jenniferstewartphotographs: September 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010

a domestic woman

Artist Statement
Jennifer Stewart

self portraits put me in front of my camera. where there is room for chance. i can't predict how it will turn out. what i love about doing self portraits is that they are completely honest. the photographs are records of my most private moments.

taking a portrait of someone else puts me behind my camera in a completely different experience. i am deliberate and careful. i am not surprised. this portrait has been living in my box of negatives, hiding. i had this unsettling feeling when i looked at it. it's staged, out of context. it felt forced.

i'm looking at it now in a different light. this is a self portrait. there is a detachment, a loneliness, a strength.

"a domestic woman" is me.

family picnic

taken by gramps. circa 1955

(my dad is the one eating watermelon,
my grandmother beside him in the white blouse)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

show and tell: photo edition

yesterday was my birthday and i asked my friends to bring over 1 photograph each for show and tell. this was mine:

this is a picture of my cottage, which was built by my grandfather. it was taken around 1973 by my mother Judy. i chose it because i love fall, my family and trees.

happy fall!