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Amy
@anartgeek.bsky.social
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boston based artist, former educator, long covid since 2020, cat mom

www.amygiese.com
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#photohistory
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
“Untitled,” 1963, silver gelatin print

Best name in photo history, in my opinion!

Read and see more of his work here: fraenkelgallery.com/artists/ralp...
A square, black and white photograph of a young boy, who is shaking his head, which blurs and distorts his face. There is a net behind him, and he is wearing a white collared shirt.
January 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#cats
Bubba update. When your brother is super fluffy, sometimes you use him as a pillow 😹
Two cats sleeping surrounded by blankets. One cat has his head resting on the other cat’s neck. It is a tangle of white and gray tabby fur with a big pink nose in the middle.
December 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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#photohistory
Another image and artist in what I think of as my artistic family tree is Henry Peach Robinson’s tableau photograph “Fading Away” from 1858.

This albumen print was composited from 5 different negatives! In 1858!!

More info from the V&A museum: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O141054...
An aged photograph of an interior domestic scene, with a young woman lying in bed, with two other women looking at her, and a large, dark male figure with his back to us looks out the window, framed by curtains.
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
anartgeek.bsky.social
Thought I’d share some work from #artists that have influenced my own practice…

First up is Francesca Woodman. More about her here: woodmanfoundation.org/artworks/unt...
A black and white photographic self-portrait by the artist Francesca Woodman. She is standing against a wall in an abandoned house with parts of her body obscured by fragments of wallpaper that she is holding up. Title “from Space squared series” 1976
November 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Sharing more #art from my series #MyHeadisTooHeavy about living with #longcovid.
Title: "Normal Heart"
Date: 2023
Intentionally distorted photograph of a woman in an armchair, looking out of the window behind her head.
November 18, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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I have three cats. They are litter-mates and brothers. They are ridiculous. Their names are Russell, Cecil and Jack.
Photograph of a mackerel tabby cat, looking regal and entitled. He’s got a white stomach and gray tabby stripes on his back and face. Photograph of a mackerel tabby cat, looking sweet and expectant . He’s got a white stomach and gray tabby stripes on his back and face. And a giant pink nose. Photograph of a mackerel tabby cat, stretched luxuriously around my hand with his paw outstretched. He’s got a white stomach and gray tabby stripes on his back and face. He is definitely entitled.
November 12, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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Hi! Sharing a piece from my current project on the disjointed and surreal experience of living with #longcovid All images in this series are made using my smartphone and LiDAR scanning apps.
A fragment of a photograph of a woman sitting in the center of a white sofa, showing the interior of a room. There are glitches and holes in the image, creating a broken visual appearance.
November 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM