some really great polaroids that I'm so into right now.
www.daniel-everett.com
5/1/08
4/10/08
Andrea Geyer
I'm really obsessed with Andrea Geyer's boardroom images right now. It's the formality of them that makes them so amazing. They could be photographs of the most banal subject (which they are, actually), but because they are so formally and perfectly positioned and photographed, they become something completely different. This is what I was trying to accomplish with my photographs of dining room and kitchen tables. I loved the idea of country homes having a "formal" dining room and a kitchen table, and the repetition found between the tables in these homes. I'm really attracted to the repetition and limited color palate used in these, which is something that almost always attracts me to imagery.
presentation
I, along with everyone else, have now become concerned with the presentation of my images. I have edited my polaroids down to about 12-14, and want to finalize it to 10. I've protected the originals with plastic sleeves for my portfolio. My biggest problem with the final presentation of them is that they are so small. I'm really worried that they will be extremely overpowered in the show, because most of the class will have 2 relatively large framed prints, and I will have 2 very tiny ones.
I really want to use pieces of wood from my dad's garage/woodshop to mount them on. I think that it speaks really well to the series and that the wood will look really great with the sort of "rustic" feel of the pictures. I found some great scraps that are perfect for me at about 10 x 10 inches. I'm really afraid to go any smaller, because like I said, I already think they will be overpowered, and I still want them to have a presence. At that size, I'm not sure whether to mount the actual polaroids, which would look great but be tiny, or make prints that are about 8 x 8.
I really want to use pieces of wood from my dad's garage/woodshop to mount them on. I think that it speaks really well to the series and that the wood will look really great with the sort of "rustic" feel of the pictures. I found some great scraps that are perfect for me at about 10 x 10 inches. I'm really afraid to go any smaller, because like I said, I already think they will be overpowered, and I still want them to have a presence. At that size, I'm not sure whether to mount the actual polaroids, which would look great but be tiny, or make prints that are about 8 x 8.
4/2/08
Artist Statement
This series of work was photographed in the homes of my family in the rural towns of Ruther Glen, Virginia, and Mt. Airy, North Carolina. It is an intimate look at the life and culture of rural southern America, and the people, places and things that characterize it.
Southern Living is shot with an instant polaroid camera, utilizing a film that carries you back to the time in which this part of the nation is still living in. The subjects come from low income households and small towns in a farming community.
There is an emphasis on domestic living, and on the houses and objects contained within them that become an integral part of rural life. Furniture and objects, accompanied by oral histories are passed down through this family and continue to have a place through many generations. Family, heritage and tradition are important parts of these people's lives, and therefore important parts of my work.
By photographing my own family I am able to show the culture in a very personal light. At the same time, I am very far removed from many of the people and areas pictured. It is my intent to show this work in both a subjective and objective way. Southern Living is an intimate series of photographs of rural southern America, from the outside in.
Southern Living is shot with an instant polaroid camera, utilizing a film that carries you back to the time in which this part of the nation is still living in. The subjects come from low income households and small towns in a farming community.
There is an emphasis on domestic living, and on the houses and objects contained within them that become an integral part of rural life. Furniture and objects, accompanied by oral histories are passed down through this family and continue to have a place through many generations. Family, heritage and tradition are important parts of these people's lives, and therefore important parts of my work.
By photographing my own family I am able to show the culture in a very personal light. At the same time, I am very far removed from many of the people and areas pictured. It is my intent to show this work in both a subjective and objective way. Southern Living is an intimate series of photographs of rural southern America, from the outside in.
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