Church Vine

Church on the corner of Banff Ave and Buffalo. Can you spot the beer can...

Rene

Big things that look like small things

As usual, I'm interested in the things in everyday life that look odd but are, in actuality, normal average things.

Take for example: this yellow truck. I pass it every time I walk to the studio, but I can't help feeling like it looks like a toy truck even when I stand right beside it. The other day I was shocked to see it being driven around town as I was secretly convinced it never moved from this parking spot in the industrial park. I like the way it looks like something from another time, or better yet, like a toy truck from another time. I not-so-secretly wish that I own it.

Red Flowers

I've been thinking a lot about the act of walking lately, and more specifically: the act of walking to my studio. This walk signifies for me an acknowledgement of my practice as an artist, so of course, being a photographer primarily, I'm documenting that act. It's been a nice way to slow down an observe the minutiae of everyday life, but also propels me to think about the transformation that occurs in the walk from work to apartment to studio. Here's another picture from along my route.

Banff

Photography Book Now: Peoples' Choice Vote

Just a quick post to say I've entered Blurb's Photography Book Now contest and wanted to post links to each of my entered books in case visitors to this blog feel like voting for my books! Peoples' Choice Voting ends August 20th.

Vote for The Lake here.

Vote for Amma's House here.

6 days

I've been thinking about the practice of observing my surroundings over time. In Banff I've been doing this by documenting my regular walks around town: to work, to the studio, etc. When I was at Hollyhock this spring, one of the things I decided to do was take one picture a day out the window of my bedroom. I had an amazing view of the ocean and I spent a lot of time just looking out that window. In any case, I felt it was an interesting study to see how the landscape changed from day to day. I tried to set up roughly the same view each time I took a picture. I'm interested in the relationships built with places through the ritual of continued visitation. Meditations on place.