Historic Juneteenth photographs

Historic Juneteenth photographs

I started doing the  #1000wordsofsummer challenge way back at the beginning of June. It was supposed to be 14 days of posts in a row but, well, that went out the window pretty fast. However I did commit to writing only about the history of photography as it relates to...
W.A.G.E.

W.A.G.E.

Today I joined W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy). From their site: “Launched in September 2018, WAGENCY is an artists’ solidarity union that facilitates the fair remuneration of labor in the nonprofit sector. Supplying artists with digital...
Personal Archiving

Personal Archiving

What does the term “personal archive” mean to you? In the not too distant past, archives were almost exclusively the realm of institutions and large ancient families.  In the 21st century, however, every single one of us are creators of something, probably...
What about *those* pictures

What about *those* pictures

We all have them. Those pictures. You know, the ones that are too embarrassing to imagine ever being seen by eyes other than your own. Your little baby bum between diaper changes. You proudly modeling a perfectly awful outfit for thefirst day of school. Braces. Bad...
Photography communicates across generations

Photography communicates across generations

Photography allows us to communicate about ourselves to future generations. To tell them who we were and how we lived. It’s the closest thing to a time machine that we have.  You see the results of those important moments in the older photographs you have...