tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90861559940176168882024-03-05T20:27:27.326-06:00Elise TannerPhotographyElise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-28243935295977253212010-07-19T18:25:00.003-05:002010-07-19T18:30:55.801-05:00Post-College Break<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKvOIDmGBjzP_jQlpHtLLu5hBZYks3S9zeUU0eH2_uqBnFJsZs5xWw8VRcb3preQlF0NOH5junlFdITbT7419HvNC3B8yEIWsKuQjQYBDWRAbnZoc0xbaHnHTB8HUFKannMoAMSCTDPg/s1600/danalegos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKvOIDmGBjzP_jQlpHtLLu5hBZYks3S9zeUU0eH2_uqBnFJsZs5xWw8VRcb3preQlF0NOH5junlFdITbT7419HvNC3B8yEIWsKuQjQYBDWRAbnZoc0xbaHnHTB8HUFKannMoAMSCTDPg/s400/danalegos.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dana & Legos</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, 2009</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have been so remiss in updating this blog the past couple of months. I had planned to transfer to another blogging site, like Wordpress or Tumblr, because I'm not particularly fond of the look of blogger; but that, too, has been put on hold.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I want to give a quick update on some recent events. I graduated from college...which was, ya know, a pretty big deal. Since then I've been collecting myself, taking a bit of a break and beginning the job search. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">However, I have a photograph in a show! "Dana & Legos" was accepted into the "Glimpses in Time" show at the </span></span><a href="http://joycegordongallery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Joyce Gordon Gallery</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in Oakland, CA. It's currently on display all through the month of July. If you live near Oakland, or are passing through, be sure to check it out!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In a recent review of the show, I was (very) briefly mentioned. Check it out <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/seeing-things-at-joyce-gordon-gallery/Content?oid=1922847">here</a>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Joyce Gordon Gallery is located at 406 14th St., Oakland, CA. 94612.</span></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-26562187556395877322010-05-12T16:13:00.004-05:002010-05-12T16:39:11.826-05:00elisetanner.com/complete/again & the CCC BA Exhibition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O5QzKx0otMpOoSM2zuik9Ml_OEQrDV06SYb6rULNItWnObH7KF8q6bky7gu0bPXugyNf8ysYV8VF2nMtUfWXFZsdHCWPEDnL5MKxODXD00dFNryo9Xt56wyBlN7kwGm3jBySBk7RFfs/s1600/websitescreenshot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O5QzKx0otMpOoSM2zuik9Ml_OEQrDV06SYb6rULNItWnObH7KF8q6bky7gu0bPXugyNf8ysYV8VF2nMtUfWXFZsdHCWPEDnL5MKxODXD00dFNryo9Xt56wyBlN7kwGm3jBySBk7RFfs/s400/websitescreenshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470496490311643314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">First, I know my website has been up less than six months, but I've already redesigned it. I have it up now, although I think some more changes will eventually be made. The main reason for the redesign is the inclusion of my new project, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >IN/VISIBILITY</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Check it out: </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://elisetanner.com/">www.elisetanner.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I technically started IN/VISIBILITY last October, but it's something I've been thinking about on many levels for at least a year. I knew it was going to be a challenge both technically and conceptually (and it most definitely has been), but I'm proud that this is the capstone of my undergraduate education. All of the women who participated in this project are inspiring individuals who could teach us all a thing or two. I intend to continue with this project, starting up again in about a month once all of the graduation/job searching has died down a little.<br /><br />Second, I should have posted about this weeks ago, but I'd like to announce that two of my diptychs from the IN/VISIBILITY project are on display for the month of May 2010 BA/BFA Senior Photography Exhibition.<br /><br />The opening is this Friday, from 4-9PM at 1006 S. Michigan Ave. Be there, or be square.</span></span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-13847893198231988312010-04-05T11:48:00.004-05:002010-04-05T12:00:02.408-05:00A Midterm Project With a Profit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyAiwFpMn2Dx4pB-9TFrCjnwD5gUhiFdSONfioVbuiF7WazMEyX8EAlALVivsQRYxoEo18tWFTqOjNeFTcBp2Gti5KsAs49YsF_JE_rB49w1HspCxZTHxsfsoL6b9BcQ-yEy9w7JwKsU/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyAiwFpMn2Dx4pB-9TFrCjnwD5gUhiFdSONfioVbuiF7WazMEyX8EAlALVivsQRYxoEo18tWFTqOjNeFTcBp2Gti5KsAs49YsF_JE_rB49w1HspCxZTHxsfsoL6b9BcQ-yEy9w7JwKsU/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456699075734006114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">My Website Publishing II class has collaborated to create a unique Midterm project. Each student was assigned to create his/her own website meant for selling one's photographs. The purpose of the assignment was to learn how to make a website in Flash. But it doesn't end there. Our teacher, Jennifer Keats has made a website to link to all of our websites. The next step is to promote the project by any means possible. As a class, we will be keeping a tally of how many prints each of us is able to sell by the end of the semester.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the project: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://theschoolyardproject.com/">The Schoolyard Project</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And here is my website: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://photoweb.colum.edu/%7Eetanner/midterm/">Buy My Photographs</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For this assignment I've selected six images from the </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Dana</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> series. Each are printed 8"X10" on Digital Archival paper in editions of 10 and priced at $25 (shipping included).</span> </span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-22505516408565394812010-02-17T15:53:00.003-06:002010-02-17T16:34:52.538-06:00Gender Testing in Sport: A Case for Treatment?<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >I don't know about you, but I'm a huge fan of the Olympics. I've been watching the Vancouver Olympics as often as possible this past week.<br /><br />With that said, I've just read an article about gender testing in professional sports, including the Olympics. This article is a response to the plight of Caster Semenya, the South African 2009 World Champion in women's Track & Field who was accused of being a man and subsequently forced into extensive gender testing to determine if she would be allowed to remain the world champion. Since this incident, gender testing of women (and only women!) in sports has become a hot button issue.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMBhci99yxisC6nKhcfWmNIVqMQFUbx9qbTaJm3I-jgcqNoCp4b9DfPNgdPhUwjEGQF-7wJKpUcpysGGu2FMa8A4KxqHHJHlWFmIPgWzb9PnFrUeTwF9bIlamuOUJoQ-cm95JGYqDt50/s1600-h/_47282926_caster2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMBhci99yxisC6nKhcfWmNIVqMQFUbx9qbTaJm3I-jgcqNoCp4b9DfPNgdPhUwjEGQF-7wJKpUcpysGGu2FMa8A4KxqHHJHlWFmIPgWzb9PnFrUeTwF9bIlamuOUJoQ-cm95JGYqDt50/s400/_47282926_caster2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439343973674171522" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Here's the article: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8511176.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8511176.stm</a><br /><br />And here's a few facts I'd like to pull from the article:<br />1. Only <span style="font-style: italic;">women</span> have ever been required to have gender testing.<br />2. In 1966, gender testing became a <span style="font-style: italic;">requirement</span> for women to qualify for international sporting events. For the first couple of years, this was done by extensive physical examination of each female athlete by a panel of doctors.<br />3. In 1968, they switched to a chromosome test, that eventually proved to have a 20% false positivity rate.<br />4. Mandatory genetic testing was practiced until the year <span style="font-style: italic;">2000</span>. That's <span style="font-weight: bold;">46 years</span> of forced genetic testing of female athletes.<br />5. "The medical profession and international sporting bodies term most gender ambiguities as <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">disorders</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> of sex development</span>."<br />6. Today, the International Associations of Athletic Fields (IAAF) is seriously considering <span style="font-style: italic;">reinstating</span> mandatory gender testing of female athletes.<br />7. The IAAF is also considering making any <span style="font-style: italic;">gender ambiguous</span> female athletes who want to compete required to have surgery to <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">correct </span>the ambiguities.<br /><br /></span><div style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" id="text_expose_id_4b7c6515a6b905fd3aa8f" class="comment_actual_text text_exposed" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Response</span><br />This is pure discrimination against Intersex people and Women. I'm so outraged by this.<br /><br />They justify targeting women for these tests by saying that "there is no advantage to a man with less testosterone, only a woman with more testosterone." Scientifically, that may be correct, but socially this is a direct reflection of the inferiority of women in<span class="text_exposed_hide"><span class="text_exposed_link"></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"> the eyes of the world.<br /><br />My friend and fellow artist, <a href="http://mothonthewall.blogspot.com/">Rachel Bruce</a>, remarks "</span>One way or the other, strong women can't be strong without getting tested to compete in sports...Testosterone or not.<span class="text_exposed_show">"<br /><br />They talk about "correcting" and "fixing" and "changing" these "gender ambiguous" athletes as a way of "fixing" the "problem"? The belief that Intersex people need to be "fixed" is unbelievable narrow-minded and downright prejudiced. The fact that the International Olympic Committee is even considering making it mandatory for women to not only have gender verification testing, but also surgically change their bodies in order to qualify for competition (in the case that any gender ambiguity is discovered) is absolutely appalling.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If you have any thoughts on the issue, please leave a comment.</span><br /></span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-63753515856631481082010-02-15T11:32:00.002-06:002010-02-15T11:50:51.033-06:00Dawoud Bey at the CAA<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Dawoud Bey, one of Columbia College's most successful teachers in the photography department, was selected as this year's Keynote Speaker at the 2010 College Art Association Conference, held February 10-13th here in Chicago. I was unable to attend, unfortunately; but Bey has posted to his blog a transcript of his speech. After reading through it, I feel hopeful but still grounded. Bey does an excellent job of addressing the role of teachers in students' lives. Specifically, he asks educators to encourage their students to make work grounded in our society, not just in Art society, and to think holistically. He also talks about the importance of history, and how educators should constantly tie students' to their predecessors, to learn from them and realize the role they play in contemporary art. I am in total agreement with these statements.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i>"Those of us who are writing, teaching and otherwise shaping and presenting past and present history need to be mindful that history traditionally has always been a place of selective exclusion as much as it has been a place for selective inclusion masquerading as historical fact. I was reminded of this not too long when I found myself at dinner with a couple of young curators and their patrons. </i></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i>None of them knew the work or name of a single black artists that I asked them about, all of whom I confess had emerged before the 1990s. None of these rang a bell for these young art historians and museum workers who are charged with mounting exhibitions and writing publications that document the expressive work of our time. And these were not obscure or marginal names...to me anyway.</i></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i> </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i>If one is going to do this work, one has to be willing and able to do the serious job of excavating history, not merely recognizing the already recognized and hitching your wagon to them. There are still histories waiting to be told and written, and the subjects are indeed hiding in plain sight. One has to believe that the work of bringing others into the center of the discourse truly matters."