… Or was it Lake Livingston, I presume.
My friend Cameron Payne took this picture and e-mailed it to me with the header and note right after lunching and getting on the road to…yes, Lake Livingston, Texas.
Not Kabul, but an adventure in the making still!
Don’t forget we can have fun shooting photos – it doesn’t have to be all perfection and seriousness –
a smiling photographer off on a new adventure is still a pleasure to see, yes?Play!
This past Friday night, October 7, was the opening reception for The Gathering of Photographers juried show at Flatbed Press/O2 Gallery, a unique art space in Austin, Texas.
Pleased that four of my images from the series, “I Dream of Galveston” were chosen for the show, and looking forward to celebrating with the other photographers and seeing their work, I drove up for the evening from Houston.
What a nice surprise to find that my work had been selected for an “Honorable Mention” award – and playfully nicknamed by the jurors “Mighty Beach Series.”*
* They were fun, but don’t be fooled: they’re serious, and seriously accomplished:
The show will be hanging until November 4th. There’s a great diversity of images, themes, and photographers – Enjoy if you’re in the area –
All images from the show, 20″ x 24″ matted and framed, are also for sale – contact Flatbed Press Gallery or me for details…
(See larger images here – Heidi Straube – Inner Path Photography website)
(More “I Dream of Galveston” images at Heidi Straube – Inner Path Photography)
It’s fun to do collaborative projects; I’m drawn to them more and more.
When it comes to showing and promoting the final piece, however, how do you allocate credit? Some artists may have contributed more time, others more artwork, perhaps another had the original motivating idea.
Tomorrow, Tuesday August 23, at 6:00 PM, Aurora Picture Show, Houston is hosting a “Happy Hour Video Hour with Filmmaker Andrew Lampert,” the subject being “Collaboration as a Means of Control.”
Sounds interesting. See you there?
"Bicycle Rider" by Jasmine, Kennedy Place Houston
This June and July, I had the pleasure of teaching my 6-week class “You are the Artist of Your Life: Exploring Life Direction Through Photography” to a group of teens age 10-17 from Kennedy Place, Houston, Texas.
The class is designed to expose teens to the art of photography, as well as introduce tools to look at their lives and futures. Each week this summer teens learned about the roots of photography and looked at a diversity of other photographers’ work, shot how they felt and saw their world, and reflected, wrote, and began creating visions and dreams for their own lives.
The photograph above is one of the fine images that came from these creative young photographers, and is the first of images in a short slideshow which reflects the highlights of their work.
A framed collage of images also hangs in the Kennedy Place Community Center.
“You are the Artist of Your Life: Exploring Life Direction Through Photography – Teens” was sponsored by Houston Housing Resources, Inc. through a grant from the Simmons Foundation, and by contributions from Taos Mountain Radiology (Paul Johnson, MD) and Christina M. Gucwa, Attorney at Law.
Many thanks for the opportunity to inspire and support these creative, passionate teens!
A special thanks to Amy Goldstein (HHR) who conceived of the “Black Frame Project” of which this program was a part. The “Black Frame Project” invites and supports artists to teach in the communities, recognizing the potential of arts to inspire, uplift, and create positive change.
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