"Looking for that Lost Photograph" | Sketches

Please go to Stephanie Lazensky to see a fuller (though not complete) collection of images. I have been photographing like this for almost 4 years, tucking the images away in a small sketchbook (not their final destination, I hope). I will write more in later posts, but first I would like to get general comments and questions. The working title of this series comes from a poem by Maxine Chernoff.

Old Photocopier stuff

In going through some stuff in storage I came across some images I made in Japan. They are highly varied, but I am just posting two right now, since all of the others that I captured came out blurry. my plan is to make high-res scans of them so that I can play with them more easily. The smallest of the images are 8x10 but most of them are 10x14 ish. I will post more when I have slightly better photos of them and if people seem interested, in discussing them.

Studio Door Affirmations

Affirmations are positive statements that describe a desired situation, and which are repeated many times, in order to impress the subconscious mind and trigger it into positive action. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the affirmations, they have to be repeated with attention, conviction, interest and desire.

What will your affirmation be?

YMB18OO - promised update

So, it's almost 2 in the morning...I'm going to keep this brief. Just some info: this phase of the process isn't fired yet, There are some ridges and lumps I still need to address (i'm waiting for daylight) and the branches are not actually 'in' yet, either. I'm also hoping to put a darker wash of color on the branches, trim things up a bit and gloss the base of the branches where they are emerging to mimic - well, you know. Things are going a bit slower than I would have liked but at least they're going. I also added some surface texture which is really hard to see in these images but basically 'stretch marks and pores.' The idea is that a wash of watercolor will add some dimension to the texture. Sorry for the wonky pictures and the lack of color balancing...WOW, I'm tired. Have at it, please!

New Music #5

Please listen first before reading, thanks.




So, some of you have heard the music that I have been working on. (on my own and not in band format that is) I am a little stuck with the whole project, but as I currently have 19 pieces in various states of unwritten I just chose one to try and finish first. I know this isn't everyones favorite but it is one I quite enjoy. Anyway, my problem is this. I don't really know where to go, I may change the dynamics so different parts recede or come to the fore, I may increase the harmonies (although that might be done by putting in additional melodies rather than turning parts into chords) This series was started as a response to the very simple music that I have been writing for the band I am in, and in response to my re-reading of Henry Cowell's book New Musical Resources which is about extending then existing techniques to their logical ends, but didn't in fact deal with the new resources of electronic and recorded sound sources. To sum that up, it is about using traditional western (occidental) instruments in the traditional ways but just pushing it further. So while I have basically abandoned the idea of Key and Consonance/Dissonance I hope at least to reference them, other pieces do so more directly #12 basically being a joke about playing " in key" . It would be great to hear (ahem) what anyone makes of it, and where you think it could go, or should or shouldn't. I don't really know if there will be anything I can use but emotional language helps probably twice as much as technical as far as music is concerned.

Flags etc

photographically for the past two years, i have found myself being drawn to america's display of patriotism via flagism (sounded cool so i'm sticking to it) as well as window/yard art. the way we display things for others to see from the outside of a house or store. i am also interested in the little ironic and humorous i notice as i travel. so this work is based on what i see as i travel. there are many polaroids from the epic roadtrip that is where i began with the work, but the pictures below are from 35mm that i take with me when i travel now. i forsee these kinds of images in a book one day, but am interested in the small size of a polaroid as well as having some ridiculously large prints as well. as much in color as possible.

so with that in mind, here are some work prints from a recent trip to maine. none of the images are color balanced and there is much work to do on them still. thoughts about concepts and what images work better than others??

You must be 18 cont...this is part two of prior post in last month's tab...so you might wanna read that first?

I've added some slabs of clay here... It was very relaxing putting the clay puzzle together.

Starting to smooth the seams up.

I remembered this piece I did in personal vision class. I guess there's a recurring theme for me. For the life of me...I can't remember how I got the inside to glow. I guess I really was a repressed sculptor. I may go back to photography - one day.