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Irreverent Love!

This scene happened a few weeks ago at a friends funeral. Reid would have been touched and proud. Actually, he was a bit touched and that is what we loved about him. The lesson here, try not die around friends with a limited moral compass! RIP Reid Galey

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Foot In The Door 4

The folks at MIA did a great job putting this together! It was a fun event to participate in. From choosing and sizing a piece, to standing in line for 45 minutes to submit (I got lucky on that!), to talking to other artists and hearing stories from people who braved the 2 hour wait to get in on opening night. There is so much to look at that at times you can't really see anything. Crazy.

From MIA's website:

'"Held once every 10 years, "Foot in the Door" is an open exhibition for all Minnesota artists. This ever-popular exhibition celebrates the diversity and enthusiasm of Minnesota's visual — and, new this year, audio/video — artists. It's an important event for the arts community and a great opportunity for artists to display their work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The sole curatorial criteria? Each submission must fit within one square foot.

In 1980 the first Foot in the Door Exhibition featured work by 740 artists. It was a fantastic success, a whirlwind of images and ideas coalescing into one gallery. And so, an exhibition and arts community event was born. In 1990 The Other Foot in the Door Show grew to include works by nearly 900 artists. And by 2000, the exhibition had become legendary, featuring over1700 artists, many of whom had participated in the previous two exhibitions. It has grown to be the state's largest art exhibition, with nearly 5,000 works registered for the current show."

Here are a few images from when I found my submission. Keep in mind this is only one out of three rooms the Museum allocated for the event.

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A Disturbing Trip to Crazy Town

My older sister lives in Poplar Bluff, MO. On Valentine Day 2010, The Daily American Republic her local newspaper published this:

So, the deal is the paper has a section called Speak Out where residents can call and voice their opinions or concerns. The editor then picks one to be published. On this day someone should have been fired. Happy Valentines Day!

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A Video About My Work

This is a short video with me talking about my work. It was produced by Dale Bluestein at partnershipmedia.tv.

Sara Jorde Photography from Dale Bluestein on Vimeo.

A Photo Assistant

This week I hired Tim Olson (aka A Photo Assistant) to help me on a job. He was great to work with! Over the years I have worked with a few terrible assistants. It's not that they are bad people, it's that they didn't have a clue. It was my first time working with Tim and it will not be my last. All day the only thing I had to take care of was the shot and the client. Every time I turned around to do something Tim was already taking care of it. Great day and I managed to earn the quote of the day on the A Photo Assistant blog !

Stolen Bike!

This is from a Twitter post I did months ago. A friend and client found it and re-tweeted it this week. One day while doing some research (ie: surfing the web) I came across this flyer. As a part time bike commuter the thought of losing my bike to a thief fills me with dread. I believe this flyer succinctly sums up how most of us would secretly feel if we found ourselves in the same situation.

My apologies to the original poster, I unsuccessfully tried to find it online again so I could give credit where credit is due.