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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

when worlds collide, deux

(I love it when celebrity gossip intersects with art)
October 27, 2006 — JAY-Z might not be going for a big ring, but where Beyoncé the well- known girlfriend is concerned, he is definitely going for big bread. Considering this gorgeous creature already has a dozen of everything, she just got gifted with a Jean-Michel Basquiat [...]

for the california readers/voters: NO on 90!!!!

Someone posted this to a listserv that I’m on, and it is a good summing up of what’s wrong with Proposition 90. VOTE NO ON 90.

I want to add that Prop 90 has special and terrible relevance for the queer community and for San Francisco. Sponsored by right-wing libertarian billionaire Howie Rich of New York, [...]

help a sister(-in-law) out

[Hey all--Angela is my sister-in-law, and she's running a marathon for peace in December only she has to secure all of her pledges by the end of this week!If you can help her out, that would be wonderful.]

Friends and Family,

As you may have already heard, on Dec 3, I will be inSacramento running a marathon. [...]

Special Event

A Black Arts Drama Showcase

Friday & Saturday, Ocober 27 & –28, 2006, 8pmSunday, October 29, 2006, 5pm

Five one-act plays by Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins, Marvin X, and Sonia Sanchez.

Dirty Hearts by Sonia Sanchez, Who is You? (A Question and Answer Drama) by AmiriBaraka, How Do You Do and It Has No Choice by Ed [...]

can this just be my motto?

Photo of the Week by the glorious Zoe Strauss
If you’re in Philly or thereabouts, check out:

WORKS-IN-PROGRESS SLIDESHOWS

Saturday, Oct 28th.

—-The slideshows are the same format, with mostly the same songs, but new workis interspersed throughout the slide shows. Seriously, don’t miss it.——

Showings at 7pm and 8:30pm at 1010 S. Front St. in South Philadelphia. [...]

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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 […]


  • "Dedicated to the real photographers of the world—to those who, with their second-hand equipment and their makeshift darkrooms, are today fighting their solitary battles with their recalcitrant medium, not for money or for glory, but because they would rather make pictures than anything else in the world." - William Mortensen
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