Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Let me photograph you for...

..10 years (if you are female). This is my most ambitious project to date.

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'The Springtime of Youth'

I've been thinking a lot about aging recently and how our bodies change. The most physical growth happens from the age of 0-16. Our bodies then grow at a slower rate until we are around 50 when we grow old and regress.

The period of change between the ages of 20-40 are the most fascinating to me at the moment. That is the period where most of us 'mature' emotionally (I think). And physically, it is the the period of subtle changes, we do not grow as rapidly as we did in our youth. I also think its the period where people really (really) discover themselves and feel comfortable in their own skin.

I am looking for 6-10 woman to photograph once a year for about 10 years. The ideal starting age would be between 20-25. The reason for this is that so by the time I finish photographing, a few major events in the lives of these women may have transpired- careers, apartments, relationships, marriages, pregnancy, "settling down" (whatever that means), etc and I think these events will have profound effects on how the photographs will turn out.

Since this is a documentary on the subtle changes of the body (well, other than pregnancy) the photographs will be tasteful nudes in the model's current place of residence. No one that age (early 20s) usually settles into a permanent residence and that will add another layer and variety to the photographs.

For the models, this project offers a documentation and history of those 10 years. There are deeper ideas I have about this project that I don't want to say yet, but anyone interested should contact me discussion and thoughts on the process of how this will work.

Please forward this to anyone that you might think would be interested in this.

This series of photos that I took last year was a precursor to this project but not necessary the only type of women I am interested in photographing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/otheradam/sets/72157600724849986/

My email is augraphics@gmail.com

Adam

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Zooey!

I cannot stop listening to the upcoming album Vol. 1 by She and Him (Zooey Daschanel & M. Ward). It is the (technically 2nd) best album I've heard so far this year. Everyone needs to get this when it comes out on March 18.

Yes I have access to it a month before it comes out. That's a perk of being in my field of work.

The wonders of Italia

I was looking at a place in Park Slope and one of the roommates is a girl from Naples who came here to take classes at the International Photography Center (IPC). That means she's Italiano, guys. And into photography. After I had looked around the apartment she left with me to go into the city (we we're both going to Union Sq). Had a chance to talk to her about photography and Italy a bit, and the differences in culture, food, COFFEE, etc. It was great. We talked about the horror that is the americano (drip coffee) compared to cappuccinos. I really miss Italy. I gave her my business card, hopefully we keep in touch.

Oh yeah, the place was ok too. It was pretty big. I don't know if I will take it. I guess I will decide if they call me back.

After that I met up with Pauline in Chinatown to photograph the (still going on) Chinese New Year festivities. It was a day full of photography talk. I didn't take many photos I'd keep or show though. I can't deal with crowds. Its too hard to photograph.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A year without lights

At the end of the day there are certain people you can count on.

Damn, January went by slow.