Saturday, August 28, 2010

Back to work

I found out last night that I didn’t get in to Critical Mass, and for some reason the news hit me hard. I felt confident about the work I entered and the series as a whole, and I put a lot of time into my entry. I admit: I thought I had a good chance. For a few hours today, I doubted myself and my work, and got all dark and dramatic. But being that gloomy takes too much energy, so I moved on. Watching some Mary Tyler Moore on Hulu helped. And now it’s back to work, back to taking pictures.

P.S. Congratulations to all those who made it in! I hope all kinds of good things come your way.

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Henry Wessel on the value of not thinking

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Speechless

I’ve been rendered speechless by this recent post about my work over on the Hey, Hot Shot! blog.

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Friday, August 13, 2010

Intelligentsia


Copyright © 2010 Liz Kuball

Friday, July 23, 2010

Summertime

I hate when it’s been so long since I’ve taken a photograph or posted to my blog that taking a photograph or posting to my blog feels foreign. But that’s the situation I find myself in, and so I’m starting with this.

It’s been a tremendously long time since I’ve had a day off from my day job. My parents were here for five days in the middle of July, and I did take time off for that, but it didn’t feel like a vacation. Otherwise, I’ve worked every day since late June, I think. I’ve lost track.

On the one hand, this is an awful thing: I need time off not only to take photographs but also to do the little things that I have to do to keep this operation running, like cleaning the house and getting the car washed and exercising my dog and myself. On the other hand, though, being this busy when you’re a freelancer in a floundering economy really isn’t something to complain about. I’m now officially booked solid with work through the last week in January, with the exception of time off for the holidays, and I’ve made sure to set aside the weekends and vowed not to let them go.

I’m in the process, right now, of choosing images for Critical Mass, and I feel more confident entering this year than I did when I entered two years ago. Getting in to Review Santa Fe was a mental boost, and I’ve been in a couple shows recently that have made me very proud. So, I think my chances might be better than ever. And yet, still, in the end, it always feels like a bit of a crapshoot. I pay the fee, I upload the images, and then I try to forget that I did either of those things and not care too much whatever the result (try being the operative word).

I’m also really, really excited about an idea for a new project that came to me yesterday. Well, I’ve had the idea for the project for a while now, but it sort of coalesced yesterday, after a series of happenstances. I’m in this infatuation phase where the project is perfect and always puts the toilet seat down and never drinks out of the milk carton. Eventually, the project will do both those things, and more, and I’ll either love it, or I’ll show it the way back to the 101, but for now, it’s all starry nights and jasmine, and I love that time in a project.

Enjoy these long days. There were neighbors throwing a football around in the middle of my street before sunset recently, and even though you could do that year-round here in California, it’s nice to see it done in the summertime.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Buy this: Get Off My Lawn

My pal Geoffrey Ellis is the master zine-maker. I have every zine he’s ever made—they’re the kind you want to hang on to. So, when he asked me if I’d like to be a part of his latest zine project, I was all over that. The concept is simple: a way to showcase emerging photographers over 34. (If I have to explain why, you’re probably under 34.) The zine, Get Off My Lawn, features work by my good friends Jennifer Loeber and Dalton Rooney, plus Geoffrey Ellis himself and a bunch more. The first edition of 222 hand-numbered copies has 11 different covers, one by each contributor. You can buy your own for $10 at http://www.sadkids.blogspot.com.

Or, if you’re in San Francisco, head over to the release party tonight and pick up a copy there. Here are the details:
Get Off My Lawn release party
Thursday, July 1, 6–9 p.m.
Casanova Lounge, 527 Valencia St., San Francisco


Copyright © Geoffrey Ellis


Copyright © Geoffrey Ellis

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Group show at Jen Bekman Gallery

There are lots of cool things about selling my work through 20x200, not least of which is the fact that it’s led to my being invited to participate in my second group show at Jen Bekman Gallery. The list of artists in this show is pretty fantastic:
Ian Baguskas, Chris Ballantyne, Beth Dow, Christoph Gielen, Todd Hido, Liz Kuball, Nick Lamia, Scott Lawrence, Michael Lundgren, Alex MacLean, David Maisel, Paho Mann, Louisa McElwain, Sarah McKenzie, Joel Meyerowitz, Dana Miller, Brad Moore, Matthew Moore, Michelle Muldrow, Justin Newhall, Ross Racine, Tyson Anthony Roberts, Andrew Scott Ross / Scott Lawrence, Aili Schmeltz, Bryan Schutmaat, Alec Soth, and William Wegman
I wish I could be there for the opening next week, but if you’re in New York, I hope you’ll go on my behalf. Here are the details:
Land Use Survey: A Group Exhibition
Opening reception: Wednesday, June 30, 6–8 p.m.
Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring St., New York
The show runs through August 15.


Copyright © Todd Hido


Copyright © Andrew Scott Ross / Scott Lawrence


Copyright © Joel Meyerowitz


Copyright © Liz Kuball


Copyright © Alex MacLean


Copyright © Dana Miller


Copyright © Alec Soth


Copyright © Bryan Schutmaat


Copyright © Sarah McKenzie


Copyright © David Maisel


Copyright © Paho Mann


Copyright © Christoph Gielen

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