Print Sale!

So I'm holding a fundraiser print sale in order to jump start some new work I've been thinking about, and some equipment that is just slightly out of my grasp right now. Which is awesome for you, since that equals sweet deals on prints! The two images above are from my recent series "The Things I Once Owned", and I'm offering them as an 8x8" Digital C-Print in an edition of 15 for $50 each. Please email me at gregorycevans@yahoo.com if you're interested; please include your address and contact information.

Weirdly reminiscent.

I found this David Horvitz screenshot this morning, it's the latest added to his blog. It's weirdly reminiscent of "The Things I Once Owned". I mean, except for putting the photographs in place of the objects I photographed, this pretty much exactly what I did throughout the project. Pretty rad, if you ask me.

Mull It Over

Photographer Jonathan Cherry recently asked me to do an interview on his blog, Mull It Over, about 'The Things I Once Owned' project. I think he asked some interesting questions and I'm pretty excited to be included in the project. Check it out, when you get the chance. He's interviewed some other pretty great photographers, and I always love to see new websites talking about contemporary photography.

Shrine - Still in Progress

New shrine sculpture! Still in progress, but I'm really excited about it so far. I think I might frame the print and lean it against the wall, though I'm not sure. Also, brightly colored vigil candles are going underneath the desk, which the viewer will be encouraged to light with long matches.

Any suggestions?

Also, check out 'Album' by Girls. It's so fucking amazing.

The Exposure Project

Some selections from The Things I Once Owned were listed on The Exposure Project this past weekend! I'm so excited! Here's a link.

Registered

Some Installation images of the Registered show I found on the White Columns website. I also really like what they wrote about the project:

"Gregg Evans presents a selection of photographs from “The Things I Once Owned” series, a recent body of work which was prompted by the sale of his childhood home. In the artist’s former bedroom, Evans meticulously staged and photographed belongings from his childhood and adolescence. The depicted objects range from such keepsakes as a card from his grandmother, a photograph of his father, to mementos from his teen years, i.e., autographs by the band Le Tigre in a day planner, art school catalogs, a collection of pins… suggesting a personal, yet unresolved, narrative. Evans’ process is closely linked to performance and challenges the idea of the document and its relationship to sentimentality, nostalgia and permanence. "

It's a slow day at work, sue me.

Renewal Lease / Shrine Image

Renewal Lease, 20 x 24", Digital C-Print (for now), 2009.

This is going on top an elementary school desk my neighbors Jeremy and Luis gave me yesterday, possibly with vigil candles or wilting flowers. I can't wait to see this one come together!

Shrine: Bag of Potting Soil.

Shrine: Bag of Potting Soil, 2009. Not sure what medium or size I will print this as yet.

Rough scan of new 4x5 image, to be used in a shrine sculpture. I was originally only going to shoot black & white until I got used to my 4x5 again, then switch to color film, but now I'm really enjoying b & w. I think the black & white images memorialize the objects I'm photographing in a way that color images just can't. It puts the object visually in the past, while at the same time adding an extra level of distance between the object, the camera, and the viewer. I may still work with color for some images, but right now I think black & white makes alot of sense. Anyone disagree?

Website Update

"The Things I Once Owned" added to the website, with an updated CV! Thanks Stephen!

New 4x5 Shrine Images!

So for the longest time I didn't have a tripod and couldn't use my 4x5. Then my friend Sam, who I went to Purchase with a few years ago, let me borrow an old Manfrotto he had lying around that he wasn't using after I bumped into him on the subway, and I've since been back in love with my 4x5. These are my two favorites from some recent stuff I've been shooting. More to come as I get things developed. I'm thinking I'm going to use these within various sculptures, using photographic elements to create physical shrines rather than re-photographing shrines I make in my kitchen. I really like the idea of experiencing a photograph in overtly physical ways, like looking at a photograph and associating a scent with it, or lighting a series of candles in front of it.

A sketch.

A test for the upcoming White Columns zine. Not sure what I think about it yet.

Question

So some of my prints are going to be in a group show opening in the beginning of September, and since it's new work that I've never framed before I'm weighing my frame options. Would the images from "The Things I Once Owned" look better in black lacquer frames or white lacquer frames? I'll leave the print without glass, with a matte laminate, as usual on the glass front. Any thoughts?

I'm usually one to stick to optical white, but the dark tone of the prints maybe lends itself to black frames... Hmmmm. Is a black frame too conservative?

The Things I Once Owned

Item 99, 100, 101, 102: Wooden Toy Elephants. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Item 98: Unused Show Flyers. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Item 97: Porcelain Carousel. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Items 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96: Animal Rights Flyers. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Item 87: Photo Album. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Item 86: Grandad's Coffee Maker. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Items 82, 83, 84, 85: Junior and Senior Prom Photographs. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.

The Things I Once Owned

Item 81: Desktop Rolodex File. 20 x 20", Digital C-Print, 2009.