</i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">To read the rest of this wonderful speech, check out Bey's post <a href="http://whatsgoingon-dawoudbeysblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/trying-to-make-difference-at-caa.html">here</a>.</span></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-52138755871205449232009-12-14T11:46:00.002-06:002009-12-14T11:50:14.573-06:00The Best Speech I've Ever Heard on the Rights/Issues of Transgendered People<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dec. 10, 2009 - United Nations Panel Discussion on the topic of: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"> Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JrOc6CIQjtc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JrOc6CIQjtc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-76701703253468642382009-12-07T12:10:00.003-06:002009-12-07T12:17:13.999-06:00elisetanner.com/complete<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">At long last, my website is up and ready for viewing! I designed it and built it myself.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Please check it out. Feedback on user-ability is much appreciated.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://elisetanner.com/">elisetanner.com</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDGYNx5kZRzXTQhyphenhyphendOqng8S-2zeJyVk7mUkxyHTRgslQ4lTddG6c5T5U-5ZRuJ9SdWgXfg7SXbbr9SNd2zo44Yc3lbd94g2yn1uxspJ7Y5V2kSbB7_F-WJQeiD5eeI1jQJlbXZ66lIa0/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDGYNx5kZRzXTQhyphenhyphendOqng8S-2zeJyVk7mUkxyHTRgslQ4lTddG6c5T5U-5ZRuJ9SdWgXfg7SXbbr9SNd2zo44Yc3lbd94g2yn1uxspJ7Y5V2kSbB7_F-WJQeiD5eeI1jQJlbXZ66lIa0/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412559057396973970" border="0" /></a>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-14428428951395250922009-11-30T09:37:00.008-06:002009-11-30T10:38:06.846-06:00New Projects, New Website and Queer Gazes<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving Holiday. I had a wonderfully relaxing weekend, so now I feel rejuvenated to finish up this semester.<br /><br />As usual, this semester has been busy. The last time I posted I was just starting, and while that was just a few months ago, in this short amount of time so much has developed for my photography. The most prominent development has been the start of a new project. This project is one that I have contemplated doing in many different ways; however, with the right inspiration I have been able to finally get it off the ground. I recently discovered <a href="http://www.dnp.co.jp/museum/nmp/nmp_i/articles/furuya.html">Seiichi Furuya's</a> photographs of his wife Christine, 400 of which are collected in a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seiichi-Furuya-Chrsitine-Furuyagobler-1978-1985/dp/3901756183/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259596282&sr=1-2">book</a>. I've always been fascinated with the idea of photographing the same person over many years. Furuya's haunting images of his wife's mental deterioration over the course of their relationship are not only powerful, but surprisingly empowering. I imagine Furuya photographed his wife as a way of coping with the helplessness that encompasses being the partner of someone with mental illness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhED3nTnQNtYc_EV_1TV26sC6aPKFplzwDv1jMeVF1_mmvQS96-eP8CjnHvNaV4sjziEYaCkJ3JimhITXNu7DQiyeoXKk_ByooBB3TQ0GaHvPfDfCvPZ0nm0LOekD3pRGM2C-ZTfenZeiM/s1600/furuya1997_0_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhED3nTnQNtYc_EV_1TV26sC6aPKFplzwDv1jMeVF1_mmvQS96-eP8CjnHvNaV4sjziEYaCkJ3JimhITXNu7DQiyeoXKk_ByooBB3TQ0GaHvPfDfCvPZ0nm0LOekD3pRGM2C-ZTfenZeiM/s400/furuya1997_0_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409927682175931026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwuMRR9KZDGIQRENh5745HCy0XJq-PdBXA7fqTib41ofoKIJOP09PA52Xp4FAtMa-E47Jdw696H212LmLFRAiHO-cBsHQKzt8xI8YYNNWWXCcLV4JUKcjPcJccZz23kjcGNvnD1f5qZs/s1600/picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwuMRR9KZDGIQRENh5745HCy0XJq-PdBXA7fqTib41ofoKIJOP09PA52Xp4FAtMa-E47Jdw696H212LmLFRAiHO-cBsHQKzt8xI8YYNNWWXCcLV4JUKcjPcJccZz23kjcGNvnD1f5qZs/s400/picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409927904172199346" border="0" /></a><br />For my new project, I took this inspiration from Furuya's work and began photographing my partner, Dana. Here are a few of the images.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtpe-BtUyl9o4NgtHITjl3sotdP0Q14BxJ0qgGqqgxQm-zDIeOXn-ZE9bYGTm5o1F5zfwdovqA71_slFlC3nmeXUIzbwBsvBTTI8lyC32Os9b1rfmUcchC9qAqU8uzjGZVbuy50LwdrY/s1600/mirror.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtpe-BtUyl9o4NgtHITjl3sotdP0Q14BxJ0qgGqqgxQm-zDIeOXn-ZE9bYGTm5o1F5zfwdovqA71_slFlC3nmeXUIzbwBsvBTTI8lyC32Os9b1rfmUcchC9qAqU8uzjGZVbuy50LwdrY/s400/mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409929537019577314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLa_KA4Na2B3u3k2nwK1olnTM6CWCl1SB3427FkWd1OPgPFA9yTrRavb5qJ6OQqUI4br8k0Nf9lxNdjn2V016IxpmyVj9FtPAVEC7xzCutbJb7JkGvah-FgWAErV5cEShhZs49V_7tsY/s1600/coffee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLa_KA4Na2B3u3k2nwK1olnTM6CWCl1SB3427FkWd1OPgPFA9yTrRavb5qJ6OQqUI4br8k0Nf9lxNdjn2V016IxpmyVj9FtPAVEC7xzCutbJb7JkGvah-FgWAErV5cEShhZs49V_7tsY/s400/coffee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409929857601019986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3fbcOOG7P8c1QN8hk_YzsWEacwtKpECyXK18ieZyf8Az1BCfwmUFtyVF9Wk0Xtht3iUpNeEWmyhEHe3crlGmX6TjEycdfp3_Cd9k6R7cpAtsv_rySqE_fNVWc7Rf87g734uOwGucuY/s1600/sleeping.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3fbcOOG7P8c1QN8hk_YzsWEacwtKpECyXK18ieZyf8Az1BCfwmUFtyVF9Wk0Xtht3iUpNeEWmyhEHe3crlGmX6TjEycdfp3_Cd9k6R7cpAtsv_rySqE_fNVWc7Rf87g734uOwGucuY/s400/sleeping.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409929959671514002" border="0" /></a><br />This project is my final project for The Portrait class that I'm currently taking, so it's not yet complete. I think this will be a series I'll continue for as long as possible.<br /><br />In addition to this project, I have at long last started photographing for my thesis project. I won't get too far into it because I don't have a solid artist's statement yet, but the topic is the relationship between Lesbian Visibility and Identity. I started by creating an advertisement seeking lesbian identified women to model, which I emailed to a few friends and posted around campus. I got numerous responses (to my delight!) and have since started interviewing and photographing these women. This project will be my focus for all of next semester in my senior photography class, which will be taught by <a href="http://kelliconnell.com/">Kelli Connell</a>.<br /><br />I've at long last designed my own portfolio website. I'm almost done building it and I just bought my hosting, so in the next couple of weeks it will be up and running.<br /><br />Lastly, I would like to mention a show that I was unable to attend, but sounded really interesting. It just came down this weekend, so unfortunately I can't recommend you go see it. The name of the show was <a href="http://fontanellegallery.com/showscurrent.html">Queer Gaze</a> and it was on exhibit in Portland at the Fontanelle Gallery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGm_mgAv5xGEX3dsfkM8_ZSenIsygCxvAOYwEcVP5tGDXoRKE4e57s60nUmvo_j2vMdBWUvbNMF-vLHFBlz4U5e6ZU_yzpxHiKnjXQi6glskEC5v2BYoJJoS1tH9qgIEwKdKmZN6iWzU/s1600/Queer_Gaze-Card-Image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGm_mgAv5xGEX3dsfkM8_ZSenIsygCxvAOYwEcVP5tGDXoRKE4e57s60nUmvo_j2vMdBWUvbNMF-vLHFBlz4U5e6ZU_yzpxHiKnjXQi6glskEC5v2BYoJJoS1tH9qgIEwKdKmZN6iWzU/s400/Queer_Gaze-Card-Image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409935931359798930" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >"Fontanelle Gallery is pleased to present </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><em style="font-style: italic;">Queer Gaze</em></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >, a group photography exhibition featuring images of queer people by queer photographers. This show offers a new examination and response to theories of “male gaze”, as originally described by Laura Mulvey as the cinematic depiction of voyeurism and objectification of a female by a heterosexual male viewer. Queer Gaze explores the gaze from woman to woman or queer to queer, as well as the way that many photographers use their own visage or that of their friends to subvert traditional expectations of portraiture..."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >Two photographers that I really like, <a href="http://mollylandreth.com/">Molly Landreth</a> and <a href="http://meganholmes.com/">Megan Holmes</a></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" > were in the show, among many other talented Queer artists. This exhibition is the perfect example of where I hope my work will one day show. It demonstrates queer collaboration and community within the art world that I think is vital for artists making queer work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhED3nTnQNtYc_EV_1TV26sC6aPKFplzwDv1jMeVF1_mmvQS96-eP8CjnHvNaV4sjziEYaCkJ3JimhITXNu7DQiyeoXKk_ByooBB3TQ0GaHvPfDfCvPZ0nm0LOekD3pRGM2C-ZTfenZeiM/s1600/furuya1997_0_2.jpg"> </a></span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-1011847293574279752009-09-14T08:40:00.003-05:002009-09-14T09:24:16.338-05:00And so it begins...<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >A week ago I started my final year of my undergraduate education. I'm still having a difficult time wrapping my head around that fact. In less than a year I'll be thrust into the real world. I'll be school-less and jobless, but hopefully not homeless as well. I'll worry about all of that a little later...<br /><br />For now I want to focus on my new classes and my new internship. This fall I'm taking Darkroom III, as required in order to graduate. At first I wasn't too happy that I was forced to take this class because I print all of my work digitally. However, I started shooting film again this summer and plan to stick with it for a while, so learning about developing processes will be really helpful. I'm also taking Website Publishing I, which I'm really excited about. As a total computer/Internet nerd, I feel pretty comfortable with anything web related. I'm hoping this class will teach me a lot of skills I consider essential for success in my field. My only gen. ed. class this semester is Visual Anthropology. I had no idea how relevant this class was going to be to my field of study and to my own work. But it looks like the topics we'll discuss might really help me with some ideas I'm throwing around. My fourth class is the one I'm most excited about, but also most intimidated by. It's Dawoud Bey's "The Portrait" class. This semester Kelli Connell will be teaching the class, and I have to admit I'm very pleased with this change. Kelli Connell's current project runs along the lines of my own interests, so I feel lucky that I will be learning from her.<br /><br />About a month ago I started an internship with <a href="http://www.laurierubin.com/">Laurie Rubin Studio, Inc</a>., which is a commercial advertising photography and video studio here in Chicago. While I am definitely not a commercial photographer, I'm really glad I've gotten the opportunity to see what it's all about. I feel like I've already learned quite a bit in the few shoots I've assisted with, so I'm excited to continue with it for the rest of this semester.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolearEbRQsYI9x8Ju9gkqHAdVghYUoY7lfMGfHAKTUqNHEHHhCf9sf4W-6Lw0SLEPn7JKj_fJffrFp_ZZ0WEF1R7-b9ShXGsW-ZwlU3SkeXpiNdsoskr6Emyd2RthZnkW9NZySYRJzvw/s1600-h/real+doll+small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolearEbRQsYI9x8Ju9gkqHAdVghYUoY7lfMGfHAKTUqNHEHHhCf9sf4W-6Lw0SLEPn7JKj_fJffrFp_ZZ0WEF1R7-b9ShXGsW-ZwlU3SkeXpiNdsoskr6Emyd2RthZnkW9NZySYRJzvw/s400/real+doll+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381327983758754850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Amber Hawk Swanson, To Hold, Pinball, 2008, c-print</span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >I want to quickly review a show that just opened here on Columbia College Chicago's campus. Photographer and Curator <a href="http://colerobertsonphoto.com/">Cole Robertson</a> created <a href="http://web3.colum.edu/press_releases/archives/009024.php">Re: Figure</a>, an exhibition that opened last Thursday September 10th at <a href="http://www.colum.edu/Student_Life/DEPS/Glass_Curtain_Gallery.php">The Glass Curtain Gallery</a>, featuring works of photography, sculpture, collage, and other media. Despite some controversy over some of the images which the college deemed as "child pornography" (come on, Columbia, the Culture Wars was 20 years ago), the show came together beautifully. Each artist contributed unique and exciting works that, although very different from one another, showed especially well together. I highly recommend stopping by the 1104 S. Wabash building to check out the show.