carlagirl photo.

practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

just so i seem like a balanced person…

…and not everything in my life is protests against despicable persons, places, and things, I just scored a 10 out of 10 on E! Online’s Lindsay Lohan THS quiz (http://www.eonline.com/On/Holly/Shows/Lohan/index2.html). They advised me to “maybe put down the Teen People and Tiger Beat and go get some fresh air.” Word.

and it won’t stop…

Is this the season or something? I just received this from a friend in Denver:
Please read below about the new restaurant “donkey den” and their policies and their menu item names, etc. There will be an “action” tomorrow nite (Sat, June 11) at 10pm to make known to the owner of this establishment, that violence [...]

for those who like to protest (zoo update)

From the CAAR listserv:
Please note that—at last word—the Augsburg zoo exhibit was scheduled to begin today and run through this weekend. Letters of protest can still be sent to the following addresses:
Frau Dr. Barbara Jantschke (Director Zoo Augsburg) at barbara.jantschke@zoo-augsburg.de.
BCC to augsburgprotest@ecoterra.net and send copies to:
Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern
Odeonsplatz 380539
Muenchen
Postanschrift:
Postfach
80524 Muenchen
Telefon (zentral): (089) 2192-01
Telefax (zentral): [...]

oh, i wish i was in o.c., today, today…

…because today some fucked up child of a Republican called my beautiful, fabulous, beloved, amazing, sensitive, gorgeous 12-year old half-black, half Iranian nephew a “nigger.” Then another of their hideous children ran at him and tackled him. My 74-year old mother and I agreed that they’re lucky neither one of us is his parent because [...]

Mexicans are the new blacks!

Need I mention that this is the woman who claimed “Mexicans” had kidnapped her—that’s right, vilifiy a racial group when you want to drum up false sympathy in America. Susan Smith, anyone?
Turns out it can also make you a well-paid celebrity (as long as no white people, especially children, are harmed by you in the [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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    • Taking a Break February 7, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 7, 2012
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


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