narrative of the medium

http://www.artnews.com/blog/2015/02/23/structure-rising-forever-now-at-moma/ #MoMA

Check out this documentary film about a very prolific woman photographer who used a Rolleiflex camera to capture many unsuspecting images of those out and about in Chicago and New York during the 1950s, and 1960s. Possibly considered one of the 20th century's greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 150,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Amateur historian John Maloof has dedicated himself to exhibit her work

When I began my visual journals, aka sketchbooks, I did not realize that many well known artists had also made a habit out of this practice. In fact, I love being a voyeur into an artists more private thoughts. Where did their ideas come from, how did they develop them, what patterns are noticable within their work, the questions can be endless. Several years ago, the work of Francis Bacon which hung at MOMA included the display of many of his sketchbooks and visual reference