sunday

A couple of nice chairs to sit in on this Sunday...Enjoy!

"Cabin 4 Porch"

more new scans

Three more images from my time in Maine a few years back.

"Moonshine"
"Light and Grass"
"Two Trees"

Inspiration

From Robert Frank's "The Americans" This piece of writing always charged me up the first time I saw it back in school. Not only did I become an instant fan of Jack Kerouac from this piece, but it always made me realize that there is more than one way to experience photographs. That you can actually FEEL a photograph, and not just look at it, talk about it, theorize about it.

Frank's "The Americans" is on tour right now and is at the Met in NYC until January 2010. I know I will be making the trip down to the city for it. I have never seen any of Frank's work in person, and I hope that same "crazy feeling" bubbles right up in me...

Top image: Kerouac's hand typed first draft of the intro to "The Americans"
Credits: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Reprinted by permission of John Sampas, Estate of Jack Kerouac.

Bottom: "Los Angeles, 1956" One of my favorites from the book

Maine

"Reeds"

new scans

I had the chance to revisit my negative from Maine over the past two days. In them I found some more images that I had overlooked before. Some of these images I am scanning purely for stock reasons, but some also hold some weight with the others that have already been posted on here through the months.

The simplicity and calmness of this image are what I like. It also speaks alot about how the camp felt on a day to day basis. This image was taken right before dinner, as you can vaguely see Eric, the owner, on his way back from the pantry playing with his old dog Kita in the background.

it's nice

Flak Photo and the Exposure Project

Andy Adams, over at Flak Photo, has recently started a section highlighting The Exposure Project's newest Book and the photographers in it. He will be featuring 7 of the photographers from the newest book in Flak's today's photo section. Stop by Flak over the next week to check out some of the great work by the photographers in our newest edition of the book.

Andy has been a long time supporter of The Exposure Project's mission as well as our individual artists and members. He has featured the work of Ben Alper in the Today's Flak Photo section, as well as doing a feature article on our 3rd publication. Be sure to check his site regularly for great work and informative articles.

Thank You Andy!!

House and Shadow, Pleasant Hill, California, 2006
copyright Daniel Farnum

For more information about our 4th and most current publication, please follow the link below to our website.

http://www.theexposureproject.com

http://www.flakphoto.com/

Fall

I'm bringing back an oldie but a goodie to signal the first day of fall. Fall going into winter always seems like a time of reflection, on past events and what may come in the future. Enjoy this time of change everyone, but don't forget your mittens!

it's a saturday

Well it's a beautiful fall day here, so here is another image from my September spent in Maine. This was my back yard for a month, with White Cap mountain in the distance.

Enjoy your weekend!

"Moving boats the lake"

wet

I'm feeling rather damp today, so here are a few images of water that I don't believe I have shared on the blog yet. Falls here and its cold and a bit wet out, not the easiest way to start your day. Grab your coffee and have a good day everyone!

Here's a few more images from my time spent in Maine a few years back. It was 3 years ago this month that I was there and, as the weather gets cooler here, it reminds me of the 30 degree mornings, wood stove fires for warmth every morning, and the rapidly changing leaves. Fall is certainly approaching us, so here is a bit of fall color for my first post in awhile. As with every change in season, I'm sad to see summer go, but I always welcome fall...

I will be posting a few more of my "Inspiration" posts very soon, so stay tuned for that.

Limited Edition - The Exposure project

The Exposure Project Book - Issue 4 (Special Edition)
70 pages, Hardcover
Edition of 25
8 x 10 in.
2 Signed and Numbered Prints
$100 + S & H

Includes photographs by Chris Bentley, Rona Chang, Daniel Farnum, Elizabeth Fleming, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo, Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström, Natascha Libbert, Bradley Peters, Carlo Van de Roer, Daniel Shea, Manuel Vazquez, Jens Windolf, Susan Worsham and Bahar Yurukoglu

Brian Ulrich's essay "Myths and Realities, Photography Moves Into the 21st Century"

Each Special Edition comes with your choice of two edition prints, signed and numbered by the artists. It is also packaged in an archival portfolio case made from 100% post consumer recycled materials. You can view the available prints here.

If you purchase a Special Edition, please e-mail you print selections to:

ben@theexposureproject.com

Each edition is limited to 10 prints, so buy one now to ensure you receive the images of your choice!

Also head over to The Exposure Project blog for our newest contest to win a copy of the new book, non-editioned, for free!!!

Inspiration

Two nights ago, I was in the darkroom again for the first time in quite awhile. Too long in fact. I was making a print for another photographer, and having to recall old skills and tricks to not only make the print breathe, but also to make it breathe the way he wanted it to, was harder then I remember. But like a bicycle, it all came back to me and soon enough we had our print, both he and I satisfied.

I was thinking on the way home from the printing, about printing and what and why I love it so much. Too much to list here, but I have posted three images from photographer Aaron Siskind, who was a early inspiration to me. I had seen a show of his work in Boston, without knowing who he was or what kind of work he made. The images resonated with me and to this day I can remember thinking in the gallery, that I wanted to make pictures that looked like this.

At the time I was in my second year of photo school and still trying to figure a lot of things out. Seeing these images not only gave me a frame of reference for what a picture could look like, but it also freed my mind up about what a picture can be. It can be simple and still convey emotions and feelings as good as any poem or portrait or great piece of music. I think over the next few days I will post more of my printing and photo hero's, it will be a good way for me to remember why all of this is so damn important to me anyway!

Thanks...

"Jerome 21 1949"
"New York 1 1947"
"Gloucester 1 1944"

All images copyright The Aaron Siskind Foundation

much a do...

So lots to share with you all...some new work, some news...

First I'd like to share with you all a new blog that was just started by a beautiful and also extremly talented photographer, Kelly Marion. She has been posting some of her old work from her archives as well as new work taken on her brand new Canon digital. It is Kelly's first leap into the digital world and she is off and running with it. Find her image and link below and be sure to stay tuned for some great writing as well as some wonderful images!




"Self Portrait, suitcase 1" From the Surrey street series.
"Mr. Baker" Jessup, PA

www.kellymarion.blogspot.com

More to come from me soon. I am more excited about photography right now then I have been in a long time. Kelly and I will be working on projects together in the very near future, and I also have a few things burning right now for myself that I hope will be large leaps in my career. Stay tuned as always for updates and news...but in the mean time...just be

Friday

More new work, but this time posted from my brand new computer. quite a nice upgrade and the first big step toward starting up a bit more professional approach to photography. Maybe it will even make my photographs better!

more...

Well it's been an unexpectedly fun and busy week, so I haven't gotten around to posting up any new work, but the wait is over! More images from the Hampton beach trip. As I look at these, I am happy with the outcome and am surpriced to have so many images that I like from just one outing. Really makes me want to plan more time fr myself to devout to shooting new work. I will be going out with a camera over the next few weeks, and possibly getting back to some large format Black and White picture making...as always stay tuned and keep having fun!

"Rides"

"Bus"

"Hotel Sign"