idea

-photographs of myself and people i talk to but have never met on gay hook-up sites or things like grindr. allow the subject to present themselves however they want, clothed or not, i remain clothed & uncomfortable.

Grad School Print Sale

Dear Friends,

It brings me great pleasure to announce that I have been accepted into the MFA Photography program at Columbia College Chicago. Columbia College has some amazing work being made by it's faculty, student body and alumni, and I am extremely proud to be attending this fall.

On that note, Colin and I will be moving out to Chicago at the end of June, as I will have my first solo show at the EBERSMOORE gallery opening in July. In order to save up money for the big move (who knew UHaul could cost so much?) I'm holding a print sale until the month of June. The image is from my new series I'll Take Care Of You, in which I photograph myself with everyone I have dated, regardless of the duration of the relationship. The series is nearing completion and I'm excited to offer the image to the public. The image is Untitled (Meredith and I), 2010, is an edition of 25, and $100 each.

Here are the details:
Untitled (Meredith and I), Digital C-Print, 11x14", 2010.
Edition of 25.
$100

If interested, email gregorycevans@yahoo.com. Thanks for your support!

Cruising Site

Untitled (Cruising). 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2010.

The first text piece in my series I'll Take Care Of You that I'm feeling really confident about. This and two other images from the series will be in a group show at the LOUIS VESP loft at the end of April that my friend Deric is curating. Really excited to see how everything comes together.

John, Take 1.

Untitled (John and I)., 2009.

The first in a few images of John and I that I really like right now. I'm thinking of incorporating writing into the project, which may come to fruition as photographs of journal entries, or it may be something more clean, less sentimental. I'm not sure how to go about that part of the project, but I'm hoping to start fleshing it out within the next few days. More to come...

Nathan.

Untitled (Nate and I). 2009.

So I've been super busy working on a new project I shot for an upcoming show at Bard College, and unfortunately I can't have any of those images on the web until after the show opens in June, so blogging has been pretty slow. Obviously anyone who follows this blog can see that haha. I've just about finished the work for that project, so it's given me a little bit more time to focus on my other work, and I'll be shooting I'll Take Care Of You again much more frequently starting this week. So expect more entries as the days unfold.

This is an image I took right when I started the project that I hadn't gotten to until now... it takes it in a slightly different direction that I'm really excited to play around with. I really like the movement in my hand and some of the movement in the fabric of my shirt. When I took view camera at Purchase with my professor Jed Devine, I often had a hard time making portraits with my 4x5 because I so often shot in low light. I would end up with photographs of people whose faces were moving and blurry, but whose clothes were sharp and in focus. Jed once said in class how with photographs, portraits could often have a connotation of death involved, with people being crisp and still for the life of the photograph. Portraits with movement often allowed for a little more life - evidence of someone breathing, or unable to sit still, etc. I like the idea of these being an acknowledgement of a relationship that is now in the past, but also allowing for the implied relationship to be seen as something more continuous. There's something about providing a space to look back that feels really necessary and important.