Mari Provencher’s Circus Photos
Mari Provencher (www.mariprovencher.com) did a short internship at
Studio Two some years back and helped us out with shooting theatre in
the summer at Shakespeare & Co. She’s gone on to other things and is
roaming (apparently) around the country in and around circus culture.
She has a great gallery of photos taken of performers and performances
here http://www.mariprovencher.com/circus/# which is really
interesting and unusual. The image I’ve attached to this post is just
a knockout. Clearly, these are two performers taking a break, chatting
backstage, but their look is almost 19th century, and the lighting and
expression of the woman on the left is cinematic. This feels like it
would be at home in high-concept fashion book with its tension between
the mundane and the extraordinary. It makes we want to know more,
which is really (for me) the mark of an interesting photograph, a
moment in time that connects to a story. Great work Mari! I hope many
more people see this.
In Progress
Work in progress for Tennessee Shakespeare Company. More to come on this one.
Glorious results
Here’s the result of my Alphonse Mucha inspiration project. This image will be used for the inaugural season of the new Tennessee Shakespeare Company. I like the way it came out, and although inspired by the Mucha artwork, it is still my own, and represents how I see the world. Thanks to Brittany Morgan for her willing and able participation!
Inspiration from Mucha
I’m working on an image for “As You Like It” and hoping to channel Alphonse Mucha on this one. One of my favorite illustrators from the early part of the last century and a fixture in our household growing up (his work, that is), our family has had a long connection to this artist. At one point in the ’20’s or ’30’s my great-grandmother was a kind of patron to Mucha and ever since his presence and work has been around me.
Pretty girls and flowers. Always seems to work. But beyond that there is so much style in the work, so much motion and design and great typography. Stay tuned. Let’s see what happens!
Next Book!: Imagining Shakespeare.
I’ve self-published a new book that shows a comprehensive look at all of the work that I have done for Shakespeare & Company for the last 15 years. I had a lot of fun digging through my archives to find all this great stuff. It is 280 pages, 8.5×11 softcover and hardcover, full color throughout. Buy now via lulu.com: Kevin’s Storefront on Lulu.com
Presently I’m working on how to do a 2,000 copy run, which I think is about the right number to satisfy demand for a while and also brigs the per-copy price down. Hoping to crowd-source this initiative through Kickstarter so if you can send me an invite that would be great. If you have any other ideas about how to get this out into the world, I’m interested in that as well, so email me!
Postcardviewer
Follow this link to see a very cool flash utility for displaying photos. WARNING. I ran a bunch of photos through this script and it may a: take a while to load and b: is made for big screens. Either way it is fun.
kevin on postcardviewer.
Get it for yourself.
