Thank you Callie Clarkwiren(.com)

I just found a post by Callie Clarkwiren writing about her recent purchase of the Mott Street print still available on 20×200. It’s really so wonderful when you get hear unsolicited feedback about your work. Even (thought not as wonderful) negative opinons. I’ve one of those as well, would link to it, but let’s face it, i’m entitled to be a bit childish. Regardless a link to Callie - callieclarkwiren.com/blog and a copy of her kind commentary.

I just bought a print of Alison Grippo’s work from Jen Bekman’s 20×200. I enjoy her perspective on people living their everyday lives, but her photos aren’t the boring snap shots that I often see in people trying to do this kind of photography. She pays close attention to the details like color and composition. There are two other images I’m really wanting prints of, but can’t afford right now. I’m not sure of the titles but one is of a police officer hugging his horse - some great details int he background giving the image context. The other image is an Asian woman taking a photograph of another woman in front of a large red sculpture. The woman’s dress perfectly matches the sculpture, and the shade of the void space in the sculpture is captured with a beautiful transition in shades of blue. The woman being photographed has an interesting pose that makes me think about global culture of posing in front of objects for vacation photos. We all do it, and all have different but still very similar poses, no matter where we are from. Finally, there is an image which is both disturbing yet alluring and it draws me in. It is a color photo of a woman who could be model or a bride (the dress and flowers she holds). She is laying down but I can’t tell if she is in a coffin or on a table. But everyone around her is reaching to touch her and spreading her hair out around her head in an affectionate manner. This image is seductive and nags at me with wonder about what is really going on - especially since Grippo’s work is usually documentary of people in their natural states, rather than staged. And so many great images, I almost forgot tomention the woman “talking to herself” over a cup of coffee. All emotionally stirring images!