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On 1 May 2011 works will begin to restore the Arch of Victoria. A $335,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program and $175,000 from the Federal Government’s National Sites Program has been received.
The project includes:
repair and replacement of deteriorated, cracked and otherwise damaged render; new matching mouldings to replace deteriorated mouldings or reinstate original mouldings ; removal of lichen and other organic growth to rendered surfaces; paint coating to new and existing render & new lighting
City of Ballarat
Victorian Heritage Register Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Avenue of Honour (1917 - 1919) and Arch of Victory (1920) were erected as memorials to the people of the Ballarat and the surrounding district who enlisted in World War I. The Avenue of Honour consists of 3,771 trees planted at regular intervals of approximately 12 metres along 22km of the Ballarat-Burrumbeet Road. The Arch of Victory marks the beginning of the Avenue of Honour at its eastern end. The Avenue of Honour, with the Arch of Victory, was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 3rd June 1920.
The planting of the Avenue commenced in June 1917 on the suggestion of Mrs W. D. Thompson, a director of clothing firm E. Lucas & Co, Ballarat, that an avenue of trees be planted in honour of the men and women of the district who had enlisted for service. The planting of one tree for each enlisted person began in June 1917 with funds of £2,000 raised by the 500 women employed in the factory, known as the 'Lucas girls'.The planting, carried out in eight phases over the next two years until its completion in June 1919. The planting, done by staff of the Lucas factory with the support of local farmers included 23 species of trees, mostly exotic deciduous species planted in single lines along either side of the road at regular spacings of 10 - 12 metres.Each species was usually planted in blocks of about 25 trees on either side of the road. The trees were numbered and allocated to individuals as close as possible to their order of enlistment, beginning at the Ballarat end. Plaques were originally attached to each timber tree guards giving the individual's name, the unit in which he or she enlisted and their number in the avenue. In 1934 these were replaced by permanent bronze plaques at the base of each tree, of which more than 80% are still in place.
Following cessation of hostilities in 1919 and completion of the avenue plantings, the 'Lucas Girls' led by Mrs W. D. Thompson began planning and fund raising of £2600 for a commemorative arch to provide an entrance to the Avenue of Honour. The Arch of Victory, designed by H.H. Smith, Head of the Art School at the School of Mines Ballarat, was a grand cement rendered masonry structure of a single central arch flanked by wide piers 20metres in width, spanning the roadway, and 18metres high. The arch, erected in 1920, is crowned by the 'Rising Sun' symbol of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces beneath which the words Avenue of Honour and Victory are written prominently across the arch. In addition to the initial costs, for the Avenue of Honour and the Arch of Victory, a further £400 was donated by the public to a Maintenance Fund, with a returned soldier employed to attend to the trees.
During the First World War, the Avenue of Honour played a commemorative role and provided a stimulus for more people to enlist. Unlike other forms of memorials, avenues of honour and in particular the Ballarat Avenue required a high level of community participation in their creation which took place over a substantial period of time. Subsequently the Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour became emblems of civic commitment to the war effort.
There have been a number of changes to the Avenue of Honour.Several of the original 23 species did not flourish and were replaced with species of Elms and Poplars which are the dominant genera of trees in the Avenue. In 1997, the Avenue consisted of 3,332 trees of forty different species and cultivars. Approximately half were found to be of fair to poor health and a management strategy developed, including the replanting of some trees.
In 1936 a memorial Cairn and Cross of Remembrance were erected at the Learmonth end of the Avenue where a tribute tree was also planted in 1959 in memory of Mrs W. D. Thompson. In 1938 a Memorial Rotunda was constructed 180m west of the Arch of Victory originally containing a 'Book of Remembrance' with the name of every person for whom a tree was planted, information now contained in a Roll of Honour on engraved metal sheets. In 1994 the avenue was cut by the Western Freeway Bypass, with the removal of sixteen trees which were replaced by trees in the freeway reserve.
