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Sim para o Português. BBC Brasil publishes Avantgarb{age}.
You can blame Google Translator if my ‘Yeah for Portuguese,’ above in the title, didn’t quite come out correctly. I don’t yet speak the language, but feeling a little motivated to learn today. I’ve been in contact with a writer over at the BBC Brasil website for the past week or so about running images from the Avantgarb{age}, The Art In Wearing Trash project and today the images were published.
You can check out the selection of images at the BBC Brasil site by clicking on the photo below (and after that take a look at the full project here).
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You know you’re getting older when,
I was back in the states recently for a visit and my 13y.o. niece asked me to do some ‘modeling’ type photos for her since she is interested in it. While I spend a lot of time photographing people, I don’t often work with models. That is, my aim isn’t to make the product look good, be it clothing or make-up or whatnot, but to look for the person beyond all of that, or underneath it. What I saw in my niece that day was a hint at what will be graceful long limbs (her legs are almost as long as mine) and both a confidence and playfulness. The blue tutu was her pick. So yes, I asked her mom’s permission first, but I thought I’d share a few of my favorites. And if you happen to know anything about youth and modeling send me an email, so I can pass it on to my sister.
And in Black and White:
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The Satisfaction in Touch
I held it in my hands yesterday. After a year. Working sporadically at times, I’ll admit. Working in a flurry right at the end. Having it mailed to Argentina. Missing the Fedex folks the first time. Giving up my Wednesday to make sure I was home the second time.
I hesitated. I created the book in Indesign, checked the bleed and the trim and every other number a million and one times. Or more. But I hesitated. I converted it to pdf, uploaded it and sent it out of my hands to be printed. Now it was back in my hands. Physically in existence. No longer images on my computer. It was in the box. I stopped hesitating.
The cover came out as the numbers said they would. The pages also. The binding stretched gracefully as I opened it for the first time. Flipped through each page. Details were in the places I put them, the way I put them. The photos amazing. The pages smooth and the smell of a new book lingered.
It was a year’s worth of work condensed to a 75-page, 8×10 glossy package. It was the idea that sparked the project. The clothing designed by Aidana. The photo sessions with our models. The hours of post-processing, editing, re-editing, layout and design. It was a physical thing. Real. And it was satisfaction that I held in my hands yesterday.
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A project takes on its own life
or at least its own blog.
The Avantgarb{age} series, which started here on this blog as the Trash Fashion series with Argentine designer Aidana Baldassarre now has its own web space, Avantegarb{age}
We’ve finished shooting, finished processing (sort-of) and we’ve even put together a small sample book to ship around. Most importantly, we’ve started contacting publishers. I approach this stage with the blissful ignorance of one avoiding the reality of book publishing and jumping in despite the sharks in the water.
The mantra: What does it hurt to try? Which translates we’ll be sending out proposals, even without that golden personal contact inside the organization.
So, well that sort of brings me to a request. If you like the work (or not) and have a contact inside a publishing company, we’d be grateful for the information. You can email me directly at cate (at) cateincba (dot) com.
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The Trash continues…
I’m talking about the Trash Fashion series. One last shoot I did weeks ago, but have not posted. These are only a small fraction of the 1900 overall images I’ve shot over four shoots. I should edit in camera more I suppose. But I don’t and I expect I won’t.
It has been great working with the ‘models.’ I use quotes ( scare quotes actually) for a specific reason. The women and man in the photos are not professional models and their comfort infront of the camera varied widly, but what each brought was an excitement for the clothing, the art and the shoot. That is WONDERFUL. The caps are worthy if you’ve ever worked with someone who was very uninterested in being there with you and yet still, you needed to pull a creative photo out of your @ss.
Excitement means everything. All else can be learned.
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Trash Fashion: New Photos, New Stuff, New Ways to Have Fun
Trash Fashion
BAFweek
Buenos Aires Fashion Week came and went with their fall/winter 2009 collection on display for several days in La Rural last week. I talked myself into a photography press credential for one night and photographed some local designers. Among them are Paula Cahen D’Anvers and Laurencio Adot. Also showing that evening was the collection by Lacoste. I enjoyed each collection, but Adot’s grabbed my attention for the dramatic colors enhanced in the spotlight. That made for interesting shooting as the camera settings changed enough from the entrance to the end of the runway.
I included below a few images from each show.
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