Cricket Sonata No.1

The moon was battling the thick clouds,
Threating to sufficate and extinguish it's life.
The ripples of clouds were beautifully strange,
imitating the pllowed fields below.

And then the clouds won,
and the crickets sang their lament.

© Mandie E. Lousier

Collaborators,

I'm trying to do research on collaborations to understand the nature of the act in which I'm participating.  Anybody have any names for me?  They don't have to be photographers by any means.  So far I've been researching:

Gilbert & George (there are some amazing videos of the duo in Milwaukee on this page of MAM's site)
Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison
Mike & Doug Starn
Lindsey Lockman & Barbara Ciurej
Triiibe

...and I've talked briefly with Bob Smith about his collaboration with Jon Horvath. Preferably I'd like to know of longer term collaborations, not just for one project.  Help me, please!

Rose

Senior Year

So this post is a little late, but it has truly begun. I felt the buzz that first Tuesday when we all entered the new senior studio, back together again.
Let us make of this a productive year. As Tara said in conversation, let us "Build our islands." Let us live and create and enjoy and work hard and inspire one another and be inspired. Let us find what holds our fascination, what will sustain us from now until the end of our days. Let us never stop asking questions. Let us discuss these and find amongst one another challenges to our views in order to expand and to grow.

Let me begin this discussion by proposing a question: What would you be doing if there was no such thing as a camera?