Posts Tagged ‘mother’
Jude Mooney
I am happiest when I am making my art, taking pictures. I spend many sleepless nights making pictures in my head,
imagining the photos. Of course the beauty in making photos is they never turn out how you imagine them.
I strive to make beautiful, natural looking images. Light is very important to me and shadow is equally important.
There’s really only a few minutes of perfect sunlight each day, the rest of the time we work in the shade or backlight everything.
I would describe my pictures as timeless, sensuous, earthy and moody. Early photographers have a tremendous impact on my vision.
Edward Steichen, Julia Margaret Cameron, Bellocq, Annie Brigman.
I see portraiture as the study of human expression.
Amelia Webster
If you could siphon the color from Monet’s “Woman with Parasol,” you’d find Amelia Webster. Classically attractive and cut from the Gothic cloth, she’s bored by newer incarnations of that aesthetic. Yes, she wears black, all the time, but she has no desire to be part of any scene. Amelia is more interested in the history of the Gothic Era, and she follows a literal interpretation of its sensibilities. Actually, she’s obsessed by beauty, art, literature and fashion, and she wears that obsession on her sleeve. Some people don’t get it. “People say mean things. They attack what they don’t understand. But I wouldn’t trade my sense of self for anything.” With a death grip on the past, Amelia admits to casting an occasional glance to the future. “We want to go into space,” she says, gesturing at her husband and child. “We’re fascinated by what we don’t understand. And I want to go underground. Do a Google search on ‘The Bloop.’ You’ll want to go too.”
Maria do Céu’s
Maria was born on the island of San Miguel in the Azores, which is part of Portugal. She moved to the U.S. with her family when she was 8 years old, and grew up in Benicia. After high school, Maria entered an apprenticeship in auto repair and worked as a mechanic for 15 years before opening her own shop in Oakland. She moved to Petaluma in 1995, opening Out West Garage, and the rest, as they say, is her story.