Paris! My first international exhibit

Babs and Kiera. Mother and Daughter. Marie Antoinette inspired pinhole photography shoot. I spent a glorious afternoon doing this pinhole shoot and couldn’t have had more fun. They were as delightful as could be and brought the most wonderful props and costumes with them. An afternoon in a Phoenix city park went from ordinary to magical.

Yesterday I found out that I will be exhibiting in the show ‘Urban Nature’ at the Centre Culturel Andre Malraux, in France, right outside of downtown Paris. The exhibit opens March 4th, and right now I’m using all my powers to find a way to be at that opening. I have been in a daydream like no other for the past 24 hours.

Paris, can you even believe it! I can’t keep from smiling when I think of that gorgeous city hosting my pinhole photographs. Four images will be on display: bunny and bird, squirrel and statue, snail, and pink flamingo.

The first three came from my grandmother’s garden and the pink flamingo from a woman’s garden in Phoenix. What a treat for all my grandmother’s hard work to be displayed in Paris! I love going home and sitting in the back yard, listening to birds, watching the squirrels eye you curiously and smelling all the wonderful scents from the flowers and grasses….

This weekend is Photo LA. I’ll get to spend the day in Santa Monica with Gary and Marilyn Szabo. I am ready to gleefully run from booth to booth and soak in all the photography energy that will be radiating from collectors, curators, artists, gallery owners, magazine editors… I’ll have so much reading material for our drive back home.

Tuesday night is my first museum exhibition at the Shemer art center and museum! I feel like dancing and singing “it’s almost here, it’s almost here, it’s almost here!” If you happen to be in the Phoenix area on Tuesday January 15th from 7-9, do stop by! The Shemer is a beautiful little museum surrounded by one of the prettiest neighborhoods in Phoenix and right up the street from 56th Street, one of the most amazing streets in all of Phoenix.

Have you ever driven north on 56th from Camelback? It winds up the side of Camelback Mountain, past mansions of all shapes and sizes, and when you least expect it, opens up to exquisite views of Phoenix. My favorite time to make the drive is sunset… Phoenix is known for gorgeous sunsets and to watch it from the top of Camelback Mountain, while the lights below start to flicker and dot the city in an organic pattern is a great way to experience Phoenix…

Paris! Have you ever been? I have not. I can already smell the cobble streets and bakeries…. I do believe I’ll disregard my doctors orders and eat as much bread and cheese as I can possibly handle! Gluten free in Paris? Seems almost impossible! Cappuccinos and croissants for breakfast… wine and cheese for dinner…. mmmmmm…….