tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146816162024-03-06T23:54:36.034-09:00words & photographsbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.comBlogger414125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-71145699629045573352012-08-20T10:32:00.000-08:002012-08-20T10:32:34.249-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gravitational Pull (w/ <a href="http://davidbram.com/">David Bram</a>, <a href="http://www.michaelitkoff.com/">Michael Itkoff</a> & <a href="http://kathleen-robbins.com/">Katleen Robbins</a>) - opening tonight at <a href="http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/gravitational_pull" target="_blank">LightBox Gallery</a> in Astoria, Oregon.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-64137493406686426412012-04-23T09:07:00.000-08:002012-04-23T09:07:48.110-08:00Chris MillerMy good friend, <a href="http://csmphotos.com/default.html">Chris Miller</a>, is a photographer and fisherman in Bristol Bay. For five seasons he has been making photographs of life in the fishery, and heads back west again in a few weeks for his sixth season. A few nights ago, over beers, he told stories of fishing and the sea. It's such an obscure life to me with few points of reference in so many ways, but his stories made me want to chuck it all and stink of fish.<br />
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He just <a href="http://csmphotos.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/nushagak-point-setnetting/">posted a series of new photos and stories</a> from last season. I am anxious (and a bit envious) to see more images from this coming season.<br />
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<br />benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-46444251072344213242012-04-18T10:44:00.000-08:002012-04-18T11:03:53.119-08:00BlueA couple years ago I found myself making photographs of the most ubiquitous of Alaskan landscape intruders - the blue tarp. It happened innocently enough, an unrelated landscape project that evolved into a topological hunt. I haven't known what to do with these, and put them aside for some time. But, spring has uncovered them again, and I find myself <a href="http://huffphoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/home.html">seeking them out</a>. I find their sameness comforting, but also the idea of their role of protecting, or hiding, in the most obvious ways. For now, the photos serve as a sort of strange inventory that (for some reason) I can't ignore.<br />
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<br />benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-23284541400888407922012-04-10T16:39:00.001-08:002012-04-10T16:39:59.765-08:00NewsFirst things first - I'm thrilled to announce here that I'm newly represented by the <a href="http://www.jenniferschwartzgallery.com/">Jennifer Schwartz Gallery</a> in Atlanta. This is a big deal for me, and I couldn't be happier.<br />
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Jennifer, her team, and I have some exciting things in the hopper (much more on this later), but I want to inform readers here of a couple of those things coming up <i>soon</i>. Jennifer is working hard to find new ways to engage, both her local crowd, and the larger appreciating public, with photography. As an Alaskan artist, it's important to me to have a voice that can be heard through the vastness of the north, and more importantly to have my work seen by folks outside my small town.<br />
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First, this Friday, I will have photographs available at the gallery for the second Walk Away With Art event - a local effort to introduce the gallery's artists to the greater Atlanta Area. Then, in May I'll be a little closer to home, where I'll be showing six pieces from <a href="http://www.huffphoto.com/last_road.htm">The Last Road North</a> at the <a href="http://lightbox-photographic.com/">LightBox Gallery</a> in Astoria, Oregon for <a href="http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/gravitational_pull">Gravitational Pull</a> with <a href="http://davidbram.com/">David Bram</a>, <a href="http://www.michaelitkoff.com/">Michael Itkoff</a> and <a href="http://kathleen-robbins.com/">Kathleen Robbins</a> - such good company.<br />
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Stay tuned here for more exhibition news, and images from a new body of work.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-74479855295253341722012-04-02T08:43:00.001-08:002012-04-02T08:43:36.073-08:00FractionThanks to <a href="http://davidbram.com/">David Bram</a> for including me in issue #37 of <a href="http://fractionmagazine.com/">Fraction Magazine</a>.
