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FotoFocus Biennial
The monthlong celebration of photography that is the FotoFocus Biennial has brought lots of great things to the city. In addition to John Water’s talk, there are lectures and exhibits throughout...
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Look Here!
One tiny glimpse of the Look Here! Project that’s all over town. I just checked out the map on their website. Want to go to all of theres.
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Reflecting on the future
I had grand ideas to write a big entry about what is about to happen, but there was SO MUCH TO SAY that I didn’t know where to begin. But it’s happening and I want to pour out as much as I can. The...
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Seeing Now at 21c
Above: Hank Willis Thomas “Raise Up” Paul Rucker performs at the opening of Seeing Now at the 21c. Also by Thomas “Intentionally Left Blanc” a chromogenic print you can only see with a camera flash.
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City Shine
I met a group of photography students at Alms Park to participate in C. Jaqueline Wood’s City Shine project. In short, folks were encourages to photograph the sunsets around the city throughout the...
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The Madisonville Edition
Though my Fellowship technically ended in March, I still had some ideas left to execute for PhotoCorps. One such thing was the concept of a “Neighborhood Edition” which would invite folks to explore a...
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A Wonderful Moment
So A Wonderful Moment happened and it was, well, wonderful. The ask was, find some joy captured in a photo and send it in with the story. Over 225 submissions later, the day drew nearer and it all...
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Tether Cincinnati
Tonight was the launch of the Tether Sourcebook, bringing together photographers, wardrobe stylists, makeup artists, hair stylists, models, creative directors, and fashion designers in Cincinnati and...
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Recreating a panorama
On September 24, 1848 Charles Fontayne and William S. Porter—using one of the earliest forms of photography, daguerreotype—photographed Cincinnati from atop a building in Newport, Kentucky, creating a...
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A morning with the Hasselblad
I had a handful of hours with this beast of a camera with the threat of imminent rain. I chose to do fairly straight-forward panoramas of the city from different perspectives: the Incline District in...
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Tintypes by Keith Klenowski
Keith Klenowski has been experimenting with tintype photographs in his backyard. It’s a fascinating process, coating the rectangle of tin with collodial liquid and then silver photographic emulsion....
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An evening in OTR
Final Friday means things are happening downtown in Over the Rhine. Stopped by We Have Become Vikings to pick up a few prints. Enjoyed meeting Matt (above left), having a brew and shooting the breeze...
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Wrapping up the photoshoot
Jim directs Joe to look casual at his phone. Renita and Diane make use of the conference room to the left of the couch here. And the whole studio is starting to feel real. (Yes, we moved a bunch of...
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Mapplethorpe at the Guggenheim Museum
Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now. I don’t understand the title of this exhibition whatsoever, but I enjoyed the broad slice of Mapplethorpe’s work on display. Many pieces from The Perfect Moment...
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Teaching in the field
I spent the entirety of this day teaching young adults (hopefully) new ways to consider photography. Dusted off some PhotoScouting books and we wandered through fields and around a barn, with a host...
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SFMOMA
Even if you have just a little window of time to spare? Make time for art. Well, unless you don’t really like art, then do something else. Me, I popped in to SFMOMA and walked through a good chunk at...
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The wonder of a film scanner
Most of my work from college is on slide film. And there are oodles of envelopes of negatives in a huge box I’ve been meaning to explore. So I got this film scanner and though the resolution is...
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Doubled
The day started with a tree removal at my brother’s house. Which was stressful, but it happened. I feel bad seeing a tree go, but I’m going to focus on the patch of land that lived in the shadow of...
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FotoFocus at Wave Pool Art Center
Went down to Camp Washington to pick up some things and as I entered the Wave Pool Art Center I stopped in my tracks to marvel at a pair of photographs by Leonard Suryajaya. So much color and density...
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A kindred spirit
Spent a slice of the afternoon chatting with Kevin Vognar, who's been sharing daily photos for over 15 years on his personal website. Each post contains a photograph, bit of context, song that was...
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