My exhibition of my Journeys photographs at 88 Orchard has been extended through February 15th. If you’ve got a free afternoon and haven’t yet, please stop in. 88 Orchard is at the corner of Orchard Street and Broome Street in the Lower East Side. B/D to Grand Street or the F to Delancy/Essex will both get you to within a few blocks.
The artist statement that goes along with my Journeys work begins with the line: “Everything is always in flux, constantly shifting.” That seems particularly apt right now, though maybe less so the next couple of years. For the last seven years I’ve been working as a freelancer, scrambling after jobs and seeking exhibition opportunities for my personal work. Over the past seven months I’ve been working in a long term temp capacity for a single client shooting tabletop. Though it was not what I’d imagined doing with my photography skills, it has been a decent paycheck. At the turn of the new year I asked for a bump in my hourly rate–we’re not Vogue here, no day rates. As a concession for the bump in hourly wage, I was asked to commit to a full time schedule. Starting next week I’ll be a full time employee of NES. Forty hours. Healthcare. Taxes paid. TransitCheck. This is going to put a whole lot more normal into my life. It is also going to put my bank statements in better standing with my girlfriend. I should be thrilled, but I’m non-plussed.
This is going to be a shift for me.
The full time thing is flexible enough that I can continue to take the odd freelance job once in a while, especially for past clients. However, I’m not going to be looking for freelance work, obviously. Hopefully I can scale back my self-promotion without entirely disappearing. When this job ends, and it will eventually end either by taking me somewhere better or by taking me nowhere, I’d like to be on the radar of book designers, ad agencies, magazines and design companies.
I’ll still look for exhibition opportunities, and the energy that once went to seeking gigs will go towards these endeavors. This is going to mean a shift in how I present my photography. The website redesign that I’ve been working on is no longer appropriate. The underlying point of this blog remains, but the tone of it will need to shift. It will probably remain a series of semi-frequent postings of works in progress, announcements and off-hand snapshots with the occasional book or exhibition review. A lot is going to change, and I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to approach things given this new stability.
On that note, I’m planning a series of reviews over the next couple of weeks of several of the Korean photography books I bought back in November (yes, finally). It has taken me a while to spend enough time with the books to have something to say. Of the many books I bought, I’ll be writing about only a few. First up will be Seung Woo Back’s Utopia / Blow Up.
Things are bleak in Haiti. I have been seeing the pictures coming out and been transfixed by the destruction. I’ve donated to MSF and hope you’ll do the same either through MSF or another of the numerous aid groups working to get relief into Haiti.
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I’m showing a selection of photographs from my Journeys series at 88 Orchard, a cafe on NYC’s Lower East Side. 18 of my photographs will be on exhibit through the end of January.
There is an opening reception this Thursday, January 7th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Wine and snacks will be on hand courtesy of 88 Orchard. Please stop in to check out my work, say hello and have a glass of wine.
The Details:
Journeys @ 88 Orchard
88 Orchard St. (at the corner of Broome)
NYC, NY 10002
Closest subways: JMZ or F to Delancey/Essex; B or D to Grand.
Let’s hope the new year brings us all health and happiness.
A couple of pictures from the New Year’s snowstorm here in Maine:
and I’m only just getting everything back online. Hacker’s attacked my host’s servers on Christmas day shutting down everyone’s websites. A big thanks to Chris Garson for all of his effort in getting the server straightened out. Replacing all of the html pages that were overwritten was easy. I’ve only just gotten the blog back up. Thankfully the database wasn’t overwritten as the html pages were. A fresh Wordpress install and a new theme seem to have returned the blog to normal operation. New posts will follow soon.
Happy New Year!