<br /></span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-85340497979249351922009-06-18T16:19:00.003-05:002009-06-18T16:30:07.677-05:00Where did this come from??<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made an image this weekend that I can say, with immense surprise, is probably the best image I have created in...well, maybe ever. I'll sum up all of my thoughts about it (and new thoughts keep arising as I write this) with the simple fact that I am actually </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >happy</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> with this photograph.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />It's taken with my most recent camera purchase, an old Graflex Speed Graphic field view camera. And it must be fate that I impulsively bought this camera because I produced this image the first time I used it.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Anyway, I don't have a scanner so I photographed the negative on a light box and made it into a positive image in photoshop. It's not the best post processing job, but it's a start. Thanks, Juan, for all your help!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zIdB9vchLXrHNtiICgH5C_D8ixDlWuEFO_xcZZtS5OJzzWQDgSEaBEa66XRu0CCAUh4k0eKglUEMihUJTQQaP_v9oCr7jB6wpgzr4WCahrfDP4DnbWyuswIslLDidh5MBlu58xSsNsw/s1600-h/web_MG_1937.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zIdB9vchLXrHNtiICgH5C_D8ixDlWuEFO_xcZZtS5OJzzWQDgSEaBEa66XRu0CCAUh4k0eKglUEMihUJTQQaP_v9oCr7jB6wpgzr4WCahrfDP4DnbWyuswIslLDidh5MBlu58xSsNsw/s400/web_MG_1937.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348782226403937026" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dana & Legos. 2009.</span></span><br /></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-39513121425370052152009-05-27T11:11:00.007-05:002009-05-27T12:07:20.249-05:00Anti Prop 8 Rally<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Yesterday, in a fit of outrage and disbelief, I deviated from the usual topic of this blog, my photography, and got a little more personal. A lot more personal, actually. As a lesbian and member of the GLBT community, I was appalled and <em>angry </em>with the outright bigotry of the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8. And yesterday I took action, first in the cyber world by bombarding my Facebook/Myspace/Blog with information about the results, with my personal outrage, and with a call to action. Then I took to the streets of Chicago and let my voice be heard.<br /><br /></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">In 108 cities across the United States, "Day of Decision" protests against the court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 took place. GLBT people and Allies marched the streets, stood at courthouse steps, held their signs and waved their flags, and shouted from the depths of their disappointment and frustration with the bigotry of this country. People marched in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and my friends in San Francisco marched the Castro. I'm proud to say I was among the 1000 people who marched down Halsted Street here in Chicago. We stopped traffic; our voices pulled people away from their TVs to their windows and interrupted dinners at the local restaurants; we coaxed people from their homes out onto the sidewalks where they watched in silence or cheered/whistled/clapped in celebration of our passing. I walked down Halsted hand in hand with my girlfriend, and I have never been more proud to be with her than in that moment. It was an exhilarating feeling.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">I tried my best to take photographs of the event. I was more focused on being in the moment than taking pictures, but I have a few to show. Note: None of these have been edited because I wanted to get them up on here right away.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340545588551280210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJellR0soaHzyGvQK0fw-B0CgNPWmz_BlcZe6JmK3gu4Pfn9rE7eHb6PxiA4u_cwwyx3icHEOxXQOEZVwvKhCCS_P7U_oO-F0VfyM0li703DUrrW1GtGNWnGyE2rtIqn4kS3k_j_cYTIg/s400/_MG_4904.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340544777691958834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYa1B6RpbYtgNW0BafMCOIbCuhhq53UrRtj4ClK54qCxqOiIJyNYDKveEQVjTobQ30X6gBMyDBz6FRyF3mw8xhTfDbKmSQlMPZW_ecaBKcfTzRGUlF7CTDLN9ah3E8cwR25R2QoHv8MpM/s400/_MG_4910.jpg" border="0" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340544782455008882" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7kG8kXOhxGaHCYSKe59W0xdPzyhmIwo1Ema5mMFSOZ7Qb-f8VAYZVzyvdgW-E2DJUn40A2WNG3Un-T5RxzlJxkJwPFJBM_nLnmZk5T515psqSVs7PxJWTS56lHsH6BiNv9caAmUpYX8/s400/_MG_5047.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340546791583847698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOowtikhGiHhXClvupkK9ncslu0hJZhezeWHiC7KqIvBkgOBlUTU9-T3x3_5ttL1zXjQ7QgphMDz_0x0BIM9BTAzD4llhq1Xlrd7rZ3_4prUTnzDxQDyOKynMACDax8s7KW_6A5_NWkJo/s400/_MG_5057.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There is so much more I could say about the issue, but I think it would come off as too preachy. My personal interest in this, while wrought with legitimate feeling and raw passion, is just one person's story amongst the millions in this country affected by bigotry. The people and the government of this country have a long way to go before they overcome prejudices. And it's going to be an uphill battle for the GLBT community. Obama is not the President who is going to make everything better for us. He is just another stepping stone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots, the official (to the GLBT community) start of the Gay Rights movement. I think it's appropriate that on the 40th anniversary the GLBT community is coming together again, as strong as our forefathers were then, to fight for basic civil rights that every human being in this country is entitled to. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-65603912101111573052009-05-26T12:14:00.006-05:002009-05-26T13:52:36.647-05:00Support Civil Rights!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/27marriage.html?hp">CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PROPOSITION 8, HONORS 18,000+ MARRIAGES</a></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This is a direct affront to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">civil rights</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">! Bigotry may have won (legally) but it can NEVER be supported. This civil rights issue is NO DIFFERENT than other Civil Rights campaign in U.S. history. It's about HUMAN RIGHTS, not your so-called religion.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">In a beautifully worded letter, Kate Kendell of the </span><a href="http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">National Center for Lesbian Rights</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> expresses her disappointment with the results and her hope for the future:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:130%;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">United We Mourn, United We Stand</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br />05.26.09</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Today, the California Supreme Court diminished its legacy as a champion of equality. By upholding Prop 8, an initiative that stripped the right to marry from same-sex couples in California, the Court’s decision has undermined the central principle that all people are entitled to equal rights and has jeopardized every minority group in California. No minority group should have to defend its right to equality at the ballot, and the Court should not have permitted such a travesty of justice to stand.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nclrights.org/site/R?i=tZzGAWAq-QIGF9UxrA5X-A.." target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(17, 65, 112); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Today’s decision</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> is dramatically out of step with where the nation is heading. After decades of struggle and hard work, we are living through an unmistakable turning point in the history of our movement. In the past few weeks alone, there has been a tidal wave of momentum in favor of equality for same-sex couples—including a unanimous decision upholding marriage equality from the Iowa Supreme Court; legislative victories in Vermont and Maine; and additional victories on the horizon in New Jersey and New York. Across the country, public opinion is shifting decisively in our favor. Five states have now embraced full marriage equality for same-sex couples, and more are expected to join that list this year. It is devastating that California is no longer one of them. But rest assured: we will be again.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">As I wade through my many emotions—heartache, disappointment, grief, anger, and disbelief—one thing is clear: we will regain the freedom to marry in California. It is now up to the people of this state to restore California’s national stature and once again embrace inclusion, fairness, and equality for all.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Together, we will be the first state to repeal a marriage ban at the ballot.</span></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Over the past few months, I have participated in town halls across the state. In every community, I have been moved and encouraged by the resilience and strength of our community and our allies. I have been reminded that we have weathered far worse storms. We fought back against the criminalization of our relationships and violence at the hands of government officials and police, and we must remember that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. We fought back against efforts to strip us of custody of our children. We fought back against medical authorities when they pathologized our love. And we continue to fight against an epidemic that still claims the lives of far too many. By being our authentic selves, by demanding change and full equality, we have changed the law and transformed public opinion. And we have built one of the strongest movements for human freedom and equality of our time.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We must now use that strength to reverse Prop 8 at the ballot. As we band together to realize that goal, the more than </span></span><a href="http://www.nclrights.org/site/R?i=37Z9bMMklHmipF0cZA98tQ.." target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(17, 65, 112); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">18,000 married same-sex couples</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> must be our ambassadors. They must help others regain the equality that now only some of us enjoy. We must also call on fair-minded Californians to stand with us, come to know our families, and undo the damage caused by Prop 8. Let’s harness the remarkable grassroots energy and activism that sprung to life after Prop 8 passed and reclaim our state’s rightful place as a civil rights leader. We are unified. We are ready. We are resilient. We will stand together with our allies and we will be victorious.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This is not over.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">In Solidarity,<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Kate Kendell</span></span></span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Join me TONIGHT </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">May 26th</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">7PM</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> outside the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">CENTER ON HALSTED</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">PROTEST</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> the results of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Proposition 8</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. I will be there with my camera and with my VOICE.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span>Official Event Website: </span><a href="http://dayofdecision.wetpaint.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Day of Decision</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This is the official event information for Chicago: </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=60384087002"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Day of Decision Chicago</span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9Fodn9bixPocR092zQg6fhYWZueuLM7ty4quuf3KgaBVgwULC_1_yC6hnnBrPvk10c8l8hNPIASe9M1rY4ewKL5uCIP2zyFiq4ROwMYC9AJMjy4fOfPIk44_MWTwrTR9UyR4N26pE24/s1600-h/prop8_protest.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9Fodn9bixPocR092zQg6fhYWZueuLM7ty4quuf3KgaBVgwULC_1_yC6hnnBrPvk10c8l8hNPIASe9M1rY4ewKL5uCIP2zyFiq4ROwMYC9AJMjy4fOfPIk44_MWTwrTR9UyR4N26pE24/s320/prop8_protest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340187899662305026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1CH4NGGvshcj8rpe-sMkjOZK1y6TgA3TNCqZrmfvM3AR-F7_8VuAPRoiI-X6Qloa1tCGeoP7L7vBT6kUWIBXFfDZVZiMKSEw4DQ8K5Ex-9QnfFT_Tba0BVQ1AmnzHbRyaYtuRNlsEjo/s1600-h/111508prop.