Hey Everybody! So, as I promised in my last post...here is some black and white photographs that I had been working on during the fall and winter of 2010. It's been a challenge showing this work in graduate school as it has been said that the photos are very broad and people struggle to find cohesion amongst the photographs. The work stems from simply carrying a camera with me everywhere I go and photographing what I find interesting. When pressed to speak of concept I refer to the work as a bit of a visual diary. A great deal of photographers, and artists in general for that matter, speak about their practice as a way to to explore themselves and the world that surrounds them. For me photography, specifically this body of work, allows me to do just that. It's a ticket that takes me on a journey to an unknown destination. I'm not concerned so much with where I end up but rather what I find along the way.
I may give the black and white work a temporary vacation from grad school during the upcoming semester but I still intend to keep shooting the work for myself. For now, perhaps, that is the best thing for both of us. We shall see my friends. I suppose that's all for now. As always, thank you for reading and looking. Keep keepin' it real!
Adam
Hello Everyone! So, it has been quite along time since my last post and for that....I apologize. Life has been very busy the past several months. My last post was right before my solo show opened at Pure Beauty on Haight Street in San Francisco. The opening was awesome and a lot of my friends came out to see my work and show their support. It was a truly great night. Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way with the show particularly Dan Stromberg, Leanne Miller and Amelia Konow!
Since the opening in March a lot of other crazy stuff has gone down. I was accepted into the MFA photo program at the San Francisco Art Institute, graduated from the Post Baccalaureate program at SFAI, was hired to work at the school this summer and helped build a brand new darkroom, and now I'm currently a teaching assistant for a pre-college program that my school runs for high school kids. Through that program I also designed and led my own pinhole photography workshop and I'll be co-teaching another one tomorrow! I've also had many visitors over the past several months such as my main homie Peter Dawson from Delaware, my dope cousin Kimberly Gianone who was in route to Hawaii from Utah, and my awesome brother Frank Donnelly who was in from New York. In the midst of all of that I've been trying to find time to photograph!
Above, you'll find some of the newer split frames I've shot and been mulling over for awhile. The first one is brand new and has yet to be seen. I also plan to post some of my black and white photographs I worked on last semester and some of the new ones I'm working on now. I also intend to start a brand new project....but I'll tell you about that later as it starts to take shape. I hope everyone is well and thanks for looking and reading. Keep it really fly.
Adam
