Posts Tagged ‘art’
2014, art, bird, black, cloud, CT, glastonbury, manchester, moody, photography, pictures, tania palermo, tree, white
In Art, local artist, personal, Photography, Uncategorized on March 21, 2014 at 6:25 PM
So, I pulled into a restaurant parking lot earlier today. The clouds were so beautiful – and by that I mean, moody and interesting – and I needed to photograph them. As an artist I notice that I find beauty in the messy as much as in the perfect blue sky.
After taking a few photographs I popped inside to pick up some lunch. As I waited to pick up my food an older gentlemen having a coffee with a few friends at a table close by yelled , gruffly, to me – “Hey….you out there taking photos of us!!??”
Huh? Without my glasses on I wasn’t 100% sure if he was looking in my direction.
“I saw you out there, with your camera pointed in our direction …. were you taking pictures of us?”
Lol … um, no.
“Well then what the heck were you doing…?!!”
Taking pictures of the clouds. They are interesting.
His whole head slumped down to the table. This was not a practical answer. He was in no mood for my artistic foolishness…lol. He thought I was crazy and a little dark cloud of disapproval and confusion began to form around his table.
I tried to explain about the depth and texture and how in digital photography I could make it into something … but he was all done with me. Shaking his head and rolling his eyes with his friends.
Back at the car I have no idea how he saw me taking the photos. I was practically around the building from the window he sat in…
This image is ode to him …. both of us worlds away from each other in our perspective of the world … but connected in our humanity. I love that he had a conversation with me – even if he did think I was silly
2014, art, beach, CT, fence, manchester, misquamacit, photography, pictures, rhode island, tania palermo, winter
In Art, landscape, local artist, Photography on March 1, 2014 at 8:14 PM
2014, art, boat, boay, coast, CT, landscape, maine, photography, pictures, tania palermo, white, winter
In Art, landscape, local artist, Photography on February 20, 2014 at 6:42 PM
2014, art, black, cold, maine, photography, pictures, shed, snow, tania palermo, texture, weathered, white, wind, winter
In Art, landscape, local artist, Photography on February 18, 2014 at 2:26 PM
A friend and I made it all the way up to Rockland, ME recently. We both managed to miss snowstorms in CT, MA and NH – only to arrive in Rockland with the news they were expecting 1 – 2 feet of snow that evening. Despite the wind, the cold and soggy feet – I managed to get one or two images. Here is my favorite. A shed along the shore – beautiful and interesting to me with its weathered story.
2014, art, ballerina, black, CT, dress, form, manchester, metal, photography, pictures, tania palermo, tutu, white
In Art, local artist, personal, Photography on February 13, 2014 at 4:25 PM
2014, art, collaboration, cousins, CT, family, manchester, photography, pictures, tania palermo
In Art, collaboration, local artist, personal, Photography, twenty two on February 12, 2014 at 4:27 PM
The last time the spirit of change called her it was a quiet whisper – an achy, familiar longing she could not deny.
Lydia’s last post
My last post
About Twenty Two Story Project
2013, anxiety, art, cousins, CT, depression, family, manchester, panic attack, photography, pictures, tania palermo
In Art, collaboration, local artist, personal, Photography, twenty two, Uncategorized on December 6, 2013 at 11:32 AM
This weeks subject: Anxiety | Depression | Panic Attacks
Hello my dear cousin L ~
How are you? I’m really liking how this project is keeping us connected. Or – getting us connected. Even if when we don’t interact between postings (and I’m so glad we did connect this week) – I believe that doing work like this joins us together in spirit no matter the physical distance between us. We choose a challenging topic this week. I’ve experienced all three of these things in the past and part of me didn’t want to go there again. To photograph something like a panic attack means needing to try to remember how it felt – and it was scary enough experiencing it the first time. I resisted the process and had a lot of empathy for people who write memoirs about troubling pasts because it gave me a glimpse into how brave they have to be to take on that mantle of pain again, for a short time, to make sense of it and share it to try to help another human being.