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1CH4NGGvshcj8rpe-sMkjOZK1y6TgA3TNCqZrmfvM3AR-F7_8VuAPRoiI-X6Qloa1tCGeoP7L7vBT6kUWIBXFfDZVZiMKSEw4DQ8K5Ex-9QnfFT_Tba0BVQ1AmnzHbRyaYtuRNlsEjo/s320/111508prop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340187897274358866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></a></div></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-41631987050691764032009-05-20T13:42:00.009-05:002009-05-21T11:55:00.466-05:003 Years Down, 1 to Go<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsybXV8u0ehZrE9ZFai_YrLbHqFOWil9noPrcQAbZIV_mqXiUoBtFP4oszA6CiAxU08r0phhxH__ApRxNPEjWnNjuEyfgQVayhtXZgz0HzUvlXa1uUheFvkr5RqTT9NcZf3x-tkRa4PI/s1600-h/_MG_2968.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The semester ended, and I must say that I think all of my hard work paid off in the end. I look back at the past five months and realize I've probably acc<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">omplished more with my photography than ever before. I got my first paying gig, photographing Story Week for Columbia College Chicago's Fiction Writing Department. I photographed three musicians, including the band Netherfriends</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">. I was exhibited in my first non Columbia related show. And my project </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Boystown</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, for all the trouble I had with it, turned out better than I expected it would. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is from the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Something About Nothing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> exhibition at the Wayne & Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery. My piece, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Trash</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, is hung at the bottom right corner. I couldn't make it to the show because of time/money constraints, but the curator took photos of it. I was thoroughly impressed with how it turned out, and honored to be a part of it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1mBoPDUtogvguth5YC5wlV4uwuEOTdgkScGr0-CPrSJ6HtGq2-EiTBqkvwLo6r5ekP0N6WMXDxrp6c0YtO0zy5S4DR0mwn2aR8tS4IRMiY39sZLDBYrVzLfRqXp1mM9ilNrW6u5L504/s400/IMG_6318.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338310556853696562" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When Shawn Rosenblatt of </span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/netherfriends"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Netherfriends </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">approached me about taking new promotional pictures of the band I was more than happy to jump at the opportunity. The psychodelic pop Chicago-based band has played with bands like </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maps & Atlases</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pattern is Movement</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. They recently signed to Emergency Umbrella record label and have caught the eye of some major music magazines. I've been a huge fan for some time now, so I'm excited to see where they will go from here. Make sure to </span></span><a href="http://myspace.com/netherfriends"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">check them out</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and have a look at their promotional pictures to see my photographs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lastly, here a few more images from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Boystown</span>. I made a book of about 30 images as the final presentation. I'm currently updating </span></span><a href="http://elisetanner.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my website</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (although I'm having some technical difficulties) to include this project.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAjMOtBU1nZbh6FylBHXPeO7bF7dy_O_n9qbAsaEnWYbjC7QZDc0YTYkr0kkOdLKyBnXhp9jYmQqJA2n29EK0rz_ckg0Wqrkv5WYlAPdfLT4xxzVaxt5acbh2pxqcnm3kdp3vJDwvc40/s400/_MG_2754.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338317327833650082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxz-5JAjDIEXQG-_uhRacpUBXyTE8gBWKOJu7maydZR95l2N9odx7MY4L6gOaVvPFRlkpxQVUT5iff-wkpKKfTfrYBXIjd5WPV_wLhgellgB81Cgj7cbdmZ_GpZUjaGp-Yt0UhilX8so/s1600-h/_MG_2763.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxz-5JAjDIEXQG-_uhRacpUBXyTE8gBWKOJu7maydZR95l2N9odx7MY4L6gOaVvPFRlkpxQVUT5iff-wkpKKfTfrYBXIjd5WPV_wLhgellgB81Cgj7cbdmZ_GpZUjaGp-Yt0UhilX8so/s400/_MG_2763.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338317714573904626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAjMOtBU1nZbh6FylBHXPeO7bF7dy_O_n9qbAsaEnWYbjC7QZDc0YTYkr0kkOdLKyBnXhp9jYmQqJA2n29EK0rz_ckg0Wqrkv5WYlAPdfLT4xxzVaxt5acbh2pxqcnm3kdp3vJDwvc40/s1600-h/_MG_2754.jpg"></a><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfyzV9EJiri1Z2y3cJ8qPU84v_uOELHeGieHrgg7je9Um5UYNzWuFFDT6hS-iiSOZWnCJUHde17ggmlzRZFeM9Nnv9-izAAyope95nM2xZXlj9FiHIMY25VlhCDd5V9gOgFrF_6zakVE/s400/_MG_2792.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338318003348026226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SZDN1MTNdulr_Ll1C3OPTV-Qg0kLuJ7aa1e8rpXuebz5YgVLYL1vbsgrTaTI3CgSk-KUNgqmzNI975OCWHYFGUQy1HHnH45ONVMlTASM4y9QQEdDRUhCTn48i_hyphenhyphenmVoZqOENAfzhEro/s1600-h/_MG_2950.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SZDN1MTNdulr_Ll1C3OPTV-Qg0kLuJ7aa1e8rpXuebz5YgVLYL1vbsgrTaTI3CgSk-KUNgqmzNI975OCWHYFGUQy1HHnH45ONVMlTASM4y9QQEdDRUhCTn48i_hyphenhyphenmVoZqOENAfzhEro/s400/_MG_2950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338318004117180546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsybXV8u0ehZrE9ZFai_YrLbHqFOWil9noPrcQAbZIV_mqXiUoBtFP4oszA6CiAxU08r0phhxH__ApRxNPEjWnNjuEyfgQVayhtXZgz0HzUvlXa1uUheFvkr5RqTT9NcZf3x-tkRa4PI/s400/_MG_2968.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338318008088102146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As happy as I am with the results of the past couple of months, I'm glad the semester is finally over. Now I can utilize my free time to just have fun with photography and brush up on my technical skills. I've decided to invest in a cheap 4X5 camera. I feel it's about time I shoot film again, especially large format. I'm hoping to get a camera ASAP so I can spend the summer shooting portraits and exploring the new neighborhood. Oh yeah, I'm moving to Andersonville here in Chicago in two weeks. I'm incredibly excited about the neighborhood, the apartment, and the fact that I'll be living with my girlfriend. All of these should benefit my photography and I want to explore all of them in the coming months.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This fall I'm taking </span></span><a href="http://whatsgoingon-dawoudbeysblog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dawoud Bey's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> class </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Portrait</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, although it will instead be taught by </span></span><a href="http://www.kelliconnell.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kelli Connell</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. I'm really excited to have her has my teacher because her current project is probably my favorite of any working photographer right now. Definitely check out her photographs. They are inspirational.</span></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-84129834862991408712009-04-03T15:38:00.003-05:002009-04-03T15:55:27.638-05:00My First Exhibition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYJeopCRT_aGOI2MaScRdjo9Mh-0Caa2JAxYV9HTwmVoSQpFEAhuOj_GHlAWlo0XPW_AUOoD60STI2hyphenhyphenANIb-ztwr6ghVNq-nmRHSvNhek7shfXL8mlTzAdc2wzNHTh0vqeCi9XoXhJI/s1600-h/14653_preview.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I haven't had much time to update here, but I wanted to quickly post about some good news.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A couple of weeks ago when I was at work one of my coworkers, a fellow photography student, told me about a call for entries for an exhibition at the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wayne & Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery at The Ohio State University at Marion</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. I read over the criteria for submission and quickly realized the concept of the exhibition fit perfectly with my Studio II project from last Fall. Titled </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Something About Nothing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ordinary Presences</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> project seemed made for the exhibition. I impulsively decided to send in an entry (it was free to submit, which made the decision that much easier). I sent off my CD of images, and honestly never expected to hear about the exhibition again. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">About two weeks later I received an email from the exhibit coordinator that began with "Congratulations..." I was pretty surprised. They had chosen one photograph from the eight I submitted. When I got home from my Spring Break vacation in Florida, I quickly printed, mounted and overnighted the print. I believe they are hanging the exhibition as I write this. The show is to open next Monday, April 6 2009 and it will run through May 5.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I won't be able to make it to see the exhibition, unfortunately, but if anyone happens to be passing through Marion, Ohio I encourage you to check out the exhibition.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is the piece in the exhibition. It's titled, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Trash</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYJeopCRT_aGOI2MaScRdjo9Mh-0Caa2JAxYV9HTwmVoSQpFEAhuOj_GHlAWlo0XPW_AUOoD60STI2hyphenhyphenANIb-ztwr6ghVNq-nmRHSvNhek7shfXL8mlTzAdc2wzNHTh0vqeCi9XoXhJI/s400/14653_preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320570937142445762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-26796898164860095962009-03-18T10:01:00.012-05:002009-03-18T11:20:43.285-05:00A New Awareness<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >In the past couple of months, I feel I've developed a new awareness of photography. I can't give a specific example. It's just an overall feeling of comfort, and maybe even a little confidence in my understanding of photography. It could be because I'm approaching my final year of undergrad. I'm looking towards these last two semesters as an opportunity to expand my horizons and solidify my place as a Columbia College Chicago undergraduate photography student. It's too easy to get lost in the throngs of students just like me. It's too easy to second-guess and become confused. In spite of this, lately, I have felt as though I can hold my own amidst the chaos of this place and time.<br /><br />With that in mind, I'm going to shamelessly plug my new website. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I took advantage of the services provided by Columbia's Portfolio Center and built a new, hopefully more professional website. Updating information and uploading images is still in progress. It's going to take a while, as would be expected. I'm also including a section of the site for my writings because I've recently decided to pursue both photography and writing in the professional world. I feel I can bring the two together somehow. So, please check it out. It would be extremely helpful to receive feedback on the construction of the site and on the images. There's a contact section on the site where these comments can be submitted. Lastly, I wholly believe in the power of networking. I've already started a links section on the site to link to artists/people of interest to me and who I feel should be shared with the world. Please check out those people as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://elisetanner.com/">http://elisetanner.com</a><br /><br />Last night, as I was photographing one of the events for the Fiction Writing Department's </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >Story Week Festival</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >, I got to see renowned Chicago photojournalist Art Shay speak about his work with writer Nelson Algren. When he first walked out and took his seat in the front row, I couldn't help but smile at the sight of this stout, elderly man with a tiny old point-and-shoot film camera hanging from around his neck. On stage, he was funny and insightful, and full of dazzling stories that can only be told by people who have lived as long and fulfilling of a life as he.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOHn020A2RB8B5dLNNLTlmMfJQ6f8iCDwHs76TAYsws1CEUlCUg1CrT-S1jTV6FNxTB_l72VzxbIvBeyW8lHo48Alwq8jXoFc63__xVbpUqo4oAt4XCyzyEUrbn9AZXauql-YZOSrslM/s1600-h/_MG_3596.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOHn020A2RB8B5dLNNLTlmMfJQ6f8iCDwHs76TAYsws1CEUlCUg1CrT-S1jTV6FNxTB_l72VzxbIvBeyW8lHo48Alwq8jXoFc63__xVbpUqo4oAt4XCyzyEUrbn9AZXauql-YZOSrslM/s400/_MG_3596.