Author: Terri Gold

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Make the Picture Better!

Otto von Münchow's avatarIn Flow with Otto

Eldre mann ser på kvinnene i hjelpeorganisasjonen Paradiso som danser

You are standing there with you camera in your hand. In front of you is something you want to capture a picture of, maybe because is a memorable moment, maybe because is a beautiful panorama, maybe because it’s something that touches your heart, or maybe for a complete different reason. The question then is how can I get the best image out of whatever it is I want to photograph? Today it’s so easy with any camera to just raise it to your eye and let the camera do its thing. Push the button and think no more of it. Most likely the result will be correctly exposed and quite an OK picture.

But what if you want to get more than just an OK picture? If you want to make it into a personal statement? Make it interesting for others that don’t have memories associated with the moment of…

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Searching for the Questions

Taking a look before I leave at the images from Wyoming, my last body of work. Looking for a series that presents a way of seeing. This is what I want to focus on and to discover more about when I return. There are many good ideas, I want to listen to the work, photograph with intention, answer the questions within it. Moving deeper searching for connections to other ideas-emotions.

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Leaving for The Omo Valley in Ethiopia

These last days before leaving  are always the hardest.  A mix between organizing my art, business and life at home, trying to make my bags lighter and focusing on my goals for the trip – how to go deeper – to see with feeling. I have been re reading”The Art of Pilgrimage”, a book I always look at before I leave .

I came across these thoughts and I am printing them to read each morning as a good way to begin the day…

Excellent Practices Of Pilgrimages

Practice the arts of attention and listening.

Practice renewing yourself everyday.

Practice meandering towards the center of every place.

 

 

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Humanity Photo Awards 2013

I was  intrigued  to find a photography competition dedicated to  the recording of  vanishing tribal cultures and thrilled to win with two bodies of work. For the Nomination award my work Tibetans in Kham was chosen and the Naga and Nishi work won a Performance award.

The Humanity Photo Awards is a biennial photography contest supported by UNESCO and the China Folklore Photographic Association and sponsored by the World Folklore Photography Association.  The CFPA is the only photographic association in the world who enjoys full operational relations with UNESCO.It’s goals are to explore and rescue the endangered folk cultures of world nationalities and to enhance mutual understanding to promote the world peace.

Humanity Photo Awards (HPA) is an international competition, aiming to call upon photographers all over the world to widely and deeply record and preserve the heritage of the folk culture. HPA finds a way for photography to ally with folklore, anthropology and sociology and its photo series provide the most systemic specimens and trustworthy evidence for cultural heritage, which is far beyond artistic value.

 The premiere exhibition “Memories of Mankind” will be held in December in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

Yushu Festival - Kham

Yushu Festival – Kham

Sekrenyi Festival-Nagaland

Sekrenyi Festival-Nagaland

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The Table Of Silence Project 9/11

The Table Of Silence Project 9/11 returned  for a third year to Lincoln Center today. Conceived by choreographer Jaculyn Buglisi and visual artist Rossella Vasta with flautist Andrea Ceccomori and over 100 dancers, including the Buglisi Dance Theatre. The performance started at 8:15 and concluded at precisely 8:46,  the moment American Airlines flight 11 crashed into the north tower.

“The Table of Silence Project represents the common threads of humanity which unite all mankind into a single force with common goals and aspirations regardless of race, culture, or religion. Through this event, we wish to achieve the dual purpose of celebrating and honoring peace, through listening, a united moment of silence – a call for Peace in our world.” – Jacqulyn Buglisi

“There comes a moment, through repetition–like the beating of the hands, the pounding of the fist against the heart–that compels you to create a rhythmic tone that expresses perhaps some great hymn, some offering or worship that allows people to be unified in unexplained compassion.  They do not need words in this ritual.”

In partnership with Dance/NYC and September Concert, Buglisi Dance Theatre brings together the dancers to gather in silent procession, forming patterns of concentric circles to create a peace labyrinth while encircling the Revson Fountain as a symbol of eternity, compassion and continuity of the life cycle. At 8:46 AM, the dancers turned their wrists with open palms  and extended their arms to the sky for one minute, evoking the simple gesture of universal peace.

The Table Of Silence Project 9/11

The Table Of Silence Project 9/11

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The Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2013

“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” – Pablo Picasso

I guess that’s why I love the Mermaid Parade…growing up has not gotten in the way of wonder here…

Not even Hurricane Sandy could stop Mermaid Parade ! After a fundraising effort, thousands of people came out to take part in the first post-superstorm Mermaid Parade along Surf Ave. in Coney Island. It’s part-fantasy, part-escapism, but all real. The festival is a wild celebration of the imagination, combining all the eccentricities  and all the joys of artistic self-expression 

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Professional Women Photographers Spring 2013 International Juror’s Selections

The Professional Women Photographers organization inspires women’s photographic vision.

caravaggio meets hopper8

http://pwponline.org/display_exhibition_winners.php?s=54

The Image is from The Buglisi Dance Theatre’s 20th anniversary performance at the Joyce Theater from the piece Caravaggio Meets Hopper.

The dancers : Charles Askegard, Artist Ari, Jason Ricardo Jordan.

 
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4th Annual Pollux Awards – Photographer of the Year

I was honored to be awarded Photographer of the Year in two categories of the In the WPGA 4th annual Pollux Awards in London. In the People category, West of Eden took the prize and Suspended Women in Rehearsal -A piece by The Buglisi Dance Theatre won in the Performing Arts category.

Juried by Dilip Bhatia the contest received 2900 images submitted from 42 countries.

West Of Eden

West Of Eden

Suspended Women in Rehearsal

Suspended Women in Rehearsal