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The proposed road north of the Brooks Range is a contentious issue. <br /><br />Fundamentally, it is a hundred mile road from Glabraith Lake, on the haul road, to Umiat, where they estimate large deposits or oil exist. The cost is roughly $400m, with an annual $3m to maintain. As an all Alaska project, the road comes at no risk to the oil companies, but would pave (ok, gravel) over a piece of Alaska that currently is only available via a winter ice road and by plane. This road, as well as the proposed roads to Ambler and Tanana (which oddly I have heard very little about) would be the first roads built of note North of the Yukon River since the haul road was built in 1974. <br /><br />One of the things I've always found so interesting about the haul road, of which I've spent so much time is that nothing is easy. The road is difficult, the politics are difficult, our dependence on the drilling a the end of the road is difficult, and drawing my own moral lines is difficult. My love for that space, respect for the people who find themselves there, ultimate opposition to the road to Umiat, my own hypocrisies, and my relationship with Alaska is difficult. I have this belief that in the next fifty years we (Alaskans and those who pay our way) will decide our state's legacy - wilderness or resources. <br /><br />With each new road that is built, we become closer to being the same as everywhere. A patchwork of gravel and blacktop. Lines - some going somewhere, some going nowhere, but all accommodating our collective stubbornness and need for progress. <br /><br />For now, my work on the road is near finished, but I'm forever connected to its past, present, and future. I'm interested in what the road will look like in fifty years - what the north of Alaska will look like in fifty years. <br /><br />In my artist statement I have struggled with the following lines - "north or south. advancing or retreating. at the end, always oil". I hope that in fifty years I won't say - "north, south, east, and west - roads into every corner of the North. I can now see everything from my car window. It's beautiful. It's horrible".<br /><br />Mostly, I hope I'm around in fifty years to make photographs of the space. 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I've been meaning to stop in, to start some research, and to talk to Dee (the owner) for some weeks now. It had been to long since I last lost myself in those heaps of dusty old Alaska titles. As usual, Dee was full of stories, and I love to listen to her go on about history and the locals who have made up this place. We spoke of travels, photography, writing, and that there aren't enough years in a hundred lives to do it all. I always leave there with a life times worth of ideas and projects. Dreams. <br /><br />One of the finds of the afternoon was a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Off-Country-Essays-Poetry/dp/0472063332/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331707995&sr=8-1">John Haines' Living of the Country: Essays on Poetry and Place</a>. I own a tattered copy with a duct tape spine, have bought a few for others over the years, and hold it up as the blueprint for the artist here. No one speaks more clearly than Haines. <br /><br />John Haines died a year ago this month. The following is the first page from his essay Roots from the Living Off the Country:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Roots<br /><br />Good poems come from roots, by accident or by determination. And by roots I don't necessarily mean the work must grow out of a certain place on a map. To be centered in a geographical region has been a matter of great importance to poets in the past, and it can still be, though it may be disappearing as an option. But I mean that the work, and the life, must have their origin in a place of conviction for the poet. It may be an entirely imaginary place invented for the poem, but it is nonetheless true. The poet believes in, or his becoming a believer in, or he may be letting go of a belief in, a self, a way of being, a way of seeing and feeling. He occupies, or is in the process of occupying, an actual imaginary ground, ground on which he sees himself with some inner clarity. It is a known place, full of meaning for the poet. What he is and does takes its vitality from that place, that certainty. The work itself may be a stretch for that place, an approach to it, or even an exit from it into or toward a more substantial reality. Good benches and chairs, as well as poems, come from roots. A man who has mistaken his life and who does not believe in what he is doing, who wishes he were somewhere else, doing another thing, is not likely to build good chairs nor to grow good turnips."</span>benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-55837600597295028232012-03-06T12:40:00.006-09:002012-03-06T13:45:15.782-09:00Flak Photo Stories & Emiliano GranadoFlak Photo has a new feature - <a href="http://flakphoto.com/content/introducing-flak-photo-stories">Flak Photo Stories</a>. I'm a sucker for photographers talking about their work. The more mystical the better. One of my favorite images of late is this photo by <a href="http://www.emilianogranado.com/">Emiliano Granado</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHThKHDIeOSA70AALGnKge4H-CMuAPe_X4JyrXdlHeTEFFO7AKJ7ypEjJepjtFEcjOVFsnPoZPcdD_Ez72ZBr__8uF_j_vMBEbWyrAOU8PtSCISxOSzvAiZt_edpzLBL0H2SlmA/s1600/emiliano-granado-untitled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHThKHDIeOSA70AALGnKge4H-CMuAPe_X4JyrXdlHeTEFFO7AKJ7ypEjJepjtFEcjOVFsnPoZPcdD_Ez72ZBr__8uF_j_vMBEbWyrAOU8PtSCISxOSzvAiZt_edpzLBL0H2SlmA/s400/emiliano-granado-untitled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716903771180007730" /></a><br /><br />He says of the moments that resulted in the photo - <br />"<span style="font-style:italic;">I’ve been in the presence of photographic magic before, but this was the first time that I had seen a photographic miracle. I was speechless for about 20 minutes. I still don’t have many words to describe the moment.