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April
2011
Photography by Caitlin Margaret Kelly
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Exhibits
 To
see more from the opening, click on the photograph (Photo by Beatrice
Murch)
Avantgarb{age}On
The
Wall
And
Not In The Trash
It
was
a
successful
opening
for Avantgarb{age}, The Art In Wearing Trash
at ICANA Belgrano this past Wednesday. Had I remembered to put out the
guest book I might have had some numbers, but regardless my
expectations were met. Honestly my only goals were to see people I did
not know at the show and enjoy myself. Check and check. I received good
feedback and the project has seen some good press. Check out
Avantgarb{age} on Treehugger.com,
The
Argentina
Independent, Good
Morning
Buenos
Aires, Juanele
and The
Nile
Guide. The exhibit runs through April 29th at ICANA, 3 de Febrero
821, CABA.
Displaying
in
a
gallery
format
is new for me as a photojournalist. I am acquainted
and comfortable with the relationship between newspaper reader and
photograph, but the gallery goer and photograph presents new ground. I
find myself contemplating the gallery experience, the audience, what it
says to be on a wall and not in a disposable newspaper... more
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Welcome
Welcome
to
the
newsletter
Unimportant
Observations. I've been meaning to get
this off the ground earlier, but well, yeah... no excuse. So a toast to
the first newsletter and one amazing learning curve.
I
am
hoping
it
will
be a way for me to share new work and develop
communication with those interested in photography and Buenos Aires...
or wherever I happen to be calling home at any given time.
Some
features
I
intend to have in each issue - issued on an irregular and at
this point random basis - will be the POV and Ojo de Pez sections.
Others will be filled with new work and/or updates on continuing
marathon-like projects.
My
writing
tends
toward
a
personal style and I prefer to think of it as a
conversation between two people. So, I will ask your forgiveness for
the typos, pardon the grammar and like any good conversation I love it
when you pipe in. You can always do that by leaving comments on a blog
post or sending me an email or contacting me via one of the social
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Thanks.
Cheers.
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NEW MULTIMEDIA
Working the
Subte
Three musicians and a 10 song play list
CLICK
THE PHOTO TO BEGIN SLIDESHOW IN YOUR
BROWSER. The
trio,
made up of Vicente Rojelio Juarez, 63, on trumpet, Juan DeBiaggi,
31 on guitar and Leo Solis, 31, playing the cajon or box, frequents the
D Line on the Buenos Aires subway system. Together they play music for
commuters and travelers alike.
They
can be found Monday through Friday and the occasional Saturday,
starting around noon and finishing as rush hour begins about 5 p.m. In
total they will earn an average of 300 pesos a day, roughly 75usd.
Divided among the trio each will take home approximately 25 dollars.
Juarez says it is enough for him to cover his weekly hotel bill in
Constitucion and food. He said he swore off alcohol, drugs and women
long ago... more
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Upcoming
Project Roundup
When
it
rains
it
pours, right? I have the pleasure to announce that I
will be exhibiting images from the Comedor Los Pibes (which is part of
the Everyday People series) at
L'Instant Photographies in Colonia, Uruguay as part of Fotograma-11.
More
information will be posted as the decisions are made, but I plan to
display up to 20 portraits
all framed in a variety of styles to mimick photos of loved ones you
might have on your desk. Interspersed with
those will be images of the work and
life of the coop... more
Work on the Yo Soy project
continues. Yo
Soy is a series of
portraits of
women living with HIV. Each woman needs to write between one and
50 words and finish the phrase Yo Soy or I am... The idea is to unite
the external representation - the women as I see them - with their
self-representation. The hope of this project is to combat
discrimination by creating connections and relationships. I am hoping I
will have good news to report soon - maybe a place to exhibit, maybe a
new group of women participating?? I'll keep you posted. At this point
I have 8 women participating ranging in ages from 16 to 45.
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GET
INVOLVED
 Ojo
de
Pez
The
school
season
has
begun
in Buenos Aires and Ojo de Pez is getting
underway. Starting off this year Pasaje 17 will be hosting an exhibit
of the student's work. The exhibit opens Wednesday, April 13th at
6pm with the inauguration and runs through the end of the month. If
you're in Buenos Aires please come out to support our students.
For
those
of
you
unfamiliar
with Ojo de Pez please check out my description here.
I am looking forward to another year helping out where I can. I'm not
sure who is getting more out of my volunteer experience: the kids or
me. I enjoy teaching digital photography and I hope my experiences as a
professional help inspire these teenagers, who are often coming from
very challenging social and economic situations.
Photo
by Fabiana Peroña/Ojo de Pez
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POV*
Calle
Florida
Something
to
experience?
Yes.
Calle Florida at the peak of the day is
something to experience. But if you're a little claustrophobic then
finding some space might prove challenging. Or you can do what this
woman did on her break and hide behind a steal beam while making a
phone call. City privacy as you can find it. See more photos of Calle
Florida here.
*POV
= Point of view and my random photographic musings.
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