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Sep 21, 03
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competition in photography...
so i have to do this photo documentary for one of my production classes and it's basically our mid term...we're gonna have a huge art show/critique in december where our documentaries will be picked at by various profs and photographers.
so i decided to document drag queens. everyone sees them as entertainers but i want to explore who they are out of the spotlight. I'm gonna follow around a handful of female impersonators and photograph daily activities and preparations for shows...i don't know what to expect so ...either my documentary will put to rest any previously misconcivements associated with this lifestyle OR it could just support stereotypes that come to mind when one hears the word "drag queen". so it turns out my friend Vanessa has chosen the same topic. We're both into fashion photography and style and now i'm scared it's gonna turn into a competition...inevitably it HAS to. same subjects being portrayed...they're GONNA be compared regardless of what anyone says. i'm scared. i sometimes don't believe in myself and this is one of those times. vanessa has a very different style compared to mine...my style is more dark, surreal and people say that when they look at my photographs they feel like "something's out of place". i dunno. and vanessa's stuff is just straight up HYPE. her stuff is amazing...classic fashion photography. so now it's an all out photography battle.... sammy from vancity VS vanessa from vancity venue: church street...the gay villiage...toronto. fuck. -s. 
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Sep 21, 03
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yeah no matter what subject you choose competition is hard to avoid. I am hella nervous about making a portfolio, or even starting up at my foundations art class to help build my portofolio, because I know that the people I will be working with might intimidate me. In those cases though, I try to remember to focus on myself and my own work. I love art because my art is unique to me and only me. No one can do what I do as long as I do what I do in a way that is being true to myself. Don't stray from yourself by focusing on the way some one else does things, because i think that what makes art so great is that you are free to be unique. I don't mean to say that you should be narrow minded to other ways of doing things. Ofcourse you should explore different techniques and ways of doing things, because that is all part of discovering your own personal style. What I mean is, regardless of the outcome of this project try to embrace your individuality, and the fact that the way you do things, perceive things will be unique to only you. Because in the end, regardless of who gets chosen, at least you know that you were being true to yourself.
I don't know how to explain it.
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Sep 21, 03
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You've probably seen Outrageous, a 1970's movie about a female impersonator in Toronto, the late Craig Russel. Although he plays a drag queen he really was one, and gives a good performance.
--------------- There's a picture of a bunch of drag queens on Dannii Minogues's site www.dannii.com - downloads section - she sometimes performs in a big gay club in U.K. and this might be where the picture is from. Last edited by tvmann; Sep 21, 03 at 10:43 AM.
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Sep 22, 03
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ok so this morning i kicked her ass in the darkroom.
not literally cuz i love her. but my prints were better than hers. black n white..i had pure black and pure white and every tone inbetween! 7 full tonal stops. hah! i won today. -s.
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Sep 23, 03
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