</span>"<br /><br />This feeling is so rare, but the idea that it exists is reason enough for making photographs.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-24484881149473852412012-02-29T10:18:00.001-09:002012-03-25T21:36:24.981-08:00Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sea Otter, Dave's home, 2012benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-63726881480211199652012-02-16T21:52:00.043-09:002012-02-16T23:56:07.437-09:00The Great Annual Tour of the MidwestWe leave for Chicago tomorrow. Our annual trip to Mayo for Dea's transplant annual checkup is next week. We'll be starting in Chicago, driving up through Wisconsin, over to Minnesota for her appointments, down through Iowa to see my family, then back to Chicago to see Dea's family. This annual trip has turned into a pilgrimage of sorts -a trip that we look forward to annually, now that we have confidence that Dea's checkups are ones of a celebration or sorts, instead of bad news. <br /><br />I look forward to this trip for so many reasons that deal with health, family, and perspective, but I also get really wound up about seeing good shows while I'm out. Here's what's on my list:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzj6p4mkvB3F-M55daKUoyuOdYYItY3JvI-ufN5L7mHFjmWvbsnWESsejY4P6caJ0Vnw-D8UT4cxXjJJDONYfHgk4yUvtuqymZw7BRpIQXgYOlsAqHlIRIDzu7yIF4wlYblnHNw/s1600/sorochinski17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzj6p4mkvB3F-M55daKUoyuOdYYItY3JvI-ufN5L7mHFjmWvbsnWESsejY4P6caJ0Vnw-D8UT4cxXjJJDONYfHgk4yUvtuqymZw7BRpIQXgYOlsAqHlIRIDzu7yIF4wlYblnHNw/s400/sorochinski17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709997276730521138" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.edelmangallery.com/home.htm">Viktoria Sorochinski @ Catherine Edelman</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1btKrDt1PSZgak1V9tKOQ0jIFV0OGaHTsHNJmxumLtdpZDrnr_r0cnG9nmfqgnIsM-gLvWpFDQ6rOh-0LrmHAXX6UCdBBGDIhvlWppU06xT1TDW9S14ewO2zmdl7_pCMrhvYEWA/s1600/Brill_exhibions_1.2012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1btKrDt1PSZgak1V9tKOQ0jIFV0OGaHTsHNJmxumLtdpZDrnr_r0cnG9nmfqgnIsM-gLvWpFDQ6rOh-0LrmHAXX6UCdBBGDIhvlWppU06xT1TDW9S14ewO2zmdl7_pCMrhvYEWA/s400/Brill_exhibions_1.2012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709996585002642370" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mocp.org/">Limits of Photography @ MocP (image John Brill)</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3wXiTIkLhsQPZWu4YIAtS_7Rw6LkmC3M_nCDDcoSATPlX05aVjKrcb9ap2Afb3YbyPv_bECG25p_L-QRb0HfDZd-d3exqImRNYjPFiee98N89V2HMZgDa89Rq6h_VCXu13QRvA/s1600/tumblr_l4hhoduBbF1qzqgybo1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3wXiTIkLhsQPZWu4YIAtS_7Rw6LkmC3M_nCDDcoSATPlX05aVjKrcb9ap2Afb3YbyPv_bECG25p_L-QRb0HfDZd-d3exqImRNYjPFiee98N89V2HMZgDa89Rq6h_VCXu13QRvA/s400/tumblr_l4hhoduBbF1qzqgybo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709996982127808898" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.rochesterartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.html">Jochen Lempert @ Rochester Art Center</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflDix-sbdtVcZE9E81quUfpCe0tNJlAQuyXptbg9MBrO1ii5pVlNYqzHe2McaCwJt_eIQQIcMNT0p7lkNyxd7OguWmgOghB7dRxOxDvzeXD65n6XAHuTDP_WTxw9MLuTNsYeu2w/s1600/LY-ss.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflDix-sbdtVcZE9E81quUfpCe0tNJlAQuyXptbg9MBrO1ii5pVlNYqzHe2McaCwJt_eIQQIcMNT0p7lkNyxd7OguWmgOghB7dRxOxDvzeXD65n6XAHuTDP_WTxw9MLuTNsYeu2w/s400/LY-ss.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709998349505709266" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/LightYears/index">Light Years @ the Art Institute (image John Baldessari)</a><br /><br />I love Alaska, there is no place I would rather live. But, damn I'm looking forward to getting out of here and driving around the heartland. Home. <br /><br />If you're in the city and out seeing shows on Friday the 24th, email me if you want to meet up.<br /><br />Later AK, here we come IL/WI/MN/IL.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-40963583810876195152012-02-16T00:11:00.009-09:002012-02-16T00:41:20.786-09:00Christopher ChurchillOne of the high points of my trip to China last November, was the opportunity to see <a href="http://www.christopherchurchill.com/">Christopher Churchill</a>'s book maquette for American Faith. This book was poignant, and understated, yet large in its ambition and scope. The object was a beautiful package - well worn - but a wonderful capsule for the work. <br /><br />The introduction is personal, and quite honestly, heartbreaking. It's a big idea - American Faith - but what he does well, I think, is tether a sweeping idea to a fine thread of distanced intimacy that weaves its way through this work. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE09PNvsUXBB8__ZzyuJ35XYiY6n-5lPrFwFY5pfHPLZlLE7DL-RPfGAXhIy52T88RIkCUJojUXhCIK5yRHiNSE5QOAuvsHq5P_YCZLqSzD9oC-VicWlglyN4kx7O_xPy56OjqvA/s1600/100406_cov.