Places We Live, Play & Learn Exhibit

It is with great excitement that I'm letting you all know that 7 talented, ferocious, fearless, gifted, wise and creative ladies from GEV Ware are being featured in the exhibit, "Places We Life, Play & Learn"!!!

The reception is open to the public and will take place on December 30th.

Click HERE and HERE for more info about the event!

Feminist Icons of THIS Moment

Thanks Feministing for another wonderous link!

CLICK HERE

Some of my favorite contemporary feminist icons!!!

Papers: Stories by Undocumented Youth

Hey Ladies -

This is a new book of youth voices from youth who are undocumented in this country. Take a look at the video and let me know your thoughts.

We All Can Do It

I love this photo and this message. It is a great reminder that even within communities and movements that embrace justice, exclusion can happen. Let's include, invite and promote everyone's inclusion in feminism!

Young People Doing Great Things!!!!

Wowee - how great! As always young people are so innovative, creative and resourceful. Let's make some instruments in GEV!

UniteWomen

This is from a great organization called UniteWomen (LINK HERE).
What are you responses to this photo? How can we use text and image to deliver our messages?

On Real Beauty

50 Young Progressive Activists who are Changing America

Um, link below. Obviously I believe all of you are on this list too!!!

LINK HERE

Photographer Bruce Myren

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Hey girls!

I wanted to share with you my experience of working with photographer Bruce Myren. He was actually a photo professor of mine last year when I took a photography class at Amherst College. He made me think about photography more than an art than I ever have before. He made us question everything we did…but in a GOOD way. “Why did you take a picture of that? But WHY?” He made photographing more than just taking a photo.

In his work, Bruce investigates issues of place and space. Every photograph is thought out and executed to perfection. One project of his that I am inspired by is called “Markers: Memory”.  In this project, Bruce went back to Amherst, MA, the town he grew up in, to make pictures of places and spaces that he had a special memory of. He accompanies each photograph with one phrase.

How do you think you would photograph a space? What spaces are important to you that are worth sharing? http://www.brucemyren.com/

Alexandra Baran - 17 Year Old Photographer

Hey, check out these picture by an awesome youth photographer! Alexandra Baran is just 17 years old and already has a bunch of photo experience under her belt. She started photography in 8th grade (just like some of you all!) and has since won several contests and awards, including a National Art Honor Society award. She's had her work in two of the  Drexel University "High School Photography" exhibitions (which you all can enter in high school too!) and was featured in a magazine called "Emerging Photographer."

She does a lot of really conceptual studio portrait photography, often depicting issues that are close to her heart, such as depression and human trafficking.

Just think, this could be any of you lovely ladies in just a matter of time!!!

Here are two of the pieces that were featured in her article in "Emerging Photographer!"

Post Secret

Photos from our Post Secret making event!!

Places We Live, Play & Learn

 Abby

 Abby

 Alanna

 Alanna

 Aolani

 Aolani

 Natalie

Natalie

Rebekah

Lilly

Rebekah

Jazmin

Lilly

Post Secret

So ladies - there's this thing called post secret and... we're going to be writing our own secrets and sending them in.

Basically, people write secrets and mail them into a fellow who posts them online. Some of the greatest secrets (I think) are ones about random acts of kindness, the ways that people help each other out and ones about identity.

Why do you think people have secrets? Why do you think people can share them anonymously to the world but not in person to those they know?

Photographer Helen Van Meene

 

Hey girls!

Helen van Meene is a Dutch photographer. I was originally taken with her photos because she chooses to only photograph girls and women (which I thought was appropriate for GEV!). Her subjects either already know her or are people she befriends. Sometimes she chooses to photograph them repeatedly, documenting their growth. She does not create candid shots- it is very clear that their poses are carefully planned and executed. Helen van Meene plays around with a sort of muted light and a lot of the younger girls she photograph seem sad or emotionally contained. What do you think she is trying to convey?

http://hellenvanmeene.com/

Welcome to the blog/Photo Contest!!

