New Project (like I don't have enough to do)
12/27/2003 10:48 a.m.
I'm getting ready to start working on a book of photography and essays called Bleeding on the Inside: the art behind the violence of a bruise in conjunction with battered women who want to tell their stories. The project sprang out of an idea I got one night while taking a shower. While shaving my legs, I discovered a nasty bruise I had gotten from somewhere, and since I'm always looking for things to photograph, I went upstairs and set up a tripod and a macro lens. Turns out that really close macro shots of aged bruises look a lot like abstract paintings when lit properly, and ever since then I've been wanting to do a photo study of bruises. So, I was wondering where I could find an ample supply of nice, fresh bruises when it occurred to me to try to get involved with a battered women's shelter. While I was setting up to shoot pics of my first volunteer, the two of us were talking. And she naturally started telling me the stories behind the bruises. And thus, the idea of Bleeding on the Inside was born. I've stalled the project for now because I'm looking for an official affilliation with a battered women's shelter and trying to get the legal wording of releases figured out so I can eventually publish the pictures and stories I collect. What started with an idle thought in the shower is turning into a pretty massive undertaking, but I don't mind massive undertakings for the sake of art.
I am currently Overwhelmed
I am listening to Bag Lady ( my mother's theme song) -- Erica Badu