Sunday, October 21, 2012

holy crap, this makes me feel rad!!

This is the acknowledgement I got from a scholarship I won this summer; I only just found this today. A reminder to focus on the positive and concentrate on success :)
http://searchapa.us/wordpress/wordpress/?p=4399



Young Photographers Alliance/APA Award presented to Madison Perrins

American Photographic Artists and the Young Photographers Alliance presented Madison Perrins the YPA / APA Award through the 2012/2013 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships.  Review Madison’s entry and then follow her on her blog madisonperrins.blogspot.com.

i recieved a grant from my university...

...and used the money to take a road trip to a childhood home I hadn't seen since I was 7. It's located in the Gulf Coast area, including Houston, the Woodlands, and a small island called Galveston. The concept was an ambitious undertaking, focusing on how our memories are often poetically incomplete. Yet these straight photographs don't seem to convey that...yet. After reviewing them over and over I felt at a loss for the next step. Aidan told me to not give up because "You took these photos for a reason." Research seems to always be my greatest source of inspiration, so before handling the images again I plan on reading up on some critical theory about memories and their purpose and meaning. Hopefully the ideas I pick up from reading will allow me to select a process to treat these photos with that will convey my original intent. Also, they are really tiny scans :)







Jus messing around in an abandoned hotel, classic photo kid




Danielle, 2012