I spent the last 9 months in The Griffin Atelier 39 online group with Jennifer McClure. By the end I was tired of the deadlines but I've never produced so much work. I walk away with many lessons and skills learned over the 9 months. Its not necessarily the big things learned like Bios and Artist Statements but the small lessons like how to get unstuck, and how to be patient and slow down with the process. It was helpful to be pushed in new ways and also quite the experience coming up with a body of work and exhibiting it in 9 months. I could have continued my Resume Series but felt led to explore the tension and beauty of motherhood and my garden. The biggest takeaway from @jennifermclure is to follow your heart.
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Anastasia and I spent several months brainstorming and coming up with questions for our Lenscratch article on being artist mothers. It was really fun to share about my process and some never before seen photos. We both enjoy self portraiture and approach it in very different ways. Special thanks to Aline Smithson for the opportunity.
Really excited to have my image in the Annual Juried Members Exhibition at The Griffin. This was a goal of mine and it felt so good to finally achieve it. Special thanks to juror Mazie Harris Assistant Curator of Photographs at The J. Paul Getty Museum.
“We hide. We seek. We seek connection, understanding, empathy, knowledge, a jolt to break us out of our routines. Photography is a marvelous means of searching, at its best transforming sight into insight. In the face of life’s difficulties, the fog and obfuscation of day to day challenges, frustrations, wins and losses, the photographs gathered here make the world glancingly penetrable. They offer refractions, reflections, moments of grace or quiet or perception.
Amidst the fast flow of photo feeds and news streams, it is a gift to spend time with images that still and steal time, that hint at larger narratives without heavy-handed explanations or pithy captions.
With gratitude for the photographers who help us to revel in places and faces, in pleasure and in pain. Here’s to those who not only search, but share.”
- Mazie Harris, 2024
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