PSWB Portraiture: 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Artist John Twiddle, Atlanta, 1992

The Artist John Twiddle, Atlanta 1992

Friday, December 28, 2012

Portrait of Carousel Operator, Prospect Park, 2007

Carousel Operator, Prospect Park
Prospect Park Alliance 2007 Annual Report

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Portrait of Volunteers, Prospect Park, 2007

Volunteers, Prospect Park
Prospect Park Alliance 2007 Annual Report

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

The Artist Avel C. DeKnight, 1987 (1923-1995)

The Artist, Avel C. DeKnight, (1923-1995)

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Roger Prigent, 2010 (1923-2012)

Roger was my oldest friend. I met him when I was twelve years in Central Park, taking pictures of hippies. He was watching me take pictures and said everytime he would have wanted to take a picture, I took a photo. He was my friend till the day he died. He was one of my most trusted friends.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

The Artist Dan Witz, 1987

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Stefan Eins, Artist and Curator, 1985

Monday, December 3, 2012

St. Bart's Imagine a Reflection Project, Peter and Lisa Bellamy

St. Bart's Imagine a Reflection Project

Lisa and Peter Bellamy

December 2, 2012

David Fries, Photographer

The Artist Herbert Gentry, 1987

The Chelsea Hotel

Friday, November 30, 2012

Andrew Eggert, Opera Stage Director and Dramaturge, 2007

Andrew Eggert, Opera Stage Director and Dramaturge

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Fred Brathwaite, aka Fab 5 Freddy, 1986

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Artist Tseng Kwong Chi ,1985

The Artist Tseng Kwong Chi, 1985

(1950-1990)

Friday, November 2, 2012

The Artist Rebecca Purdum, 1985

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Artist George McNeil, 1986

George McNeil, 1986

(1908-1995)

Monday, October 29, 2012

Walter Robinson, Gallerist, Artist and Critic, 1983

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Artist Pat Passlof

The Artist Pat Passlof
(1928-2011)

Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Artist Milton Resnick

The Artist Milton Resnick
(1917 - 2004)

Friday, October 26, 2012

The Artist Alyson Pou, 1987

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Artist Will Insley

The Artist Will Insley
(1929-2011)
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from the book The Artist Project

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Artist and Musician Nancy Arlen, 1984

The Artist and Musician Nancy Arlen, 1984
(1942-2006)

Monday, October 22, 2012

Playwright Portrait, Mwaluko Nanna Hadikwa, Excerpt from Sam

The Playwright Mwaluko Nanna Hadikwa, 2006

SAM

Are you kidding me? “Samantha?” That’s not my name! It’s a bomb strapped to my body that explodes without ticking. I look like a girl to you? Do I? When I pee standing up, pants down, face the fucken toilet like a man then leave the door half open so you can see me Mom. T-shirts, baggy. 24-7, hunch my shoulders to hide my chest so no one knows what’s underneath. Spit [Sam spits] all over sidewalks. “Samantha”. Check my hair, here, Mom: bald here, here, on this side over here. Don’t you pretend you don’t—My name—Mom? Mom! Can we talk, please?

--Excerpted from the play "S/He" by Nick Mwaluko.

In this scene Sam (nee Samantha) confronts Mom about his-her body and how s/he sees and negotiates that body with Mom and the world outside.

Excerpt TWO

BOBBY:

I’d tell my father the truth too. “Yup”. Look him straight in the eye, avoid any possibility of confusion. “Yes I am in love with a woman. And yes that woman happens to be your daughter. And yes we do make love—frequently. And yes I love it. And yes she loves it.

And yes, that’s exactly right, our love is a huge threat to this tiny speck of a village given that it’s a trillion times more powerful than the sexists who live here. Who can’t begin to grasp its full power because they’re too powerless to question their own sexuality leave alone appreciate how deep ours is.” That’s what I would say. No excuses. No droppy shoulders looking down at the ground, Awino. Queer pride, lesbian pride, label it however you want, doesn’t matter, it’s mine, my truth. It’s about love. When I love, I love. And I’d want my father—my one living relative who is half of me—to know who I am and how I love. That’s why I would say what I would say to my father. Because if anyone should know how and who I love, it’s my father. But then again, I am definitely not you.

--Excerpted from Act 1 of “Waafrika”, a play set in Kenya about a love story between two anatomical women, an American Peace Corps volunteer named Bobby and Awino, a female-to-male non-operative transexual from Kenya.

--Bobby, the American Peace Corps volunteer, says this to Awino, her transgender FtM lover from Kenya in "Waafrika" by Nick Mwaluko

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Alpheus Cole, The Oldest Artist in the World, age 112

Alpheus Cole, The Oldest Artist in the World

1876 – 1988

The Artist Robert Ellison, 1985

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Yoko Ono at Strawberry Fields, 2007

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Portrait of Earl Kallemeyn, 2007

Portrait of Earl Kallemeyn 2007

Kallemeyn Press

Saturday, October 13, 2012

My Wife, The Poet Lisa Bellamy

Lisa Bellamy
Nectar Book Jacket Photo
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Nectar

2011 Aurorean / Encircle Publications Poetry Chapbook Prize

Monday, October 8, 2012

Vagrant Drunk Asleep Near Image of Potala Palace

Vagrant drunk asleep near image of Potala Palace

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Portrait of a Poet, Jasper National Park, Canada, 2004

Portrait of a Poet, Jasper Wilderness, 2004

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Little Plants From the Forest Floor, Jasper National Park, Canada, 2004

Little Plants From the Forest Floor Jasper 2004

Friday, October 5, 2012

Choate School Master John Joseph, 1977

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Artist Statement for Portraiture, 2012

Artist Statement for Portraiture 2012

To create work that is much more than a simple graphic response - to go below the skin and search seek exploit and relate the life force of whatever it is I photograph

To find the true character - reducing the picture to essential emotional content - in the form of classical portraiture