Learning how to live:

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julia—kelly:

Julia: I went to the Annenberg Space for Photography’s Digital Darkroom exhibit yesterday. It’s there through May 28, (for free) and I highly recommend seeing it! If you can’t make it, definitely take some time to check the artists out. It’s well worth it to take a little time to see the amazing creativity people hold. I know I was inspired…These are just a few of the photographers showcased:

Jean Francois Rauzier creates cityscapes composed of thousands of photographs, (god knows how many layers in Photoshop). He likes to include himself in most of his works, and intersperses random things for one’s eye to wander about and find throughout the image.

Jerry Uelsmann was the only analog photographer out of the bunch. He uses his darkroom with various enlargers to ‘burn’ and ‘dodge’ images giving them different effects. Like Photoshop, but without the computer.

Maggie Taylor (the wife of Jerry Uelsmann) says that she “pushes the boundaries to create her own realities”. With various vintage photographs and found objects, she puts together images that are only plausible in her imagination. All of the beetles on this dress were individually cut out, recolored and scaled to her desire in Photoshop. The meticulousness of her work astounds me. For some reason, her work makes me want to listen to Beirut.

Brooke Shaden describes her work as dark art mixed with the beautiful. In the majority of her pieces, things appear as if they’re floating or flying in an almost creepy, whimsical manner. The people resemble their surroundings in subtle ways that give deeper meaning to the picture.