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314553874583434866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdRORqeabkiEiSoM9rD_F5Wzx-F-2KLiKflXg-fx3ZepFLiU_cxaUFUPFPvSEjg2Q8Dzp4Xnm96hSPos6VGnzu_yMlewlnmNBt2Cqr21bXxkaYKXFB1TuqDxFY1cVfpFraD9ShqT86Nw/s1600-h/_MG_3602.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdRORqeabkiEiSoM9rD_F5Wzx-F-2KLiKflXg-fx3ZepFLiU_cxaUFUPFPvSEjg2Q8Dzp4Xnm96hSPos6VGnzu_yMlewlnmNBt2Cqr21bXxkaYKXFB1TuqDxFY1cVfpFraD9ShqT86Nw/s400/_MG_3602.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314554101369683474" border="0" /></a><br />In addition to photographing </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >Story Week</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >, I've been working on my Documentary I project. The project started with the intent to explore and hopefully answer a couple of questions: "Is there a Gay Culture?"; "How does Gay Culture exist today?" etc. I've chosen to give myself boundaries, in a physical sense, within which to explore and contain this rather broad idea. These boundaries are a neighborhood, dubbed "Boystown," the GLBT area of Chicago akin to San Francisco's Castro. I've been rather disappointed, however, with the feedback I've received from my class and my teacher. I can sense that they "just don't get it," which is definitely my fault. At this point, all I know to do is continue shooting as much as possible and see where the project leads me. I have ideas, but getting them across, visually, will be my greatest challenge.<br /><br />Here are a few examples. Note: these have not been through post-production yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAFoBUfMJUubNJLcBcFS09o0m2wrTwZJksewlD0KTFnbP1rUM0m7qYm8PBoJpuhaxV_RcAzbgd_slo9wh3r_QE-5X1f4FTOMr8csOieLpeyzjMuGnYsS_PxB9OYBN7-BqHfQ98ZkBYgg/s1600-h/_MG_2756.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAFoBUfMJUubNJLcBcFS09o0m2wrTwZJksewlD0KTFnbP1rUM0m7qYm8PBoJpuhaxV_RcAzbgd_slo9wh3r_QE-5X1f4FTOMr8csOieLpeyzjMuGnYsS_PxB9OYBN7-BqHfQ98ZkBYgg/s400/_MG_2756.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314556400202539170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZThl3xI9U6jhVDZDmhMAO87C7f7PXckfzMrijREOYKF0aM5JT4HvAEgFYB70pzRjuxR4gFOkHSIloOKYdfzoqVyHinY04RJ8ogJc7hJQVeBeJ14-ZQ2iWaR7KT43zFMLrZOpRX0TntXU/s1600-h/_MG_3214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZThl3xI9U6jhVDZDmhMAO87C7f7PXckfzMrijREOYKF0aM5JT4HvAEgFYB70pzRjuxR4gFOkHSIloOKYdfzoqVyHinY04RJ8ogJc7hJQVeBeJ14-ZQ2iWaR7KT43zFMLrZOpRX0TntXU/s400/_MG_3214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314556537849871250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzGomqjMM4G4PdrtsLja38KotjS7qpiniGOxRPGd-unYq2kxqyeb-hSOrDOD_wji0ZLVbcD7OWYxZI5-ujU73hyphenhyphenXdrt-4Rq5L9W00NKNEx2p1D6UjxdfOrxFBHAHQ_wi_YbqJWlbWRGc/s1600-h/_MG_3289.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzGomqjMM4G4PdrtsLja38KotjS7qpiniGOxRPGd-unYq2kxqyeb-hSOrDOD_wji0ZLVbcD7OWYxZI5-ujU73hyphenhyphenXdrt-4Rq5L9W00NKNEx2p1D6UjxdfOrxFBHAHQ_wi_YbqJWlbWRGc/s400/_MG_3289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314556742719976386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xKyEAiK71n5nbkO5ZlAbwT6rLWZ8n-NUZ1qdpdxE-QU1teO-D_CtHHSsWCblkShHG7XptBpV2QM3A1toZniWT2Vwq4j2MXF2AZ8phPmht3TXGthIbAz_1Tvgj0HN32TEj1u93Dx58I0/s1600-h/_MG_3273.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xKyEAiK71n5nbkO5ZlAbwT6rLWZ8n-NUZ1qdpdxE-QU1teO-D_CtHHSsWCblkShHG7XptBpV2QM3A1toZniWT2Vwq4j2MXF2AZ8phPmht3TXGthIbAz_1Tvgj0HN32TEj1u93Dx58I0/s400/_MG_3273.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314556970700325170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhEi8Fq5tIcoJDvO_mc_xhWEtzCpBcIkts000T60AElH5dUIw2l2UM1_mgrdqK8MoD4GJbm5LThWKq6uHVfrD6ZBh48I0yXZTxR-0mOlK6ap-lRZyZaVUG5vzrZILqETC7oBy2exg9mg/s1600-h/_MG_3323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhEi8Fq5tIcoJDvO_mc_xhWEtzCpBcIkts000T60AElH5dUIw2l2UM1_mgrdqK8MoD4GJbm5LThWKq6uHVfrD6ZBh48I0yXZTxR-0mOlK6ap-lRZyZaVUG5vzrZILqETC7oBy2exg9mg/s400/_MG_3323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314557173322574626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqkGcZq6J71hwc97eLUImRR_LzV6safvNf7v6ifWLTXSYmdKCtoZMjDyBfaLNPy7BlhMPLlgN1GFPbZ0XFikAX8IM3ZQgDdGoPd02nzY12KRlENOzJBauHmNqgJQmtNXeESy5pO9PxrE/s1600-h/_MG_3224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqkGcZq6J71hwc97eLUImRR_LzV6safvNf7v6ifWLTXSYmdKCtoZMjDyBfaLNPy7BlhMPLlgN1GFPbZ0XFikAX8IM3ZQgDdGoPd02nzY12KRlENOzJBauHmNqgJQmtNXeESy5pO9PxrE/s400/_MG_3224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314557293980287250" border="0" /></a><br />I've been thinking a lot about how all of these images will come together in the end. I think a book, with a title page and artist's statement, would really solidify this project. I'm debating about including other text. I've been interested lately in how artists, specifically photographers, combine image and text, my two greatest passions. A part of me wants the image to speak for itself. Another part of me believes in the power of words; and I love words and I want to use them to the best of my abilities.<br /><br />On an entirely different note, my girlfriend, Dana, bought me the cutest gift.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg-0wl0S-Tx5MEqYa3nx0KrdSi03c2cAVnuFJPODAKutPkuGgFsnqrpu8kcs-wvBq-X3FF_sEDzZ22UnOYKbANh__3zeMaFJr0dIkO3Nlt3ffilYaUpGIvCT97fX1toqTtFh9A0m11f0/s1600-h/instax-mini-7S-white.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg-0wl0S-Tx5MEqYa3nx0KrdSi03c2cAVnuFJPODAKutPkuGgFsnqrpu8kcs-wvBq-X3FF_sEDzZ22UnOYKbANh__3zeMaFJr0dIkO3Nlt3ffilYaUpGIvCT97fX1toqTtFh9A0m11f0/s400/instax-mini-7S-white.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314559453705481458" border="0" /></a>She knows me too well. I was crushed when I learned of Polaroid's demise. At that time, I had been working on a view camera project using solely Polaroid type 54 film. Since then, I've mourned the rising prices and its imminent disappearance. But Dana discovered an alternative! Fujifilm is not going anywhere, so she bought me a fun, easy to use instant film Fujifilm camera. The film is cheap (especially compared to Polaroid's prices). I've only had it for a day, and I've had so much fun with it already. It's nice to carry around a camera that's not so heavy my arms grow tired just from carrying it around.<br /></span>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-7922895065498962192009-02-06T15:24:00.008-06:002009-02-06T15:47:20.708-06:00Portraits Galore<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I don't have much to say for this post, other than check out these portraits I've taken this past month. These are for Story Week, a week-long event hosted every year by the Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department. I had been asked to make portraits of a few of the Story Week staff who needed them. This March, I'll be collaborating with those running the event to photograph as much of the event as possible.<br /></div></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">Here are a few of the portraits.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299800266257296658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcJJ0fjjdkWtnePnSg7yzurFb3vdaI5TyKKYBYm42qa3zhoJDlrQ2SJw_yzHpYL6D4jidCIIk_Q7iQSochUvCFHJ22nCwGQLp8G1JhyphenhyphenMP3uU40D0KLa0Kfg9u0pEb11yqmE8MbTb8u0I/s400/_MG_2618-2.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tom Popp</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299800433723523090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88iQk5na0X0PPxI5sLGFbVR9PpkSI0ezkQ7s3TFgZ5w7ePEgK0gOeM4up9dZLLI13XqeuLUkE1Fm1RQ_Eq8EHLgU-H_1H-OLqQh7YGYNr56GIRcIs4rV9h_TOqWXrfMSqppvA5QRvq94/s400/_MG_2721-2.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Andy Allegretti</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299800607600923330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUYwNsdyuab2RXPs_hekcAmE53E7ad5FDBDjslqIe24zDnE4uCRYkFhOCyWLjtekxQYyuJ1-HV5KCtmYCfcafhIdY3uKzOpR2C6KqEGZdQcVTSEBFtCysFTCdHU1cw1cUQG2u4boC_tM/s400/_MG_2662-2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Max Glaessner</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /> </p></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">I have color versions of these as well, although I prefer the black and white. These will eventually be posted (in color, probably) on the official CCC Story Week website. They may also be used for print publications. All of these will be giving me credit for my work, which will be great exposure (especially if they like the images). When I get more information, I will post it here.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:78%;">I think I'm the official go-to-photographer for the Fiction Writing Department. They've just contacted me about photographing the AWP conference next Friday. One of my favorite author's (Dorothy Allison!) will be speaking, so I'm incredibly excited.</span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-899522893729065752009-01-12T11:03:00.007-06:002009-01-12T12:10:23.744-06:00Ode to the New Year<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I just re-read my last entry and can't believe it was barely a month ago when I wrote it. As per usual with the end of every semester, my life shifted from a hectic near-panic time crunch, to days of nothingness, quickly followed by loads of Bravo reality t.v. shows. Now, as I sit here at work, my brain fuzzy from lack of sleep, I feel relieved that the stress of my last entry is long gone. I'm not remotely ashamed that for the past month I've literally done nothing productive, haha.</span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, I haven't exactly done "nothing." Immediately following the end of the semester I got out of dodge quick, and flew straight to the "in-laws'" home in Philadelphia. It was too cold there to venture outside, so Dana and I took the time to catch up on television. After a week of relaxation I flew home to St. Louis to spend the holiday with my family. I spent all of Christmas Day tipsy with my mother. It was good times. Then on the 29th I hopped a train back to Chicago to prepare for my NYE party. A few friends from St. Louis came up for the event, which turned out to be semi-raucous (Jessie broke out her best dance moves). Now, I'm back at work, mentally preparing for the beginning of the spring semester in a couple of weeks.</span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Before the holiday break began I photographed a Music Department performance at the Sherwood Conservatory. As with my last performance gig, I was again faced with extremely low light situations. I wasn't particularly impressed with the results. But hopefully they like the images enough to put them on the school's website. Here are a few images from that night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi662P52minaLTGXYsrPOofzvtFFhN7BcU1JvkFslZY2VszG7Y3p02-juisfaLiRcQEFl00M8LhX9lmaj9-UAQTzwpXPIxclRlYEhAxMuFvknIE2Y1tMbsTI0RPU2KIravZMp0l2OIs6OA/s1600-h/_MG_2402.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi662P52minaLTGXYsrPOofzvtFFhN7BcU1JvkFslZY2VszG7Y3p02-juisfaLiRcQEFl00M8LhX9lmaj9-UAQTzwpXPIxclRlYEhAxMuFvknIE2Y1tMbsTI0RPU2KIravZMp0l2OIs6OA/s400/_MG_2402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290462466919298290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3yXQVsj06d3Qrw8qJRCsHPV2fnd0C87mfEIuKIpBtAe6vRTAdV8OU8LkOHYhB-KZTb8NiYVyqjyc1x5p1Tw2GYR0Ejs4UluPLUiCFy6ZJfjTPWiyOPpNshgcs1h6dPyFrUhR-oNgu6c/s1600-h/_MG_2499.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3yXQVsj06d3Qrw8qJRCsHPV2fnd0C87mfEIuKIpBtAe6vRTAdV8OU8LkOHYhB-KZTb8NiYVyqjyc1x5p1Tw2GYR0Ejs4UluPLUiCFy6ZJfjTPWiyOPpNshgcs1h6dPyFrUhR-oNgu6c/s400/_MG_2499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290463141210843298" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">However, in spite of these challenges, the more I've thought about my future the more I see myself doing this exact type of photography. My ideal has always been to work for a magazine. I've since learned that unless you're an editor of some sort, photography is usually freelance. I've been researching different magazines, both print and online, that I might apply to in the future, even for just internships. As a rather politically motivated individual, I know I'll thrive in an environment that agrees with my morals, specifically women and GLBT related organizations. My ideal job has always been to further/improve causes that I believe will change this world for the better.<br /><br />In light of the new year (which, by the way, has not really brought about any changes thus far), I've at last given in to a much needed (and thoroughly uninsured) eye doctor appointment. When it finally dawned on me that one of the reasons I haven't been photographing as much lately has been because of my eye problems, I said enough-is-enough and hopped on the bus to the nearest eye doctor.<br /><br />Let me back track a little. About six months ago I started having problems with my eyes. They would grow freakishly red and remain that way for days on end. I thought it was due to allergies, which in some part it probably was. But eventually my eyes grew so irritated that I stopped wearing my contacts regularly. This may sound like a cop-out, but I hate photographing with my glasses on. It's uncomfortable and I never feel like I can see as well. So, since I stopped wearing my contacts I've photographed less and less. I guess I put off going to the doctor because I thought I would make it back to St. Louis to a place my mother's insurance would cover.