The Arch of Victory remains intact but with the addition of memorial plaques in 1954 and 1987 to commemorate those who served from 1939-1945 and in the more recent conflicts in Korea, Borneo, Malaya and Vietnam. In 1993 the Arch of Victory Precinct, opened by Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, was created by the relocation of the 1938 Memorial Rotunda and Roll of Honour to the road reserve immediately south of the Arch and the construction of the adjacent Memorial Wall with 72 bronze plaques recording the names and tree numbers of service people honoured in the Avenue.
How is it significant?
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory, Ballarat is of historic, architectural, aesthetic and social significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Avenue of Honour is of historic significance as one of the earliest known and the longest example of this uniquely Australian form of memorial. Planting of memorial trees had been common during the Boer War but the Avenue of Honour at Ballarat was an early planting of an avenue of trees along a roadside as a memorial, setting a precedent which was soon followed by the planting of 91 other avenues in Victoria, principally in Central Victoria, between 1917 and 1920.
The Avenue of Honour is historically significant as representative of memorials that first appeared in Australia during World War I commemorating not just the dead but all those who enlisted for service in an egalitarian form where each individual, regardless of rank, was equally recognised for their service.
The Arch of Victory Precinct and Avenue of Honour, including the Memorial Cairn at the end of the Avenue, is historically significant as a collection of memorial types and structures that represent various forms of memorialisation in Victoria over the twentieth century.
The Arch of Victory is of architectural significance to State being an outstanding landscape monument, in the tradition of the Roman and Napoleonic victory arches erected across major routes or carriageways. It is the only memorial arch in Victoria constructed at such a grand scale. Other arches commemorating World War I such as at White Hills Botanic Gardens Bendigo (H1915), and in Murtoa were constructed as entrance gates to public gardens and have neither the size nor prominent location of the Arch of Victory. The association of the Arch of Victory with an Avenue of Honour is unique in Victoria.
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory is aesthetically significant as an outstanding designed landscape and living memorial with the grand arch heralding the start of the roadside planting of more than 3300 trees over a length of 22 kilometres of roadway.
The Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory is of social significance to the State of Victoria as a well recognised symbol of community endeavour and cooperation during war time. It is of social significance as being Victoria's best known war memorial with the exception of the Shrine of Remembrance. The significance of the Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory to the Ballarat community, to the descendents of those commemorated by trees in the Avenue and to the Returned Services League is reflected in the continual use of the area for memorialisation over the course of the twentieth century culminating in the creation of the Arch of Victory precinct.
Repetition and Ritual
The sculptures for the show were created this summer and were inspired by the idea of repetition and fungi forms in nature. These pieces center on the creative act as personal obsession. This work is the beginning of an exploration of the idea of repetition and ritual experienced through the process of making. A prescribed order of assembling, manipulating, and presenting the materials borders on ceremony. Ritual is also found in these works and in this process.
These obsessions are expressed with the laborious act of felt making, the oldest known textile form dating back 8,500 years and also fungi, one of the oldest life forms, dating back one billion years ago.
In making this work, repetition is used to single-mindedly pursue, refine, and purify an idea. Repetition and obsession is an effort of holding a visual image or idea in the mind for extended periods. The profound techniques in art of repetition lead us from the repetitions of habit and daily life.
Repetition can be transcendence. Repetition is the capturing and stopping of time.
These forms are based on clusters of fungi I found in the forest this summer. These clusters would sometimes be comprised of hundreds of small round forms. The pattern work is an abstraction from mushroom spore prints that I made from the caps of foraged fungi. When placed under a glass over night the mushrooms release spores and make beautiful intricate forms.
My fascination with fungi stems from the idea of life cycles that has been ever present in my work. Fungi relies on mostly decayed organic matter to live, thus continuing the idea of the cycle of birth, life, and death. The physical becomes spiritualized. I construct forms to represent the sacred in universal archetypes of immortality and regeneration. It represents a desire for wholeness. Through ritual process I hope to manifest the magical to the physical.
