I’ve been meaning to study the correlation between Impressionism and photography for awhile. Today, I came across this interesting article (https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8863) and decided I needed to write more about Impressionism itself before exploring it in the context of photography. My response to the question “does Impressionism mean anything?”: The author highlights the argument that Impressionism…Continue reading Impressionism as Primordial Matter

Back in April, I wrote a bit about the inspiration behind the Stolen Souls. Check it out at Marjorie Magazine:

In 1903, Mr. F.W. Bradwin, of Hamilton, Ontario traveled first-class on a transatlantic cruise from New York to Liverpool, with a stop in Queensland, Ireland and an excursion to Berlin. Bradwin was an excellent amateur photographer, and captured corners of the world in a distinctive way. Every piece of vernacular photography is a complete original,…Continue reading A Trip Across the Sea, 1903

Hand-colored photos are fascinating. They range from the pristine to the sloppy, the realist to the fantastical, each transcending the imperative to color in the lines. In this truly dynamic medium, the photographer gets a second chance to act upon the photograph to enhance, disguise, or transform. The agency of the photographer has been much…Continue reading Coloring through the Lines: Bending Reality in Vintage Hand-colored Photography