<br /><br />Anyway, the doctor concluded that a combination of dry eyes and wearing contacts has resulted in tiny scratches over the cornea's of both of my eyes, which she believes was at one point infected with bacteria. It sounds much worse than it really is, because my eyes are rarely in any pain. For the past week I've been taking medicated eye drops and using re-wetting drops to clear up any sort of infection that may remain. The next step is to order a new brand of contacts, specifically for dry eyes. I'm hoping that once all of this is fixed, I will be more inclined to pick up the camera.<br /><br />As for the immediate future, my roommate Jessie unexpectedly moved out. I'm now in search of a new roommate. The upcoming semester is fast approaching. I still feel mixed excitement and nervousness when I think about the workload. I officially have a senior standing, with 93 credits. I've decided not to graduate early and instead spread out my remaining requirements and take a few extra classes that I will really enjoy.<br /><br />2009 will hopefully bring about positive change. We start off with Obama going in to office. But we also start off with more war in the middle-east and total economic recession. It's frightening to think that I have entered adulthood at such an unstable time in U.S. history. But I think I can handle it just fine.<br /></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-85272427405592720782008-12-03T15:38:00.003-06:002008-12-03T15:46:43.790-06:00It's Pronounced LeiboVitz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRSpOyCUJ8kUDJm5-ThWshiytzX_7UiPiGnMvBTBKOtOEp6SFUIhiEE9SlD_ImdVo9sYB4R2rLzW1fmyyVwCxpr9G_pujNLt3dA-Fdmgg-r9iFWvk-oDzA-AZs4yPsPAREk1Ltc3EUCk/s1600-h/_MG_2259.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRSpOyCUJ8kUDJm5-ThWshiytzX_7UiPiGnMvBTBKOtOEp6SFUIhiEE9SlD_ImdVo9sYB4R2rLzW1fmyyVwCxpr9G_pujNLt3dA-Fdmgg-r9iFWvk-oDzA-AZs4yPsPAREk1Ltc3EUCk/s400/_MG_2259.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275683029223652162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Last night Annie Leibovitz spoke at the Harold Washington Library...for free. I got there at 4:45, the doors were set to open at 5, and the line twisted down and around corners and corridors of the library. I was sure I wouldn't receive the yellow ticket that would let me in to the main auditorium to see her speak in person. I ended up with yellow ticket number 373, just 12 away from receiving a white ticket to watch her on a projection screen of another auditorium.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I wouldn't say I'm Annie Leibovitz's greatest fan. I think her pictures are a bit mundane, to be completely honest. But she's by far successful and makes good pictures. I was mostly interested in hearing about how she got started and then progressed into fame. But what draws me the most to Annie Leibovitz is that I can relate to her fairly well...no other Lesbian photographer has been as successful as her. In that respect, representing females and lesbians in the photography business, I felt I had a lot to learn from her.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I impulsively purchased her overpriced new book just so I could get a signed copy. It was worth it (I think). We weren't supposed to take pictures in the auditorium, but there were probably over a 100 cameras going off throughout her speech (seriously, what do they expect?)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I'm glad that I can now say I have seen Annie Leibovitz in person.</span></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-21904459993548836722008-12-01T17:36:00.011-06:002008-12-01T18:05:01.756-06:00A Much Needed Break<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've been working on the website. Trying to dig through the school work and images I have yet to edit to post of my most recent work. It's been sort of a drag, truthfully. But it was updated last week, so check that out, and there will be more to come.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">School is winding down. I'm in the process of fighting for printing time in the lab, which is a complete nightmare the last week before finals. I've signed up for an hour each day for the next week, so I'm hoping that will be enough. My images for the final are not as exciting as the midterm (in my opinion, anyway), but the project seemed much easier this second time around. I'm beginning to understand the concept, and therefore see it, a little better. I haven't made prints of the images yet, but here a few I'm working on:</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg094wOl_iNVDMqHgxD0jWLoxdpCb8MaqhsBoeJ_LEgj5G9keGlJM8Ng8vMCOg6pNIj6FTS4I4bug8sIpRZk17FcOru6e4N_aDNHBXhBUDcsAoVUfKkv4w9LnLdz0rUg4uPanJUDHqszQ4/s1600-h/_MG_2034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg094wOl_iNVDMqHgxD0jWLoxdpCb8MaqhsBoeJ_LEgj5G9keGlJM8Ng8vMCOg6pNIj6FTS4I4bug8sIpRZk17FcOru6e4N_aDNHBXhBUDcsAoVUfKkv4w9LnLdz0rUg4uPanJUDHqszQ4/s400/_MG_2034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274972792812897602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW5A62r1Ab_aJafZu5Oz0xdJYkzCVE6AyRXa7L-hTKroSKoBWsZt-zvMks3MlrAQhvvYGhi1zxvYKXseKP9YKdfb6Yw8NsYyBQRt3b5MfO9TEh-JKCb-y7l-c36lJQkpigzYpZUUtFyc/s1600-h/_MG_2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW5A62r1Ab_aJafZu5Oz0xdJYkzCVE6AyRXa7L-hTKroSKoBWsZt-zvMks3MlrAQhvvYGhi1zxvYKXseKP9YKdfb6Yw8NsYyBQRt3b5MfO9TEh-JKCb-y7l-c36lJQkpigzYpZUUtFyc/s400/_MG_2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274973797917928146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr3C0IaNALNfjTAaPOwbdzeU55pL9p7bmdYEf7JZsoybHx1tJDmcPLLw-lKmfgiPNo63ScdHlRCjVfIer8RG0vzjweIUhf4rWuX75I5Q_C03VeEQLNtdsea8h1U8ROXw1Q8uBr-cG9uY/s1600-h/_MG_2086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr3C0IaNALNfjTAaPOwbdzeU55pL9p7bmdYEf7JZsoybHx1tJDmcPLLw-lKmfgiPNo63ScdHlRCjVfIer8RG0vzjweIUhf4rWuX75I5Q_C03VeEQLNtdsea8h1U8ROXw1Q8uBr-cG9uY/s400/_MG_2086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274973915492120242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This weekend I left Chicago for St. Louis to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was a much needed break, to say the least, from school and Chicago. It was also a nice opportunity to do some shooting not related to school, and for the first time in a while to get out of the studio and "On the Road," so to speak. Well, this isn't entirely true, because I was partially shooting for a Photo History II project about the photographic journey of being "On the Road." I liked this assignment because I have always liked the documentary work of 20th century photographers the most. It's what first brought me in to photography, and to try my hand at it was a lot of fun. And I was surprised by how many of the images came out pretty nice. I was shooting in either direct sunlight, or grossly overcast light, neither of which is naturally beautiful, but I still liked the results I got. These imperfect working conditions are what I imagine most "On the Road" photographers deal with more than anything.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here are a few of my images from the trip. I might post some more in my next entry.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsilrgB4i7IKmc7M1LPvtSXVj0XKcNbiF3k168I160z5oEE59a1yVUCzAIpH77bmUDAVd7JTxOqrXIUfJrFRqRpU1K3p_WlPaIDfK6_F0Ig3vDE0DP1VA2F77-5HYS_Ej6IW4BAUFU5_8/s1600-h/_MG_2161.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsilrgB4i7IKmc7M1LPvtSXVj0XKcNbiF3k168I160z5oEE59a1yVUCzAIpH77bmUDAVd7JTxOqrXIUfJrFRqRpU1K3p_WlPaIDfK6_F0Ig3vDE0DP1VA2F77-5HYS_Ej6IW4BAUFU5_8/s400/_MG_2161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975605565822962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TdGeouHHXJFAK6UQHmkjos_Nv-R0hiT0GsqIyfpjNqsuK2JYYT-g38VUmyRP_9jhpGPVrWyeF3qqyeMw5Qzt8gZK-gLm4pv_e-Tm5rV8JRSC2fG-z-HtB3PK2KxMaFXyBGeVoT3jkwo/s1600-h/_MG_2201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TdGeouHHXJFAK6UQHmkjos_Nv-R0hiT0GsqIyfpjNqsuK2JYYT-g38VUmyRP_9jhpGPVrWyeF3qqyeMw5Qzt8gZK-gLm4pv_e-Tm5rV8JRSC2fG-z-HtB3PK2KxMaFXyBGeVoT3jkwo/s400/_MG_2201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975708480112562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4ZFzy7yG5OiiAHkV6Q7p2c6fHTySW3aeD0-F30Fj-7WL8MvOwG6u8terwSu_y9JJGXZTng3InUZV5oyUnY-R6Xqw3E5vRZCrKtqUgzVnPddF6o_vna3ircpy6xnUDJGrdigHasfvdHQ/s1600-h/diptych.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4ZFzy7yG5OiiAHkV6Q7p2c6fHTySW3aeD0-F30Fj-7WL8MvOwG6u8terwSu_y9JJGXZTng3InUZV5oyUnY-R6Xqw3E5vRZCrKtqUgzVnPddF6o_vna3ircpy6xnUDJGrdigHasfvdHQ/s400/diptych.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274975854751191858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have yet to check on the status of the studio hours throughout this coming January, but if they are favorable, I'm hoping to start a new project, completely unrelated to school.</span></span><br /></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-74655788126141367162008-11-07T13:28:00.009-06:002008-11-07T14:17:13.193-06:00People want me to take photographs for them?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the past couple of weeks I've been asked by a few different people if they could use my photographic services. Of course I enthusiastically tell them yes, but when they walk away I start to internally freak out.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />A good example would be a couple of weeks ago I met a vocal performance student at the Music Department. Her name is LaShera and the second she found out I was a photography major she inquired about my services. I said, "oh yes, of course I'm available to do head-shots and shows." The next thing I know, two days later I have a voicemail from her asking if I could photograph her performance that following Monday. I internally began to regret my own enthusiasm, because I had never photographed a live performance before and I knew, even with a flash, the low-light, high energy situation would prove difficult. The next thing I know I'm walking a mile (I got the directions wrong) to Reggie's night club to photograph her performance. Luckily, LaShera is a magnificent performer, which made my job a little bit easier.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Last night I finally finished editing the images she chose, and here are a few of my favorites.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27hyphenhyphenfIKTw22R1XRwpus0sbtANwnG0DOaXijNZLDaSptTWf5RaNqzSSu0IZzDlDNpkS3XsBCQCbqgBCTJfZo_VslVCl73rhHWnk5WAeZYvHVkm7ck4NhUMccjU7Ddz2SHvF8zkx26-LZY/s1600-h/_MG_1146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27hyphenhyphenfIKTw22R1XRwpus0sbtANwnG0DOaXijNZLDaSptTWf5RaNqzSSu0IZzDlDNpkS3XsBCQCbqgBCTJfZo_VslVCl73rhHWnk5WAeZYvHVkm7ck4NhUMccjU7Ddz2SHvF8zkx26-LZY/s400/_MG_1146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266002118569248162" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7I10-gTzIKVmrc5wAmHQRH0O-0VeCduiz7EAZOEoxEU_IxsoEWKIzXc2QVqea7yfRyoAprD5mcmMt-n7B2zUu_hud8kxI4aXtOGdl4Aq2vQzDjQt7lL5ss2Mguega0PSGHrmgSz3e70/s1600-h/_MG_1199.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7I10-gTzIKVmrc5wAmHQRH0O-0VeCduiz7EAZOEoxEU_IxsoEWKIzXc2QVqea7yfRyoAprD5mcmMt-n7B2zUu_hud8kxI4aXtOGdl4Aq2vQzDjQt7lL5ss2Mguega0PSGHrmgSz3e70/s400/_MG_1199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266002304891843890" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_jNoYrSkm1Wm3z8yA79RSUylGFo6cLtZ7ndspjBy1XzJzuZAzATjA0nRQEEskvILX38HMHje-LE2hncQSEdPkKD7JJHNivxqbH4U8wZEAOxxLnmSIBgmZQNTv-MifMA1d6sR6dYrUbo/s1600-h/_MG_1277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_jNoYrSkm1Wm3z8yA79RSUylGFo6cLtZ7ndspjBy1XzJzuZAzATjA0nRQEEskvILX38HMHje-LE2hncQSEdPkKD7JJHNivxqbH4U8wZEAOxxLnmSIBgmZQNTv-MifMA1d6sR6dYrUbo/s400/_MG_1277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266002996548488866" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As you can see, these are my non-flash images. I believe the first image is a combination of flash and natural light...I think I dragged the shutter? I was fumbling with the flash so much I can't remember what I did with which images. That first one is my favorite, it came out crisp, with little noise (most of them were so noisy I couldn't use them) and I like the mixture of warm and cool lighting. But in spite of this, LaShera seems to enjoy the images and has already asked me to photograph some more of her performances. I've always been interested in photographing live performances, so this is probably a good place to start. Maybe I should befriend all of the music department students, haha.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In addition to LaShera, my Fiction Writing: Advanced teacher, Randy Albers, is the chair of the Fiction Writing Department. And I don't know if I'm the only photography student he knows, but he's unofficially made me his go-to photographer for the fiction writing department events. I was supposed to photograph the "On the Road Marathon Reading" this Wednesday, but unfortunately I've been sick all week and had to cancel. However, he has already asked me to photography Story Week next semester, which is a huge task and really a great honor. I'm hoping by March I will have figured out this whole flash thing, hah.