More From Free Range
June 24, 2008
Free Range was a lot of fun. It was really exciting to see the huge range of work that was on display and get the opportunity to put my pictures up at the same time. There were a handful of photographers whose work really blew me away, and I’ll be posting about them when I’m done moving house. It’s difficult to feel the inclination for anything when all my worldly possessions are scattered around several different locations in boxes. For now here’s a picture of me hanging some of Fragments.
Free Range
June 12, 2008
I’m still without computer, which makes updates a bit difficult. I just wanted to write a quick post to let people know that some of Fragments will be on show at this years Free Range, so if you’re in London any time between the 19th and 23rd June come along and have a look around. The info page for Nottingham Trent can be found here.
Thanks, Time Machine
June 2, 2008
On Saturday night my house was broken into and my computer taken. Needless to say I am thoroughly angered by the whole thing, not least because I really don’t have the spare cash to be shelling out for a replacement computer any time soon. I’ve been thinking about it quite a lot over the past couple of days since, and now all I can think is that I’m so relieved that I’d been using Time Machine to backup my files externally. The external hard drive that had my backups on it was sitting right next to my computer when it was swiped but managed to go unnoticed, probably because it’s worth comparably little to anybody except me. I hadn’t backed up for over a week but it still means that I haven’t really lost any of my work. The amount of time and grief this has saved me is amazing, so I just want to say thanks Time Machine, and next time you tell me off for not having backed up for 10 days I promise I’ll listen to you.
Exiit Festival
May 25, 2008
brb
May 10, 2008
It’s unlikely there will be any more posting for the next few days. My work is comfortably ahead of schedule and it looks as though we’re having a few pleasant summer days before the rain arrives again so I’m deserting my desk and going outside.
An Interview
May 6, 2008
Recently I completed an interview with Ben from Planet of the Books, primarily discussing Menagerie; my motives behind the work and the processes of making it.
You can read it here: http://www.planetofthebooks.com/culture/rachel_graves/index.html
More Updates
May 1, 2008
I’ve just finished improving bits and pieces of my website; I’ve added a press section with pdfs and press releases from exhibitions, reviews and other related articles, and just generally tinkered with little things that nobody would notice except me. It would be nice if you could let me know if there are any broken links or things I’ve missed. I think I’ve caught everything but my eyes are tired and I’m sick of Dreamweaver for today.
Berlin
April 30, 2008
I’m still recovering from the 24 hours I spent in Berlin on Tuesday with several of the other Unseen photographers. Think plenty of camera geekery (specifically of the large format variety), a bit of good beer and plenty of gallery visits. The highlights for me included seeing the Amy Stein show at /pool gallery, meeting Klaus Münzner from Neun Plus and the amazing pizza I had near Rosenthaler Platz. I’ve only been to Berlin twice but I think it’s quickly becoming one of my favourite places. As soon as I can stomach the cheapness that is flying with Ryanair (in every sense of the word cheap) I’ll be back there for more.
Menagerie on Lens Culture
April 25, 2008
One of the reviewers I had the good fortune of meeting in Hamburg was Jim Casper, who runs the website Lens Culture. I had a good discussion with him about my work and as with all of the reviewers I came away inspired to make more photographs. I’m really excited and flattered that Menagerie is now on Lens Culture, there’s some brilliant photography over there so you should go and have a look at the blog as well as the main site. Thanks Jim!
