Sunday, September 16, 2007

Mary Lea

This is my grandmother. she is a wonderful photographer. I don't know the author of this photo however, I like the composition and the fact that she is holding her beloved hasselblad. the things she captured and places she went with that camera are inspiring.

she is publishing a book of her stories and photography... it should be a nice book to look at.

1 comment:

silvashan said...

These images are amazing Oliver. Looks like you've been very fortunate to grow up surrounded by art and artists all of your life. I grew up around teachers and grew to love education, but somewhere, once long ago, when she was getting divorced, my mother would draw and draw for hours on end. I remember keeping those drawings in a folder long after she'd forgotten she'd even done them and taking them to school for show and tell. They weren't anywhere near as impressive as your grandmother's work, but nonetheless I was proud of them. I think that was the beginning of me wanting to create art in any way I possibly could. So interesting how our familes can have such an impact on our creative lives.