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">So even though these are my first unofficial/official professional/sort-of-paying gigs and I'm nervous about doing them, I'm also very excited. A lot of my peers have already been paid numerous times for the photography services, and for me it's about getting over the fear and just doing it.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">***</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On a completely different topic, just hours after Obama won the Presidency, I wrote this in my journal:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Tonight was tremendous. I was shocked, thrilled, and oddly hopeful. I'm not a particularly huge fan of Obama, or the Democrats, or American politics in general. But Obama won...by a fucking landslide. I had scoffed at arrogant Chicagoans who said he would win by a huge margin. I was convinced that this election, in spite of the high voter turnout, would be yet another close one, neck and neck until the wee hours of the morning when a victor would finally be declared. 10:00 P.M. Central Time rolls around and Obama is announced the winner with 297 electoral votes, smashing McCain's measly...well, it was such a small number I don't even remember what it was..</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >I don't regret not going to the rally in Grant Park. Mostly because I'm ill with a nasty cold. But watching it on CNN gave me goosebumps. The crowd, some 125,000 went ballistic and all I could think was, this is history unfolding before my very eyes. I know it's because I'm white, but it didn't dawn on me how truly important Obama's win is until I watched him speak. I know I can say that I was in the same city, just a few miles away, from where the first black president of the United States gave his acceptance speech. To see the impact this win has made on African Americans across the country is just...humbling.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Now I look forward to the day when a woman becomes president. That day I will be even more incredible than today.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawoud Bey's most recent blog entry, eloquently expresses his reaction to Obama's win:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">http://whatsgoingon-dawoudbeysblog.blogspot.com/</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As excited and as hopeful as I was that night, on the day following the election it was announced the Proposition 8 in California had passed, and it was like a slap in the face, it was a reminder that America has not changed just because it elected a bi-racial Democrat into office. America has a long way to go before it overcomes bigotry.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://news.aol.com/article/protest-at-temple-over-gay-marriage-ban/239699</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I feel a new civil rights movement bubbling up from beneath the surface.</span></span><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-12828125963869155142008-11-01T10:51:00.011-05:002008-11-01T11:57:39.725-05:00Mid Semester Update<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Who knew I could shoot, edit and print almost an entire midterm project in a week and a half. I have been in a time crunch with all of my school-work, to say the least. And while the project is finally "done," it's by no means finished. All of it could have been done better, but the project was a learning experience. At the start of it, I felt very uncomfortable using the strobe lighting system, and by the end it was starting to become fairly easy. I was also unfamiliar with the process of staging and setting up a scene. I approached the project with the intention </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >not</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > to stage at all, but quickly realized the benefits (and subsequently the validity) of using such a process. As always, I struggled most with my concept as it evolved and subsequently began to take shape during the shooting process. And now I think I've decided I will continue with it. We shall see.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Essentially this is the concept: The idea came from the fact that I have two roommates who I almost never see because we all have busy, conflicting schedules. It's strange to me that I live with these people, never see them, yet can still sense their presence. I became interested in this idea of seeing a person without actually seeing them, and tried to think of ways I could use photography to show this idea. And that's what I've done with this project, I've photographed areas and things that contain traces of a person, that make you think about them and essentially feel their presence, without actually seeing them. I decided for the sake of time and immediacy I would photograph just within my apartment, focusing specifically on myself and my roommates.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Note: These images are not color balanced for the web, so the color isn't exactly correct-looking.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL8IuzeAUEvK8P1LeyIcM977k2i8Xeu7QjtPFLpW-X4EjHxFtbOBVkYJRxkvDdKWnyMyO1ln6VAzrAL1avZc_4_1XL1VVRV9HdPZ5FQGfH5MX7N5GPn4h8XjEGNkmuWze7c91JHai7Xs/s1600-h/_MG_0882.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL8IuzeAUEvK8P1LeyIcM977k2i8Xeu7QjtPFLpW-X4EjHxFtbOBVkYJRxkvDdKWnyMyO1ln6VAzrAL1avZc_4_1XL1VVRV9HdPZ5FQGfH5MX7N5GPn4h8XjEGNkmuWze7c91JHai7Xs/s400/_MG_0882.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263728023523234034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JvzCojVl-93RfqzkHIDfOqZE8yNbd9RJyjrpI5blR8F2WdQY9lM8Wpuvzyy79qVQ7foJL2kFKtOt71kg32zE92dKcxGO5EegBax2bAkMwZDCnrJ2dZF0GNw6Tb4leh6l4xIyCWAfXn8/s1600-h/_MG_1401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JvzCojVl-93RfqzkHIDfOqZE8yNbd9RJyjrpI5blR8F2WdQY9lM8Wpuvzyy79qVQ7foJL2kFKtOt71kg32zE92dKcxGO5EegBax2bAkMwZDCnrJ2dZF0GNw6Tb4leh6l4xIyCWAfXn8/s400/_MG_1401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263728261106289506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbQUzPWY7KjvHWigxweF56VnPJbtWL3KxDBMgA9gDJTz7SEv3JudoiBMxSnNReDwnW9H_IQ-JxCmGvFHGmEUvqSMTFa-vUifeNxDNC-EcqMidxdUNjMU85o35-5tcQYzwXLLfMONHyio/s1600-h/_MG_1418.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbQUzPWY7KjvHWigxweF56VnPJbtWL3KxDBMgA9gDJTz7SEv3JudoiBMxSnNReDwnW9H_IQ-JxCmGvFHGmEUvqSMTFa-vUifeNxDNC-EcqMidxdUNjMU85o35-5tcQYzwXLLfMONHyio/s400/_MG_1418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263728411259884274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlvNFTNcrBCi0RhvKScRiEaWhDQa3nmF31ro8WNXo70UIbrMHCc-ytsXII3Gp92562r-uGKNiOpcIRJaqIUXy1fpLbB7DvXm7lcKZ5yavCikXRb6KX7B0bKk5pgogFlWlaa7UuFkRSfs/s1600-h/_MG_1546.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlvNFTNcrBCi0RhvKScRiEaWhDQa3nmF31ro8WNXo70UIbrMHCc-ytsXII3Gp92562r-uGKNiOpcIRJaqIUXy1fpLbB7DvXm7lcKZ5yavCikXRb6KX7B0bKk5pgogFlWlaa7UuFkRSfs/s400/_MG_1546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263728631614923602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRceSjV3NyLPXNDwmBp6NP3ecthP-waubVedWU2pRzmbvkAEjJzRQLf3G-8U7m6GNlIiYMNWzVqH9QJs_Fu9e2x9jMQAmBdUkwLeYtMX_Ezloyx8ebY3X_kvuNi9i5WnvIFaJ_YoZD68/s1600-h/_MG_1654.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRceSjV3NyLPXNDwmBp6NP3ecthP-waubVedWU2pRzmbvkAEjJzRQLf3G-8U7m6GNlIiYMNWzVqH9QJs_Fu9e2x9jMQAmBdUkwLeYtMX_Ezloyx8ebY3X_kvuNi9i5WnvIFaJ_YoZD68/s400/_MG_1654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263728724693277762" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">During the shooting I was able to receive immediate feedback from Grace, my roommate and fellow photography student, and after the project was completed I briefly discussed the final images with my coworker and grad student, Grant. Both of their inputs helped a lot, and come this Tuesday's final critique, I'll be curious to see what people think, especially if I want to improve as I continue with this concept.<br /><br />The project is barely polished, with weak composition/staging of the subject, not the most professional or interesting of lighting situations, and the post work could definitely use improvement. But these are all things I know I could work to improve on as I continue with this.<br /><br />***<br /><br />I sign up this Tuesday for my classes next semester. Originally I was going to take both Photojournalism I (with White) and Documentary (with Evans), but both are 4 credit hour classes so taking them simultaneously puts me over the 17 credit hour limit per semester. I've settled on taking Documentary next semester and PJ while I'm in my senior class.<br /><br />I keep having to remind myself that, even though I'm going for a B.A. and not a B.F.A., and subsequently taking less studio classes, it's okay because I'm doing a minor. Few photography students seem to be doing a minor, and I kind of wonder why. As for photography classes, I want to take everything, but can't fit it in before I graduate. If I did the math right, I should have four open slots for whatever classes I want to take.<br /><br />I think I'm going to buy www.elisetanner.com really soon, even though I won't actually have a website for a while. I'm simply amazed that nobody has that name domain name already. For now I'll stick with elisetanner.carbonmade.com, which is still under construction.<br /></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-10271070431152427392008-08-18T15:16:00.000-05:002008-08-18T15:48:23.815-05:00Some Progress and DebateProgress has officially been made in the construction of my website. <a href="http://elisetanner.carbonmade.com/"> http://elisetanner.carbonmade.com/</a><div><br /><div>On August 12 I updated my deviantArt journal and the resulting discussion was quite surprising, yet thoroughly enlightening. deviantArt is the website I have been using to host my images for the past five or so years. In those five years I've watched the website change immensely. In this journal entry I listed some of my complaints about deviantArt 2008. Don't get me wrong, dA has served me well over the years and has introduced me to endless numbers of pieces of art and artists. I discovered my favorite photographer and have made numerous friends while residing on dA.com.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unless you are a user of deviantart.com, this discussion might not make as much sense. But I'm posting it here because many image host websites similar to dA probably face many of the same issues that we discuss.</div><div><br /></div><div>This discussion is still in progress and I'm trying to encourage others to join in. Swallowingwords is me, lunothehellion is Bo, Shozen is my friend Jay Sato (and English is his second language).</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I have 5,242 deviations in my deviantwatch right now. It's over a year's worth of deviatwatch updates that I have yet to look through.<br /><br />So now I've started looking through them, page after page.<br /><br />And here are my list of complaints:<br />dead girls<br />homo eroticism (specifically lesbianism)<br />bathrooms<br />edges darkened in photoshop<br />cheesy titles<br />SNAPSHOTS of children<br />studio portraiture of pets<br />misogyny<br />blood and gore<br />TRITE portraits<br />"effects" added in photoshop<br /><br />and the list goes on.<br /><br />Normally I would say, "Who am I to judge when I fail to produce any work of my own?" At this point, I'd rather produce no work than the awful "art" uploaded to this website every day.<br /><br />The more I learn about photography, the more I grow conflicted. High Art Photography is easily appreciated (for the most part) and wholly respected. But just like in cinema, technology has made it possible for anyone to take a picture or shoot a film and call it Art. This is an old argument, a tired one, really. I don't really know what to think anymore.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Shozen</span>: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; ">well thats the dilemma i go through. especially when i was i columbia or even today. either i'm just knowing it now or its just the way it always been. but producing art has become disposable. like the time when the camera became something a photographer can only use, when the disposable came out and people started shooting themselves. they became a photographer too...just cause they have a camera. so does that mean because i have a soccer shoe make me a soccer player? not really. people depend on the material or tools. but they don't know how to use it to its full potential. i've seen a lot of people having the right tools but not really using it the right away. the people who can't afford to are the once who actually know how to use them. </span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><br />but yes. this site is great. but i only check it once in awhile as well. i also hate to check deviations that are always the same. like he or she is really good but keeps producing the same stuff. like i wanna see something different. i dont wanna see another deviation of a girl looking like she was dead and nearly naked. it gets tiring.