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METTE!
Mette is my friend - and I am so happy to have her! It is hard to keep friends when you are all over the place all the time... like me.
Mette is obviously beautiful! But she is so much more than that... She is smart - really smart...She is classy, funny, cute and the kind of friend everybody should have...
Last I was in Denmark We did a little photo session - and I think the pictures turned out great... Here are a few.
I would definitely go and see this show!
It is a photographic diary of the long life of Manfred Beier, who was
born in Berlin, Germany, in 1927, grew up at Strausberger Platz square
and was drafted as a teenager into part of the last-ditch Volkssturm
German army defense at the end of World War II. He worked for decades
after the war in the East German school system and always carried at
least one camera with him -- even on his forays into the West,
for as long as he was able to go there and once he was able to go there
again. It's a photographic diary of German history. And it is the most
comprehensive and complete documentation of everyday life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, the former East Germany) -- unique in its photographic and cultural-historical value, experts say.
What an inspiration!
I am in the process of having a new logo designed - redo my website and all that good stuff. That means I am editing a bunch of pictures to put up once I am done deciding what I want to do. My current website mieahmtphotography.com is good - I like it - but I would like it to do a bit more... I am with Livebooks at the moment and considering if I want to upgrade or totally change to another provider. I like that Livebooks is so easy to use - it looks good - and it works! I know lots of people who use Livebooks - and there is really nothing wrong with it - other than the price.
If you read this and have any suggestions for me I will be happy to hear them.
Meanwhile here are some of my recent edits from Afghanistan.
Last weekend I drove all the way to Missoula to hang out with some old friends from Photography School and to be there at the opening of the show Day 231. Steve Stockin and Jeffrey Scott French went through RMSP's career training program with me last summer! They are awesome guys - and I am so happy for them to get this chance to show their work in the newly revamped RMSP Gallery!
Below is the description of the show - taken from RMSP's website:
June 5 – July 31, 2009 French and Stockin both completed RMSP’s Career Training
program, a 5-month intensive photography and professional studies
course based in Missoula, Montana, in October 2008 (231 days ago).
Hailing from the southeast shores of Florida and South Carolina, their
work that stemmed from that time in Montana reflects the impact the
place had on them. Jeffrey Scott French’s large installation, photographic landscape of Hidden Lake
is “part of an ongoing series that deals with the mind's interpretation
of a scene.” French addresses how we take in information in bits and
pieces as our brain constantly moves and refocuses gathering details of
a larger scene. The 20’x5’ installation of 159 individual images
creates a “fractured panorama,” reflecting how our mind composites what
we see. Steve Stockin’s fictional, old-school, b-movie, promotional posters showcase the fictional film Ghost Town Girls.
Spawning from Stockin’s personal love of obscure b-movies, the project
came about as he was working to “break out of the material I had been
shooting at the time. [It] turned out to an incredibly fun project.”
His imagery and graphics are totally convincing of these movies that
you can only imagine." I think it is pretty obvious that this is the kind of show you really have to see with your own eyes! The scale of French's work alone is just amazing - and the humor in Stockin's photos + plus the cool treatment of the movie posters - was worth the 8+ hour drive for me! Thanks for a great weekend guys! You rock!
Right now - as I am writing this - about 100 people is gathered at the College of Technology in Missoula, Montana. Exactly one year ago I was there...
I was one of those 100 people starting the most amazing adventure of my life (which a pretty bold statement from someone who lived almost 5 years in Afghanistan!). I remember exactly who I sat next to at the first introduction - I remember meeting all these new people - and I remember that I didn't have a clue what I was getting myself in to.
But boy, am I glad I did!
Attending Rocky Mountain School of Photography's Carreer training program is without a doubt the best decission I have ever made... And trust me - I make a lot of good decisions on a daily basis :)
If it made sense I would do it all over again! I miss everything about last summer. I miss the people, being totally submerged in photography, the amazing teachers, Missoula, the Coffee, the friends I made.
So today 100 new people are sitting in that room - full of excitement and expectations! To all you new RMSP students; Don't fear it - don't fight it - just ENJOY it - it will be the ride of your life!
