Hannah Engelson: More Sleepers

Originally I began the Sleeper series as a lark, taking photos when I happened to have my camera around people sound asleep.

Untitled © Hannah Engelson

 To continue with the project, I developed a few new approaches to documenting slumber.

Untitled © Hannah Engelson

In order to photograph myself asleep I set my camera timer to go off every minute beginning at sunrise. For months I would carefully set the camera up before bed and wake in the morning, excited to see what was captured while I slept.

Untitled © Hannah Engelson

Enough friends have heard about this project that I've been getting offers to stay overnight on the couch and photograph them. Meghan was one of those willing participants.

Michael Powers : Untitled New Work

Michael Powers: A Summer's Light

   Summer’s light is coming to an end.

© Michael Powers

© Michael Powers

© Michael Powers

An unsuspecting mist grows wild one morning, 
awakening a once forgotten memory.

© Michael Powers

© Michael Powers

© Michael Powers

I have dreamt of when this time would come. 
A perfect light to the end of the beginning.

© Michael Powers

   © Michael Powers

Laura Miner: Presence

Presence I © Laura Miner 2013

The image on the right is a photograph of milk in water.
A good amount of people viewed this image at two different craft fairs I vended at, and most thought it was smoke. It was still a fine guess. What I want to achieve is a ghostly image. This series of images is about me exploring the possibilities of capturing a presence; something hanging in the air. Something that twists, writhes and is unexplainable.

My goal is to essentially mix these images with those from the Tiny Ghosts post from May. Having wallpaper helps domesticate the scene, but I want to go forward with building tiny underwater sets with furniture and more complicated lighting.

My website features these images and two videos of the food dye and air bubbles in action. I hope to soon share the fully realized concept.

Presence II © Laura Miner 2013

Presence III © Laura Miner 2013

Presence IV © Laura Miner 2013

Presence V © Laura Miner 2013

Issue 5 On Sale Now!

Last month's exhibition at the Washington Street Art Center in Somerville was a great success. There was an excellent turnout and copies of Issue 5 were flying off the table. If you didn't get a chance to purchase one at the show, please go online to HP MagCloud and pick up a copy. Enjoy the photographs of ten diverse photographers and an introduction written by Caitie Moore of Aint-Bad Magazine. All books come with a free digital copy for download.
Thank you for supporting local artists!

Cover art by Laura Miner

Washington Street Art Center October 5th 2013

Back Row: Kitty Ethridge, Nicole Elkins, Traverse Robinette, Michael Powers  

Middle Row: Laura Miner, Kate Trennery, Dina Shaposhnikova, Hannah Bemelmans 

Front Row: Hannah Engelson and Brian Fitzgibbons

Traverse Day Robinette: A Thing Called Love

District of Columbia; Part One, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

I want to show a moment in time when I was in love. A time when nothing mattered except to be with this individual. It has been over three years since that summer. I can’t forget this time, nor am I suppose to. 

District of Columbia; Fireworks, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

 Our past is not always something we want to remember yet it is a part of us regardless of what we want. Our memories make us who we are. Saying this doesn’t make it any easier for me to share these images.

New York City; Window, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

 You were always away during the summer and I had to go looking for you. You were pursuing those dreams of yours. I just didn’t know it yet, but I was not in those dreams. 

New York City; Fountain, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

Shadows of a memory are all that remain. You slipped away. We drifted away.

Ponkapoag Shadows, 2010 © Traverse Day Robinette

C.R.I.T. Quarterly: Issue 5 Release Party

This is number FIVE! Saturday,October 5th, from 6:00 till 9:00 pm, C.R.I.T. will be having their 5th book release party. The Washington Street Art Center in Somerville, MA is generously hosting this event and an exhibition of our work. Artwork will be on display from now till October 13th.

Image: ©Laura Miner, Design: ©Nicole Elkins

The Fall 2013 issue includes the works of Traverse Day Robinette, Laura Miner, Hannah Bemelmans, Michael Powers, Nichole Elkins, Dina Shaposhnikova, Kitty Ethridge, and three new arrivals: Brian Fitzgibbons, Hannah Engelson and Kate Trenerry.

The introduction to this issue was written by Caitie Moore, photographer and co-founder of Aint-Bad Magazine.

Copies of Issue 5 will on sale at The Washington Street Art Center during the reception and will officially be available online at magcloud.com the same day.

Can't wait to see you there!