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE09PNvsUXBB8__ZzyuJ35XYiY6n-5lPrFwFY5pfHPLZlLE7DL-RPfGAXhIy52T88RIkCUJojUXhCIK5yRHiNSE5QOAuvsHq5P_YCZLqSzD9oC-VicWlglyN4kx7O_xPy56OjqvA/s400/100406_cov.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709662292585967682" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nazraeli.com/bookdetail.php?book_id=100406">Nazraeli is publishing the book</a> this month, and from what I understand the reproduction stays very close to the maquette I saw. Of course, trimmed with Nazraeli's impeccable production. I'm looking forward to owning a copy of my own. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37Ripr6-A1S6NuHaJZaHPK_c_jqPLWlMh38Gcl1T3LC6i3T8Zn_OsRltYJBx9ktcOxajGoLAXAQCRz2HugM0fA9rZjYVCTcb1Y_W10jsgBdkOCsRBHi0IJpxjAx6hWzkKs1ZKHQ/s1600/churchill1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37Ripr6-A1S6NuHaJZaHPK_c_jqPLWlMh38Gcl1T3LC6i3T8Zn_OsRltYJBx9ktcOxajGoLAXAQCRz2HugM0fA9rZjYVCTcb1Y_W10jsgBdkOCsRBHi0IJpxjAx6hWzkKs1ZKHQ/s400/churchill1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709664571953822498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_bcEiHuyWXIh9vfo-jwjGpvKqkedPkNbX9ejponAs-uM9CVmQ5Fz51LnBm7p8zxQCBKJhZnOmvUA9Xyjj7TQFg_8MFdfvztrkK7ofaB7GPF7Rk4L-45-UUYyH791SE5Xqtm1BA/s1600/Churchill2jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_bcEiHuyWXIh9vfo-jwjGpvKqkedPkNbX9ejponAs-uM9CVmQ5Fz51LnBm7p8zxQCBKJhZnOmvUA9Xyjj7TQFg_8MFdfvztrkK7ofaB7GPF7Rk4L-45-UUYyH791SE5Xqtm1BA/s400/Churchill2jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709664582386090082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S5BJqKlqohlUI4UCNu-AmXH2w6HIOXWfGrOkWUAbXKkRgOD5tgKW0dBdb_4x_rnRV9ntBjEnT7rj6jJSPVGrLFrLtxwRtExxKvNegA9P3SC0TZAZpxFX_2Irba0YcIAcb46Dcg/s1600/churchill3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S5BJqKlqohlUI4UCNu-AmXH2w6HIOXWfGrOkWUAbXKkRgOD5tgKW0dBdb_4x_rnRV9ntBjEnT7rj6jJSPVGrLFrLtxwRtExxKvNegA9P3SC0TZAZpxFX_2Irba0YcIAcb46Dcg/s400/churchill3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709664583643623618" /></a>benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-22858595941295531682012-02-15T11:02:00.005-09:002012-02-15T11:15:14.001-09:00It's complicated..yet, so simple. This video is brilliant, and exciting. I'm in the basement today - scanning, printing, working on a thought. <br /><br />Wit the exception of being out making the photographs - there is no place I would rather be. <br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34608191?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34608191">PressPausePlay</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/houseofradon">House of Radon</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />"When humans make stuff, they tend to make interesting things" - Mobybenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-14591538937586679542012-02-05T19:44:00.025-09:002012-02-05T21:18:47.143-09:00Avalanche!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA6QS3oJ8s1mtqaDod-KWG4L4-u1nNSymW1M2XaDJtvqYw2KvqOPQAwuGsfOoagCkdQJdNK8hbNSvBFtGuwDI9lGPqgPMWTTpEjYwh-2pFPHip2Rr2_6GzCq1olS4Xq3c3KXMCA/s1600/Juneau_urban_avalanche_1962_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA6QS3oJ8s1mtqaDod-KWG4L4-u1nNSymW1M2XaDJtvqYw2KvqOPQAwuGsfOoagCkdQJdNK8hbNSvBFtGuwDI9lGPqgPMWTTpEjYwh-2pFPHip2Rr2_6GzCq1olS4Xq3c3KXMCA/s400/Juneau_urban_avalanche_1962_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705890531881560962" /></a><br /><br />This is my first full winter in Juneau, and my first active avalanche season. The conditions have been right the past few days, and the slopes above town are heavy. A couple weeks ago the city blasted a couple notorious chutes, but this week we had over a dozen uninduced slides above town. <br /><br />The snow didn't reach any houses, but the largest slide went across Thane Road late Wednesday night, shaking our house a mile away. We woke to the noise, thinking is was a slab of ice and snow breaking loose from our roof, and learned of the avalanche the next morning. The reality of living on the ocean, in the shadow of steep mountings on three sides that could release city suffocating amounts of snow at any moment is sobering. The idea of the event itself is exhilarating, but, I really enjoyed the visual quietness of the aftermath today as I made photographs. The perspective of snow, uprooted trees, and horizon was wonderfully foreign. <br /><br />I referred to the <a href="http://juneau.org/avalanche/">city avalanche site</a> to help me find the runouts, and was amazed at some of the <a href="http://www.juneau.org/manager/documents/Juneau_urban_avalanche_photos_part1_Behrends_1962.pdf">photos from the 1962 slide</a> that reached town. I'm mesmerized by this photograph of the aftermath from the 1962 slide tonight...