Tiny vintage portraits (all approximately between .75 - 1.5 inches wide). This is a portion of a very large collection that will span many days over the year.
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This is a blog documenting a project that will span exactly one year, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. On each of those 365 days, I will photograph or draw (and occasionally paint) one collection. Most of the collections are real and exist in my home or studio; those I will photograph. Some are imagined; those I will draw or (occasionally) paint.
Since I was a young girl, I have been obsessed both with collecting and with arranging, organizing and displaying my collections. This is my attempt to document my collections, both the real and the imagined. Some of my collections are so large that I will need to photograph them separately over several days. I will likely not attempt to photograph collections in which the individual pieces are large in size or awkward in shape (i.e. my art collection or vintage enamel dishware collection). The only rule is that I must photograph or draw a whole or part of a collection each day for 365 days and post the result here on this blog.
The practice of collecting and documenting collections is as old as the hills. I want onlookers here to know that I do not profess to be doing anything new or unique or ingenious. I am embarking on this project because I love my collections, and I want to document them in a way that makes sense to me, and share them with whoever might be interested in looking at them.
This blog is open for comments. I encourage you to share your thoughts about what memories the photographs and drawings of my collections spark for you and what, if any, sense of nostalgia or repulsion they make you feel.
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For those of you who have stumbled here and don’t already know me, my name is Lisa Congdon. I am an artist and illustrator, and I live in the Mission District of San Francisco with my partner Clay Lauren Walsh and our Chihuahua Wilfredo and two cats, Barry and Margaret. If you are interested, you can see the kind of artwork I make on my website or on the website of my illustration agent, Lilla Rogers. If you would like to see what my home looks like (as it contains many of my collections) you can see a house tour here. You can view my studio (also a repository) here.
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Enjoy.
I love these!
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying your collections so much. It is inspiring! I look forward to seeing more of your vintage photos. The record of people - photos of people I don't know is especially interesting. I love that these photos are tiny.
ReplyDeletewonderful! i could look at vintage photos all day -- a peek into the past that is really intriguing. thanks for sharing your collections -- so great!
ReplyDeleteoh such smiles and stories in theses~
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ReplyDeletethere's something unique about vintage photos..especially in sepia
ReplyDeleteI love this. I started a daily doodle site over a year ago and it's been a great way to creatively think each day. I'm excited to see what you produce each day, surely this is a ambiguous project.
ReplyDeleteI love performance and the idea with this blog Lisa.
ReplyDeleteoh yes.. that's one of your collections seeing which i say: i have one like this as well! :)
ReplyDeletei'm lucky to possess a huge family archive dated back to the end of the 19th century.. amazing stuff.....
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