Leap
Women in Photography just published our most recent solo show- the works of Lilly McElroy from her series I Throw Myself at Men. I stumbled across Lilly's work a while back when I was trying to redesign my website and was on otherpeoplespixels.com scoping if it would be the way to go (turns out it was). Her work was a featured website on the front page of the site and I loved it right away. I am a big fan of performance based work and non-traditional photography. We only showcased work from one series, but below you can see other examples of Lilly's performance based work. Coincidentally

Humble Arts Rules
© Ahndraya ParlatoThey just do, and while there are many reasons for such awesomeness.. this is extra sweet and is a huge part of the reason why WIPNYC exists. In March 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month,

To New York and Kermit
A friend shared this with me today. I thought it was pretty hilarious and while a little mellow-dramatic... well I'm sure plenty of people feel this way (lordee know I do). New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me DownDirected by Simon Owens

To New York.. and Summer
My dearest, oldest friend in life, Summer Kemick, has created a new website to go with a lot of the new work she's been making as of late. I love that we've known each other for 2/3 of our lives, that we've lived in California, Louisiana and New York together, that we traveled the country and lived in a car together for 45 days.. and that I can still learn new things about her and the way she sees by looking at her art. She's moving away from NYC in less than a month, giving me one more reason to flee to CA as often as possible.

Art and Obsession
Just stumbled across Vincent van Gogh: The Letters project, an extensive archive of the letters and sketches Van Gogh wrote throughout his life, commissioned by The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. I took quite some time scrolling through this. I wish more like this existed out there in the world. It's fascinating and goes quite well with the book I bought at the Strand recently, The World's Greatest Letters. In a letter from Vincent Van Gogh to Paul Gauguin dated 17, June 1890(2 years after a "frustrated and ill, Van Gogh confronted Gaugu