Governor Tomblin applauds
BOMBARDIER aerospace EXPANSION
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (November 15, 2016) - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin issued the following statement after an event he participated in with Bombardier Aerospace officials today, where it was announced that the aircraft manufacturer plans to expand its plant in West Virginia:
"From my first days as West Virginia's Governor, I've made it my priority to bring new investments and jobs to our state. Today's expansion announcement by Bombardier represents continued momentum toward a stronger, more diversified state economy. I thank and congratulate Bombardier, its leadership team and employees on this milestone. And I look forward to seeing the far-reaching impact of new jobs in North Central West Virginia."
Bombardier Press Release
Bombardier Plans Expansion of Maintenance Capacity at its Commercial Aircraft Service Centre in Bridgeport, West Virginia
Bridgeport, November 15, 2016 – Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and the State of West Virginia today announced plans to expand Bombardier’s aircraft service center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The planned expansion is intended to enhance Bombardier’s capacity to provide heavy maintenance, component repair and overhaul support for its CRJ Series and Q Series aircraft. Ground breaking for the project is expected to take place in the spring of 2017.
“The fleet of Bombardier commercial aircraft in North America has grown to over 1,620 CRJ Series regional jets and Q Series turboprops – that’s an impressive fleet number that can only be supported by expanding Bombardier’s service centres,” said Todd Young, Vice President and General Manager, Customer Services, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. “We’re excited with this growth plan for WVAC, as it confirms our commitment and ability to continue to deliver on the comprehensive service solutions that our customers have come to expect from us. In addition to serving our operators with improved turnaround times and enhanced service solutions, we are also pleased to be collaborating with the State of West Virginia on this project.”
“From my first days as West Virginia’s Governor, I’ve made it my priority to bring new investments and jobs to our state,” said Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. “Today’s expansion announcement by Bombardier represents continued momentum toward a stronger, more diversified state economy. I thank and congratulate Bombardier, its leadership team and employees on this milestone. And I look forward to seeing the far-reaching impact of new jobs in North Central West Virginia.”
The announcement was made at the facility and was attended by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, other local government representatives and members of the Bridgeport business community. Alongside Todd Young, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft was represented by Stephen McCoy, General Manager, Commercial Aircraft Service Centres; and Chad Hill, Director of Operations, WVAC.
The existing 145,000 square-foot (13,470 square-metre) service centre, would double in size to approximately 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres). Currently, the service centre has a capacity to operate at 500,000 man-hours a year; post expansion, its capacity could increase to one million man-hours per year to accommodate up to 20 maintenance lines at a time -- up from the nine lines operating today.
Following the expansion, WVAC will offer complete maintenance services including a sheet metal back shop with repair and fabrication capabilities; heat treat services; non-destructive testing; CNC
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machining and fabrication capabilities; tooling design and fabrication; composite repair and fabrication; welding services; interior refurbishment; wheel and tire overhaul; and paint services.
About Bombardier’s Commercial Aircraft Service Centres Over the last few years, Bombardier has secured several long-term heavy maintenance contracts –covering maintenance and repairs for commercial aircraft. Bombardier’s commercial aircraft service centres are designed to maximize quality and increase return-to-service speed within a competitive, predictable cost structure. The facilities are backed by Bombardier’s 24/7 technical help desks, in-service engineering teams and support staff deployed around the world.
In addition to the WVAC, Bombardier also operates commercial aircraft service centres in Tucson, Arizona and Macon, Georgia. Each of the three centres has received the FAA’s AMT Diamond Award of Excellence, the highest honour bestowed on an aviation maintenance employer, for many consecutive years (Bridgeport 18 years, Tucson nine years and Macon five years). The corporation also operates a US network of business aircraft service centres in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Hartford, Connecticut; Wichita, Kansas; and Tucson, Arizona.
About Bombardier Bombardier is the world’s leading manufacturer of both planes and trains. Looking far ahead while delivering today, Bombardier is evolving mobility worldwide by answering the call for more efficient, sustainable and enjoyable transportation everywhere. Our vehicles, services and, most of all, our employees are what make us a global leader in transportation.
Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Our shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD) and we are listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, we posted revenues of $18.2 billion.
Photos available for media use. All photos should be attributed “Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor.”
