Finally getting some work online. I had a big printing weekend which was great. I am excited about where my new work is going and it's a change from what I had at the last residency. Soon I will have more individual images on my Flickr account. I have been thinking about my next paper I want to incorporate the thoughts I had around going home, to my parents homes a week ago. How photographing my childhood homes felt different than photographing my own home.

Went to NYC this weekend it feels a little like a blur I need to spend some time processing all the work I saw and some of the shooting I did at home. While in the city I had a marathon day the Whitney, Metropolitan, and the Guggenheim then it was downtown to some Chelsea galleries. There was so much more I wanted to see but I accomplished a lot in one day.
I was able to photograph at home..my childhood homes. It was an interesting experience I may use some of the images not sure yet it didn't feel like home partially because I don't live there anymore and things have changed in the houses. A big one is that my mother doesn't live in my childhood home she now lives in NJ a different state than where I grew up. I focused more on the objects pieces that had been part of my childhood. I am looking forward to doing a ton of printing this weekend I have a lot of material to work with.

Sometimes I wonder how can all this work be done....? Conferences at work today but all the judging was finished for the art show I'm hosting at work. Denise and Michael were some of the judges so it was nice to talk about work and AIB with them today. Earlier in the week I saw Linc who also did some judging great to see people who have finished the program. Shot more tonight and I'm looking forward to going home and to NYC to see shows. I spoke with Deborah the other night and I need to make some changes to my last paper and focus more of my thoughts. I am really enjoying what I'm photographing and I'm looking forward to getting into the studio to do a lot of printing.

Above image: Moyra Davey's work

Can't believe my last post was 2 weeks ago work has been so busy since returning from vacation. I am hosting a large art show at my school which has been occupying a lot of time. Anyway still plugging along with grad work.
Met with Jesseca my mentor at the end of my vacation and had a good meeting with her. We discussed my newer work in which I have been hanging multiple images on the wall next to each other. Working with size of the images and dealing with both my interior and exterior space. Using imagery of both has allowed me to make a more personal connection to my sense of place. I have still been working and looking at maps but I feel they are becoming more of just an influence than using them in my work. I went to visit Coe at Fitchburg and was able to make some larger prints which was great they change the layout of the work and I can't wait to make some more with new images I have been shooting. Other than my work I find I have been looking a lot I have a ton of books out from the library. I went to part of a symposium at Harvard on Saturday about the Moyra Davey show at the Fogg. There were some very interesting speakers and I enjoyed getting to see the show a second time. I also visited the landscape show at the PRC.
I'm looking forward to a visit to NYC this weekend for some gallery and museum visits. I will also be visiting both family houses which will give me an opportunity to photograph at both places. With the work I am currently doing I feel I have been focusing more on my current home but it should be helpful to do some shooting in my old homes, the ones my parents still reside in.