Sneak opening shot of our “ReFraming ReEntry” show at Mercy Corps’ Action Center. We gave cameras and journals to women exiting Coffee Creek Prison so they could document their transition experiences. It is a powerful exhibit! We were all surprised at the results.
The show will open to the public during 9/2 First Thursday. Come out to encourage and celebrate these women as they turn their lives around!
Huge shout out thank you to PushDot for the amazing prints.
Just coming off of a highly energetic, information filled weekend hosting Mary Ellen Mark’s workshop in my studio. It was an absolute delight running around Portland with her, hosting a really fun dinner party, seeing her new Prom film at her lecture, eating late night dinners and having her class use our home as a base while street shooting on Sunday.
The participants’ work was nothing short of outstanding. Truly was.
And she even scored a new camera and light meter at Pro Photo Supply!
I am missing you already, Mary Ellen. And I look forward to working with you again very soon.
Our maternal health project in Ethiopia has been listed on the Oregon Health & Science University’s Center For Women’s Health website.
Gerry Frank is da BOMB! Here he is with one of his famous cakes. (Image was shot originally for 1859 Magazine so I needed to include white space for text.)
His Konditorei in Salem is a lively place, full of wonderful things to eat. It also seems to be a warm gathering place for many wonderful characters.
This image was also blown up life size at The Bite this year. I wish I had been in town to see it!
I loved photographing people. Love it. And I especially like no-nonsense, rough around the edges kinda guys and gals subjects. Michael Powell, of Powell’s Books, is one of them.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. We had fun in this uber low light, dismal warehouse setting. See the mischievous twinkle in his eye?
The screening of the movie “A Walk To Beautiful” and our own “Footsteps To Healing” newly released video drew a large crowd at the Hollywood Theater last week. We are humbled by the response many people have to the maternal conditions that occur in Ethiopia and other parts of the world.
The video I shot for our film was the first time I used the Canon 5DM2’s video capability, and I was amazed at the quality results.
My work surrounding maternal health in Ethiopia has been included on the Stirring The Fire website, and I was invited to chat with Phil Borges about the direction of the project. I will return to Ethiopia in January 2011 for a month, and perhaps as early as November 2010 to continue documenting the maternal issues which rural Ethiopian women face.
White Bird Dance rocks my world. I relish each performance and it is exciting to see how the world is brought to Portland via dance through this program series. Yesterday I had the pleasure of walking through the Rose Garden with the founders, Walter Jaffe and Paul King, so that we could create a series of images for their program and promotions.
And yes, Barney was there also, and created quite the frenzy as people greeted him!
Shhhhh. It’s still a secret until we have a formal launch party, but for those who read my blog, here is a link to our book that Poison Waters and I created!
Just finished a two-day shoot at Elephant’s Deli, where we shot a “Day In The Life” series of images. Products, displays, customers, chefs, ‘zas baking….we covered it all.
Best of all, I got to sample some of their amazing food!