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H.E. Mr Afamasaga Lepuiai Rico Tupai, Minister
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Samoa
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The trend these days is for women to carry classic, designer handbags that make a statement and are useful and practical at the same time.
Brenda Bailey, Parliamentary Secretary for Technology and Innovation, Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training, Grace Lore, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education, have issued the following statement in support of B.C. Women and Girls in STEAM Week (Nov. 1-7):
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/25665
Miguel Palmero, seated right, Executive Officer, Royal Caribbean International, signs a Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Statement of Support during an ESGR ceremony at the Joint Military and Family Assistance Center in Bordentown, N.J., May 17, 2019. Also pictured are, seated left, Don Tretola, State Chair, New Jersey Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve; back row, left to right, Brig. Gen. Jemal J. Beale, The Adjutant General of New Jersey; Col. John M. Cosgrove, Commander, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard; Col. Thomas O. Pemberton, Commander, 514th Air Mobility Wing, Air Force Reserve Command; Bruce Townsend, chief, Employer Outreach, ESGR, and Maj. Gen. Mark W. Palzer, Commanding General, 99th Readiness Division, Army Reserve. ESGR develops and promotes a supportive work environments for Guard and Reserve service members through outreach, recognition, and educational opportunities that increase awareness of applicable laws, as well as resolves employer conflicts between service members and their employers. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government
File name: 10_03_002368b
Binder label: Thread
Title: Merrick's American Standard six cord in search for the North Pole. [back]
Created/Published: N. Y. : Burrow-Giles Lith. Co.
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 7 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Men; Thread; Cotton; Balloons (Aircraft)
Notes: Title from item. Retailer: J. D. Holbrook & Co., Athol, Mass.
Statement of responsibility: Merrick Thread Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Part of the Norm and Carol Morrow Album.
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THOUSANDS of midwives and their supporters protested in towns and cities across the UK at 2.00pm on Sunday to highlight the crisis in maternity services.
Rallies were held in London’s Parliament Square, Birmingham and Manchester and many other town and city centres in England, Scotland and Wales.
Elizabeth Duff tweeted: ‘#MarchwithMidwives 100s of midwives & supporters in Parliament Square today expressing frustration, grief, courage in crisis & above all togetherness. Mums, dads, birthing people, babies, children. Everyone’s been born: mostly with help of a midwife.’
The protests were organised by March with Midwives UK, which said in a statement: ‘It is clear that maternity services in the UK are in crisis.
‘Giving birth in the UK, a high-income country, is becoming critically unsafe. This is unacceptable.
‘Where we have women, birthing people and babies at risk; their families, communities and countries become sick.
‘This is a genuine national emergency which impacts every level of society.
‘We call on the UK government to implement urgent crisis management and resources.
‘Government promises are not being kept and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Maternity must take responsibility for their silence and call for immediate action.’
The group called on politicians:
to listen to all staff and service users and their advocates;
fund emergency retention of staff; enable all qualified midwives who are willing to work, and support students to enter training and finish their courses;
reduce demands on staff.
Giving its support to the protests, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) warned that staff are exhausted after years of working in wards with ‘too few staff and inadequate resources.’
The RCM executive director for external relations, Jon Skewes, stressed that staff are ‘reaching the end of their tether’, resulting in more than half of all midwives looking to leave the profession.
Skewes said: ‘NHS Trusts and Boards have relied on the goodwill of staff, and their genuine love of what they do, to maintain services – but staff are reaching the end of their tether.
‘Last month, we published a survey that showed that 57% of midwives are looking to leave – and the biggest group among them are those who have only been working for five years or less.
‘The UK and national governments have to do more, not only to train and recruit new midwives into the NHS, but to retain the ones we have.
‘Staff are frankly exhausted, many feel like they have nothing left to give – and services are suffering as a result.
‘We’re grateful to March with Midwives for highlighting the work we have been doing to get politicians and policy makers to pay attention to this untenable situation.’
In Nottingham, dozens of supporters set off from Forest Recreation Ground at 2.00pm.
Organiser Chantelle Thornley, a community midwife in Nottinghamshire, said: ‘I have been a midwife for 25 years and it is the first time I have felt I need to act.
