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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 5:19:39 GMT
 My wonderful friend J. called this morning to tell me she had a surprise for me. I went downtown and was bowled over to find that she'd gotten me the just released book of photographs by Elaine Sendyk. Elaine and J. were friends and J. was one of the first to recognize and insist on buying some of Elaine's prints. I never knew her well, although we had a friendly relationship, but I greatly admired her as a completely self-contained person with a breathtaking background of solitary travel.  A little background on how Elaine came to take pictures of the popular struggle in Oaxaca. She was struck by the rough beauty of walls around Oaxaca and purchased a throw-away camera to capture those images. It turned out she had a natural eye. Her photographs were as-is -- no cropping, no darkroom work, just point & shoot and take in for developing. As the people's protest took form in 2006, Elaine became galvanized by its development and followed it closely. In the summer of 2007, as it heated up again, she shot the images in this book. She died suddenly in August of 2007.   Read & see more here. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 14:01:30 GMT
What a beautiful surprise! I'm sorry to hear of her passing. What brilliant work. Thanks for the photo of her as well,she looks very cool. Consider yourself blessed to have known her and even moreso that others like ourselves get to enjoy her art and passion.That first photo is amazing! What a great eye.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 14:55:54 GMT
Some of those graffiti look similar to the work of the famous Miss Tic in Paris.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 15:22:28 GMT
Yes, that stencil graffiti is apparently a whole new art form. Miss Tic's stuff is great!
Kerouac, didn't you do a photo story on graffiti in Paris? I can't find it. Hmmmm -- guess we need a graffiti thread in Maritime Museum.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 1, 2009 15:43:50 GMT
These are great, Bixa! I've never heard of her and I want to take a look at her book. As you say, she was obviously a natural artist and with her work gave voice to these street artists.
Mis Tic is also powerful. A graffiti thread would be great in the Museum! I remember many of the photos from Kerouac's graffiti thread, but I've lost them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2009 1:20:45 GMT
Oh, I hope you get to see it, Jazz. It's a really nice format, too, with non-reflective paper.
I put up a couple of videos on stencil graffiti in the Museum. Even though I titled it stencil graffiti, I hope people will post all kinds there.
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