Last Saturday I continued on my data entry project at Jackson. When I got there, they had all of Angela West's and Vee Speers' work out. A young couple was there looking to buy. I like the Speers pictures... well, I like em both but I'm familiar with West's work. Speers' "The Birthday Party" is a series of spare portraits of children in ambiguous costumes, and I have a thing for costumes.
After looking at the images for a few minutes, and helping Mark sort the storage room, I got down to business and copy/pasted for a few more hours. I hope I can finish that up this week.

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I interviewed Carl Martin at the opening of his show "1986-2007" for Art Relish. He taught me a class back at UGA and I got a lot out of his instruction. I'm a fan of his portraiture.


Carl Martin: 1986-2007 from Art Relish on Vimeo.

I started my internship at Jackson Fine Art yesterday. Data entry, it's what an intern does! I'm gathering contact information for museums around the country and will eventually enter it into a 10-year-old "Gallery Manager" program built in Filemaker. Just like the "Siteweaver" days back at the Savannah Morning News. Good times.
While that wasn't very exciting, everyone is really nice and talkative. This may be a better networking opportunity than a chance for practical skills. I've already got some computer skills, but I am really looking forward to getting more into how the gallery works. It was my first day, so I'm sure there will be more opportunities as summer goes on.

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Hooray! The Atlanta Celebrates Photography jury has accepted me for the portfolio review! Now I know what I'll be doing all summer (printing). Yay!

I can't help myself. I see these poor women in their unflattering mug shots, with bad lighting, meth face, whatever and I wonder...



*Note: I know nothing about why these people were arrested. There could be tragic or just sad circumstances and I am not making any judgment of them or their troubles.

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