I am simultaneously working on this project and my experimental project. My scanning is coming along quite well. I still need to do some work on the images in PS but I will hopefully have some stuff to show in class tomorrow. I think I really want to present these in a book form because I do not think that they will work well as large images. Now I have to figure out where I will send them to be printed into a book. I considered making it myself but with the semester winding down and other projects and papers due, I don't think I will have the time to devote to making a quality book.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for wonderful family and friends. I am thankful that I am finally done cleaning and doing dishes. And I am especially thankful for my cousin who installed a full and free for me version of PS CS4. No more trials for me. Yay!

I went on a photographic adventure yesterday with Montana. We did not hit all of the places that she wanted to but she did get some really good images out of the places we did get to. I have been working on my scans this morning. I have also been thinking about how I want to present them and I am leaning towards a book format. My computer is starting to piss me off with its slowness so I am going to shut it down and let it have a nap while I do some baking. I will try to post up some more scans later tonight.

This is one of the artists I saw at the Flash Forward Exhibit at FotoWeek. Her name is Ursula Sokolowska. Her work is often very personal. Her website is:

http://ursula-sokolowska.com/splash.html

Project

My concept for this project is to create scanagrams using methods of chance. The objects that I am using all come from the "junk drawer" in my parents kitchen which has everything you could think of in it. I have emptied the drawer into a large box, stabbing myself on something in the process. I really did not realize that much shit fit in one little drawer. The rules that I have created for myself are that I roll a set of dice to get a number from 2-12. Then without looking I reach into the box and pull out that many items. I am wearing a glove to avoid getting stabbed again. Then I place the items on the glass and cover them with a black cloth then scan them. I am having a few issues with them and I am not sure if I want to use the black cloth or not. Here are rough examples of both. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

With Black Cloth Without Black Cloth

National Gallery of Art

I was in Washington DC and Virginia for the better part of last week and got to see some of the FotoWeek DC exhibits around the city. Sadly it was raining the whole time I was there and I did not get the opportunity to pull out my Rollei and do some shooting. I did see a lot of stuff I would like to photograph so I will be planning another trip, hopefully in better weather. The National Gallery of Art had two photographic exhibits. One was In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes. This exhibition shows the major technological developments in process from its beginning to the advent of digital photography. The other show, which was attached to the previous, was Robert Bergman: Portraits 1986-1995. I cannot seem to find a website for him, but here is a link to the Yossi Milo Gallery website that shows some of his work.
http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2009_11-robe_berg/

So I am in San Francisco but unfortunately it's a short trip. I am really bummed I don't have a camera that shoots RAW because I have seen a lot of stuff today that would really love to shoot. There is a building in SOMA that is old and dilapidated with furniture and appliances precariously hanging out the windows and from the roof top. There are also some really cool decaying buildings in the Tenderloin, which is where all the old tenements are. Hopefully I can come up during winter break and roam around the city to shoot. My sister and brother -in-law live in a cute Spanish Revival building that was built in 1930. Oh how I love old buildings! I am going to take some jpgs of it and post them later.

It has been a while since I last blogged but in my defense, it has been an absolutely insane week. I have had the same headache all week and I thought it would go away around 5 o'clock today but no such luck. Next week I am going to Washington D.C. and, lucky for me, the 7th through the 14th is Foto Week 2009 in DC. It is mostly in Georgetown so I will probably spend the day there that Friday. Here is the website if anyone wants to check it out. www.fotoweekdc.org/events/featured.aspx
There is also an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art called In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/darkroominfo.shtm