My friend recently purchased a house here in Albuquerque. The previous owner was in her 90’s when she died, and left the house in amazing shape, but a little out of style. I stopped in for a visit and I was drawn to the last fragments of the the home’s previous owner as they are torn out for the remodel. Layers of time hidden under more layers of wallpaper, now a home being reborn.
Archive for the ‘Daily inspiration’ Category
Get your snow on Route 66
December 30th, 2009 by Steven St John
Man, over a month and no posts… maybe posting more often should be my New Years resolution that I fail at this year. It probably was last year too. Anyway, here is a snow feature from my final editorial assignment of the year. I’ll try to do better next time.
Loca basura
November 20th, 2009 by Steven St John
I almost stepped on this walking through the parking lot yesterday. Everything is temporary.
An interview with Stacia Spragg-Braude
November 16th, 2009 by Steven St John
Stacia Spragg-Braude's book To Walk in Beauty: A Navajo Family's Journey Home.
“Looking through Stacia’s initial submission and then later through a larger selection of her photographs, I remember being struck by the beauty, power, mystery and intimacy of the black and white images of a landscape, culture and people I was unfamiliar with. I recall feeling that she’s not only a fiercely dedicated and determined photojournalist, but must have an intense personal connection and relationship with this family to spend roughly a decade making these photographs and telling this family’s story.”
There is a wonderful interview with my dear friend and former colleague at The Albuquerque Tribune Stacia Spragg-Braude that I found via the APAD blog at photographer Matthew Ratajczak’s blog Eat the Darkness. Buy the book now.
Stacia Spragg-Braude presenting her book "To walk in beauty" at the Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales.
Los muertos en Burque
November 8th, 2009 by Steven St John
Dia de muertos – Albuquerque – Images by Steven St. John
The Marigold Parade is without question one of my favorite things to photograph on the Albuquerque calendar each year. The fun challenge is trying to find a picture you haven’t made already in previous years.
Nicole Frugé – Freelance conflict photographer
August 21st, 2009 by Steven St John
San Antonio Express-News staff photographer Nicole Frugé is leaving the paper under her own terms to pursue freelance work. I’m sure she will do amazing things in the future.
“It’s so hard to say goodbye to so many close friends. But I’m very excited that I have an opportunity to follow my passion and hopefully I’ll produce some meaningful stories in the process. I’ve made the decision to go freelance so I can focus on conflict photography and documentary projects.”
You can follow Nicole’s work through her blog The Last Picture Show.
Also, you can see Nicole present her work with a amazing lineup of photographers at the “best little underground photo conference out there” – GeekFest in St. Petersburg, Florida this September 11-13. If you have the means at all, you’re a fool not if you pass this up.
James Gregg’s Island
August 18th, 2009 by Steven St John
Tucson Arizona based photojournalist James Gregg recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico where he shot “13,000 or so images” during his time there. Cheers to good editing, and check out his blog to see some of the keepers.
Former LA Times photographers have a website
August 12th, 2009 by Steven St John
This is a great idea. I found Pro Photographers Network on what is fast becoming a favorite new blog, Resolve.
Matt Slaby’s Outtakes
August 6th, 2009 by Steven St John
Matt Slaby is a Denver based freelance photographer. If you don’t read his blog, you should. The depth of thought in his writing nearly matches that of his photography.
Also his work was featured on the NPR’s The Picture Show earlier this week.
Rabbits
August 4th, 2009 by Steven St John
One of my favorite photographers, Ramin Rahimian, recently shot an essay on a sustainable ecovillage called Dancing Rabbit in northeastern Missouri. “The community consists of a little bit more than 50 visitors (who stay for 3 weeks), residents (on their way to membership), and full time members. They grow a lot of their own food. They build their own houses from renewable and reclaimed building materials. They are fully off the grid: using only solar and wind power. It is a very tight-knit community of people just trying to build a true community that is ecologically and socially responsible and conscientious.”