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Mexican Holgas [sneak peek]

I am very excited about my Holga results from Mexico. Here is a sneak peek of the first one that caught my eye.

Ashes and Snow

On Sunday I saw the best photography exhibition that I have ever seen. When I first arrived in Mexico two weeks ago, my sister had told me that there was an exhibition in the Zocalo in Mexico City. She did not know much about it, other then that it was a Canadian photographer and that when the exhibit opened, people were waiting in line for three to four hours to see it. On my last day in Mexcio, we decided to head down to see what it was all about. As we traveled down to the heart of the City, via Paseo de la Reforma, an advertisement on a bus caught our eye. It was of an elephant crouching down and a boy sat in front of him reading. I then realized that this was the exhibit that we were about to see.

We waited in line with hundreds of others for an hour before gaining entry and what I saw brought tears to my eyes. It was so incredibly beautiful and powerful.

Ashes and Snow is an installation by Gregory Colbert. It is displayed in a Nomadic Museum that is built specifically for the city that it is in. The structure housing the installation was amazing with it's bamboo columns and marvelous height.

The largescale photographs hovered over still water forcing you to stop and really see them, so as to understand what you were looking at.

The films brought a peaceful silence to the hundreds of people watching.

I have never experienced anything like it before and the whole time I kept thinking of how Gregory Colbert must feel for accomplishing something so fantastic.

All of the photographs are completely natural - nothing is digitally enhanced and none of the images are stills from the films. It is truly unbelievable. If any of you are looking for a weekend away, I highly suggest hopping on a plane and heading to Mexico City to see the exhibit before it is gone (April 27th!). If you are not able to head there, please keep your eyes open for the next city that it will travel to and definitely check out the Ashes and Snow website.

I'm Back!

I have returned from a lovely vacation that included visiting my sister in Mexico City and traveling to Veracruz to spend a few days in the sun! I have hundreds of photographs to go through from my trip so stay tuned for lots of new images. Now begins the task of responding to all emails and phone calls from when I was away. I appreciate your patience!

Cheers,
Jessica

VACATION ALERT

I wanted to let you all know that I am going to be out of the country from March 12th to March 25th. Voy a visitar mi hermana en Ciudad de Mexico! I am also going to be working on some personal photography projects that have been in the works for a while now. And don't worry, I am bringing my Holga camera!

While I am away my access to email and phone will be extremely limited so I appreciate your patience in waiting for a response to any inquiries!

Cheers,
Jessica

2007 Wedding Favourites, Pt. 3

2007 Wedding Favourites, Pt. 2

My Favourite Little Lady

Li'l K is almost twenty months old and she is so much fun to hang out with! She is saying words now, including calling her Mom by her first name! She colours and glues and tries to help out with things as best as she can. She also knows how to get her way with a single bat of her eyelashes!

I love the profile of her cute little nose!

This is Li'l K with her back purposefully to the camera. She had to peek to make sure that I was still trying to take photos of her!

Anyone who knows my sisters and myself knows that we love to laugh. We laugh so hard that tears stream down our cheeks. I'm happy to announce that Li'l is exactly like us. She just found it hilarious to destroy the Lego house that I had built for her. Here is a clip of that adorable laugh.

2007 Wedding Favourites, Pt. 1

Las Vegas Holgas

Oh Winter

As the winter drags on here, it is sometimes hard to remember to take a moment to see the beauty in all of it. We are so busy scrambling around in the cold with hunched shoulders, traveling from our homes to cars to work ,that we rarely take a moment to look around us. This past weekend we visited my dear friends, Wendy + Adam in Fort Erie. We took a walk around the waterfront there and I was amazed by the ice that was built up on the river. On the drive back to Toronto, we just had to stop at Niagara Falls!

Vacation Heads-Up!

I wanted to give you all a heads-up that I am going to be out of the country from March 12th to March 25th. Voy a visitar mi hermana en Ciudad de Mexico!

That means any of you looking for that last minute Gift Certificate (thanks Karen!) for your friend's baby or wedding shower had best contact me as soon as possible! :)

Wedding Holgas

Shooting with my Holga camera at weddings is a lot of fun because you never know what you are going to get with the images. I love these double-exposures.