June 19, 2003
lakeland and finster photos
i've been down in lakeland, florida this past week, spending some time with my old friend and college roommate, cannon kirby. a few of you probably know him. his dad runs the cambridge study center, where mesh attended. cannon teaches a number of different courses here, mostly having to do with the visual arts. the coolest part of his job, (and a large part of the reason i'm here) is because he teaches photography, and hence has his own darkroom here at the study center. cannon is a pretty incredible photographer and both taught and learned with me most everything i know about the art. he's been getting more into mixed media recently and his latest stuff is outstanding and has been garnering him awards and most recently a one-man show. (i'm hoping to swing a deal on a few pieces to bring back to chattavegas with me.)
however, the reason i'm here is to use the darkroom, because i have something of a show of my own coming up. show isn't exactly the right term i don't suppose, but some of my photography is going to be displayed. there's a tribute festival up in new york on july 12 for the late, great, grandfather of folk art, howard finster, and i'm providing a number of photographs taken at his property, his personal sculture garden, paradise gardens. this is the biggest show i've ever been a part of, and i'm excited about doing the work. this week has been pretty draining, but i've finally made some progress in getting the prints done. i've posted a few online at http://www.loapher.com/finster and i'll be continuing to update it this week if you want to follow the progress... and if anyone wants to come up to the festival, i'd love to see you there...
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Posted by: JosiahQ at June 19, 2003 05:59 PMThose photographs are all excellent. I especially like the ones of the welcome sign and the madonna. Very cool.
Posted by: John at June 19, 2003 09:06 PMFantastic photography...black and white photography us, without a doubt, my favorite artistic medium.
Posted by: Christin at June 23, 2003 06:08 PMnice shots, decent commentary... too far to verify the story, but not bad for a dumas
Posted by: jbragdon at June 25, 2003 10:30 PMJonathan Bragdon...out of the void. How'd you find Andy's blog?
Posted by: JosiahQ at June 26, 2003 11:56 AMit was great having you down. you really are a very good photographer and need to get off your ass and start showing your stuff localy. love you man!!!
Posted by: cannon at July 1, 2003 05:15 PMOmg thats right! Please come see me and my friends! ;)
Posted by: watch moi at March 18, 2005 02:32 PM