March is a big birthday month in my family. A grandmother, two brothers, a new nephew … and my mother. With spring coming she’s on my mind a lot, and served as the inspiration for this article appearing on the Creativity Portal website. Enjoy.
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During lunch, on a bright sunny day, I went for a walk through Edmands Park with camera in hand. Inspired by Ansel Adams, I decided to shoot in black and white. I’m quite excited to see how the pictures come out. Mr. Adams was on my mind because of a recent blog post I’d read about some of his photos held at the National Archives. In 1941 he was commissioned by the National Park Service to create a mural that exemplified nature in the national parks. When the U.S. entered World War II, the project was halted. You can read more here on the National Archives website. The following picture in particular lit the creative spark in me.
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I’m trying to learn more about black female photographers. So far I’ve found the following resources. Any other sites or sources recommended?
Blogs
Individuals
Zanele Muholi whose “work represents the black female body in a frank yet intimate way that challenges the history of the portrayal of black women’s bodies in documentary photography.” Her “Being” series I found especially powerful.
Organizations
Sistagraphy an Atlanta-based collective of African American women photographers
The Exposure Group a thirty year old association of African American photographers in the Washington, DC area
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Given that March is Women’s History Month, I thought I’d highlight some of my favorite female photographers.
“Flag Making” Brooklyn, New York, July 24, 1940
Cameron portrait of Julia Prinsep Jackson, later Julia Stephen, Cameron’s niece, favourite subject, and mother of the author Virginia Woolf.
Mississippi Delta Children
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Hmmm. I don’t think I’m being curmudgeonly or old-fashioned but … really … does every movie under the sun have to come out in 3D and be organ-rattlingly loud? Where does cinema and the entertainment world go from here? Perhaps back to the basics. Here’s my two cents: I think the next cinematic revolution will be silent, black and white films. Unless there’s such a thing as 4D programming. Is there?
I was surprised to see, after a cursory search, that there’s still quite a bit of activity around silent films. There’s Silent Movie Mondays taking place in Seattle, and there was a silent film festival in Kansas this past February. And here’s the blog for Ben Model a silent film music accompanist, and his 2010 road schedule. And here’s a neat blog called The Bioscope “reporting on the world of early and silent cinema.”
Some of my favorites: Son of the Sheik with Rudolf Valentino, The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Lon Chaney, anything with Charlie Chaplan and anything with Lillian Gish.
Want to know more? Here’s a good jumping off point: Silent Film Wikipedia entry
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An Orchid in Back Bay
A Magnolia Bud in Central Square
A Squirrel Along the Charles River
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Right now I am stuck in a wonderful creative space pondering portraits. Not so much traditional portraits, though with the help of friends, I do enjoy challenging myself in that arena to capture the uniqueness of individuals. Here’s a friend and her daughter.
But what if you can’t photograph someone’s face? Maybe the person is shy. Maybe the person has passed away. Using photography, how do you present a picture of that person to the world?
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