Brett is also the editor and first camera operator of the Vinyasa Yoga video I directed for Amy Patee. See a preview here.
Vision + Spirit Video by Boreal Sky
Artist's Residency Winners Announced
Sarah Rust Sampedro is this year's winner of the Vision Quest Photo Workshops one week Artist's Residency Grant at the Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin. Not only were her photos excellent but her artists statement and residency proposal were well written, concise and easy to understand. She was the unanimous choice of all three jurors. There is a selection of her images below. Congratulations Sarah!
Winner of a one week Trade River Retreat Center Artist's Residency:
Sarah Rust Sampedro
We are awarding Merit Awards towards a Mentorship or an Artist's Residency at the Trade River Retreat Center to:
Ken Jackson
Karen Klien
Joseph O'Leary
Mary Ann Reilly
Xiomara Castro
We are awarding Honorable Mention Awards towards a Mentorship or an Artist's Residency at the Trade River Retreat Center to:
Travis Krumholz
Shamir Kansakar
Cecilia Rachal
Congratulations on all the excellent work! Thank you to all who applied.
We saw some excellent photographs but also noted some common problems. Many of the applications had good individual images but did not present a cohesive body of work. Others had convoluted or hard to decipher artist statements with a lot of 'art speak' that used art-world terms that made little or no sense or had any real meaning. Remember - jurors are reading multiple statements and the more succinct and easy to understand the better. We also had to disqualify a number of people for not following directions: some artist's statements were way too long and exceeded the 500 word limit, some forgot to send required documents. It is a good reminder of how important attention to detail is in our artistic life; not just in our imagery but in all that we do.
Sarah Rust Sampedro's photos exploring Art and Motherhood:
All images copyright 2011 Sarah Rust Sampedro
Earth Meets Spirit special print offer
My photo book "Earth Meets Spirit: A Journey Through the Sacred Landscape" is being published by 5 Continents Editions in Milan Italy and being distributed in North America by Abrams.
The beautifully designed 112 page book is printed on premium paper, with a forward from Native American activist Winona LaDuke, an introduction by photo historian and writer George Slade.
We are having a limited number of copies shipped from Italy directly to Minnesota for promotion and direct sales to workshop students (all commercial/wholesale/bookstore sales in North America will go through Abrams). To raise funds for the exorbitant printing and production costs of these copies I am offering a very attractive discount on a signed, archival photo print on heavy premium paper along with a signed copy of the book.
1) To receive a signed copy of the book and your choice of any one of the five limited edition, archival, piezo prints (attached below) in 13 x 19, signed (regularly $450 for the print + $40 book): $250 plus $20 shipping and handling
2) To receive a signed copy of the book and your choice of any one of the five, limited edition, archival piezo prints (attached below) in 8.5 x 11, signed (regularly $250 for the print + $40 book): $125 plus $15 shipping and handling
3) To receive a signed copy of the book: $40 includes shipping and handling
To place your order: Email your credit card number (putting last digits and exp. date in a separate following email), call the studio at 651-644-1400 or send a check to 2370 Hendon Ave, St Paul, MN 55108.
Remember to include your shipping address. Your signed print will be shipped in one to two weeks and the signed book shipped separately upon arrival from the publisher.
Remember to include your shipping address. Your signed print will be shipped in one to two weeks and the signed book shipped separately upon arrival from the publisher.
Thank you very much for your help!
doug
The Linden Center, Yunnan Provence, SW China
Here are some iPhone photos showing The Linden Center, our home in Xizhou, China for the "Spirit of the Middle Kingdom of China" workshop.
Yunnan Provence is truly one of the most incredible places I have ever been and I made more photos there in SW China than I have anywhere in a long time. Plans are already underway to repeat this workshop next April but it will probably fill fast as several people have already requested space, so let me know if you want me to hold a spot for you. Please consider joining us then for an unforgettable adventure.
To see any of the photos larger click on image but please go to their website to see much better photos than my iPhone snapshots! I will try and post some of my B&W photos made on medium format film as they are available in the coming months...
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| Sign at street entrance |
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| Entry |
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| Detail over entry door |
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| One of five courtyards inside Linden Center |
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| One of many sculptures and wall paintings |
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| Entry to dining hall |
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| Preparing dinner in kitchen |
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| Garden inside back courtyard |
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| View from rooftop terrace |
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| My bathroom! |
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| Door knocker |
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| The Linden Center from village of Xizhou |
iPhone photos from China
Here are a few iPhone photos from my workshop in SW China. I also shot almost 40 rolls of 120mm TriX but you (and I) will have to wait to see those until after the film is processed!
It was an amazing trip and The Linden Center in Xizhou was an incredible place for our workshop to land after several days of traveling thru the dramatic mountains.
If you want to see any of the photos larger just click on the image.
HVD
A Japanese poem found on the back of one of my old T-shirts at the cabin this past weekend:
Love
Like a
Half pint
Of tequila
Coursing
Through My
Soul
Happy Valentines Day everybody!
'Graphic Recording' of my New York Open Center talk
In January I gave a talk about my photography at the New York Open Center in Midtown Manhattan, where I was also teaching a Zen & the Art of Photography workshop. In attendance that night was Heather Willems, once a photo assistant I worked with on a large annual report travel assignment several years ago. She was and still is a very talented photographer but she is now also doing 'graphic recording' of meetings and events for numerous corporate clients and events. During my slide show/lecture she made the amazing graphic drawing above, taken from her imaginative interpretation of things I said, images I showed and questions people asked.
Here is a link to her Line By Line blog.
To see this fantastic drawing in a larger, easier to read, format visit Heather's Flicker site.
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