I’m not sure if it’s a help or a hindrance to explain these pictures or not. Sometimes it’s best to let the viewer find their own meaning. What I will say it that making art awes me. I started off with a particular idea for these images – and they wound up expressing something entirely different then what I was consciously intending – but that are totally on point with how I viewed my struggles with these things. I’m becoming more convinced that Art makes and uses us – more than the other way around. When I give up control and submit myself to the process it is like making room for an idea that has been patiently waiting to be born to come through – we are just the vessel. Do you know what I mean?
I love you and am sending a hug.
♥T
Click on the images to see them in full.
Lydia’s post for this week is here.
About our project: Twenty Two
2013, art, collaboration, cooking, CT, manchester, photography, pictures, tania palermo
In Art, collaboration, cooking, local artist, personal, Photography, twenty two on November 29, 2013 at 12:59 PM
HOME: FOOD
Hi L –
Happy day after Thanksgiving. How was yours? I spent the day at Donna’s and got to see (not touch) our new (second) cousin. He is SO cute!! Seriously adorable with little man lips and lots of squishy-ness. We weren’t allowed to pick him up yet. I think it would have been a little much with so many people wanting a piece of him.
So – I totally failed on taking pictures this week – except for this one quick one yesterday morning. We all brought something this year and Donna & Kent cooked the turkey. My assignment was 10 pounds of mashed potatoes. I thought I’d at least do a before and after – but no. I put the taters on to boil, left the room … and came back to a total toxic, plastic smelling, nausea inducing smell. Not sure if it was the bottom of one of the pans or on the burner … but the kitchen was a vat of stink and all I wanted to do was finish making the dish and get out of there – so no after picture came to be.
What are we shooting next week?
Love you,
T
About our project: Twenty Two
Lydia’s Post from last week: Objects
Lydia’s Post about Food
2013, art, collaboration, cousin, CT, family, lydia billings, manchester, photography, pictures, tania palermo
In Art, local artist, personal, Photography, twenty two on November 8, 2013 at 7:10 AM
Dear Lydia,
I’m so excited to be starting this project with you!!
I want this first post to be a little bit of an “aside” to our readers to help them understand what we are doing and why.
Lydia and I are cousins with a 22 year age difference between us. In addition to the generation gap, we’ve never lived close enough to one another to bond as much as we might like to. We are both creatively bent and having little love affairs with our cameras. Lydia went to college for photography right out of high school and I taught myself after the age of 40. The idea of collaborating on a project together has come up on several of our last visits and today is the day to begin! Yay!!
One of my ideas had been to explore our perspectives on the world. Pick a subject – each of us shoot it – and learn from each other. I’ve been reflecting lately on how much the way the world sees us can affect how we see the world and how we value self. I’m curious to find out where our commonalities are – how much do our shared family genes shapes us; and where our differences are. (And I love the differences – they open your eyes to new worlds) Factually speaking: I am the oldest cousin – Lydia is the youngest. She is tall and blonde and grew up in the 90’s. I am shorter, take after the Italian side of my family – and grew up in the 70’s/80’s. She’s following her passions straight out of the gate. I’ve come to mine after travelling long, meandering roads in life.
Our project is to photograph a sense of place with the guiding force being to photograph the places where we feel at home. This will give us a chance to get to know one another more intimately and stretch our creative and photographic muscles. We will be posting on Friday’s – each to our own space and linking back to one another. There will be one to several images with a few words.
I encourage you to check out Lydia’s Website and FB page. She is a model, artist and advocate who has only just begun to make her mark on the world. She’s full of energy and is driven to find ways to support the people in her community through their struggles in life. One of the things I admire about Lydia is her willingness to jump in and explore the things she feels passionate about. With a big heart and a willingness to be bold I know she will positively impact all she comes across.
What do you think Lydia? Are you as happy as I am that this has begun? I’m really looking forward to seeing your post next Friday.
Love, love, love,
T
P.S. Something I didn’t even consider until after creating this first post. I shoot with a Nikon and Lydia with a Cannon. Mines been dropped in water and sand and all the pieces on the back are falling off. Lydia got herself a lovely new camera as a graduation present. They kind of match us – I’m older and starting to fall apart and Lydia is “fresher” if you will. ;-)
Here is a link back to Lydia’s first post – I must say, I love it!
2013, art, CT, manchester, photography, pictures, portrait, tania palermo
In Art, art portraiture, Photography, Portrait on September 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Tania Palermo [Studio on Main] 