by Danny | Dec 15, 2012 | books, contemporary photography, Creative Process, Inspiration
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams Written by one of my favorite authors, this is a book about voice, silence, motherhood, family, loss and creativity. One of the highlights of my year was seeing Terry read from it at...
by Danny | Jan 29, 2009 | contemporary photography, Creative Process
Last night, I left cozy Muir Beach to head toward downtown San Francisco for a gathering of photographers at Gallery 291. One of the hardest parts about living in Muir Beach for me is leaving. It is such a beautiful, soothing place to be, and it takes a fifteen minute...
by Danny | Oct 28, 2007 | contemporary photography, Creative Process
On Thursday night, I went to see a sold-out artist’s talk by Jeff Wall at SFMOMA, where a retrospective of his work has just opened. His is work that has never grabbed me visually on its own, but when words are added to his images they come to life in a new way. He is...
by Danny | Oct 9, 2007 | art on exhibit, contemporary photography, Inspiration
I spent this past Sunday several hours south of home, looking at art accompanied by my husband. We started in Carmel with the Center for Photographic Art, which has a lovely show of one of my favorite photographers, Masao Yamamoto. His photographs are elegant and...
by Danny | Oct 3, 2007 | books, contemporary photography, podcast, quote
I woke up feeling blue today and so I spent the morning feeding myself good books. I started with SARK’s A Creative Companion – a loan from my friend Britt – who just interviewed SARK for the new artheals.org podcast. I took comfort in SARK’s whimsy, her affirmation...
by Danny | Sep 17, 2007 | contemporary photography, Creative Process
I recently went back for a second look at the Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition at the De Young Museum. One of the things that really struck me this time was the wide range of dates within some of his series. For example, in his dioramas (one is pictured here), Sugimoto...
