June 2011
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We had so many amazing meals while in Greensboro, most of them thanks to the folks at Pie Lab who made us dinner every night, specifically Luke and Kristy.
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Our friend, Ramell Ross, a photographer and who works at HERO, took photos of us for his series called Live Feed. Above is De’s photo by Ramell and then my photo documenting the process.
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Our friend Pam Dorr, who is the executive director of HERO, invited us over for dinner to enjoy her amazing cooking one night in her beautiful home.
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We were invited to a BBQ at Horshoe Farm.
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Today, we visited the awful tornado damage that happened just outsie of Greensboro a couple months ago. It was a very somber and heart breaking experience to see piles of peoples houses and belongings.
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We toured some of the early work of Sam Mockbee who started Rural Studio. We visited the first house out in Mason’s Bend that he built when the Rural Studio program started. There we met some of the girls who lived at the house.
Lily gave one of the girls her camera so that she could take some photos, the first thing she did was aim the camera at me and take a photo. At the same time I...
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We got to hang out a bunch in Bike Lab during our time in Greensboro. Andy and John are doing some very cool things there and helping to design and create Bamboo bikes.
Bike Lab isn’t a typical bike shop. We’re an open workspace that provides the community of Greensboro, AL with the tools and shared knowledge to teach, create and empower through bicycle programs. Through community...
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We went to an old Cotton plant today, was amazing to think about what this place must have been like when it was up and running. Rust has always been something that I have been attracted to when photographing, so it was a great place for that.
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Today, we did a Thinking Wrong exercise. John Bielnberg, he randomly points to a word on a page of a book after one of us had chosen a number. We then broke into groups, each with their own word. That word was put in the center of a huge sheet of paper, and then we wrote and drew everything that came to mind from that word. Then from all those words, we thought of other words, and on and on.
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We have been going on some tours of Greensboro in order to get a better sense of the town and what its all about. Greensboro used to be in the poorest county in the country. Here are some photos of all sorts of different houses in the town.
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Here are some more photos from exploring on our own around Greensboro, Alabama. Above, is a sign from the Post Office, the gates to the park, the dog pound, and a box from the old Western Auto store in town.
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I am so excited and grateful to be in Greensboro, Alabama, for the next two weeks to participate in a COMMON meets Project M project. Today I met the other 5 young creative people that have also been accepted into the program. Above are photos of where we are staying at the bunkhouse.
Project M is an intiative that I have been following for the past several years. It was started by John...
Some amazing photography by Ditte Isager, thanks to Jessie for sharing.
I was honored to have been selected to be part of the AIGA BoNE [Best of New England] Show. My project Cultivate was chosen and was part of the exhibit which just opened in Boston. Congrats to everyone else, it was a wonderful night with the co:lab crew and Jessie.
Photos by Ben Gebo, thanks man for an awesome job documenting the night.
Up in Boston for the weekend for the BoNE show, awesome time!
Things I bought in Northampton – Letterpress postcard prints, vintage postcards, and Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman.