‘We work a 13-hour day.
‘Most of the time we barely have time to get a drink or go to the toilet.
‘We are expected to look after three to four labouring women at one time.
‘How can you give them your undivided attention?’
Katie Campion, an anti-natal educator, helped to organise the march of over a hundred in Leeds.
She said: ‘Midwives are stretched, they’re burnt out, they’re ready to leave and it’s about the safety of the birthing women, the parents and the midwives as well.
‘Physically and mentally they can’t cope with what they have to deal with at the moment and it’s about supporting them.’
One of the hundreds of participants demonstrating at College Green in Bristol, midwife Sophie Inman said: ‘You are part of this beautiful daily experience but it’s being tainted by the struggles of staffing in the country.
‘At the moment we are struggling every single day.
‘We’re turning up to work not knowing if there’s going to be enough of us.
‘It’s a national issue and I’m so proud to be a part of this nationwide movement to try and eradicate that.’
Katie Falvey, a 21-year-old final year student midwife from Essex studying in Wales, spoke out at the rally in Cardiff.
She said: ‘We need to make sure that the government and public are aware of the crisis we’re facing.’
On the march in Bangor, new mum Vikki Mill said that without support from her midwives, she or her daughter ‘simply wouldn’t be here today’.
She stressed: ‘My story is not unique. To give birth, you rely on midwives.
‘It’s a momentous time in someone’s life but you need medical trained professionals.’
The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) charity, founded in 1960 by Sally Willington to support women and families to achieve the birth that they want, issued a statement earlier in November.
AIMS Statement concerning the nationwide March With Midwives vigils taking place on November 21st 2021
‘Times are incredibly tough across the maternity services in the UK at the moment.
‘AIMS would like to take this opportunity to thank every single member of the maternity staff teams across the UK, and all those who support them, for doing their best in the most difficult of circumstances.
‘As in many other areas of life, the Covid19 pandemic has shone a light on existing weaknesses in our maternity services as well as adding its own pressures.
‘Most immediately, the pandemic situation, in addition to the effects of Brexit, creates a staffing crisis that we desperately need to get through together.
‘We need well-supported maternity staff to be available to offer families the support they need, when and where they need it.
‘It’s not complicated, even if it seems particularly hard to achieve: well-supported staff are most likely to be able to support families well.
‘The March with Midwives vigils across the country this weekend will see service users standing in solidarity with maternity staff, and midwives in particular, to offer their moral support and to draw attention to the current crisis.
‘This mass action offers an important commentary on how important midwives are to families in every single area of the UK and how keenly the current crisis is being felt.
‘The intention of the vigils sits well with AIMS’ own longstanding call to action: as we frequently remind ourselves, it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
‘As we know well in AIMS, raising awareness is the first step towards achieving change.
‘Urgent action is certainly needed to shore up what seems to be a maternity service that is losing staff at a catastrophic rate.
‘The range of issues that have led to the current situation with regard to midwifery staffing have been well-documented.
‘But this is not a new problem. For too long, we have seen poor retention levels in midwifery: this is a service that seems unable to support its own staff, including our precious newly-qualified members of staff, with frequent reports of bullying.
‘In England, this focus of the Better Births Report (2016), and an issue which the ongoing Maternity Transformation Programme has been working to address, with a particular focus on improving leadership within midwifery and the maternity services more generally.
‘AIMS continues to scrutinise the implementation progress of Better Births, in our role as “critical friend” and as a member of the Stakeholder Council.
‘So for AIMS, we remember today that we are in the midst of a Maternity Transformation Programme, which continues.
‘And we thank everyone participating in the vigils – including some of our Members and Volunteers – for reminding us why the work to improve the maternity services is so important. Together, we move forward.’
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Mr Ricardas Degutis, Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Lithuania
©ITU/P.Barrera
File name: 10_03_001240b
Binder label: Medical
Title: Dr. Isaac Thompson's celebrated Eye Water, for all complaints of the eyes. (back)
Created/Published: N. Y. : Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith.
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 7 x 10 cm.
