Vantage / Medium / HOME

Great piece written by Taylor Glascock on my work for Medium.com's VANTAGE photography online magazine.

Focusing on life after the publication of ECHOLILIA and introducing the current book HOME, Taylor ties it all together with humor and grace:

In November 2014, Archibald released his latest book, Home, which is a quiet meditation on the dissolution of his marriage. He had been with his wife since age 19. He was living in the garage. Home wasn’t so easy to define.

Square black and white images are displayed side by side to denote presence and absence. Eli makes an appearance in the book, as does his younger brother, Wilson. The children are digging a hole. This hole reappears over and over again. “You try to fill in that hole, but it’s never really the same.”

Read Taylor's piece on Medium.com HERE.

Buy your copy of HOME from Straylight Press HERE.

PPGBA Lecture / Special Guest Star

The Best Western Grosvernor rises from a functional neighborhood on the outskirts of the San Francisco Airport like a hotel from another era, another culture. Shades of a bunker that could sustain a hit from a SCUD missile, suffering only blown out windows and keeping it's residents safe. Eli and I approach the space with curious anticipation. I was here to deliver my lecture, he was along for the ride, ideally hoping to also get to drink a Coke.

To say this event was sparsely attended would be generous at best. As always, the show must go on. Great to meet everyone involved in the PPGBA: Paolo Salcido, Julie Olson, Joseph Valenzuela ran the show. Super excited to meet long time inspirator photographer Mark Tucker from Nashville and new pals Icarian Photography from Berkeley.

As often happens at any speaking engagement, I'm always thankful- I learn more from the audience than I'm sure they learn from me. Peace.

Foggy Morning Walk, 1/2015

The Creative Family Tree We All Pick From

Bob Dylan gave this speech the other night that is floating around the internet. Totally fascinating view into the creative process, with all the mystery stripped away. He goes forward in detail about how he wrote particular songs and points out his direct influences. The best line, paraphrased here, could apply to any creative process. A solid acknowledgement of the creative family tree that we all are picking from and watering every day we do our work:

These songs didn't come out of thin air. I didn't just make them up out of whole cloth. There was a precedent. I just opened up a different door in a different kind of way.
More good stuff : 

The last thing I thought of was who cared about what song I was writing. I was just writing them. I didn't think I was doing anything different. I thought I was just extending the line. Maybe hard to pin down, but so what? A lot of people are hard to pin down and you’ve just got to bear it.

Just to keep things in perspective, Dylan also devotes at least four paragraphs to directly ridicule his critics and demand clarification as to why they focused on him and let other artists off the hook.

So much for not caring what people think. Why do I bring this up? I think whole thing just reinforces how even the most exalted artists get stung like we all do. Why am I bringing this up? When one has a lecture looming in a matter of days, you look everywhere you can for subject matter. :)

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Lecture Coming Up!

Timothy Archibald: Photographing the Family Landscape

Originally finding fascination in “the other,” Archibald's projects later took a turn inward and he has now focused closely on family for the past ten years. He’ll address the successes and failures that come when photographing those to whom access is unlimited and discuss ways to find the path to beginning and completing these projects. He will also share a variety of commercial projects that have sprung off his personal work and discuss the challenges of mixing the two genres. Bring your questions!

Thursday, February 19, 2015 / 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: Best Western Plus Grosvenor Hotel, 380 S. Airport Blvd., S. San Francisco. Tickets and info : http://ppgba.com/feb-19th-speaker/

New Gallery / The Cats Of Instagram

What else?

The Cats Of Instagram on timothyarchibald.com.

It should be called My Cats On Instagram, but for now, this is what we got.

Enjoy it HERE.

Long Distance Valentine

Long Distance Valentine, 2/2015

Timothy Draper / Draper University

Breaking the ice with Timothy Draper for our brief photo shoot was really not hard at all, seeing that both my girlfriend and I went to Draper High School in Schenectady, N.Y. and Timothy was currently running something called Draper University. That, and the shared pun that is often shared when you meet someone with your own name.

Elegantly published in this month's Review On Business Magazine, edited by longtime favorite photo editor Clare Vandermeersch.

The New Home School / Wired.com

Always happy to have a rich story land in my lap to kick off the new year. Photo editors Neil Harris and Maria Lokke of Wired.com directed me to the home of Samantha and Chris Cook, a family homeschooling their kids in a contemporary way.

Rich visuals and a rich home life, there really was a photograph to be made everywhere we looked.

Out today on Wired.com HERE.

Enjoy.

Time Travel Photographs / 1982 and 1985

Top: Me Photographed By My Brother, 1982
Bottom: My Bedroom, 1985

LECTURE: Photographing The Family Landscape

LECTURE COMING UP!

Timothy Archibald / Photographing The Family Landscape

An event hosted by the Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area.


Timothy will address the successes and failures that come when photographing those to whom access is unlimited and discuss ways to find the path to beginning and completing these projects. He will also share a variety of commercial projects that have sprung off his personal work and discuss the challenges of mixing the two genres. Bring your questions!


Thursday, February 19, 2015...
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: Best Western Plus Grosvenor Hotel, 380 S. Airport Blvd., S. San Francisco.

Tickets and more information HERE.