I picked up my new computer from the Apple Store today!
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Greg Miller has been photographing in Midtown Manhattan on Ash Wednesday for over thirteen years now. Here, Miller talks about the body of work:
The beauty of Ash Wednesday is that very ordinary people, heading to the train, to work or school, exercise the simple act of wearing their faith for this one day a year. A very old ritual against the backdrop of modern society.
As a photographer it is something of a ritual for me as well. When I began the project in 1997, I wasn’t planning on shooting Ash Wednesday but walking around on the street to photograph… anything. One of those days happened to be Ash Wednesday. Because of my relative unease with the camera back then, I used to center the subject and have them engage the camera. Now I do anything I can to avoid people posing or looking in the camera. But for the sake of continuity I return to this way of photographing people, sort of a testimonial portrait, for one day a year.
You can read more about this body of work on his blog here.
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If you’re in Philly be sure to check out the Punk Rock Flea Market next Sunday! A friend of mine that I met while working at Steve McCurry has a table where she is selling local artists’ prints (silk screen, inkjet, photographs) for super cheap. I’ll have some of my most recent silk screen work for sale.
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Zine mock-up
Here are some out takes from my shoot last week with Sean!
