After a few hot days it’s refreshingly foggy and drizzly. Sorry to sound like a weather report…
More interesting news: my Miss Aniela online shop will be open for some time, where (superb quality) mounted prints of my exhibition work are available in various sizes, UK / worldwide P&P included, check it out.
Very fed up with Flickr today. I’m at a low ebb. I know my success so far, is down to Cyberspace - down to Flickr, but I know also that ultimately my artwork (and everyone else’s on there) stands within its own right. Flickr artists’ work, even if it developed through one’s Flickr experience as did mine, should be seen as independent of the ‘containers’ like Flickr which are only valid in that they showcase the art.
One day in the hopefully near future my website will function independently of the photo-sharing site. I don’t like being under the power of another operation, censoring what they think doesn’t fit, not that I desperately want to upload nudes (I think putting nudes on the internet is risky full stop, which means the Flickr experience is useful in that it shows what is considered ‘dirty’ in the mainstream consensus itself) but I look forward to the day when I don’t have to worry about what could happen to my stream if a higher power chooses to flick a button.
I am aware however that the community Flickr brings together is a crucial aspect. That’s how so many people see each other’s work. Not as many people (by far!) will come to my site as they would come to my Flickr stream, because lots of different people’s images can be seen there in the same arena. And that is why I want to stick with Flickr as much as possible, but I will welcome new ways of diversifying the way I show my work. My exhibition, for instance, will show my images physically, and will be independent of a nipple-censoring network.
Anyway, still preparing for the exhibition, thanks for all your support on that so far. x
From when I did Hiss
Just got a university assignment out the way, have watched a recent Flickr upload become my second-most commented picture and now I’m trolling through my picture archives for interesting unused images, like this one, before I experiment with some new ideas. I have also got more ideas of what to reference in my blog - artistic inspiration-wise, but I haven’t had chance to get any together yet.
Hope you had a happy Valentine’s.
…for those who liked my last ‘gritty’ mono image. Here is another rather gritty one that reminds me somewhat of World War two footage reels. I don’t often show my work in mono but I always experiment with different saturations when playing around with an image, so it is nice to show a few on this blog. I may also toy with the idea of showing more of my ‘process’ on this blog, following someone’s suggestion. I hope it will make interesting viewing/reading.
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