FotoWeek Central in Georgetown
Photograph by Lynn Ackerson
When I was asked to write a blog for FotoWeek, my first thought was how much fun it would be to run around to all of the exhibitions, lectures, and parties. I overlooked one rather crucial fact--that I would need to leave time to actually write. And not only time to write. To have any chance of transforming my impressions into anything meaningful or even coherent (okay, semi-coherent), I'd also need time to absorb everything I was seeing and hearing throughout the week. It's dangerously easy to spit out the most superficial copy when there's no time to think about what anything means or to research any background.
This blog has been an interesting experiment for someone like me: a non-writer and a non-photographer (a double whammy). But even if I were good at doing both, I simply don't understand how anyone can write and photograph at the same time. I'm not ambidextrous, and I simply cannot juggle a camera and a notepad simultaneously. (I could have used twin brains, too.) What do mojos (mobile journalists) do?
Over 260 photo books on display at Artefacto Exhibit Space
Photograph by Lynn Ackerson
I'm thrilled to be getting my life back post-FotoWeek (and blissful at the prospect of sleep--I can't function on five hours a night anymore!). But even though all of the parties are over and all of the awards have been handed out--congratulations, by the way, to Mark Gong, who won Best in Show with his black-and-white series, Army Life--there are still a multitude of photography shows that will remain open for a few more weeks (see listings below). And we hear that the display of 260+ photo books at the Artefacto Exhibit Space will reopen soon. SO, DON'T STOP LOOKING AT THOSE PICTURES.
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