Sunday, April 24, 2011

New Website is Finished

There's some touching up to do, but by and large it's finished. Please visit at

www.callyiden.com

Thanks!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

NEW PROJECT - Empty Signs

I'm starting a new project. Just as others have begun, I'm not exactly sure how to proceed. But I do have feeling about how the images should look: short depth of field, vignetted?, the sense of a private séance with a normally public advertising space. The sign. Or lack thereof.

A private viewing.
A public sign.
Crocuses
Snow
Staples
Plywood

They aren't fooling anyone

What do you think of these? Comments welcome!

Cell towers dressed up as pines in...

Ambler, PA



View Fake Trees in a larger map


Chalfont, PA



View Fake Trees in a larger map


Spring House, PA


View Fake Trees in a larger map

Navigation With Trees

I started this project (though I didn't know it at the time) last winter, 2010).  I began photographing the trees in earnest in the fall and have continued through this spring.  Some of the newest trees added to this project are shown below.  I dread the coming of full blown spring, with the verdant foliage casting a happy shadow of these woody skeletons, bearing the the trees no longer bare.













Update on Goals for this Semester

With one week of school left, I'm taking inventory of the progress I have made down my list of goals.  I've really pushed myself to create new photo work and am really pleased with the results.  Shooting every weekend without fail has paid off.  The website is coming along, more slowly than I had hoped. Despite being familiar with Adobe software in general, Dreamweaver poses a steep learning curve. 


1. Make a new website 2.  Complete 3 more works aboutGoogle Maps    3.   Go on six more shoots for the  "Navigation with Trees"  series      4.  Make a camera obscura out of the house I just bought in Germantown   5.  Line up a summer job in the city6. Apply to artist residencies and exhibitions    7.  Register for a Beginning Glass Casting course for Fall


What's left on the list?  Summer job, camera obscura...things can tackle after this last week of school is over and done with!