work really hard in the absolute worst and extreme weather conditions (blizzards, 18 hour days in sub temps, etc), making something out of nothing, as well as learning to travel efficiently and be prepared for anything. At the time I was also given a huge amount of trust from the magazines and brands to essentially go out, create and deliver. This also gave a large area for experimentation- visually. However the only outlet during this period were the magazines- Transworld, snowboarder etc. They were great however very limiting in terms of art direction. One time the person laying out the mag cropped my photograph very terribly and ran out without my permission. This really pushed me over the edge as that specific image I worked for three straight days to get and they had no right to do that. Instead of flying off the handle, I took this as a sign, it was time to move on and to exist in a place where you create your own world- for me that was NY. Incredibly challenging, as well as a very competitive place I was soon pushed by my peers to really elevate my work. This put me at the bottom fast but it felt good. No one cared about snowboarding in NY, no cared about this cover or that pro or that photo annual- zero interest which gave me zero street cred. Which was so good- I had to completely stop and realize all my existing work meant nothing here and I had to start from scratch. This is when I decided to block off six weeks to just go out and make work. No idea about what I booked a ticket to Iceland (this was just before it blew up everyone chasing waterfalls over there on instagram ha). While over there I was planning my route around the island and on the map I found this tiny spec of land; Grimsey, an island of 95 people- 4 miles wide located 40 miles north in the arctic circle. This was it- so I hopped on a ferry that ran twice a week at the time to start my time up there. Then I spent two years going back and forth to create a body of work that was then published by Silas Finch two years later. This was heavily “documentary” based but I made sure that it still has a feeling of the abstracts and odd objects in the sequence to offset just enough to not be total “doc work”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #212121;">Lars Tunbjörk for sure. </span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;">Tillmans without a doubt.</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;">Ralph Gibson as well.</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;">Recently, Kerry James Marshall and Gerhard Richter.</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: #212121;"> I guess some Eggleston, as well as Larry Sultan, however not as heavily as the first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://jocelynmathewes.com/" target="_blank">Jocelyn Mathewes</a> is a photographer and image-maker based in Appalachia whose mixed media work explores motherhood, the body and the connections between nature and faith. She graduated from Messiah College in 2004 with a BA in Studio Art & English. She has had solo and group shows locally and nationally, including New York and Chicago. Her work also appears in publications such as The Hand, F-Stop and Photographer’s Forum. She was recently interviewed by MFA candidate Alice Salyer for our Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS). </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While you work in various media, photography seems to be the bedrock of your artmaking. Could you talk a bit about the importance and history of photography in your life and work?</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Photography was my hobby in my teen years. My mother dug her old Pentax SP1000 and my dad taught me how to use it when I was about 12. I don’t remember what prompted them to do that, but soon thereafter I spent all my allowance money & extra earnings on developing film at my local Walgreens. I took pictures of my friends and things that interested me, and became especially enamored of how monochrome images gave everything a different feeling (to me). It was a bit of a compulsion, to keep trying new subject matter, to keep trying to make my pictures more interesting. I tried to pay attention to the qualities in photos that I wanted to keep on display. I had no formal vocabulary for what I was seeing and looking for, though. If I liked how something came out, I’d try to replicate that feeling or outcome. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">In college, I pursued photography because it was something I seemed to be good at. It continued to be a bit of a compulsion. I had no trouble burning through film to complete an assignment — being given creative problems to solve was highly engaging to me. This was also true of graphic design, which I also pursued. These were both technical mediums with paths to mastery where open-ended problems could have many interesting solutions. The possibilities & avenues for experimentation were sort of intoxicating. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">But a big part of my pursuit & interest has been communicating — how and what is communicated is part of what makes a work of art interesting or successful, in my opinion. Both of these mediums can communicate ideas very quickly and succinctly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A set of circumstances converged to allow me to better explore them when I moved to Tennessee 6 years ago. Moving from Boston to East Tennessee tripled my available living space and literally moved us closer to a better latitude to work with alternative processes (which often use UV/sunlight). I suddenly had access to more resources (sunlight & space) in which to do that kind of work. Previously we had lived in small, shaded apartments at more northern latitudes that made it difficult, if not impossible, to make good exposures and keep up a practice in that work in all seasons (exposures in Boston in the winter can be over an hour, and in the extreme cold temperatures that can crack printing frames). I had always wanted to explore them more since having a few rudimentary lessons in college, and so once the opportunity arose, I jumped right in and started practicing and experimenting on my own.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">You investigate themes such as motherhood, chronic illness and the natural world that are simultaneously deeply personal yet very broad. So, I don't really have a specific question here, but any comments?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I make art about my experience, what I know about, and what I care about. I make art about things I draw out of my life that seem useful or relevant or have given me something worth saying. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I’ve always cared about and been fascinated by children—we were all children once, and the experience of growing up is an immensely complex and powerful process. This doesn’t mean I always knew I would (or thought I should) become a mother. I’ve gravitated towards working and being with children for a long time, though, because they are fascinating, imaginative, unique, and full of new perspectives. I learn from them; they take me outside myself. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">My chronic illness is a recent diagnosis, but has dramatically changed the way that I have to structure my life. As a result, I can’t imagine not talking about it. Art is a place where I can explore the issues I find living with illness, and where I can connect with others to help them understand that experience. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">As for the natural world, that has always been a place of inspiration and solace for humankind. I’m definitely not the first or last artist to write the cliché phrase (that I actually really hate to read): “I’m inspired by nature.” It’s built into our DNA, I think; we’re a part of this enormous world, this beautiful ecosystem. How could we not be in awe of it, explore it, cherish it, and be in relationship with it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my fixations is with the power of the figure in the narrative sense. Very little of my work in the past has been completely abstract or non-representational. One of the things that drew me to commercial photography and graphic design was the way I could tell stories with people as the subject matter—weddings and portraiture were all about saying something about the people in the frame by using compositional elements and the context of body language and placement. In this series, I’m intrigued by the power of even small, dislocated elements of the human figure in relationship to objects and textures, and the power to evoke emotion and story. That said, this series in ongoing and I don’t feel fully satisfied that I’ve succeeded in my explorations.