July 2012
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June 2012
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May 2012
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Roller Derby in the Age of Eucalyptus [a...
Friday
We start in ernest Friday morning with a full schedule of portraits. These are removed from a lot of the previous portraits that I’ve done in that there’s a lot of time scheduled for them and a lot of location options, Lorraine is a scheduling professional and it shows. Typically I’m photographing at practices and having to make due with five minute breaks and whatever...
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Roller Derby in the Age of Eucalyptus [a...
Thursday
The next morning I rise early, feeling refreshed and daunted by the schedule ahead. I’m always apprehensive about things until they’re underway and then everything’s okay.
Jenn picks me up at 9:00 and we drive out to our first shoot with the Minnesota Rollergirls at a place called “the ruins”. One of the girls we’re photographing here is Fannie Tanner who was...
Roller Derby in the Age of Eucalyptus [a...
Wednesday April 25, 2012
Airplanes are all blurring together in my head. I remember as a child taking a 747 to visit my great grandparents in Illinois and it being a Big Deal – a huge production for which we got dressed up in suits and ties and my mother in a long purple dress and her mother’s gold locket on a chain around her neck, looking like we were going to lunch at the White House. I...
April 2012
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