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-49Ytutdn9jBBj03QS2BUCpK14F6ikBodzsZmJu6hA9SLF8prqhTST-fFCXNvWHgYgEwdCNCT6DJqsWoj3aH_6Gvy1vgihyR7eOBhqcWcM5AACLBz7PhyphenhyphenlFg6Hy4hWPgY2iFSA/s1600/Juneau_urban_avalanche_1962_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-49Ytutdn9jBBj03QS2BUCpK14F6ikBodzsZmJu6hA9SLF8prqhTST-fFCXNvWHgYgEwdCNCT6DJqsWoj3aH_6Gvy1vgihyR7eOBhqcWcM5AACLBz7PhyphenhyphenlFg6Hy4hWPgY2iFSA/s400/Juneau_urban_avalanche_1962_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705890532278617186" /></a>benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-88144378777389229882012-02-02T18:32:00.007-09:002012-02-02T18:42:00.977-09:00Broken Manual<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCSdBgKNd6-CPjO3QiegZtay9F3Gn7lc2r7BpebXvV1gcfVd3mK8EFvvV4sVT7YV35pWIL6jxZdqGV_kkeamqjj0jwfgjA2or8wuftYUe6mcpM9jcydeUCnLDzspy3Ktq2BSNag/s1600/thumbs_2007_10zl0053_ver3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCSdBgKNd6-CPjO3QiegZtay9F3Gn7lc2r7BpebXvV1gcfVd3mK8EFvvV4sVT7YV35pWIL6jxZdqGV_kkeamqjj0jwfgjA2or8wuftYUe6mcpM9jcydeUCnLDzspy3Ktq2BSNag/s400/thumbs_2007_10zl0053_ver3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704749437123350866" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEstTBhTkiSt4NvXz2pj5VgF81lwIoMVDkmY_L6QpCcsLWMAae4jEgdeH0XbGjpLsdcR7VakvFDO11t1ZQ9nJJRoQ1nyS4OZRzMSkw7PKCXRyvqZHqq3WZ4aybYXNzLggQn1s1Sg/s1600/brokenmanual_opening2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEstTBhTkiSt4NvXz2pj5VgF81lwIoMVDkmY_L6QpCcsLWMAae4jEgdeH0XbGjpLsdcR7VakvFDO11t1ZQ9nJJRoQ1nyS4OZRzMSkw7PKCXRyvqZHqq3WZ4aybYXNzLggQn1s1Sg/s400/brokenmanual_opening2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704748051260662338" /></a><br /><br />If I lived within 2,000 miles of New York City, I would be <a href="http://www.skny.com/">here</a> tonight. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifphFUTSNwnR9fLQGulB9Z9teOSR1i2MfJxd7WlD_q1e4mJJXaBKYgs8ZFAun0OKwC-C8ir7XkqUMpng8kCH4537HfQkxoik-Go4zrrqK3O_iRE-9zwh8UnYXdBKeVsJmq-PMG9Q/s1600/thumbs_2008_08zl0215c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifphFUTSNwnR9fLQGulB9Z9teOSR1i2MfJxd7WlD_q1e4mJJXaBKYgs8ZFAun0OKwC-C8ir7XkqUMpng8kCH4537HfQkxoik-Go4zrrqK3O_iRE-9zwh8UnYXdBKeVsJmq-PMG9Q/s400/thumbs_2008_08zl0215c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704748060826891138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kuHqbL2dGj_JauTBXF5TaBSNxLYCVdgtoLOXRuibE7PtKO6W0Oa5pwSMqWu1diJfA_-VXDU4cTmuHA5Jk6lemkAMNcClByPZzPmAWo3xvwk7lUeQVsn_6huyJJ8KCilCgXt-Tw/s1600/thumbs_2006_08zl0045-ver1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kuHqbL2dGj_JauTBXF5TaBSNxLYCVdgtoLOXRuibE7PtKO6W0Oa5pwSMqWu1diJfA_-VXDU4cTmuHA5Jk6lemkAMNcClByPZzPmAWo3xvwk7lUeQVsn_6huyJJ8KCilCgXt-Tw/s400/thumbs_2006_08zl0045-ver1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704748053636428322" /></a><br />images © <a href="http://alecsoth.com/photography/">Alec Soth</a>benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-35829119655085494972012-01-30T20:32:00.015-09:002012-01-30T21:34:23.995-09:00Lost In PublicationsVivian Sassen's work is strange and beautiful. Completely original. I don't own any of her books, much to my disapointment, esspecially after seeing the video for Flamboya (scroll half way down the page). I need to rectify this gap in my modest collection...soon.<br /><br />Earlier this week I stumbled onto <a href="http://lostinpublications.tumblr.com/page/3">Lost In Publications, which provided a good overview of her work and books</a> through quotes, video and a edit of pictures. But, I was really blown away by Sassen's drawings! Its not uncommon, I would imagine, to find photographers drawing out scenarios, but these are just splendid. <br /><br />I love the photograph, but if I owned both and my house was on fire, I might grab the drawing. I didn't realize these drawings were such an intigral part to her work - both in idea and form. You can see more sketches at <a href="http://www.vivianesassen.com/">her website</a>. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIRvlWF8Q0HOQw8p2H_fjq0Pu2Qo02OIHsUyTnH9wrTGKkAMsNzdsKogng4JzsnXtv98nP-lipLa81mf1SDD7IVyeTPoJGC3w_2ZDQIBae-sEPjfhWzoMNfHdD2wP2lF0dLmUxA/s1600/tumblr_lxmsvxO2H91r2k9k0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIRvlWF8Q0HOQw8p2H_fjq0Pu2Qo02OIHsUyTnH9wrTGKkAMsNzdsKogng4JzsnXtv98nP-lipLa81mf1SDD7IVyeTPoJGC3w_2ZDQIBae-sEPjfhWzoMNfHdD2wP2lF0dLmUxA/s400/tumblr_lxmsvxO2H91r2k9k0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703668188469927426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSSs-2CW5QX2ozdm4169v_0o_xZcFvwPRqX_9MDepnjdFa2xt3yh3FO0TIzO6e3sdvUHfVENeJgEAeLYBoYGnsO_3q_6RchddL4qRdUIqR8mepHsLQ1uxBgCKwCkvceAoYANN8g/s1600/tumblr_lxpf9cg7dF1r2k9k0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSSs-2CW5QX2ozdm4169v_0o_xZcFvwPRqX_9MDepnjdFa2xt3yh3FO0TIzO6e3sdvUHfVENeJgEAeLYBoYGnsO_3q_6RchddL4qRdUIqR8mepHsLQ1uxBgCKwCkvceAoYANN8g/s400/tumblr_lxpf9cg7dF1r2k9k0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703668192515299730" /></a><br />Images © Vivian Sassen<br /><br />I don't know who is behind this site, but <a href="http://lostinpublications.tumblr.com/">Lost In Publications</a> just went to the top of my reading list. Also see <a href="http://lostinpublications.tumblr.com/page/4">Rob Hornstra</a>, <a href="http://lostinpublications.tumblr.com/page/2">Rinko Kawauchi</a>, and<a href="http://lostinpublications.tumblr.com/"> Vanessa Winship</a>.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-80911058961006013142012-01-26T21:33:00.066-09:002012-01-29T21:53:57.052-09:00contextI've spent entirely to much time working on this post tonight. But, I'm struggling a bit with teaching, and how to bridge some gaps. Or, wether there are any gaps at all. My last post was an effort to try and draw some resolutions. Anyway, I haven't figured it out, so I'll save the long winded post or going around in circles, and just jump to the center...<br /><br />In regards to teaching:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ultimately, I want them to go out into the world and drink it in. I want them to become invested, and to love and be scared, and capture it all. I want them to bask in the face of reality and create fictions. I want them to believe that art can change the world, and that they are the ones to do it - that their images are the only answer. I want fire and swagger.