Subject: Older people; Patent medicines
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: John L. Thompson
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
The Michael Quinn text references a local Catholic teenager who was recently injured by a plastic bullet fired by police.
The I.B.A. is a neighborhood Nationalist group of youth.
The Mission Statement. Words to live by for the year.
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Political Demonstration
Asok, Bangkok 29.Nov.13 © Andy Zingo
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Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Artist: Lynn Adamo
Title: 'six by six, number one'
Tesserae: Mexican and Italian smalti, steel shavings and found object, thinset, mesh, torch cut steel.
Statement:
Contrast, color, texture. These are the three words that best describe my work. When I work with stone, I am reminded that these materials took millions of years to create. I feel like I’m part of a long continuum of life on this planet when I grip my hammer and cleave a piece of granite. I begin a piece by first having an inspiration, from nature or the built world around me. I’m always on the lookout for interesting scenes, when zoomed into with the camera become inspiration for a compelling abstract composition. With a pile of stone tesserae in front of me, I then look for just the right shiny bits of glass smalti to add contrast to the rough texture of the stone. Other elements come into play as well. Rusted steel and cast-off hardware can be the perfect focal point to a piece.
About me:
I discovered that the ancient art of mosaic is the perfect medium for me to express my creativity. My background as a graphic designer gives me experience for working with clients on custom commissions. I enjoy listening to clients’ preferences and working to come up with a creative solution. My goal is to create artwork that will conceivably last longer than I do!
Lynn Adamo
Fine Art and Architectural Installations
Hillsboro, Oregon
Website: www.lynnadamo.com
A new free crochet pattern offered by Stitch Diva Studios in our very own glistening Studio Silk.
Make a statement with some inexpensive flat decorative marbles, basic crochet skills and some pretty yarn.
This project is fast enough for you to make a few of these very trendy statement necklace pieces - explore using more or fewer marbles or varying the configuration of the stones for your very own creation!
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H.E. Mr. Mário Augusto Da Silva OLIVEIRA, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Angola
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Policy Statements - ITU PP-18
Dr. Marco Bellezza, Legal Advisor for Communications and Digital Innovation of the Minister of Economic Development, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy
At the opening of "Menage-a-Trois" last night. I've not seen so many people reading my artist statement before. Or talked about my work to so many people on an opening night. I knew my work would be reasonably provocative for the venue, and am glad it was so. It'll be on until Nov 4.
CONFUSED by the orb!? Read the statement of intent below.
Statement of intent: This mini-series' purpose: to show morally questionable situations wherein the antagonist is questioning its actions. The orb is a visual representation of the antagonist's contemplation or enlightenment.
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I haven't uploaded anything in a whole long time, which is a shame, especially considering the amount of views I gained following my feature on Strobist.
Being featured on Strobist was awesome, and I can't tell you how grateful I was for David's support and everybody on the blog's. I really feel like the 200 or so days that I did my 365 for were responsible for some incredible changes in me as a photographer... and in my values, too!
I went through a little bit of a rough patch recently, just feeling a little burnt out, but I plan to post more frequently now. I've got a lot of awesome ideas, shoots to edit through, and set-ups for you all to learn from!
As well, I'm planning on kickstarting my business soon(working on business cards, a website, and a blog)!
Thank you for your support, everyone! I've come far, I feel, and I plan on going farther.
Merry Christmas. :)
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As for this shoot: It was sooo stressful. We went in to a little family-managed graveyard that borders my neighborhood, and beyond being scared we'd get the cops called on us by our nosey neighbors, we had a difficult time getting over the fence (my dad and I) especially with all the gear, but I feel the results are good!
This mini-series' purpose: to show morally questionable situations wherein the antagonist is questioning its actions. The orb is a visual representation of the antagonist's contemplation or enlightenment. I've got a couple more in mind! I hope you like it! Tell me what you think.
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And now, the tech-y stuff...
Strobist info:
Key: LP160 inside the silk lantern w/ 1/4 CTO (suspended by fishing line)
Fill: LP160 in Softliter II wayyy far back on-axis