JO LYNN STILL : $10/Ten Bucks

some books/some books/some books/some books/some books some books/some books/some books

sometime artists send me books,I would like to thank them,because at long last due to the ever present snow their gifts are saving me from cabin fever.

The first book is called day four\Ten The book is self-funded by Fiona Hayes, editor of DayFour Magazine.  Ten is her 10th international call for personal work including writing from photographers.  Ten was printed in a limited edition of 100. The book may be viewed on-line at http://www.dayfour.info/D4910Ten.html#d49top.

Jo Lynn Still an artist from Georgia whose work I admire sent me a copy,with a little note to tell me she was encouraged to continue her work on this project 

because I include some of them in the Southern Memories exhibitions for Slowexposures.

Book of Buck is an on-going personal project inspired by a man called Buck.

Together we search for moments of peace, love, laughter and learning far from modern chaos. 

Genius

Seeker

Samaritan

Fisherman

Anomaly

Rarity

Buck Logo

This is kinda of personal because I have met Buck and he is really a sweet guy,Jo Lynn Still is collaborating in this project in a way that respects  Buck and her photographic vision.My intentions is not to create a list but to share what I have seen and to inform, please use the link to see the other artists  four\Ten.
http://www.dayfour.info/D4910Ten.html#d49top.

WHAT IS (the) SOUTH ?

I live in Manhattan in the 21st century so I should know the answer  to this one. In truth the answer is fluid, it depends upon where you are standing.  If you are standing on let's say 125th Street and decide to venture to 124th Street you are going south.This question came to me in response to a electronic portfolio posted on CNN of images taken from a juried exhibition SlowExposures:Celebrating the Rural South.The comments were strong.

One of the images chosen was by the artist Paul Conlon which was part of an exhibition I curated last year for SlowExposures called Southern Memories . I was born in the south, I live in what is called the north, yet my memories live in the land of childhood ,untouched by boundaries

Paul Conlon  Trike

Jo Lynn Still   Snow

Marilyn Suriana   Auburn Market 2

A few years ago I became seduce by a photograph of snow by 
Jo Lynn Still, it so reminds me of my first snow.The sky is blue and bright, filled with expectation and magic this picture was taken in Georgia .It is a picture that moves beyond place into memory.

The south I grew up in most people rich or poor , young or old would be concern about how they appeared in public.This was particularly a great truth for my grandmother,who died at 100 years young so when I saw this image by Marilyn Suriana, it was the for me those times that came to mind not the place.

SlowExposures takes place starting September 21

recent edit by Paul Conlan of Trike

A sort of footnote the opening image in this post is the way I first saw this photograph, to me it spoke about age.It is very interesting to see the new crop/edit  it makes for a more balanced image but some of the story is lost.