The last several weeks have been busy ones.
I spent a day on an "art safari" with two extremely amazing photographer friends and their three kids, in Philadelphia. We started our day at the American Swedish Historical Museum for Nathan Sawaya's The Art of the Brick™ exhibit. Sawaya is an artist I recently stumbled upon; he creates art from LEGO® bricks. His work is stunning and intricate and it impressed and inspired the six of us.
Thirteen-year-old J's bulldog, below, was created in the museum's interactive building room, adjacent to the exhibit. The show closes November 30th. I highly recommend going before it leaves Philadelphia.
Inspi(red) Sawaya, © Christy Marie Photographie 2008
We spent the rest of the day, roaming the city and touring public art and Isaiah
Zagar's Magic Garden. Some images from the day:
South Philly, © Christy Marie Photographie 2008
Up, © Christy Marie Photographie 2008
The Lair, © Christy Marie Photographie 2008
Lost, © Christy Marie Photographie 2008
This Sunday I will be in Atlantic City, New Jersey shooting the Alzheimer's Association of Delaware Valley's 2008 Memory Walk®. If you are in the area and would like to support this great cause by walking, please visit their
website for more information.
Next week, I will be taking a much needed break. My birthday is next week, and I will be disappearing for a few days to quietly (and bravely I hope) reflect and connect with my creative side. I plan to spend some time with two women that inspire me and push me creatively. I hope to come away from the time away rested and refueled... and ready for a new year.
The participants, both amateurs and professionals, range in age and origin and hail from North and Latin America, the UK and Ireland, Australia, the Caribbean, Oceania, and all over Europe. These 44 women however, are only a small percentage of over 1000 female self-portrait artists who congregate in the Female Self Portrait Artists’ Support Group, a group on Flickr started by Laurel Fiszer from Ireland, where the idea for a book of work first began. The group was set up to provide a “collective of women photographers who strengthen their friendship by sharing inspired, artistic, and well-executed photographs”.
I was fortunate to be interviewed in the Fall 2008 issue of SisterDivas Magazine. Writer Shon Bacon was especially interested in my self portrait work and invited me to share a few of my favorite pieces. Read it here.
I was fortunate to be one of 3 women interviewed in the Media section of the Fall 2008 SisterDivas Magazine.
