Me at Chesapeake Bay in Maryland By Jessica, 2009

"If at first you don't succeed...create a blog."   After that, a quick GS took me here.

That was my mantra ever since my internet education was realized at the age of 14.  Incidentally, it's also the subtitle of this poor excuse for a blog.

I wanted to highlight some of the blogs I've been featured on recently, and reciprocate the traffic:

Justin James Reed
TV Diner
Pete Halupka
Booooooom
Triangle Triangle
Oh, Photos
Super Revolver

 Also, the internet is more fun then ever since I got a twitter account.

Not unlike my internet brothers and sisters,  I'm trying to offset the costs of, well...everything by having a print sell.  Those of you who are interested in purchasing my prints can find a link to left.

Now I would like to introduce you to some friends who are also lovely photographers and are selling work at considerably low prices:

Alana Celii:



Hello!

As some of you may know, I am graduating this May from Parsons School of Design. To help offset the cost of framing my senior thesis exhibition, I am offering a limited edition of five images from my thesis body of work.

1. Corey After He Shot Himself in the Eye, 2007
2. Hawks, 2008
3. 1 P.M., 2006
4. Virgin Mary Night Light, 2005
5. Motel, 2007

Each image is in an edition of 15. They are hand printed at 5 x 5" on 8 x 10" Fuji Super Type C Glossy paper.  Each image is 20 dollars plus S/H, or all five for 85 dollars.

Please pass this on to anyone who you feel may be interested, or if you could please post it on your blog, if you have one. I greatly appreciate it!

For larger images please see: http://alanacelii.com/ps/


Best,

Alana

http://alanacelii.com


Whitney Hubbs:

Faraway, David Horvitz
 

Philosophy, David Horvitz


Democracy in art has never been this free, of course not to exclude the cost of bandwidth, etc.  I can't remember where I first came upon Horvitz's website, but I enjoy the little bit of beauty he startles within the self. That is  to say that he tries to empower you (the individual viewer) through his tidbits, notes, instructions, and concepts.  I like how he interperates systems of communication, containment, and time.
 

photo by Erik van der Weijde from his thirdreich series, 2007

I came across Erik van der Weijde via i heart photograph a few hours ago and I was taken aback, not because of the photographs themselves, but because I've been to this house in a dream.  I remember being there in the top floor. I can remember wood panel rooms and secret pathways. 

I'll try to slip back there again, soon.

February 19, John Ciamillo, 2009

John, a classmate of mine, asked me to post a link to his blog/website.  Check it out if you want to see some hip Yashica T4 action in the Philadelphia area.  Not to mention, he's an amazing portrait/studio photographer.

Check it:
John Ciamillo
John's Tumblr

THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO EMERGING ART PHOTOGRAPHY
CURATED BY ALANA CELII, JON FEINSTEIN & GRANT WILLING
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY RUBEN NATAL–SAN MIGUEL AND JON FEINSTEIN

The Collector's Guide is an invite only, unique 180–page source book distributed to collectors, art dealers, gallery directors, photo editors, museum professionals, and independent curators. Published biennially, The Collector's Guide aims to further Humble's mission by bridging the gap between ambitious early-career photographers and often-unapproachable photography professionals and art institutions.

Ideally, the 163 photographers featured in this publication will move on to find their work in private collections, represented by reputable galleries and included in group exhibitions. The Collector's Guide will also serve as a resource for photo editors, helping to attract assignments to featured photographers.

The Collector's Guide is not a traditional consumer-based art photography book. Instead, this source book is a complimentary guide for collectors and photography industry professionals.

For a list of participating photographers go here

BOOK DETAILS
Release date: March 3, 2009
Featured photographers: 163
Print run: 5,000
Trim Size: 10.25 x 13 in.
Binding: Perfect bound (softcover)
Pages: 180


For purchasing inquires go here.

