New photographs...

Sharing some new photographs from this week...

Colorful Cow; Kingsport, Tennessee

Dino; Kingsport, Tennessee

Playground Near Eastman; Kingsport, Tennessee

Sunsphere; Knoxville, Tennessee

Soon; Church Hill, Tennessee

Children; Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade, Knoxville, Tennessee

Marchers; Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade, Knoxville, Tennessee

Additional Images from South High School

Custodian Closet

Blue Doors with Face

Pencil with Peeling Paint

Entrance

Spending Time with Posterchild

I came across this because of my interest in public pay phones. I revel in this transformation from advertisement to art! If I did this, I would get arrested! I will say if our local phone booths were not metal, I would be so tempted to try this... Enjoy!

South High

Abandoned buildings are always interesting and at the same time sad to me. When it involves a school, we can only hope the forgotten was replaced. Schools are part of our fabric. Schools have their own ambience. The second I step into one, time spins rapidly in reverse. I am taken back to my youth... South High in Knoxville, Tennessee is in the process of being transformed into some type of storage for the Board of Education. I cannot decide. I can only discover and investigate what is front of my camera.


Classroom Chalkboard

" I really don't love anybody but I felt compelled to write."  Unknown

Blue Door with Peeling Paint

Algebra and History Books

Locker Detail

Band Room

"Can you play an instrument? Unknown

Bulletin Board with Stain

Office

2010 Best Photography Book List

Check out the list here at photo-eye: photo-eye

Featured Artist S. Billie Mandle - Griffin Museum of Photography

We are bombarded with images. At times it is difficult to discover the really meaningful ones. Fortunately, others are searching too and steer us via their blogs. This morning I discovered Mandle's work Reconciliation at the Griffin. Not only powerful photography, but an accompaniment of an intriguing Artist Statement. You are encouraged to enjoy both...

Here is the link to the Featured Artist Page: Griffin Museum of Photography

Clip of new work...

Clip of new images displaying work from the Series of: Liminal, Photographers, & Phone...