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"I wish I could change my mind, as easily as I change socks 

but then I don't change socks so easily."

Website! Check it.

Hello fellow bloggers,

I have a website, it is pretty up to date with new work, still trying to get older projects up there.

Please visit it. I'm hoping to have links to other pages/people I am a fan of soon.

www.jaclynrwright.com

Ross + Cody

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Royk Portrait

Dollhouse

Counseling Session

Ellyn

Sorting Experiences

Toy Horse

Yarn Curtain

Installation No. 1

My first installation in the space I built. More to come!

Inspiration: Sandy Skoglund (the old stuff)

I've begun the process of sketching out and making pieces for installation work I am doing over the course of this semester. I've been researching installation artist, sculptors and of course the hybrid installation photographer. I have always been a big fan of Sandy Skoglund's work but I've recently been concentrating on her earlier work and I must say bravo!

Keep on Voting!

I have entered into the "One Life Photography" competition, it is an international juried competition. In addition to the jurors, there is a "People's Choice" award. I would be so grateful if you would take a moment to vote for my submission and spread the word [you can vote daily]. The competition is only open for one more week, ending on August 19th. 

I have recently added 3 more images and an artist statement. I have attached the link below.

Thank you for all of your support!

Click Here!

Installation Nation

I have decided to hone in on making installation art. It takes quite a bit of time to make the installation (and typically the pieces that go into it), taking the image is the easy part! Trust me I'm not complaining, I've been really enjoying it. I'm looking forward [kind of] to the hectic semester ahead of me. I might be a little over ambitious but hoping the pieces fall into place.

Below are a few different angels of the curtain I made out of yarn, I've been working on it for about a month. I apologize for the bad images, I have it hanging in a pretty tight space until the shoot. The piece is roughly 8.5ft wide x 10ft long. It's only a 'piece' of the installation, but glad to be done with it and ready to complete the photograph!

 Side View

 Top View

 Opposite Side View

Bottom
-- Not enough space to let it fall properly--

Etsy!

Click here to visit my Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/people/JaclynWright

I will be consistently updating with new and older work, it's a work in progress! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!

Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies

"The Trumpet in my Head"

I was selected to be an exhibitor at the Vermont Photoplace Gallery, for the show titled, Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies by juror Blue Mitchell. The show will be up from July 19th-August 13th, with a closing reception on August 12th. Above is the image selected!

The Sky is Falling (Or so I thought)

Acquired Things

One More Cup

Finding Common Ground

"Well I've been twisting to the sun and the moon

I needed to replace

The fountain in the front yard is rusted out

All my love was down

In a frozen ground."

-Bon Iver

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Escaping Thoughts

Environmental Portrait: Sam

Saving Time

"The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly."

Inspiration: The Tao of Pooh

"Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,

A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.

Ask me a riddle and I reply

Cottleston, Cottleson, Cottleson Pie."

Granddaughter No. 4

For my Grandmother

This Trumpet In My Head

Lonely, Successful Reshoot

Usually when I decide an image deserves to be reshot, it goes fairly smoothly. Unfortunately for me, this was not the case last semester. Here is the only successful reshoot of the semester. 

In Remembrance: Jacqueline Haviland Schlosser

So thankful for being blessed with an amazing Grandmother, love and miss you.

Rest in Peace Granny J

Happy Holidays!

Hope Santa brings you everything you wished for!

"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope, the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the heart of Christmas which is love."

-Ada V. Hendricks

Inspiration: Robin Schwartz

From "Amelia's World", if you're interested go check out her work, it's really neat!

Look, It's my Family

Family photo over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Don't let the dark hair fool you, I wasn't adopted. 

Happy Birthday!

I'm encouraging you all to send some birthday love in the direction of Miss Sandy Rosencrans, hope you have an amazing day my dear!

Some Good Advice

"The advice I like to give to young artists, or really anybody, is not wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a blot of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work.

All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea you can sit there a long time before anything happens."

-Chuck Close

Courtesy of S. Rosencrans, thanks dear.

This is a wonderfully honest piece of advice. I have found myself occasionally waiting for inspiration, not that I'm exactly "waiting for for the clouds to part", (I'm more active than that). However, I'll look at art, listen to music, and watch films for hours, waiting. Being in graduate school doesn't allow you to wait for the clouds to part, you HAVE to be constantly creating work. I've found that, although, I produce a lot of shit, the best works comes from that. Through the process the ideas start coming to me, the work improves, and I don't have to wait for a lightning bolt. I wish I had heard this advice during my year off. So if you are waiting for inspiration to strike, go find it yourself. Work through the process and you will be pleasantly surprised. Look at the work you don't like and move on from it. Honestly, what else can you really do?

Inspiration: Nelli Palomaki

If you like what you see, click for more! You won't be disappointed.

"Be Soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."