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">swallowingwords</span></span>:"but they don't know how to use it to its full potential."</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; ">You've made a valuable point there, and that's what I try to tell myself every time I see these images nextto my own work. However, unlike you, my work isn't remotely inspirational or something I could say is the <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>result of a photographer who knows what she's doing. If I had your talent, then maybe I'd feel that way.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Shozen</span></span>: i think the problem with the motive to this place is uploading something impress people. but technically we should try to impress ourselves first. which is why sometimes or most times, i just dont give a fuck if people like it or not. i just upload it in here for me. haha. just so happens that people get inspired on some shit i freakin doodled on.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">swallowingwords</span></span>:That's entirely true. I remember when I was in middle school and first discovered dA and thought it was so brilliant that people could review each other's work. So, back then it was all about impressing people, getting them to like what I put up. It wasn't about producing something I thought was beautiful, but what I knew other people would like. That's why everything on this site looks the same. People have grown to understand that contrasty, flashy, studio-looking portraiture will be popular on this website, so that's what we see all the time. The same with portraits of pets...a cute kitten gets thousands of favorites and a landscape photograph that probably took hours to make gets none. For some reason my Hippy photograph has hundreds of favorites (the most any of my others have is maybe 20) and it's a terrible picture in my opinion. It's a snowball affect, the more times its favorited, the more people can view it, therefore its popularity continually grows, whether or not it's a good piece of art.<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><br />That's probably how it is in the real world, though.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Shozen</span></span>:ive even come to realize i dont even browse anymore. i tend to add 3 favorites month and usually from the artists that i 'watch'. <br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><br />damn i didnt know this site was around even when you were in middle school. i knew about this from some kid from iowa who came for an interview in columbia and then i got hooked to it. i guess just having people making comments on my work was something fresh. even if <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>i dont see them or dont know of them. guess its a fresh feeling since you're so used to hearing comments from people you know and you try to be humble and or not accept their opinions too much just because you feel like they're just being nice and encouraging you. which i'm sure half the time or most of the time they do mean it but its just hard to take that opinion from your mom or your dad...<br /><br />although being in DA for a few hours have got me some annoyance. like <br /><br />'oh geesh that piece of shit favorited again....whats so good about that crap'<br /><br />or comments that go<br /><br />'nice' <br /><br />put some constructive comments for gods sake. i can understand if its some kid. but come on. you gotta say something better than nice after nice. at least say you like the composition. the color. what it may trigger you to feel. something deep so you know that the person who created knows you actually looked at it closely and actually took the time to try to absorb what you just did. but not in that pretentious museum way of looking at art.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">swallowingwords</span></span>: I've been on dA since 2002 or 2003, I can't remember which. So, I've been on here for almost the entirety of it's existence. I remember when the big "wallpaper debate" went down. People argued for months over whether the Wallpaper section should exist because the majority of the pieces posted used copyrighted images without proper copyright permissions. This made sense, however, as a fan of numerous wallpaper artists, I saw both sides. The ironic part is that, today, this debate seems frivolous compared to the "art" allowed to posted on here.<br /><br />I almost never receive comments when someone adds my work as a favorite, and even when they do it's the usual "I like it!" plus an emoticon or two. Back when I actually cared enough to browse artwork (not just the Daily Deviations, which is a whole other argument entirely) I'd make sure to leave constructive criticism, especially with every <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>piece I added to my favorites. Whenever I go back through my favorites I notice I add pieces that aren't specifically popular on the website, and sometimes I catch myself wondering why I added it in the first place. A favorite is based on that initial feeling the piece gives me, which is why I trust my gallery of favorites as legitimate pieces of art.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">lunothehellion</span></span>: Hah, well i'm pretty sure a few of mine at least made one of those.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; ">guilty; <br />I fear i've fallen into the same disillusionment trap.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">swallowingword</span></span>s: We're all guilty, I think. This site doesn't really promote good art. I think it's a great <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>place for people who want to spend some free time browsing, but I have a hard time taking anything on here seriously.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">lunothehellion</span></span>: well it takes a keener mind to sort through the bullshit. <br />i tend to take very few things seriously anymore<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">swallowingwords</span></span>:Well that's just the problem. Art should be taken seriously and our Math/Science/Business oriented society needs artistic people to continue to be proactive in exposing the Art World to society. I like that deviantArt is the kind of website that brings non-artists and artists together, but then the conflict of true art and non art arises. I'd like to say I'm the kind of person that loves the idea of non-artists attempting to make art, so that maybe one day they will become artists, but a website like dA is too political (and by that I mean it's just a popularity contest, numbers)."<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(57, 61, 60); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you have any opinions about this discussion please share. It doesn't have to be focused on deviantart, because it applies to all places that host art.</span></span></span></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086155994017616888.post-50979977804096460362008-07-05T21:53:00.000-05:002008-12-09T17:59:11.398-06:00An Introduction<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, I've begun a blog. I'm still not entirely certain as to what this blogging thing is all about, however I hear for some people it's a pretty big deal. I'm not sure of what this means to me just yet...this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> an introduction, after all.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I should introduce myself then. I'm Elise Tanner, a 21-year-old undergraduate student at Columbia College Chicago majoring in photography and minoring in fiction writing. I can't begin to tell you who my favorite artist and/or photographer is, nor will I talk big as if I</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> know a lot about Art. I have a part time job working in the Slide Library of the school, which I think will turn out to help in furthering my "career." I have yet to shoot professionally (i.e. I've never been paid to take pictures), although my friend Christine's mother did frame and hang in her house a portrait I took of her daughter in high school (haha, what a small thing to be proud of). I've been taking pictures on a regular basis, film and digital, for a little over four years now, but I did have a Kodak Advantix point-and-shoot in middle school that took many pictures at lunch recess, haha.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It seems a lot of people end up having one major as an undergraduate, and then choosing a different one for their graduate; so, I'm not sure as to what major I should have come Graduate School considering I'm pretty damn sure I made the right choice to begin with. That's because I happen to enjoy this medium of Art which so many people take for granted. I enjoy it quite a lot, and while I'm not entirely sure of where I'm going with it (and that's only normal, I should suspect, as an up-and-coming Junior in college) I do know I'm going somewhere. I fear it may take me a while to get there, but I've never expected or hoped to be rich or live co</span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iiosWrwoPuqGEWBuxkJfx0uqtfQE5eA4aedE9filbwmXJlj-AqgdnoNgMXUbFY5PWxTe41U_7YFrkev3-D9xLZp_-qyodYf8M6OZIPu6FPZd_5gjgDfKA5QK1NlkLxqDKwIK27z8LjU/s400/IMG_3410.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219727789615372818" />mfortably and have an easy life. The starving artist isn't exactly what I'm going for, but I'm not afraid of it. Happiness is the goal I wish to achieve.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the image I'm currently working on. It was taken on Sunday June 29th at the Chicago Pride Parade on the roof of a friend's apartment building (perfect view of Broadway from up there). The jpeg is cooler than the original, for some reason I can't seem to figure out. The original is warmer, especially in the skin-tone, and it makes the overcast day seem not so overcast. This image is a good example of where I'm at with my photoshop skills. About four hours worth of adjusting curves in layer masks...yeah I still have a long way to go, but I'm getting better at it, I think.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I should probably work on my final for Digital II that is due in less than two weeks. I'm using old images from the summer of 2006 when I toured Europe. This was pre-RAW format, so these jpeg images are tiny. But they will make do. I've wanted to print them for a long time, and since Ben (the teacher, really great guy) said it was</span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoqDBCQ6zhy-kCSI8P30u1yxoV8qOvNO3xHU1DbHJe43Pm9qE13iYK5zUWi3FxfmhP8pSQtukrXK2mLC83QWQf9yv1ZYfoiEI3P828VESW1WwCJ_yONY8zvdZ5CRDnkHcKYRuoaT9Gi4/s400/IMG_6008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219723164848149314" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">okay, I'm using them for the final. I have to have 10 printed images, and so far I have about four edited, and none printed. I have no idea when I'm going to find the time to print in the lab. This image is not finished, but I'm finding it challenging to figure out quite how to color balance sunset/sunrise pictures. You'd think after my final project for Photo II (silhouettes, lots of natural lighting) that I'd have some idea of how to make a sunset look beautiful yet believable in color. This was just outside of Venice, taken from the tour bus, July 2006.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I just bought a Canon 5D with the 24-70mm L series lens. I haven't really had a chance to play with it too much (I had a massive hangover today...don't ask), but I'm really excited to finally have a new, better DSLR. I've been a real photographic funk for the past seven months or so and now I'm trying to get myself back into it. I haven't really shot any images for myself. Last weekend at Pride was the first time in a while I've made images I really liked, and that one of Dana in the yellow shirt just might make it into my portfolio. Speaking of which, I have a long way to go with bringing together this portfolio. I'm finding the most difficult part about it is that I don't feel like I have enough work to go in it. I probably do, but I'm so picky and usually don't like my work, so it's hard to put an image I don't really like into my portfolio.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The only resolution I have to this problem is to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT</span>. And keep shooting. I'm at this point in my work where I need to make lots and lots of images. My new camera, and my rediscovered drive to make pictures may help me achieve this. I'm excited about this blog and I hope it will bring me closer to my peers and other members of the photographic community.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alright, back to the editing.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~Elise</span></div></div>Elise Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398309178404480710noreply@blogger.com0