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Domestic themes and media such as textiles and embroidery have historically carried less weight in art historical terms. Is that something you consider as you work with similar themes and media?</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">All the time. Not only are they more traditionally feminine, these mediums tend to lean more towards the craft end of the “fine artist vs. craftsperson” dichotomy. I cannot say that I’ve chosen these mediums with a great deal of intellectual intentionality; more, that I’ve gravitated towards them because I think mixing them with photography is fascinating. Although photography democratized imagemaking, to a degree, it can still require investment in technology and equipment. The barriers to entry there continue to break down. But embroidery & textiles have been around for ages; by contrast it’s a very affordable and a very accessible medium.</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;">What is the significance of embroidery and gold leaf in your work?</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I’ve used copper, silver, and gold leaf in a variety of works. Mostly gold and copper, though. Aesthetically, it complements the Prussian blue of cyanotype very nicely. It is an exciting texture, and a challenging medium to work with. For those reasons, I enjoy the process of working with it. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But from a meaning standpoint, my use of gold leaf mimics that of my faith tradition. We use iconography in our worship, and gold leaf represents the spiritual unseen realm (or holy light). There is so much to family life and relationships that is completely unseen, that exists in that spiritual realm; gold leaf is meant to evoke that. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">As for embroidery, I remember being encouraged by my grandmother to explore embroidery. She had this marvelous sewing box that was full of tools and where everything had it’s place. It felt magical and powerful to me. And when she showed me the way that different stitches could create shading, or texture, or even letters, it seemed so unusual. It was like you could write with thread, but the thread could do so many things that traditional two-dimensional media couldn’</span><span lang="NL" style="background-color: white;">t do</span><span style="background-color: white;">—weaving, three-dimensional construction, and more. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I still haven’t finished exploring where thread can take me.</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You seem to intentionally cultivate a positive attitude, as opposed to the trope of an artist as angsty, angry or withdrawn from society. Could you talk about that? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">I really dislike the trope of artist as angsty, angry, and withdrawn. It’s a very limiting stereotype. It’s difficult to cultivate more voices in the arts and allow for more venues of creative expression—more variety—if we don’t have good alternative role models. I know that I’ve struggled to find my own way because it’s hard to find people in similar situations to my own. It’s gotten easier with the networking & searching through the internet, but it’s still difficult. </span><span style="background-color: white;">But a big part of it is that my life is very full—I don’t have time to be negative, even when my health is poor or life gets difficult in other ways. I don’t have much time to waste on feeling sorry for myself, or to waste time wallowing in despair. That doesn’t mean that I don’t feel those emotions or feel like withdrawing from time to time. I’m sure I’m not alone in that I’ve known some dark times. But I don’t like who I am when I find myself dwelling in that place. I don’t enjoy being endlessly sarcastic or challenging, nor do I think that is the proper “stance” to be in when it comes to living life, or that it leads to right action. It feels like its own sort of poison that eats away at the joy in life. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I’d rather be listening, curious, open, observant, and vulnerable in the face of all things. So, that’s what I try to be.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hannah Hoch (working with a “kitchen knife” to make her collages, using “low” mediums), Frida Kahlo (struggling with illness & her beautiful personal expression), Kandinsky (his thoughts the spiritual in art). </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I keep photos of Frida Kahlo painting in bed, Henri Matisse sculpting in bed, and Flannery O’Connor with her crutches on my wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">You mention your artist Manifesto and experience with the Artist Residency in Motherhood, which leads me to this article about art and motherhood: <i><a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-why-motherhood-won-t-hinder-your-career-as-an-artist" target="_blank">You Can Be a Mother and Still Be a Successful Artist </a>. </i></span></b><b><span style="background-color: white;">Why do you think the question of being taken seriously as an artist if you are a mother is still being discussed? </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">So many reasons. </span><span style="background-color: white;">For one, it’s apparent that we’re not in agreement over the seriousness of women artist’s work, regardless of whether or not they are a mother, because of the lack of representation in the formal art world, in addition to the anecdotal evidence suggesting bias in gallerists/gatekeepers’ practices and opini</span><span lang="PT" style="background-color: white;">ons. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A small set of things that culturally creates barriers for women artists: motherhood is a liability and a “burden,” the caregiving of children is not seen as intellectually challenging work, women (through sheer biology and cultural practice) bear most of the early caregiving, and there are geographic areas of the country where there are fewer opportunities and outlets for success. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Not to mention the strange phenomenon where a woman is perceived as not serious about her career if she makes choices that prioritize her family or personal life. All those things contribute to this still being a point of contention. Perhaps this is in contrast to the positivity I want to cultivate, cynical of me, but I don’t see this as going away anytime soon, and I think that’s because we have distorted & conflicting idea of what an “</span><span lang="IT" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">artist</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">” should be or looks like that make it difficult.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">You have a well-balanced and interesting web presence. It is evident that you take your work seriously, both in terms of fine art, craft and work for clients. Could you say a bit about your journey to reach this point and what you’ve learned along the way? </span></b><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the first things I learned in my graphic design classes was that presentation really matters. Students were encouraged to think about making sure their presentation methods were as thoughtful and polished as the actual projects in their portfolios. We analyzed packaging design and what made things work or fall flat. That experience, plus working in the commercial/retail realm, really brought home how important it is to show that you take yourself seriously, and think through how each presentation medium supports that. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Getting paid to create things and making sales of your work certainly helped me to take yourself seriously. But I’ve also learned that money is only </span><span class="None" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="IT" style="background-color: white;">one</span></i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> indicator, and often a poor one. What I’ve learned is that taking creative work seriously doesn’t mean that you get a lot of recognition, money, or external validation. To really keep things sustainable and keep up the practice, it has to come from your own inner discipline and motivations — that means treating it like anything else you’d want to excel at — dedicating time & resources to your practice. It’s such a boring thing to say, but it’s true: showing up and doing the work (regardless of the outcome) is the most essential thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I was frustrated by the fact that the arts aren’t highlighted very well in traditional media in the area—especially smaller artists & makers. There are some really lovely organizations in the area, but they’re mostly for networking or for a particular larger purpose. There is so much <span class="None"><i>more </i></span>going on in this area beyond what is seen through the top hits of a Google search. For a year, I chose to devote time to talking to local artists whose work I found organically. Just as an exercise. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">That work was a variation on a project I gave myself when I first moved to Johnson City — a photography critique night that was hosted in various places around town. Like the interviews, it was a great way to meet other people and talk about creative work. I know that I’d like to revisit that kind of gathering again in the future — an open & productive space for artists to have feedback is very rare outside of an academic environment.</span></div>
