currency// exchange

Corcoran Gallery of Art - Gallery 31
Thursday, November 12th.
6- 8 p.m.

Currency / Exchange showcases work made by Corcoran photography students in El Salvador while enrolled in the seminar and travel course “International Experience / Transnational Identity,” taught by Muriel Hasbun, with the collaboration of Susan Sterner. Students Kathleen Altemus, Julie Carrasco, Nick Kirkpatrick, Erika Nizborski, Jenny Yang and Michelle Yo learned about the history and culture of the smallest Central American country and its transnational community in the Washington, D.C. area while exploring contemporary issues of migration, diaspora and cultural identity. The photographs of Currency / Exchange speak to the experience of translating a culture and attest to the currency of images in the making of a cultural landscape.



I was in El Salvador in January of 2009. It feels so long ago now, but we've saved our show to coincide with Fotoweek D.C.
I'd be thrilled if you decided to join me at the closing reception - free to the public.




suchitoto besos.

preview

"That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it." – Miranda July




my thesis preview show will be up for one more week in the White Walls gallery at the Corcoran College of Art + Design.
if you are so inclined to visit i would appreciate some suggestions and feedback.

i have a lot of things to sort out - specifically about my thesis and more generally about photography as a whole.

as of now.. things look bleak.








cheers.

a certain longing :: september 18th

come take my pulse

-- the pace is on a runaway train.



the color processor has been closed // out of chemistry // being a jerk for 3 weekends now.
i have two shows i need to print on that dying machine.
one of which critiques today.
meaning i've had to hang work prints and alternates.

bahh.. such is the consequence of choosing color film.





susan called me the last of a dying dinosaur breed making c-prints.



a happy, happy dinosaur.. living in a land where butterflies abound
food grows to the height of my mouth
and perspective is optional.



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two openings.


[Stimulus]
Thursday, April 23rd 2009 6p.m.
White Walls Gallery
Corcoran College of Art + Design


[The New Color]
Friday, May 8th 2009
87 Florida, NW Washington, D.C. 20001
Curated by Jayme A. McLellan of Civilian Arts Projects
(more info to come on this one)



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to something better left unknown.

i woke up exhausted sunday morning.
[hung over from take out?]

got myself up and went to church for palm sunday.

coloring in jesus outline riding a donkey.
flailing palm leaves.
learning the word hosanna.
nothing wrong with that.


we got there too late.. and i didn't get a palm leaf :T

apologies for being such a lazy blogger.


my class was given the task of documenting the first 100 days of the obama admin in terms of the economy for this spring semester.

what's the most boring thing i could think of?




circuit city.

moments and faces.

[gobs story]

:production manager for the olney theatre.
:opening night for steve martin's adaptation of the underpants.

i decided take a chance and shoot film.
low lighting and cramped quarters made it difficult, but it was good practice.
it's not the most beautiful work in the world, but i've made the decision to give this photojournalism thing a try..
so i guess it's time to tell stories.


[even though i love them.. i'll spare you the AP style captions]



jenna.


tiny booth.


reviewing lines and checking the wire.


blocking. [gorgeous stage]


i only caught the last half of the play, but i'd assume the other half was just as good. farce comedy with a flare for feminism and anti-anti-semitism.
olney maryland was strange, but delightful.
tjmaxx, farm land, parking lots, and some weird catering company that made me throw up :]

that's the kind of nice thing about photojournalism.
you have an excuse to do things and go places you would have otherwise had no reason to pursue. maybe i'll end up a richer person.

my core class has been shooting a lot of these hit and run 5 picture stories.
they seem pretty simple, but they're really demanding on the schedule.
to find access to strangers, photograph, and compile the work for each week isn't that easy.
and it has much to do with luck.

i've grown cranky, tired, and lazy.
sick, unmotivated, and bored.

moments and faces.


we'll see what happens. i'm just trying to stick it out.
i can at least say that i know i'm good company.