Photo: Andre Forget
Last night it was wonderful to open my solo show "Une oeil different" at Maison Earle House. It is rare to share my work with friends and neighbors.
My thanks to the speakers Adriana Korkos, show curator, and Dr. Billy Flynn. The show continues until May 28th.
In this day where everyone's phone is a camera I'm often asked if photography is my job.
Well, it's something I can't help but do every day - for hours. This image was taken on a rainy day in June. I was feeling antsy to get outside and explore. It wasn't going to happen.
In a vase in the living room was this peony. I had some shipping paper and this happened.
A print of this shot will appear in April at The Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis MN, in the show "The Still Life".
A job, a passion, an addiction? I know I have to do it.
STO Union is a multi-disiplinary art and performance company. I was asked to present a social media takeover (Instagram and Facebook) with a behind the scenes view.
These things are usually photos where a ballerina ties her shoe or an actor is getting makeup. What I quickly discovered were 300 days a year that weren't nearly as romantic, that verged on drudgery. I have tried to show this but also the good nature of the company accepting this.
It's been a frantic Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Each of these seasons have been spectacular. Aside from the obvious landscape shots they've inspired, several side projects have also been developed. I'm currently going through hundreds of negatives and files. I'm also trying to plan some work for over the cold Winter here in Wakefield, Quebec. I hope to have a bigger update for you soon.
As a teaser, here is the begining of one series in developement. You can also find some varied images on Instagram.
A print of "Hosta" was exhibited in the May 2022 show "Monochrome" at PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Hungary.
There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel we call 'the current world situation'.
We have all gone through a lot. It is a ray of hope for me that this 11-23 March I will be back in a show - a return to Blank Wall Gallery in Athens. The show is called 'Moments of Color'. The selected piece is Abandoned Cabin, Low Quebec.
My thanks to curators Maria Toutoudaki and Markos Dolopikos.
There are many in the world still awaiting pandemic relief. I'm thinking of them this Valentines Day.
A new year is upon us. Now, I am not one for resolutions but I have decided to try some new directions in 2022.
I am not going to abandon my exploration of 'the little things' around me and the urbanisation of my local environment. What I am going to do is add to how I express my work with: more darkroom work, experimenting with different photo processes, more collaborations with other creators, and experimenting with projected content. I expect more than a few failures as this goes along but I look forward to the opportunity to learn from it all.
Of course, we are back into shutdowns, lockdowns, and curfews here in Quebec. I will do my best to not have that limit my creation.
It's a tentative start to the new year but I hope it grows and grows into what I want. I wish the same for you.
Happy New Year.
In January 2020, I had a photo and text in the book "Critical Moss: art beyond the bubble". I was deighted to be selected by editor Aldobranti and appreciative of the forward by Dr. Fiona Harvey.
The publishers, FoscoFornio, are now selling copies of the book from stock through biblio which looks at the systemic failings of the "art market" and how it cannot reach out into the rural and isolated.
https://biblio.co.uk/book/critical-moss-art-beyond-bubble-aldobranti/d/1367725023
Further to the above, there is a sequel / a companion text
https://biblio.co.uk/book/critical-moss-art-independence-aldobranti/d/1367725039