porthole, wake © kjm
I spent yesterday on Lake Michigan, photographing some very interesting and passionate researchers as they gathered water samples to study. The water was calm, I learned a lot about my enormous liquid neighbor, and I loved how the wake from the boat looked like clouds in the sky.
© andrew cutraro
My second interview is now posted on the Redux blog, with the photographer Andrew Cutraro. Andrew is the newest photographer to join the agency and has and thoughtful things to say about his work.
cookie after microwave incident © kjm
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© Douglas Adesko
I love this photo by the photographer Douglas Adesko. I've been a fan of his work for a long time, most recently his series Family Meal. When I saw this picture on his website recently, I laughed out loud.
"The picture was supposed to be for my family holiday card this year - that's my wife and me in the street, and our daughter was going to be jumping over us on a motorcycle. But she chickened out at the last minute, so we were left with what you see, which I realized is a much more interesting picture anyway. But we never did get a holiday card out this year..."
© michael rubenstein
I've started a series of short interviews with fellow Redux photographers, which will appear weekly on the agency's blog. The first victim/volunteer to my line of questioning is Michael Rubenstein, a photographer based in Mumbai, India. Michael's website and blog are really fun to browse through, and you can read our conversation here.
linus piggy bank © kjm
I wish there was a dramatic story behind my broken childhood piggy bank - like desperately wanting a new baseball glove, a gift for a cute girl, or R.E.M. Murmur. But alas, I think it was simply dropped.
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Extending Origins © Andrea Bartley/kjm
For the past month, I've been working on a collaborative project with Andrea Bartley, a talented and driven first-year photography student at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Andrea is fortunate to be in a class of select freshmen taught by Jason Yi and Lynn Tomaszewski. As part of the class, students were paired with local artists to create a collaborative piece, which was displayed Friday night during a one-night event at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
We were asked to address the idea, "Does the person define the space, or does the space define the person?" At our first meeting, Andrea talked about the dramatic change from her mostly rural hometown to living in downtown Milwaukee. So we chose to address those two places, and the people from her past and present. It was exciting to tread on new ground - neither of us had worked collaboratively, or worked on video. The 4:18 minute video contains photos that were shot both in Zionsville, Indiana and Milwaukee - Andrea made the portraits and I shot the skies.
hole in hotel soap bar © kjm
This never happens with Dove.
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smooth © kjm
My mom just returned from Hawaii with a suitcase full of hard-to-get-in-the-Midwest goodies. I now have two jars of jabotacaba and guava jellies, thanks to my Auntie Lyn. Cue the peanut butter.
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the front windowshade © kjm
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© greg ruffing, left; kjm, right, from American Youth
A while back I mentioned a portrait series I was working on, photographing young Native Americans on the Oneida Nation reservation in northern Wisconsin. The photos were created for American Youth, a book produced by Redux Pictures, which will be available in May. The book numbers 240 pages, has work by 25 of the agency's photographers, and was edited by a group of accomplished magazine photo editors.
I don't talk too much about my editorial work here, but I couldn't do what I do without Redux - they're great people, and do a wonderful job of promoting my magazine work. And the truth is, I'm really a fan of many of the agency photographers, so to have work in a collective project makes me really proud.
For more info, check out the website and blog for the book.
blueberries © kjm
I swear I had eaten these before leaving for Phoenix, but they were on the kitchen counter when I got home.
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shower curtain in the morning sun © kjm
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W. Peterson Avenue Location, #2 © kjm
Sebastian, one of the brains behind the building blocks of my website, recently tipped me off to an old Arby's in Chicago. Turns out, I had been there before, and photographed just the sign. But I was able to get an interior shot this time, and for his effort, I'll be mailing Sebastian a 38 booklet and print. Anyone else know of any buildings I haven't already shot?
paper shredder window © kjm
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© jeff koehler
Even though I'd pick off the sardines, this photograph by Jeff Koehler makes me hungry. Jeff is an American food writer, cookbook author and photographer based in Barcelona. We've worked together on travel stories in Spain, and it's a treat to both travel and eat with Jeff. He really knows his way around the Spanish kitchen.
Closer to home, I was in Detroit this week, and though it was a quick trip, I have three new culinary bookmarks: Slow's Bar Bar BQ, Avalon International Breads, and Supino Pizzeria.
net from clementine box © kjm
Again with the clementines.
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Madison Street on Sunday Morning © Art Shay
I love this photo by the photographer Art Shay. I saw it recently for the first time, at a lovely party hosted by Milwaukee collectors Carol and Len. They have many beautiful pictures in their home, but I couldn't stop gazing into this one - so much to discover, and amazing composition of both content and graphic elements. It's a street photograph's street photograph. Shay still resides in Chicago, where this photo was taken in 1949.
magazines © kjm
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© kjm
Sadly, I dropped this vintage Mexican bird painting while cleaning (really?) the other day. It fell flat on the ground, and most of the broken glass was contained within the hand-carved frame.
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clementine in green produce bag © kjm
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Highway 7 Location © kjm
I'm exhausted after driving 16 hours in the past two days, for two assignments in Minnesota. The upside: nice, interesting subjects, a quick lunch with Cheryl and Mark, and this immaculate, closed-down Wendy's in the town of Hutchinson.
banana on fiestaware plate © kjm
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