For the next 60 days, Jeremy will be releasing one photo a day from his “Voices of Haiti” photo essay.
Buy a Print, Rebuild a People :)
Jeremy Cowart Photography is donating 100% of net proceeds minus printing and mailing cost from your purchase to Safewater Nexus, a non-profit organization aligned under the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. As all proceeds are restricted solely for the purchase of tents for the Home in Haiti project, Safewater Nexus will purchase tents directly from the “A Home in Haiti” program and deliver them to the sites most in need.
“We heard that evening that there was a wedding taking place. Immediately we started driving around in the general area where the wedding was and we finally found it. The bride and groom were walking out the door as we pulled up. We explained the concept and they agreed right away. As soon as we asked them if they knew what they had to say, they wrote down “Love Conquers All.” It was a stunning statement for such a devastating time of need. After the photo was taken, we drove them to their “honeymoon” in a tent city.” [excerpt from http://voicesofhaiti.com/]
February 25, 2010 at 2:45 pm · Filed under Art, Memoirs
It was recommended to me today — to be both “the river and the bridge” … a force of nature that flows vigorously (…) and a refuge for those who aren’t quite ready to jump in and swim for it — not sure how much stock I put in horoscopes, but I’m pretty sure there’s a photoshoot concept in there somewhere. ;)
In other life news, I pretty much feel like an insatiable sponge lately. Creative inspiration is coming in endless waves of obscurity. I love it. :))
Today’s inspiration comes from “Young Me / Now Me” — thanks Gary, definitely a fan. :)
the artwork of children is fascinating on many levels. however their uninhibited imagination is not always very true to reality. so when korean artist yeondoo jung set out to turn the drawing’s of 5-7 year old children into reality, some interesting environments were sure to arise. after he collected over 1,000 drawings, a select few were selected and turned into reality through a series of photo shoots titled ‘wonderland’. the results are just as fascinating as the original drawings.
January 19, 2010 at 10:07 pm · Filed under Art, Literature
Picking it up tomorrow….definitely. :)
From his very first photograph, made on assignment for Vogue in 1943, to startlingly fresh images that he continues to make for that magazine today at age 87, Irving Penn again and again shows an uncanny ability to surprise the world with his art. Far from a typical career retrospective, A NOTEBOOK AT RANDOM is a revelation. Included here are some of Penn’s signature images, along with the rough sketches and line drawings that provide a window into ideas and images in the making. The book is populated with artists, writers, and models whose lives intersected with Penn’s: Picasso looks out at us with that timeless intensity that characterizes an Irving Penn portrait. Many of the photographs are alternate poses or torn test fragments, pages from his personal ‘notebook’; some are newer-found discoveries, including a previously unpublished portrait of Truman Capote. Some of the most striking pages in this ‘notebook’ reproduce Penn’s painted photographs and mixed-media works, images so layered and exquisitely constructed that they resemble Cubist assemblages. With brief text excerpts and notations from Penn throughout, this is the most intimate and arresting book yet from one of the most admired artists of our time.
About the Author
Irving Penn was born in 1917. He studied design with Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and, in 1943, produced his first color photograph, a still life for the cover of Vogue. In a career of more than sixty years, he has made an extensive and influential body of work in portraiture, fashion, and still life. Mr. Penn is the author of several books, including Moments Preserved (1960), Worlds in a Small Room (1974), Flowers (1980), Passage (1991), Still Life (2000), and Earthly Bodies (2002).
This is not a pipe. I love statements that beg other questions. Okay. Then what is it? A realist would say, ‘It’s not a pipe…it is a representation of the original object, a picture of a painting of a pipe.’ Good thing for me, I am both an idealist and a realist. ;) I’ve never met a reality that I didn’t seek to embrace, nor one that couldn’t be changed. (TBC, xo)
[1.21] The rediscovery of this painting came to me early last week after a chance meeting with a stranger. Funny, how certain people can have an obscure impact on our lives. The truth of the matter is: life, lessons, perspectives can all change in an instant (some by fate, some by our own hands). The original muse of this post has gently faded from memory. However, the personal impact still remains. In life we often take people at face value — oversimplifying, categorizing, assuming. Similarly, our public personas also tend to live a surface level existence — oversimplified, categorized, assumed. But what of the complex world behind the walls? The place where we see the painting for the artists hands — the blots of pigment, the texture of each chosen brush, the patient hours of concentration, the experiences that led to the artists view of the world, the inner workings of a creative mind. For whatever reason, the last few years have brought an increased appreciation for looking far beyond the surface (both of myself and of others). I’ve learned to love the hidden mysteries, the process of getting from representation to raw form, the beauty of each persons intricate design. In a world without walls, there is no fear. Ceci n’est pas une pipe. This is not a pipe.