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ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-403232279943152842018-10-20T05:42:00.004-07:002018-10-20T17:23:39.827-07:00UPSTATE: Photographs by Tema Stauffer opens at the Reece Museum on October 22 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><a href="https://www.etsu.edu/news/2018/10-oct/nr_upstate_exhibit.aspx">UPSTATE: Photographs by Tema Stauffer</a></i> is on view at the Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University from October 22 - December 14. The Mary B. Martin School of the Arts has sponsored a lecture with photo historian Alison Nordström at the reception for this exhibition on Thursday, November 29 at 5pm. Tema Stauffer joined ETSU in 2017 as an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Department of Art & Design. She will present an artist talk through the <a href="https://www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang/wsp/wow.php">Women on Wednesdays lecture series </a>on November 7 at noon. Author <a href="http://xhenetaliu.com/">Xhenet Aliu </a>will give a reading from the foreword to Tema Stauffer's recent monograph, <i><a href="https://daylightbooks.org/products/upstate-photographs-by-tema-stauffer">UPSTATE</a></i>, published by Daylight Books as well as selections from her novel <i>Brass</i> published by Random House in 2018 on Wednesday, October 24 at 5pm.Tema Staufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120940377949689720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-86806901826729365122018-10-04T05:20:00.001-07:002018-10-04T05:26:11.763-07:00Spotlight on ETSU Photo alum Matthew Brown <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Matthew Brown graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2015 from East Tennessee State University and is a current MFA Candidate at the University of Georgia. His work has been exhibited internationally and featured in articles by iGNANT, It’s Nice That, Ain’t Bad Magazine, Oxford American’s Eyes on the South, HuffPost, and Documentum, among others. Brown is included in the Looking At Appalachia collection, as well as the permanent collection at East Tennessee State. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brown was recently interview by graduate student, Jordan Whitten, for our Alumni Series. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your ongoing series, New Developments, made after graduating ETSU has an interesting push and pull from being a regional body of work like you often see made in East Tennessee. While stating it has “the “Anywhere USA” nature”; you also state that "These structures make the landscape non-specific and ubiquitous, homogenized by big box stores” in an area known for rural agriculture. Now that you have moved to Athens do you see yourself continuing this body of work in Athens or are you driven to pursue a different approach? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That teetering between the perceptions of a region and observing the holes within that constructed identity was a heavy driving force behind the project. I am curious about when, if ever, will this region shake come of those attributes that have been attached to it. It's difficult to say with any absolution, but at present, I am investigating other aspects of the same concept, honing on the fulfillment (or futility in some cases, mine absolutely included) of labor and the motivations for low wage employees and salespeople; ones who are about as replaceable as the products that they sell. It's got me dwelling on advertising in the landscape and how ineffective and confusing could an ad be, and if it's ineffective, does it still remain an advertisement? </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think it’s great that you include your own fulfillment and futility in what you are investigating. I feel it’s safe to say most artist are investigating themselves in some way no matter what work they make. Who are some of you biggest influences and do you think their work fits in a similar style?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I agree. I think it is also safe to say that the parallels don't end with the artist and that these factors are present within a majority of employees, more or less. It seems to often come back to the self. The Upstate New York Olympics is a piece by Tim Davis that I have been fixated on recently. It's such a wonderful and engaging interplay of performance and absurdity. Christian Jankowski's work has been particularly inspiring as of late. It's these feats of futility that are appealing to how I'm thinking about my process.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It stems from allowing myself many opportunities to investigate new materials and subjects, experiment with ones familiar to me and be afforded an environment where all of this is celebrated. I feel like I have more to accomplish at the collegiate level. The UGA graduate program has been incredible and accommodating. I had known numerous graduates from the program and all spoke highly of it and produced work that I was engaged and excited by. I had visited the art school on two separate occasions to snoop around and see some of what they had to offer. UGA was the only institution I was accepted to that was able to provide a full tuition waiver; easily the icing on the cake. In my brief time so far, I've observed my practice, as well as fellow graduate students' practice, expand into new facets. It's an exciting, anxious time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think it boils down to the fact that I felt hungry for more. Two years after completing my undergraduate degree, I now have an empty to-go box with my name and a snarlin' Dawg embossed on it.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Find a school that will be able to financially support you. I've found that this is indicative of the extent the school values their graduate students. </span><br />
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ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-3614159717451475712018-09-26T10:23:00.000-07:002018-09-26T10:29:22.454-07:00Mike Smith's The Lost State of Frankland at Tracey Morgan Gallery <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mike Smith | The Lost State of Frankland</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">September 28th-November 3rd</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reception for the artist: Friday, September 28th, 6-8 PM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mikesmithphotographs.com/" target="_blank">Mike Smith's</a> work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Smith has been awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2001, Tennessee Governor's Distinguished Artist Award, 2001, and United States Artist Lowe Fellowship, 2011. His work is held in the collections of
major museums throughout the United States including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Smith's first monograph, <span style="font-style: oblique;">You’re Not From Around Here</span>,
was released in 2004 by Johns Hopkins University Press and the Center for American Places with an essay by Robert
Sobiesek, curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Originally from Massachusetts, Smith received his BFA from
the Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA from Yale University. He was hired at ETSU in 1981 at the rank of Instructor to direct the photography program and retired as Professor Emeritus in 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mike Smith was recently interviewed by graduate student Meg Roussos for our Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS). </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">After photographing East Tennessee for close to 40 years, your image archive must be vast. Can you describe your editing process when it comes to putting together a cohesive show that includes older and current works?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The space available has a lot to do with it. In the case of the upcoming show, I knew I wanted a handful of current works included. The gallery director Tracey Morgan and I picked the show based on what she felt might sell and what I felt were important to include. I think the "cohesive" part may be related to my constant and continued interest in the world around me. That happens to be largely defined as East Tennessee's rural character. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the pictures is of an old tin press-plate found on the side of a barn. It was from an art text book. The defunct Kingsport Press used to employ many around here and often the plates, once discarded, were used as barn siding. This one was located about four feet from a dead-end road used by fishermen to access a trout creek. There were many plates and on them were lots of images. One was of Michelangelo’s David. It was about the size of a playing card; well weathered, pitted and it, alone, had been shot multiple times with .22 caliber rounds. Three of the holes were clustered between his legs effectively castrating the revered figure. Appalachian art appreciation, homophobia or, more likely, both. Humor and darkness; it runs through my work. I photographed it with an 8x10 camera, filled the frame with the figure, nailed it, and it is now 60 x 80 inches. The ground appears almost cosmic; dark, etched with star-like dots randomly scattered like a deep-space image. That thing is impressive!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My studios, my cameras, a big monitor and my continued desire to make pictures.</span></span></div>
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ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-88456007838204969302018-05-22T14:25:00.004-07:002018-05-22T14:26:57.615-07:00Make Daytime Quiet Exhibition at Fluorescent Gallery <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ETSU Photo graduate students <a href="http://jordanwhitten.tumblr.com/">Jordan Whitten </a>and <a href="http://www.megroussos.com/">Meg Roussos,</a> along with recent graduate <a href="https://www.bradley-marshall.com/home">Bradley Marshall</a>, will exhibit work at <a href="http://www.fluorescentgallery.org/">Fluorescent Gallery </a>in Knoxville. The opening reception is on Friday, June 1 from 6-9pm.ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-30800764841178218832018-02-14T05:01:00.001-08:002018-02-14T08:00:31.953-08:00MFA Candidate Bradley Marshall's Thesis Exhibition at the Tipton Gallery <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #002146; font-family: inherit;">The ETSU Department of Art & Design and Slocumb </span><span style="color: #002146;">Galleries present <i><b>Hearing Through Walls</b></i> exhibition by Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate <a href="http://www.bradley-marshall.com/">Bradley Marshall </a>from February 19th through March 2nd, 2018, at the Tipton Gallery. The closing reception will be on Friday, March 2nd, from 6-9p.m. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #002146;">The exhibition will consist of large archival inkjet photographs and one video installation piece. The work presented by Marshall are the result of a three year study on domesticity, lost youth, and American masculinity. These themes are developed in a visual narrative that simultaneously explores </span></span><span style="color: #002146;">photographic issues including notions of artifice and the cultural role photographs play in perpetuating, miming, and disrupting the facades that exist within everyday life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #002146; font-family: inherit;">Tipton Gallery is located at 126 Spring St, Johnson City, TN.
Gallery hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m., First Friday
receptions and by appointment. For more information, contact Slocumb Galleries’
Director Karlota Contreras-Koterbay via email contrera@etsu.edu or call
423.483.3179. Parking and handicapped access are available. Please visit the
ETSU PlanIt Calendar under Museum and Galleries or
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ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-27689604164710131052018-02-06T17:11:00.001-08:002018-02-06T17:13:10.743-08:00ETSU Visiting Artist Lecture - McNair Evans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-47083580982774510242017-12-13T11:49:00.000-08:002017-12-19T12:36:50.191-08:00Contemporary Photographer Series - Roger May <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Looking at Appalachia </i>explores the diversity of Appalachia and establishes a visual counterpoint to stereotypical representations of the region, fifty years after the Declaration of War on Poverty. Drawing from a diverse population of photographers within the region, this crowd-sourced image archive serves as a reference that is defined by its people as opposed to political representation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Roger May was recently interviewed by James Edgar for our Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS).</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Looking at Appalachia </i>began in 2014 as a crowd-sourced image archive, collecting diverse, contemporary views of the Appalachian region fifty years after Lyndon Johnson's declaration of the War on Poverty. After an initial wave of well-deserved attention, how has the project evolved over the past three years? What's the outlook for the future?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was fascinating to watch the project develop and unfold. I never knew that a single Instagram post would strike the curiosity and interest of so many folks, both inside and outside the region. It's still hard to wrap my head around sometimes. The first year, we got two or three thousand images, and we accepted about 10% into the online collection. From those approximately 300 images, we selected just over seventy to be part of the print exhibit. Logistically, it has been a challenge at times, but it's been amazing to see that first year's work still be relevant, and still be interesting enough for galleries and libraries to host the exhibit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's created some really fantastic spaces for conversation about identity, about place-based work, regional-based work, and the insider-outsider dynamic, because we opened it up to anybody that made pictures in the region, not just residents. It's helped reshape my understanding of how photography can be used to facilitate conversation, and not just to make a statement, but to really open a dialogue with folks. As far as the outlook goes, we plan to continue the project on an annual basis, until we feel like there's just not much interest anymore. I really don't know what the estimated shelf-life of a project like this is, but ultimately, I would hope that the work, the academic research that's been done about it, and some of the writers that have expressed interest in collaborating -- that all of that would coalesce into a book form. That's something that I would like to see happen at some point in the future. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, the genius of<i> Looking at Appalachia</i> is in its diversity of contributors and subjects. Three years on, are there certain aspects of the region that you feel continue to be underrepresented within the framework of the project? </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think so. It's still by and large mostly thought of -- and maybe fairly -- as an incredibly rural region, although we know from larger cities and urban areas, that are very much Appalachian, that that's not all there is to the region. I love historical archives and FSA photographs, and spend a lot of time digging through work like that, but I'm interested in what younger people are doing today. I'm forty-two, and I feel fairly current with what's going on in the region, but there's a whole generation of young artists who are out there making work that I'm certain I haven't seen, that hasn't been circulated. I would really like to get in touch with the young folks who are making work about a region that is forming and shaping them, while they continue to make it their own. I'm interested in what that looks like to a younger generation, who is growing up in a completely different culture than older photographers and older folks in the region, and getting their voices out there. You have women, people of color, LGBTQ folks who are out there making work, who for whatever reason aren't getting their work seen. I'm interested in connecting with those voices and getting that work out there. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As someone who has studied the history of image-making in Appalachia, could you discuss some of the photographers who have most successfully produced significant, engaging art, while maintaining an awareness and sensitivity to the region's legacy of representation? Who should we be looking at, and why?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mikesmithphotographs.com/]">Mike Smith </a>is still someone whose work isn't talked about nearly as much as it should be. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's amazing work that was made over decades, that is engaging, yet quiet and thought-provoking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.latoyarubyfrazier.com/">LaToya Ruby Frazier</a> and her book, <i>The Notion of Family</i>. Frazier is a younger photographer who has been making work about her hometown Braddock, PA, and the way that capitalism, industry, and big money have done the same things as they have to my part of southern West Virginia. Her work is just stellar, the book is wonderful, she's a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" grant recipient, and has a whole list of other awards. I think she is definitely someone who should be seen, studied, and talked about more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://robamberg.com/">Rob Amberg</a>, out in western North Carolina. Rob is not a native Appalachian, but he has lived in Appalachia for more than forty years. He sometimes asks the question, at what point do we become from a place if we weren't born there? His work is deeply engaged in history, current culture, economy, and community. He's got two great books out that I think every photographer should own; one is called <i>Sodom Laurel Album</i> and the other is called <i>The New Road</i>. If I understand correctly, he is in the process of working on a third book that will sort of complete the experience that he's been working on for over four decades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those are a few photographers to whom I would point people to about Appalachia specifically. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the best of intentions, the easiest images to see and photographs to make often seem to be those that affirm the stereotypes we've been conditioned to recognize. For young photography students making work in the region - whether the work specifically addresses "Appalachia" or not - what are some of the common pitfalls to avoid, that may reinforce stereotypes and contribute to an ongoing mischaracterization of Appalachia?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the things that I try to practice, and encourage other photographers to do, is just come prepared to spend time in a community, and come prepared to spend time with people. All of those pictures that we think of as stereotypical, as sort of the low-hanging fruit, if you will -- I don't know that those pictures aren't okay to make. They fit into a larger context, but they become problematic when they're the only thing that younger photographers and students think exist in a place. If you spend time with folks, and you understand where they are coming from, what their life is like, and some of the choices that were made earlier in history by state legislators, politicians, the coal industry, the timber industry, and things like that, you can kind of weave together a more informed picture of a place. Those pictures, for me, are less problematic if you can show me that there's more to a place than just a run-down trailer, or a broken-down pickup truck, or dirty kids playing out in the road in Appalachia, or whatever sort of stereotypical image. It would be dishonest to say that those don't exist, and to not photograph them, I think, is not okay either. I just encourage folks to hang around longer, ask more questions, listen more, and come back over and over again, so that each time you come back, you're willing and ready to see something different, or to see something that you might have missed before, and make a stronger image or series of images, so that the singular stereotypical image doesn't stand alone that much; that it depends on other pictures to tell you a more informed story.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In previous interviews, you've expressed a resolve to continue making work in Appalachia, and it seems like your interests lie closest to your roots in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. Can you catch us up on your most recent work, and talk about what subjects or themes you might explore in the future?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's absolutely the truth. I consider it incredibly rewarding to know what I want to do and where I want to do it, and I don't take that for granted. I'm honored to be able to photograph home, and to know that there's really nowhere else that I want to be making serious photographs. In the summer of 2016, I started a new project called <i>Laid Bare</i>. The intent of that project is still taking shape, and I'm still trying to write about it, and think ultimately what to do with it. It's basically a virtual pursuit of the destruction of the mountains in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, and wherever there's been surface mining or mountaintop removal coal mining. Although coal mining is on a decline, and surface mining is on a decline, long after everything is idled and we've switched to another type of fossil fuel, the aftermath of that type of mining is still very much a part of the landscape and the local geography. I'm trying to figure out how to convey to people that this is still an issue. Even after the coal has been mined, we're still left with this altered landscape, this very vulnerable landscape. So, I've visited these reclaimed surface mine sites, and I've asked people to pose nude for me in those environments, so that there's this parallel of human vulnerability and the vulnerability of the land. And to take it a step further, I'm specifically looking for people who have ties to the community they're being photographed in and asking them, in addition to being photographed, if they would write in their own words what that destruction has meant to them, and how they've moved forward in light of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm also doing some archival projects right now that are related to work made in the 1960s and 1970s in Kentucky. I have this incredible book dummy from the late 1970s that has 165 prints in it -- it's one of only four in existence -- and I'm taking these mostly 8x10 darkroom prints, scanning them front and back, making notes, and seeing what might come of that project. So, I'm kind of trying to make my own work and then dig into some archival work as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See The New York Times' <i><a href="https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/photographing-american-themes-in-1970s-kentucky/">Lens Blog</a></i> for May's article on this project. </span>ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-52385745216202154832017-12-11T12:11:00.000-08:002017-12-11T12:52:53.586-08:00Spotlight on photography students Morgan Church, Heather Love and Hannah Taylor <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Department of Art & Design at ETSU recently had the pleasure of exhibiting work of some of the BA and BFA students in this semester's student exhibitions in the Slocumb Galleries. A selection of images from each of these students is featured by second-year MFA Photo candidate Jordan Whitten. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Book, © Morgan Church</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Morgan grew up in East Tennessee and has always loved the outdoors. Her work is based around the landscape of the region and her emotional attachment to the area. She works with the palette derived from the landscape around her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working as a secretary at the Quillen College of Medicine, Heather works near a simulation lab that consists of computer driven mannequins and other artificial anatomy that can be manipulated to simulated medical conditions and situations. Heather observes these practices and tools as more than just a means of instruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hannah explores the body as a landscape studying the rocky terrains and soft marshes that can be the human form. She states, "When we view our bodies as landscapes, we are no longer seeing them through a social media filter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://victoriasambunaris.com/">Victoria Sambunaris</a> received her MFA from Yale University in 1999. Sambunaris structures her life around a yearly photographic journey crossing the American landscape. She is currently on the road in Utah. She is a recipient of the 2010 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship and the 2010 Anonymous Was a Woman Award. In 2011, a twelve-year survey of her work was exhibited at the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY and has been traveling throughout the US. Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the National Gallery of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Lannan Foundation. Radius Books published her first monograph Taxonomy of a Landscape. Sambunaris is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in NY. She was recently interviewed by first-year MFA Photo student Meg Roussos for our Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS). </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spending months at a time on the road for over a decade, I imagine some things have become a routine. What are the hardest parts about being on the road? Logistically, how do you consistently eat healthy? Do you have any road trip rituals you've carried through the years?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Actually it has been almost <u>two</u> decades on the road! But to answer your question, the most difficult challenge is to cut the tether. By that I mean that I remember a time earlier in my career when I had no cell phone, no computer and I would have to find a pay phone to call home. I used paper maps only, used guidebooks and talked to locals to find information. The current devices are an enormous distraction. I find that I am not as focused as I once was and have lost all sense of direction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In terms of my eating habits, again earlier in my career, my mother would roast a few pounds of almonds before I left and I would buy a big sack of the most scrumptious grapefruits on the US/Mexico Border. It satisfied my every craving. Eventually, my diet evolved to canned sardines and dried soup. Of late, I still go off with roasted almonds and my mother's almond biscotti that I sometimes use to bribe people. But between the abundance of grocery stores and my recently gifted state-of-the-art Yeti cooler, I can actually keep things cold for days on end while camping. But I still make percolated coffee which tastes better than any artisanal brew when out in the landscape. I guess coffee is my constant ritual. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You create work by vastly exploring American landscapes. While planning and shooting for projects, how do you maneuver between private and public land? Do you use the motto, ask for forgiveness, not permission? What's the closest you've gotten to getting in trouble with the law?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every situation is different but I am usually trying to access industry or some government entity both of which now seem to be one in the same. Trying to make pre-arrangements rarely works for me as public relations people never return calls or emails. And since both 9/11 and the prominence of the environmental movement and activism, access to both has been nearly impossible. Everyone is suspicious. I've been kicked out of a mining office for merely being from New York and having gone to a liberal arts university from the east. I've had snipers from a federal security details focused on me. And I have been falsely accused of lying to a federal officers. Dealing with security personnel is like dealing with robots that are preprogrammed to say no to everything. I was told by a security guard that "women are usually scouts for terrorists." Access usually comes from a contact, or a friend of a friend of a friend. I'm always running from the law. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I can connect to your nomadic lifestyle and sometimes find my mind wandering to thoughts about my lack of relationships over the years. What choices or compromises have you made to lead this unconventional lifestyle?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are many compromises that have to be made living this unconventional lifestyle. There is no security in what we do. You have to be comfortable with the notion of living in the moment and comfortable with being alone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Having the opportunity to work in a continuous project over a decade, you've met and worked with hundreds of people-forest service, geologists, law enforcement, landowners, etc. I'm sure you've experienced various incidence of people out in the field or while researching. Have you noticed a difference conversing with people from the early nineties to now? Are people more cautious or curious of what you are doing now than in earlier years of your work? Have their reactions made things easier or more difficult, how do you deal with it? What assumptions or conclusions could you make about the attitudes of Americans through the years of these encounters?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is definitely a change in attitude and conduct from corporate and government authority figures, as I mentioned previously. But, most people put aside their politics, their fears and suspicions and are generally helpful and friendly. Fifteen years ago, people saw me as a lone stranger and opened their homes. They still do. I just left Provo, Utah where some newfound friends told me to keep the key to their house. Life is full of surprises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Although you are traveling for such expansive amounts of time alone, you're meeting lots of people in the field and with your research. What's the transition like back to your life in New York?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Transitioning back to life in NY can be difficult. Although I'm glad to see my friends and all of those who support me, I realize how out of touch many of them are. They simply don't understand the reality of the country. I was not surprised Trump won although so many friends in New York are still reeling one year later. The truth about American is that there is incredible poverty, lack of jobs, poor education, and misinformation, all of which breeds desperation. I met some Germans on my current trip in Utah. They were shocked by all these conditions in this country but knew more about these realities through their experiences traveling through the country than many people who live here. </span><br />
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ETSU Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223008384751818875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-45037850107329411422017-04-17T10:44:00.001-07:002017-08-02T11:32:08.319-07:00ETSU Photo Alumni Series: Amanda Musick<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NQ_4l2Oiic/WPQU0niTZDI/AAAAAAAADKc/ZkjMcMAufI88977YeoKCZwZ36qT72a8cwCEw/s1600/AMusick_FutureQuestions2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NQ_4l2Oiic/WPQU0niTZDI/AAAAAAAADKc/ZkjMcMAufI88977YeoKCZwZ36qT72a8cwCEw/s640/AMusick_FutureQuestions2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">© </span><i>Amanda Musick</i></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.amanda-musick.com/">Amanda Musick</a> lives and works in Clemson, South Carolina. Musick graduated with a B.F.A. from East Tennessee State University in 2015. In addition to many regional exhibitions, Musick has most notably exhibited in Fauna, a group show juried by artist William Wegman, in San Anselmo, CA at the Smith Andersen North Gallery. Musick is attending the graduate program at Clemson University.<br /><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aH1jXZCdZ8U/WPQVFBsy3wI/AAAAAAAADKQ/iHPKU0FHO14fSq0SsTdyxbT1eqTldW9ogCLcB/s1600/AMusick_Resources.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aH1jXZCdZ8U/WPQVFBsy3wI/AAAAAAAADKQ/iHPKU0FHO14fSq0SsTdyxbT1eqTldW9ogCLcB/s640/AMusick_Resources.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">© </span><i>Amanda Musick</i></span></div><div><b><br /></b><b>What was the most difficult part of selecting a graduate program?