<br /><br />I want them to make great photographs, and I don't care how they get them.<br /><br />But, my contradiction is that sometimes I do care. I also want them to experience an image on the ground glass, upside down and backwards. I want them to peer down through a waist level finder. I want them to compose inside a square. Experience the freedom of a rangefinder. I want them to struggle with a dark cloth in the wind. I want them to use a tripod. And not. I want them to rely on a single lens, and be forced to get closer. I want them to decide on black and white or color before they leave the house. I want them to get down to one final exposure, and make it count. I want them to have patience. I want them to be present.</span><br /><br />I realized tonight, that this conversation is probably more about me than my students. A necessary realization.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-14454332289947169252012-01-23T10:29:00.058-09:002012-01-24T15:41:09.417-09:00choices not versus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiXBvqeVVMYRqCnnjA7I_yUEt-89k2Tjrlsmm6dZmVi4lXDd0GrhOH0Qw3w-YmLC_fSoDcGkmLonhamDn1jDFIUsrR2PPlKAZSympLSmTnLl0q7WQeGVTOWRFQZeYZmPK7XKObQ/s1600/Rineke+Dijkstra-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiXBvqeVVMYRqCnnjA7I_yUEt-89k2Tjrlsmm6dZmVi4lXDd0GrhOH0Qw3w-YmLC_fSoDcGkmLonhamDn1jDFIUsrR2PPlKAZSympLSmTnLl0q7WQeGVTOWRFQZeYZmPK7XKObQ/s400/Rineke+Dijkstra-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700922379168842850" /></a> © Rineke Dijkstra<br /><br />I've been stewing over this post for the past few days. The film vs. digital debate is tired, and I don't want to stir the pot here, but I do want to get a few things off my chest. I think there is a conversation to be had about film and digital photography without having it slide into an us versus them, or them versus us, debate. We are all them and us. Great pictures get made, every day, by talented, hardworking, resourceful photographers with a battery of different tools. <br /><br />The fact that we have the options, and the idea that those options might be jeopardized, is at the heart of the issue for me. Last week, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/19/145439872/kodak-calls-bankruptcy-filing-necessary-step">Kodak applied for bankruptcy protection</a>. The (eventual) death of film was declared. Yet, the same day, as I read the <a href="http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/features/PDN-February-2012-4280.shtml">newest issue of PDN</a>, the stark contrast to that news couldn't have been more evident. There was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rineke_Dijkstra">Rineke Dijkstra</a> shooting film, <a href="http://www.edelmangallery.com/adams.htm">Shelby Lee Adams</a> also pulling sheets, and <a href="http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/features/Danny-Clinch-Docume-4396.shtml">Danny Clinch talking about the breadth of tools he employs to make photographs</a> - both film and digital. <br /><br />As photographers, we somewhat bend to the fact that technology, our tools, define us. I'm not saying the cameras we choose, but the machine in general. It has limitations - it's a perfectly imperfect machine. On a more romantic day, I would argue otherwise, but as I write this I'm feeling a little more pragmatic, as I think about the reality of having less possibilities. Less resources. <br /><br />At the end of the day, I don't care where a photograph comes from - good work is good work. Period. But, I also find great joy in trying to put myself in the heads of other photographers, I enjoy the idea of process, and decision making. <br /><br />I've been thinking a lot about <a href="http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/joel-sternfeld">Joel Sternfeld</a> lately. His new body of work <a href="http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=ZE663&i=9783869303093&i2=">First Pictures</a> is an interesting example. Let's strip away the digital/film issue and concentrate on his use of different formats, different tools. he couldn't have made those first pictures with an 8x10. Conversely, he couldn't have made <a href="http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=PK888&i=1891024779&i2=">American Prospects</a> with 35mm. And, <a href="http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=DQ324&i=9783865219169&i2=">iDubai</a>? That's another discussion. The differences between the works are important - there is much to learn there about him, history, color, and photography in general. Sternfeld is going to make good, thought provoking, and many times difficult photographs, regardless of the tools he uses. However, I think its important to recognize that this decision in regards to the <span style="font-style:italic;">tool</span> is an important one, and in no small part dictates how he approaches his subject. The same could be said for all of us. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeRSf5600xPjEL92ZPOX7_0vzX9uRVlOT1nDU2d7h_pqkHXbquzXRekS9LaanHmyeg8IH8edh4qBXU75YRLsJpu4tPlKSUwlH0HyUZw-iTAjN6yaA1W9AqxfL4m3M3giNGw0-qQ/s1600/From-First-Pictures-by-Jo-008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeRSf5600xPjEL92ZPOX7_0vzX9uRVlOT1nDU2d7h_pqkHXbquzXRekS9LaanHmyeg8IH8edh4qBXU75YRLsJpu4tPlKSUwlH0HyUZw-iTAjN6yaA1W9AqxfL4m3M3giNGw0-qQ/s400/From-First-Pictures-by-Jo-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700924081607501554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvto5IelhGsk4Bfmdhxd1-CLr0LDo2mACHUSpPMrMGfKmENIQk_oVbt2XstyR528qYD3KSf53iprnU6QMW7NrEHI0kyyIXlSaauOMguJNivZE1hpQCMoKj3Et8MdnFxZ9dmHexg/s1600/6a01156f98face970c01287694a09b970c-500wi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvto5IelhGsk4Bfmdhxd1-CLr0LDo2mACHUSpPMrMGfKmENIQk_oVbt2XstyR528qYD3KSf53iprnU6QMW7NrEHI0kyyIXlSaauOMguJNivZE1hpQCMoKj3Et8MdnFxZ9dmHexg/s400/6a01156f98face970c01287694a09b970c-500wi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700924083163303202" /></a> © Joel Sternfeld<br /><br /><br />It's this decision making aspect that makes me uneasy about the idea of Kodak packing it in. Currently, the digital formats that are in the same economic universe as most of us is limited. 35mm equivalents are it (as incredible as they are). Medium format digital or 4x5 back? Forget about it. With the (future) death of film also dies choices. I think (hope) our history as photographers lives outside the technology, but <span style="font-style:italic;">only</span> if we are spread across a wide and varying spectrum of choices in tools, and don't let the market dictate those choices. <br /><br />A good argument could be made that Kodak's ambivalence to the revolution is in large part to blame for the <span style="font-style:italic;">vs.</span> problem. To be fair, conversations like this probably aren't helping. We live in an interesting time, no doubt, and I can't help but think what the present would be if Kodak had embraced digital photography as an extension of a heritage, instead of something different and threatening. And, found a way to bring all of it together as an image making culture of choices. Had the wherewithal to follow "<span style="font-style:italic;">you press the button, we do the rest</span>" with an embracing "<span style="font-style:italic;">we are all photographers</span>".benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-15432302145803207012012-01-14T18:46:00.031-09:002012-01-14T20:40:52.557-09:00more on awe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1cvg6aVxgRpuUssMm18LGPcicILoc1cuB2iNZqmRz0_ez83IsOpM1G9vcTHoTX78XlIO90l5g72iCFXvO9fkaf5uiGyu4V40nZcdN_stKW3VnJdcgnbBfN0Vp3wugBwUUPUDDg/s1600/5978170710_06f2a74e7c_o-700x500-700.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1cvg6aVxgRpuUssMm18LGPcicILoc1cuB2iNZqmRz0_ez83IsOpM1G9vcTHoTX78XlIO90l5g72iCFXvO9fkaf5uiGyu4V40nZcdN_stKW3VnJdcgnbBfN0Vp3wugBwUUPUDDg/s400/5978170710_06f2a74e7c_o-700x500-700.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697721837828161202" /></a>© <a href="http://www.zoestrauss.com/">Zoe Strauss</a><br /><br />Tonight is the opening for Zoe Strauss' exhibition<span style="font-style:italic;"> <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/745.html">Ten Years</a></span> at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This promises to be a huge show, and I can't wait to see the reviews and photos from the night. <br /><br />Back in 2009, Zoe came to Alaska as a <a href="http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/news/usa/usa_fellows_stories_zoe_strauss">USA Artists Fellow</a>. She spent a couple days in Fairbanks, and we hung out a bit, went exploring for photos, and I took her for burgers at Ivory Jacks. She was a treat, and an absolute force of nature. From the moment you meat Zoe, you get 100%. All spark and fire. She truly believes that what she is doing is necessary and relevant. There is no pretense - the work is it. The only thing. <br /><br />I've always admired her fearlessness. But, the thing that stayed with me was how wholly committed, how unwavering, she was. I remember thinking - 'If I'm really to <span style="font-style:italic;">do</span> this (photography) she is the measure. Her passion to tell stories and be engaged sets the bar'. I still think that. <br /><br />10 Years.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-37580529817817971802012-01-13T23:38:00.014-09:002012-01-14T00:10:50.064-09:00back homeOk, so <a href="http://huffphoto.tumblr.com/">.tumblr</a> didn't take. Two things seem certain: first I can't seem to get away from this blog, second, I seem to do a variation of this exercise every year about this time. The Fall is always hectic, the darkness sets in, I close up a little and the blog goes quiet. And again, I feel the need to write. But this time it feels different - like a life line of sorts. I need more dialog, more conversation - even if it is one-sided. <br /><br />I was just going back through the archive here, and although I was often amused, I was also struck at how engaged I was. Not recently, but not too long ago. There was struggle, and fight, and goddamn awe on so many occasions. I was moved, and writing about it. I miss that. I miss exploring, here, books that meant something to me, offering a bit of critical dialogue, and screaming into the void. I didn't know what I was doing (still don't) but I was doing it deliberately. <br /><br />So, Im coming home, back to this damn blog. If there are still any readers here - thanks for sticking it out. It's good to be home. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxn4vIBjRYLUrmky-tO9Akvm4lpnelfHFXuQibmZIS68_Dla8ZBn23kh2D_cdLizZSW_bVza3uU3zr4UntnQ-ibTs80TiNCdtImtZkks8orEmUkCbwrc2HWXBl_6ZRae_NxuAfg/s1600/t_gold_street_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxn4vIBjRYLUrmky-tO9Akvm4lpnelfHFXuQibmZIS68_Dla8ZBn23kh2D_cdLizZSW_bVza3uU3zr4UntnQ-ibTs80TiNCdtImtZkks8orEmUkCbwrc2HWXBl_6ZRae_NxuAfg/s400/t_gold_street_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697406268252327266" /></a><br />The view down Gold Street from in front of our house. I'll be in the basement tapping out more regular posts. Promise.