The next several weeks will be devoted to my latest grand adventure, The Cary Elementary School Project (link here), a two year long project documenting the transformation of an old school to an arts center. My past experience with photographic projects is to be responsible for everything, from making the original photograph to hanging (and removing) the pictures at the exhibit. This new project is very different from what I have been doing in photography. I am working with two other photographers, our local photography group, Cary Photographic Artists, two curators, an educational historian and the local historical society. These are just people that are involved in the photography exhibit. The effort supporting the opening of the new arts center is even larger.
Los Tres Amigos
(L to R, Your Humble Author, Heath Clayton, Jim Larcom)
In this brand new environment, there is still one thing that is pretty much the same; that is, making photographs. But even that is different in its intensity. Most arts type photographers are able to work at their own pace on their own time and work with a personal topic. Our start with this project was to be given a specific period of time (sometimes only an hour or two) with specific access rules (including stylish headgear) and told to go out there and be creative. Art with a deadline. It’s one thing to go out and maybe bring back a good photograph. It’s quite another thing to go out and have to bring back a good photographs for an exhibition.
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