</b></div><div><br />I wouldn't say there has been one part of the selection process more difficult than the other. There are so many questions I had to answer such as; Which professors do I most want to work with? What type of opportunities would an MFA from this program/institution provide me? Does the program encourage you to take other courses outside your medium? What are their MFA alumni doing now? Is their photography department active with other networks such as SPE? How good is the program's financial offer? Will the facilities and off-campus environment supplement my work? Will living in that city be fitting for me? The challenge has been figuring out which of these factors hold more weight towards my decision. It's been a perfect opportunity to make a pros and cons list.<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S9BxjRuOYtY/WPQVQ_q7ncI/AAAAAAAADKc/-yhNk5HCSKMO9XBGnl7lZq1WM1lxgZsagCEw/s1600/AMusick_FutureQuestions3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S9BxjRuOYtY/WPQVQ_q7ncI/AAAAAAAADKc/-yhNk5HCSKMO9XBGnl7lZq1WM1lxgZsagCEw/s640/AMusick_FutureQuestions3.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">© </span><i>Amanda Musick</i></span></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>When did you know that you wanted to continue your education? </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Once I really began studying the work and careers of artists that I admired. Reading their CVs and resumes showed that many of the artists I was looking at had gotten their MFA. These artists have connections to the academic community that interest me and they have reached a level in their work that I want to achieve. I think there are many avenues I could take in order to continue my education. I knew I wanted to do so after taking just a couple photography courses. However, I did not always know that continuing my education would include an MFA. After finishing undergrad I thought about my artistic network of people so far, and the conversations I had with peers and professors. I decided that getting my MFA was one of the paths I wanted to take to continue my education.<br /><b><br /></b><b>After considering all those factors how many schools did you apply to? </b></div><div><div><br />I applied to Clemson, Duke, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Georgia, Yale, and Lesley University. In choosing which schools to apply to all I had to work with was information found online, a few webinars, and conversations with former professors. I had not visited all of the schools and cities at that point. My initial impression of each program really changed as I started the interview part of the selection process. It was a big help in making a decision to talk with that programs faculty and current graduate students.<br /><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e-6ktozeI6E/WPQVrGVBw1I/AAAAAAAADKY/S3FWjHRveBg282IED7T_HdlSBI4i6KJGgCLcB/s1600/AMusick_FutureQuestions1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e-6ktozeI6E/WPQVrGVBw1I/AAAAAAAADKY/S3FWjHRveBg282IED7T_HdlSBI4i6KJGgCLcB/s640/AMusick_FutureQuestions1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">© </span><i>Amanda Musick</i></span></div></div><div><div><b><br /></b><b>How did the program at Clemson differentiate itself from the others?</b></div><div><br />From the time I applied, the faculty I communicated with at Clemson were very engaged in my work and reached out to assist me in any way they could. During my first visit, they immediately were giving me feedback and artists to research. The program showed to be a close knit group of faculty and graduate students. The lay out of the graduate studios was also impressive. It allows for strong community among us, and there is almost always someone around you can grab for some quick feedback on your work. </div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>And how would you describe your graduate school experience so far?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>At first I felt as if I was sky diving, and wasn't sure if my parachute was going to work. Now I don't feel like that, I figured out how to open my parachute. It's an exciting, overwhelming time, and I'm trying to learn everything new that I can. It is constant work, or at least continuous thought about work or writing. My only complaint is that there are not enough hours in the day to read all the books and articles, watch all the films, and make all the work I want to. I've been given a countless number of films, writings, artists, etc. and enjoy sorting through these new ideas and figuring out how to apply them to my work. <br /><br />I've found that as long as you make a decision to work and give a program all you've got – to truly dedicate yourself to it then you'll make it. I feel that you get out of a program what you put into it. I am very pleased with my decision to study at Clemson. It’s been a privilege working with Anderson Wrangle, along with the other faculty and graduate students. I look forward to the rest of my time here, time that is going by too quickly.<br /><br /><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029569105840529238.post-74787295594929206702017-03-30T14:52:00.001-07:002017-08-02T11:32:08.378-07:00Contemporary Photographer Series - Eliot Dudik<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmpWReeoQr3znu_vaBA5y9EJLb0bwOetxr-tt_ikAiWjT2292cdxe_p7T9qmcH1FzCDrjRD5QIa9NnsyMytJssp1xFhP5AgfbjrgIw8pPXrltSxyZh-6MMWeZTI_Nz0HBVxWH9liKVluB/s1600/12_Road-Ends-in-Water_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmpWReeoQr3znu_vaBA5y9EJLb0bwOetxr-tt_ikAiWjT2292cdxe_p7T9qmcH1FzCDrjRD5QIa9NnsyMytJssp1xFhP5AgfbjrgIw8pPXrltSxyZh-6MMWeZTI_Nz0HBVxWH9liKVluB/s640/12_Road-Ends-in-Water_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">from the series <i>Road Ends in Water</i> © Eliot Dudik</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://eliotdudik.com/">Eliot Dudik</a> is a photographic artist exploring history, landscapes and politics. He holds a B.S. in Anthropology and a B.A. in Art History from the College of Charleston as well as an MFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. He was named one of PDN's 30 in 2012 and one of <i>Oxford American</i>'s New Superstars of Southern Art. Eliot's work has been displayed across the United States and Canada. Originally from Maryland, he currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia where he teaches photography at the College of William & Mary. He was recently interviewed by Jessica Blindt for our <i>Contemporary Photographer Series (CPS)</i>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>It appears as though your camera of choice is most always a large format camera. With this continual use, are there ever times when you feel encumbered by the process?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the work I have completed thus far, I have not felt encumbered by the large format camera. I've actually felt the opposite: that I've had everything in front of me that I need to make the image I'm looking for, it's been a matter of recognizing the puzzle to be solved and figure out how to solve it. That being said, prior to moving to Virginia, I found myself surrounded by an onslaught of things I wanted to photograph on a daily basis and became tired of photographing them with my cell phone when I wasn't out specifically shooting with my view cameras. So I purchased a smaller Plaubel Makina 6x7 medium format camera to carry around with me everywhere and make random, everday photographs. This was pretty new for me, and I really enjoy it. I've been accumulating a lot of these images that don't specifically have a home yet, but excited to someday start sifting through them and pulling together narratives. I have some projects planned for the near future that will utilize differing types of cameras. Although I use mostly view cameras in my work, I am a firm believer that a photographer uses the equipment that makes sense for their work. For me, a view camera gives me everything I want nearly 100% of the time. For others, this won't be the case.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHR8DcdyB2-1aItCO7dW9EW7nkA3H8hAhtGZ_jd-y45sTJ6NR5CV5QKJuj8oN8QAiCqPz-c0otcE8a6LNLxUK5G7o6wWXXbf_oACB3e02VteQCO6CTNzvDnrtYZ5wCCuJJzdWWsBb9Zjt9/s1600/06_Road-Ends-in-Water_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHR8DcdyB2-1aItCO7dW9EW7nkA3H8hAhtGZ_jd-y45sTJ6NR5CV5QKJuj8oN8QAiCqPz-c0otcE8a6LNLxUK5G7o6wWXXbf_oACB3e02VteQCO6CTNzvDnrtYZ5wCCuJJzdWWsBb9Zjt9/s640/06_Road-Ends-in-Water_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from the series <i>Road Ends in Water</i> © Eliot Dudik</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In previous interviews, you have mentioned that you think of yourself as a collector. Do you feel that this need to collect and inventory comes into play within your photographic projects?