Sample Photographs:

Edger Thomson Works, Braddock, PA 2008

The above image was just accepted into the ONWARD 09' competition run by the lovely people at Project Basho in Philadelphia.  Here is a list of accepted photographers at the the Onward Blog. Interestingly enough, last years competition contained quite a few of us Fjordians. 

I am very fortunate to be included in this years list. There are some great photographers including a classmate of mine and a Drexel alum that I run into in various parts of Philadelphia on my bike.
   

I contributed an image from my United Kingdom series to Wassenaar (an extension of the  We Can't Paint network).  The photograph is part of a group show titled Domesticity Redux dealing with the relationship between photography and the extremely familiar. 

Since I tend to use the home as subject so often, I tend to think that photographs of domesticity are partially rendered as self-portraits tied into a formal understanding of photography.  What triggers me to make a photograph is usually the color and light.  Building bodies of work then introduces larger implications about façades, the layering the meaning and my personal reservations about living in America are enhanced.  These photographers attempt to realize interiors in exactly that light.  The series is introduced as such: 

  ...one cannot deny, let alone forget, that these photographers are working against our own ideas of domesticity. Comfort, pain, happiness and loss, emotions which are all "familial" to what makes one human, can be hard to convey when our image memory is so tied to a subjective model of the vernacular. If anything, the most successful domestic photographs allow us to reflect, discover and challenge our own history, declaring the subject of "home" as one of the most important tasks a photographer can undertake.

Please take a few moments to view the images made by some great, young photographers here.

Meet Waradise: a temporary venue for things to happen. Directed by Alice Wells, with a forthcoming exhibition curated by Karen Archey, and design by Caroline Askew.

17 Orchard Street New York, NY / www.meetwaradise.com / meet@meetwaradise.com

Meet Waradise – Fjord is a one-night exhibition in which the general expectations of a photography exhibition will be broken and the viewer will be able to directly interact with the photographs. This exhibition features the work of 66 photographers from the Fjord collective. The photographs will be displayed in an un-mounted, un-bound fashion in order to promote direct interaction between the viewers and the work.

Exhibiting photographers are:

Dustin Aksland, Nicole Akstein, Mary Amor, Michelle Arcila, Daniel Augschöll, Mikaylah Bowman, Coley Brown, Alana Celii, Céline Clanet, Gerald Edwards III, Jon Feinstein, Bea Fremderman, Dana Gentile, Gustav Gustafsson, Jessica Hans, Paul Herbst, Nicola Kast, Clare Kelly, Jonathan Knobel, Andrew Laumann, Shane Lavalette, Bryan Lear, Miranda Lehman, Seth Lower, Sophie Lvoff, Michael Marcelle, Alexander Martinez, Lydia Anne McCarthy, Andrew McComb, Mark McKnight, Ye Rin Mok, Chad Muthard, Erin Nelson, Erika Neola, Jennifer Niederhauser, Kaarel Nurk, Grady O’Connor, Ulijona Odisarija, Nils Orth, Cristina Maria Oswald, Justin James Reed, Jessica Roberts, Lazaro Rodriguez, Tamara Rosenblum, Bryan Schutmaat, Daniel Shea, Brea Souders, Jake Stangel, Will Steacy, Tim Steer, Sean Stewart, Joseph Tripi, Brad Troemel, Jesper Ulvelius, Elo Vazquez, Kamden Vencill, Corrie Vierregger, Greg Wasserstrom, Shen Wei, Alice Wells, Ian Whitmore, Mark Wickens, Jessica Williams, Grant Willing, Sarah Wilmer, and Davin Youngs

Curated by: Alana Celii and Grant Willing

Fjord is a project that showcases the photography of young, up-and-coming photographers. The drastic shift in the way work is being presented today has become especially noticeable in the more technologically adept generation. Fjord's goal is to bring together a collection of notable photographers from the Internet and showcase their work in physical form. This transition from Internet to physicality will allow a different audience to experience the work thus bringing emerging artists into the public's view.

www.fjordphoto.org