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-17923265388862849532011-10-10T13:45:00.003-08:002011-10-10T13:55:11.722-08:00tumblrI don't know whether I'm moving permanently yet, but I've been crashing over at tumblr lately. I've lived at this space since 2005, and I like it here, but my new place is kinda cool too. For, now I'm going to have most of my stuff over there, but keep a toothbrush, a pair of jeans, t-shirt, and a few books on the shelves here. <br /><br />So, come on over if you have some time. I have some news, recent photos from Juneau, and more on the way. Good things are coming. <br /><br />You can find me <a href="http://huffphoto.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">HERE</span></a>.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-72555619200687085312011-08-29T08:17:00.046-08:002011-09-01T20:56:28.646-08:00update/newsIt's been soggy and cold here in Juneau lately, and oddly perfect for making photos. I've been productive lately, working on something new, as I wait for this stack of film to land on my door. The film arrived today, and at first pass, things look great. Much to do. Scanning, printing, editing, mailing prints. All good. If you are expecting a print, or and artist book, from my last trip - they will be in the mail soon!
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<br />I'll be hunkering down here, and the blog will be quiet for a while. But, first, I wanted to say a bit about a couple places to see my photos in person this year. currently, <a href="http://andyadamsphoto.com/100portraits/">100 Portraits 100 Photographers</a> is being shown at the Australian Centre for Photography. You can view the grid installation below..
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<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27481690?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="265" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27481690">100 Portraits Australian Centre for Photography Installation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/flakphoto">FlakPhoto.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<br />Also, I've been invited, by <a href="http://www.larissaleclair.com/photography/about/">Larissa Leclair</a>, to exhibit at the <a href="http://www.lsphoto.org/lsphoto2011/">Lishui Photography Festival</a> in Lishui China in November. The prospect of showing photographs that represent a Western landscape and a meandering human story of the North, in <span style="font-style:italic;">China</span>, is such an incredible opportunity.
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<br />Thanks to Andy and Larissa.
<br />benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-79865006008769084942011-08-03T21:20:00.012-08:002011-08-04T07:41:16.275-08:00LPV Magazine & the Process, Stream, and eventual EndLast week, Bryan, at LPV Magazine wrote an excellent article - <a href="http://lpvmagazine.com/2011/07/the-process-the-stream-and-the-end/">The Process, The Stream and The End</a>. In the article, he tackles an issue that I've thought a lot about, in the last two years in particular - how to deal with photographic projects in process on the Internet? This is a big question, with many variables, and Bryan keyed into a few really valid points.<br /><br />I emailed him a word of thanks about the article, and we began talking. He asked me to write a bit about my own experience with blogging, and the way I have approached showing images from The Last Road North as the series has evolved. It's a long bit, but gets to the heart of some things in my process that might be useful.<br /><br />I find this dialog about works in process, blogging, social media, and ideas for sharing work really interesting. Bryan is right, in that I think we take for granted how new of an outlet the internet is in storytelling. Over the past few years I've watched several photographers that I admire deal with blogging, and work in process, in different ways. This conversation takes a back seat to the work itself, but I think it's an increasingly important topic for some photographers. <br /><br />I'd be interested to hear what others have to say on the issue - in the comments here or offline. <br /><br /><a href="http://lpvmagazine.com/2011/08/ben-huff-the-last-road-north/">You can read my contribution here.</a>benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14681616.post-28862652689863545122011-07-20T23:12:00.008-08:002011-07-20T23:54:40.096-08:00that's a lot of postcardsthis afternoon, <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benhuff/the-last-road-north">we made our goal </a>to finish the Haul Road project. i'm really overwhelmed by the support. money aside, the response from the photographic community, friends, and perfect strangers has been humbling. <br /><br />i'm chomping at the bit to get up the road. i'll be booking my ferry next week, and hitting the road in August. i have a lot of miles, pictures, prints, and books ahead of me in the coming months, and i couldn't be happier. <br /><br />i've said this so often in the past twenty days, that it sounds trite, but..... Thank You.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10922318513376910078noreply@blogger.com1