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Undoubtedly. I believe it's the reason I became a photographer, to begin collecting moments and memories. I grew up on a farm with a family who didn't throw anything out because it might be useful in the future. For better or worse, I'm still this way. Now, I'm not only collecting moments and memories, but also ideas. Ideas that are important for me to investigate and try to learn from and that I may eventually share. In that way, the sort of become public journals. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In <i>Still Lives</i>, you made portraits of Civil War reenactors, while with <i>Road Ends in Water</i>, the focus seems to be on the contemporary topography of the South Carolina lowcountry. Do you feel your work is driven more by historical context or by current events?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I find this question interesting because I actually see my work as equal parts of both. Especially more recently, my work has been based in historic events in order to discuss and understand contemporary circumstances. I find the most direct way of understanding our current cultural or political climate is to look to the past. So I find myself bringing it into my work mostly out of self-investigation and personal explorations, and sometimes it becomes relevant to others as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8R7aEFy6xT_JqqS7ReqWkMtGWa5TjZcZk_YabJiduOX5BwBSNIfqMLg1Oy1I7sExwfVpBpbhrHvln5ZanbTXBYSU647fMyx2q7lKZQ-Xko61km_ieuV9i9J6v58D9s7Qj_gudRoZa78O/s1600/19_Still-Lives_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8R7aEFy6xT_JqqS7ReqWkMtGWa5TjZcZk_YabJiduOX5BwBSNIfqMLg1Oy1I7sExwfVpBpbhrHvln5ZanbTXBYSU647fMyx2q7lKZQ-Xko61km_ieuV9i9J6v58D9s7Qj_gudRoZa78O/s640/19_Still-Lives_Eliot-Dudik.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from the series <i>Still Lives</i> © Eliot Dudik</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The title of your most recent project, <i>Paradise Road</i>, suggests a location where many of us long to be. Only knowing the name of the road you were to photograph, what were your expectations of what you would find compared to what you discovered? It also seems to call to mind a literary connotations, is there a specific reference for you?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started the project by mapping out all the Paradise Roads across the country that I could find. As I looked at that map and the vast number of these roads, I expected there to be a wide variety of American culture and landscape to be found throughout all the regions. I've come to realize that there really isn't a lot of diversity from one to the next. I think part of this has to do with the fact that they're all "roads" and not avenues, streets or boulevards, etc. "Roads" often fall in particular parts of American cultural constructions. Furthermore, Americans seem to name roads "Paradise" for similar reasons. For example, I've visited quite a few that were within pretty banal lake communities, and the vast majority of them are far out in the country away from nearly any civilization. Often it is very difficult to find any evidence of culture to photograph on these roads besides the road itself lined with pine trees on either side. I have found a diversity in the length of road and how much ground I have to explore before I can make a decision on what a particular photograph will be. Some Paradise Roads are 5 miles or more long, others are barely 20 yards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As for a reference, this project came to me as I was visiting my father in central Pennsylvania, where I grew up, over Christmas in 2013. I was lying in bed one night with a multitude of things running through my head and there was a flash of a street sign that said Paradise Road. This is actually how many of my projects come to me, late at night, lying in bed. It's often either that or while I'm driving long distances. I believe it has something to do with the brain shutting down from many of the functions it is required to do during normal waking hours, and providing space to a particular kind of consciousness that allows us to think about things that were only in the periphery during the day. When Paradise Road came to me, I had been a little stressed about the direction of my career and my personal growth as I entered into my 30's. I think this is why I was thinking about Paradise - trying to understand what that means, what my life was going to look like, and how I was going to manage to direct it, or would I? The next morning I got up and mapped out all the Paradise Roads in the country. I think I had passed a road nearby my father's house called Paradise Road the day before and that was why it was in my subconscious. I went out the next day with my brother and photographed that Paradise Road in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania as the first image for the new project. Early on in this investigation as I was starting to photograph these roads, I realized we all asking these same questions I was asking myself and found this series to speak to our collective desire for the American Dream. So the project has become an attempt to understand what the American Dream is and whether or not it is attainable or something we should even be striving for. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQqWhfB9vqc7M5-akwKR89epfAVHRjkM8P8ORTbtybuh6RBtr999p-0uhk7kp2YEaGRkOtVXlsAHc8-Jm0yTMVybAFEiHFjU_0XLLr3yhePeDNrXio-K0kIh0HgPBaJ12uqE-pAckhGOe/s1600/4_Eliot-Dudik_Paradise-Road_1-651x521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQqWhfB9vqc7M5-akwKR89epfAVHRjkM8P8ORTbtybuh6RBtr999p-0uhk7kp2YEaGRkOtVXlsAHc8-Jm0yTMVybAFEiHFjU_0XLLr3yhePeDNrXio-K0kIh0HgPBaJ12uqE-pAckhGOe/s640/4_Eliot-Dudik_Paradise-Road_1-651x521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from the series <i>Paradise Road </i>© Eliot Dudik</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your project <i>Road Ends in Water</i> was photographed in South Carolina, <i>Broken Land</i> was photographed across Civil War battles sites, while <i>Paradise Road</i> was made throughout the entire country. Do you find yourself purposefully expanding your reach outside the American South or was this just happenstance?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is somewhat purposeful, but not forced. It feels quite natural and exhilarating to me. I've been in the American South since I could truly call myself a photographer. In many ways, I've learned what I know in and from the South. But I've also felt that I need to understand the United States as a whole to truly understand what the South is. So I've begun to not shy away from finding interest elsewhere. The <i>Broken Land</i> series, although understandably often read as being about the Civil War, is about our current political and cultural climate. I felt the divisions have led us to where we are today, more divided than we have been since the Civil War. But my wish was to show these issues that plague our country as not southern issues, but national problems. This is the reason I made a point to photograph little known battlefields that look like they could be Americans' backyards as opposed to well manicured parks, and to photograph battlefields that extend across the country - well out of the South. <i>Paradise Road</i> certainly takes me out of the South and looks at human nature and American culture more broadly. I'm also now working on some photographs along the coast of Maine in the winter that I'm really excited about. Of course, Maine would seem very far from my roots in the South, but I don't really see it that way. In many ways, I see Maine as a kind of South of the Northeast. Of course there are many differences, but there are also many similarities. I am interested in understanding those similarities and differences. Exploring other regions helps me understand exactly what the South is, and maybe it will help all of us. After all, we are one country, although it's becoming harder to grasp that every day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK_rB3fLmq9SAqJQz_o2LMDDHzEG7t7_cvG2BizUXCNpJ5PPkWQtET37z_LZpuNw4fsM4aGTZuB8BDvWdMgJ8lElXFdm1b77QRcc_wUbfFHljGm6nwl1_CGkYdAtCcsLe3-Ufsmasp1z3/s1600/Battle-of-Sailors-Creek-VA-FLAT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK_rB3fLmq9SAqJQz_o2LMDDHzEG7t7_cvG2BizUXCNpJ5PPkWQtET37z_LZpuNw4fsM4aGTZuB8BDvWdMgJ8lElXFdm1b77QRcc_wUbfFHljGm6nwl1_CGkYdAtCcsLe3-Ufsmasp1z3/s640/Battle-of-Sailors-Creek-VA-FLAT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from the series <i>Broken Land</i> © Eliot Dudik</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1