 Hello GirlsEyeView -

This blog is a space for us to display work digitally, share info about events and look at art. Be sure to check it every week!  Below is some info about a photo contest that's coming up - check it out, I bet your photos will be a hit!


Take a look at this awesome photo contest! Masslive.com
often has different photo contests that are free and open to all Massachusetts
residents! I know everyone loves pictures of kitties (I mean, really, who
doesn't love kittens?) and this month's contest is all them! If you have a
really great photograph of a cat (or lots of cats!) I encourage you to submit!
The grand prize is a free 8x10 print of your photograph and a $100 gift card to
Hunt's Photo and Video store in Hadley!

CLICK HERE for more info about the photo contest!!

And if you're not into cat pictures, look around the site and see what other
photo contests they have available. They have one or two each month!

21 swings and Oh am I excited to see you all!

Hello GirlsEyeView!

Gee whiz, I can't wait to see you all next MONDAY!!!
Wowee, we'll be at WHS, meeting at 2:30.

Here is a little video I wanted to show you. This fabulous group (Daily Tous Les Jours) put together an art project on the streets of Montreal, where they made musical swings! Watch the video to learn more/ start thinking about the whimsical, wonderful things we'll do together this year!

-Mim

Watch the video by clicking on this link!

Post From Anna

Hey ladies,

I thought you might be interested in the work of photographer Nikki Lee. She's a contemporary Korean American photographer. For her projects she submerges herself into a "subculture" or group of people that she might not normally identify with and changes her identity to become a part of that group. For example, she dresses up as an elderly woman and plays the part so well, that she makes friends in the elderly community, making it her life for the time of her project. Some people could say it's a way of "walking in someone else's shoes". What do you think this says about her identity and identities of groups or communities in general? Do you think it's awesome that she does this or could it be problematic in stereotyping certain groups of people? Does it remind you of Cindy Sherman's work at all? How is it similar or different?

Anna

TONIGHT!!!

Today from 4:30 - 6 is our reception at Ware it Again, 52A Main Street in Ware.

Meet the artists - see the work!

All are welcome!!!

Eadweard Muybridge: Post from Anna

Hey ladies,

Considering we did some stop motion photo work ourselves recently, I figured it would good for you to see the work of the guy who sort of discovered this technique. Eadweard Muybridge used photography to try and answer some questions about the way the human body (and animal bodies) moved. He took a series of photographs of people or animals repeating a certain motion, like walking, dancing, horses running, etc. to see how the body moved scientifically. This was really significant in photography and in science! Do you think you could discover something by taking stop motion photographs? How do they compare to the work we made last week? Can you think of something similar we could do with all the technology we have today?

See you tomorrow!

Victims' Rights Week

In honor of victims' rights week there will be some event in Northampton and Greenfield with speakers, resources and the Clothesline Project.

If anyone is interested in going please contact me about a ride.

Info HERE for the event in two weeks.

Shall we attend?

A Post From Anna

Hello Ladies!

I thought It'd share with you some photographs by photographer Ruth Orkin. I was just working restoring and reproducing an original print of hers at my other job at the gallery. I thought you all would really like the photo of the woman walking through the street in Italy. The model in this photo was a friend Orkin met while traveling in Italy and they collaborated to create scenes of what it was like for an American woman living in Italy. How do you think she feels in the image? Keep in mind this was taken in the 1950's. Do you think a similar scene would happen today? This photo is probably her most famous. It's considered "iconic" in American photography. How does it compare to some other iconic photographs we've looked at? Take a look at her other work too.  What do you think of while looking at her work? I hope you like these!

See you tomorrow!

 

Want to see more photos? Look HERE

 

BetterPhoto

BetterPhoto is an online forum for young photographers. You can share work, ask questions and connect with an international of young photographer like yourself!

HERE is the link for the site.
Here are some images from the gallery.