Arlo Edwin Deutsch. Born at 6:59 am. 7 lbs 10 oz, 20.25in. All are well. Tired. But well.
Mother’s Day Print
Posted by on May 6, 2009
Day 329- August 02, 2004
A print offering in honor of Mother’s Day. Because I wasn’t exactly on the ball with this, I will not be able to get the print to anyone before the official day. I really did have good intentions. Besides, shouldn’t every day be Mother’s Day? Except a certain Sunday in June, of course.
11 x 14
c-print
$35.00 shipped to the U.S.
This size is not editioned. If editioned prints are your thing you will need to go with the 20 x 24…
Thank You Ashley and Margaret
Posted by on May 6, 2009
I gave a talk at the Walker last night. Much of what I addressed was a result of conversations that I had with Ashley Duffalo and Margaret Pezalla- Granlund. They were both very generous with their time and I would like to thank them for their interest in what I have been doing. Margaret has posted a few highlights of our conversation on the Walker blog. You can read it here.
Some Talking Coming Up
Posted by on April 19, 2009
Tuesday, April 21st at 7:00 I will be talking about Gamers. A small exhibition of the project will also open that evening. This all happens at the Minneapolis Photo Center. RSVP is requested. You can do that online HERE. The center is located at 2400 North 2nd Street.
In a couple of weeks I will be talking some more. This time it will be about the family work AND the gamers work. Two for one. That one happens on May 5th at the Walker. Space is limited and registration is required. Check the Walker site for more info.
Banjo Lessons
Posted by on March 29, 2009
I have been teaching myself how to play the banjo. Open back. Clawhammer style. More Big Rock Candy Mountain than Dueling Banjos. More wood than mother of pearl. The picking and twiddling of bluegrass just does not do it for me. It seems nervous and insecure. Old time music, on the other hand, seems more open and accepting of settling in and finding your own groove. Driving rhythm trumps melody. Less performing, more playing.
In a few days I turn 40. In a few months our fourth son will join the family fray. Time to rethink where things are headed. I am growing weary of weighing the pros and cons of edition sizes, where to send packets, trying to decide which competitions to enter, and on and on. Strategy, strategy, strategy. Position, position, position. What I am learning is that I am really not that guy. All the effort comes at the expense (emphasis on ‘expense’) of what I love about making and looking at photographs. Of course I still want the pictures I make to be seen, but right now I am looking for ways to be more like myself in the process. More emphasis on rhythm, less emphasis on melody.
So, I have decided to occasionally offer small prints for sale. 11 x 14 inch c-prints. No editions. Just prints. As many (or as few) as the world wishes to soak up. And cheap, too. $25.00 + $5.00 for shipping. That’s 30 clams to the door. (Larger versions of many of the images will still be available in the editions we have grown to expect. After all, there is a place for those as well.)
First on the shelf:
Frog, 11 x 14 inches (8 x 12 image area). C-print. $25.00 + 5.00 shipping to U.S.
Chasing the Family Drift- the book
Posted by on February 21, 2009
Photographs by Todd Deutsch
2009, 66 pp., 34 color illustrations, softbound, 7.25×5.5″
$25.00 + 5.00 shipping to U.S.
SOLD OUT
About the project:
I started making photographs of my family shortly before my first son was born in 1997. The pictures became a way to maintain an even keel in the midst of rapid change. We now have three boys and are awaiting a fourth. As they grow older the desire for assurance that everything will fall into place is undermined by the reality that no such certainty exists. There is no single destination, only perpetual movement. Being a father, as it turns out, is a process of constant adjustment and evaluation. I find myself being carried along by the current rather than heading deliberately and confidently forward. I am chasing the family drift with the hope that knowing where we have been will provide insight into where we are going.
My great- grandparents recorded milestone events in a family bible. Birth, baptism, marriage, and death created a simple and reliable narrative path describing our family history. These records are now kept in photo albums. Although the format has a less religious overtone, the element of ritual remains intact. Yearly school photographs, along with snapshots of birthdays, holidays, and vacations make up the bulk of these obviously selective, routine histories. They describe an optimistically simple and peaceful version of family life; one in which change is predictable and effortless. But what is left is a broad outline that ignores the complexity and richness of the life it is meant to recall. The reality, of course, is that it has never been as peaceful (or organized as efficiently) as the photographs might suggest. Chasing the Family Drift is a way of staying mindful of the time spent in the gaps.
Photographs from the project can be seen at www.todddeutsch.com