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The Futures Project closing celebration

New Blog Post... on Wordpress

Switched to wordpress...

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Thank-you!


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Now get off my blog... end that extended lunch break... and do some work!


Joe Garrad

Mural in progress at 139 Essex

I came home and found my roommate well on the way to creating a full length mural in our kitchen. I LOVE IT. What a great way to spruce up our lower east side hole!

Thesis Work in Progress

Scans...

Love my little Olympus Stylus... end up shooting way more than I have time to scan. Will have to get to them eventually though.

Self-Portrait

Cozy

Walking the dog with my Dad

Artist Statement in progress...

What is our experience as human beings and how different is it? My work tends to focus heavily on the individual. I am fascinated by the multiple layers or dimensions every person possesses and the duality of humanity. I believe every person possesses the potential to do both unthinkable evil, and incredible good. In focusing on a singular person for each piece, I try to internalize and then communicate their unique story. When these separate pieces are brought together I believe it highlights the similarities between people, not the differences. I believe as humans we are so alike. I want my work to catalyze a person to empathize with someone whom they previously felt they had nothing in common with.

My current work is focused on people who are HIV positive. I have seen a lot of work around the subject of HIV both in the U.S. and abroad, but I felt like the existing work only looked at the subject on a macro level. I want to look at the effects of HIV on the most micro level. How it affects the lives of individual people? What is the human experience of being HIV positive? In order to accomplish this I work with my subjects very intimately, spending a substantial amount of time with them and getting to know them. I am also giving my subjects a point-and-shoot digital camera to capture their lives as they want to and only they can. This gives a unique insight into the subject’s life, and a beautiful dimension of collaboration to the work. Collaboration with my subjects is very important to me.

My outdated portfolio