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Jeannette Montgomery Barron

Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I ran across her name in conjunction with poet Jorie Graham's in a Daedalus book catalogue and like her work very much. http://www.jeannette-montgomery-barron.com/stills/stills.html# (and if you feel like checking Daedalus out, here's a link to... More »

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some thoughts about collusion and capture

Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

  I wanted to write something today about how animals call us back into the moment, how they summon me away from my drifting thoughts, my errant mind. How birds, too, retrieve me from my... More »

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the photography of Horace Bristol

Posted on Nov 29th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I discovered his photographs when I was walking across North Campus at the University of Georgia back in 95 or 96. There was this big exhibit of Russian icons and then Bristol's photographs. He worked... More »

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Arrangements

Posted on Nov 6th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself. -Diane Arbus yes, that's it. the place... More »

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the photography of Eudora Welty

Posted on Nov 1st, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I'm not a big fan of Welty's writing, though I certainly acknowledge her talent. I prefer Carson MCullers and Flannery O'Connor and even, more recently, much of Mary Hood's fiction. But I do love her photography,... More »

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marble

Posted on Oct 7th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

This weekend I've spent some time taking pictures at the local Marble Festival. Jasper has a marble mine and quarry and many of the local structures are made of marble. For a few years I... More »

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an alchemy of webs and feathers

Posted on Aug 12th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

When I left my car I sat on the low gray meditation wall for a few minutes and said hello to my mother, or perhaps more truly to my sense of how a special iteration... More »

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When do you feel most alive?

Posted on Aug 7th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Whether I'm in the woods or by the ocean or under the big sky of the desert or inhaling the marshy air of a wetlands, taking pictures wakes up my eyes and helps them see... More »

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Rosalind Solomon

Posted on Jul 30th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

http://www.rosalindsolomon.com/ http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=89 i echo the sentiments expressed here. http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/solomon_rosalind.php http://www.artbook.com/3882438770.html this is the book i have, and i see something fresh in it every time i look at it. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/women/solomon.html

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