in the wife’s garden ~ all pictures (embiggenable) • iPhone
I am in constant competition with my wife, re: who gets to dead or dying stuff first. Me, to picture it or her, to dispose of it. In the case of the pictures in this entry, I won the competition.
Writing of the wife, she's going to be somewhat perturbed about the kick in the ass I got, re: the A Weird Little Collecting Idea, in which Mike Johnston wrote about the idea of collecting iPhone pictures.....
Over the past few years, I have been entertaining the idea of opening a photo gallery. As it happens, there are several ideal store fronts on Main Street (high traffic) in my little home village. Every time I mention it, the wife immediately lists all of the downside(s) of doing so (expense is not one of them). And, to give credit where credit is due, she has some very valid points. Nevertheless, the idea persists.
One of the primary obstacles, in my mind, in opening such a gallery is based around the idea of opening just another gallery. That is, not having a unique "hook" with which to separate the gallery from the local crowd (of galleries). The only hook I have thought of to date is opening a Adirondack pictures only gallery. As hard as it might be to believe, in all of the Adirondacks there is not a single gallery devoted to photography thereof. That written, I have not been convinced that is enough of a hook.
Enter, thanks to M.J, the idea of an iPhone (or similar device) photography gallery. I am certain there is no other gallery like it in my region. And, with my recent-18 months and counting-picture making involvement with the iPhone, it seems like a logical extension thereof.
Given that I have thought on the idea of a opening gallery for quite a while, I have a rather good list of things that need to been done to facilitate such an undertaking. One of the first tasks is to start getting the word out and requesting submissions of work-no theme, just iPhone / cell phone pictures of any and all subjects-for the first couple of exhibitions. So....
... anyone out there within the sound of this blog interested?
PS. This is our little secret. Please don't tell my wife.