as seen: venezia quatordici
publication © kjm
6.06.2011
6.05.2011
6.04.2011
6.03.2011
6.02.2011
6.01.2011
5.31.2011
5.30.2011
5.26.2011
sick
flu pill packaging © kjm
[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]
5.16.2011
dusting
drywall dust on the coffee table © kjm
[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]
5.13.2011
chinese, japanese
Chinese noodle on Japanese book © kjm
[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]
5.10.2011
whole wheat
moldy bread that looks a little like a Holstein cow © kjm
[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]
4.19.2011
great point
I'm thrilled to add this book and print produced by Andrew Phelps to my collection. I'm a fan of just about anything Andrew has done, from his Higley project to his great blog, Buffet. And I've thought recently about his series from Japan, Not Niigata.
This particular project, Point Sublime, features not Andrew's photographs, but those of his father - 35mm slides shot in 1984 on a trip to the Grand Canyon. To celebrate his father's remission from prostate cancer, Andrew is offering the set, with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society resource center at the Ironwood Center in Arizona. He's already donated a large sum, but prints and booklets remain. To learn more about the project, click here.
4.14.2011
4.13.2011
4.08.2011
4.06.2011
4.04.2011
4.01.2011
family. history.
Heart Mountain, as seen from Tak and Emmy's homestead © kjm
I'm having an exciting week.
On Wednesday, I visited with an aunt, uncle and cousin in Denver, who I hadn't seen in a decade. In the telling of family stories, I learned new things about my dad's family, from both before and after the war. And now I'm in Cody, Wyoming, visiting the area around the former Heart Mountain internment camp site, where the family (minus two aunts, who headed East) was sent from Tule Lake.
My path here is a result of a panel discussion I was on in the Fall, where I discussed my Camp Home project, and the history of my family's incarceration during the war. At the presentation was a professor from the University of Wyoming, who informed me that he and others from the university were researching the reuse of buildings from Heart Mountain. Barracks were re-purposed at all the sites, but at Tule Lake, the program of homesteading by veterans, and their use of the buildings, had been the compelling component in Camp Home. I've come to now know that homesteading, with incredible similarities, occurred here as well.
In the past two days, I've already met fantastic and kind people, including three original homesteaders now in their 80's. On many levels, it feels so right to be making this work, and I'm excited to have started phase two of Camp Home.
3.16.2011
union thugs?
During recent visits to the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin, the recurring human chant (and drum beat and car horn-honking) was, "This is what Democracy looks like." It's been the powerful soundtrack to the mobilization of so many concerned Wisconsinites. I've created a video slideshow of portraits from two shoots, conducted on a sidewalk near the state capital building - my take on what Democracy looked like, in faces, signs, hard helmets and buttons.
Thanks to Michelle Nolan and my sister, Cheryl, who spotted and chased down subjects, and to Joe Dapier for generously offering the use of his song for the video.
Click the image above, or here, to view.
3.13.2011
life and support
Doll in The Living Room, 2005 © kjm
*Update: The print edition has sold out.
Life Support Japan is the brainchild of Wall Space gallery owner Crista Dix and photographer/blogger Aline Smithson. It's a terrific way to collect some contemporary photography while donating to the current relief efforts in Japan.
I've donated the photograph above, which was made as part of my Early Places series, in which I document intimate places that have remained the same since my early youth. The picture was made in the living room of my childhood home.
If you happen to purchase a print, let me know and I'll send you a copy of my little 38 booklet and print.
Title: Doll in The Living Room, 2005
Size: 8x10"
Edition size: 10
Price: $50
Media: Digital c-print
2.26.2011
portrait of a protest
© kjm
I shot a series of portraits yesterday in Madison, of protesters outside the state capital. My editorial rep, Redux Pictures is trying to find a good home for them, but here's a few of my favorites.
2.15.2011
within reach: world wide
backlit cobwebs under the Ikea lamp © kjm
[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]
2.12.2011
after
Black Locust Tree, Mount Williamson © kjm; Apple Blossums, Mount Williamson © Toya Miyatake
I really enjoyed my visit to Manzanar. They have a terrific visitors center there, operated by the National Park Service and staffed by a knowledgeable and engaging group of rangers. Manzanar is the most-visited of the former camp sites, both for the well-developed visitor experience, as well as it's proximity to cities in California. A driving tour of the site outlines the scale of the camp, but it was still hard to imagine 10,000 people living in this now very quiet, windblown landscape.
I didn't make many pictures on the site, but shot this tree and Mount Williamson at dusk. The next day, on a visit to the Eastern California Museum in the nearby town of Independence, I found the book Elusive Truth, Four Photographers at Manzanar. On page 104 was this photograph, Apple Blossums, Mount Williamson, by the great Japanese American photographer Toyo Miyatake.
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