sonja thomsen photographs

for Houston...

Cain and I are so excited to see our good friend Rachel Hewlett and attend the opening at HCP tomorrow night. Katherine Ware will be speaking at 5:30pm with reception to follow until 8pm.

I just had the pleasure of meeting Beatrix Reinhardt at Review Santa Fe. We stood back to back during the long 3 hour open portfolio review. Her Club series is clever and beautiful! I am pleased to be in this show with her!

Hellenic Club, Canberra, Australia 2003 by Beatrix Reinhardt

Brad Moore, another RSF 09 alum, is showing 3 images from his Familiar series the exhibition. His photographs of groomed Californian landscapes are suspended in time constructed with a minimalist eye.

Korean Methodist, Fullerton, California 2008 by Brad Moore

Jason Reblando and I connected the moment we met in Milwaukee while he was showing in the CoPA juried show in 2007. Jason is such a compassionate person and it fills his work. I look forward to seeing some of these new images from 17 stories. Davina is one of my favorites.

Davina 2008 by Jason Reblando

I will be showing 3 images from my crude series...

hope to see friendly faces there!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Last Chance!

Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey
ENDS THIS SUNDAY
at Milwaukee Art Museum

I’m glad my parents were always there to guide me
and help me think of the choices I was making.
I like to join a lot of activities, but once something
goes wrong, my first thought is to quit. When I tell
my parents what happened, they always push me to give
it another try and not quit. Without that extra push I
wouldn’t have been able to do many things, like play
basketball, volleyball, swim, or even play the piano.

Dawoud Bey, Lauren, 2006. From the book Class Pictures (Aperture, 2007). Image courtesy Aperture Foundation.

Monday, June 22, 2009

back to teaching...?

View of Gulf from Hermitage Whitney house...

Was I really there a month ago?... feels more like a year! Pre College at MIAD has officially started. Two weeks of 9-4 teaching in the middle of summer. The students are really fun and its good energy but high school students are exhausting! Fun with Holga cameras and digital photography basics are on my horizon for the next two weeks. I plan on updating my website in the next two weeks as well... stay tuned!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

new wheels!!!!

These are my new wheels for the Milwaukee Summer. She's a beauty! I can't help but smile when I get to pedal around in style... thanks to my loving husband Cain!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

too many names...

to drop in this post... I really had a great time at Review Santa Fe this year. The work was great, the egos were left home, the people were fascinating!... in no particular order: