In July I returned to NY for the opening of a show photographs I took this past year. If you haven't seen it yet, you can still catch the show at the NY Open Center, 83 Spring Street, until July 31st.
If you can't make it to the Open Center, click on the album to the right titled "Motion" to see the photos I included. Please have a look and let me know what you think. There are 14 images total and it will take me a bit to upload them. If you don't see 14, check back soon. Asap they will all be there. Below I've posted the artist statement and the email announcement for the show.
Email me if you fall in love with an image and would like to buy a print. This is, of course, exactly what I hope will happen! ;-)
Matted and framed 16âx20â prints are $375. Unframed 16"x20" prints are $150. Other sizes are available with various prices, so the easiest thing is just to email and we can figure details out from there.
In all cases, I donate 25% to charity, so when you buy something you not only help sustain my creativity, you also help folks in Mexico or in NY, depending on which charity you choose to receive a gift. See below for more details about that.
Artist Statement
Motion
Photography by Christina deRoos
I took these photographs during a time of many planned adventures and many surprising plot twists. The main transition was my move from living in Brooklyn to living in La Manzanilla (Jalisco, Mexico). I see a wide range of emotions reflected in the series, from excitement to fear, disappointment to contentment, confusion to calm.
Living in Mexico I often hear people say âasi es la vidaâ (âthat's lifeâ). I love hearing this because to me it honors the roller coaster aspect of our lives without making too big a deal of it. Motion is an asi es la vida series of photographs. Rather than a tidy package, it is a more spontaneous grouping that honestly reflects my recent experiences.
While taking these photos, I spent a lot of time noticing how my life is always in motion and contemplating my different experiences of that. Sometimes the pace felt quick, with whole days or months going by in a blur. Other times life seemed to move more slowly, and occasionally a day or an hour seemed an eternity.
How I experience life is a result of my inner landscape and circumstances as much as, or perhaps more than, my external surroundings. Photography and art facilitate my exploration of internal and external landscapes and how they interact and influence one another.
Details:
All photos are printed on 11âx17â archival paper by Ken Allen Studios. Finished size (matted and framed) is 16âx20.â Matted and framed photos at this size are $375. Unframed prints are $150. Other sizes are available.
More Info:
To see more photography: www.christinaderoos.com
To see other creative endeavors & collaborations: www.theorangematter.org
Questions or comments (always welcome): chris@christinaderoos.com
25% Donated to Charity
I am pleased to donate 25% of sales to two nonprofits that provide life-changing programs to children and adults.
Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY) provides drama therapy groups to traumatized and socially underserved individuals in NY. La Catalina Educational Foundation (LCEF) provides critical educational and economic opportunities in La Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico. I am honored to have worked with CANY and LCEF and to have witnessed the impact of their work.
You can choose to have 25% of the purchase price donated to CANY, donated to LCEF, or shared between them.
Email Announcement
Hola!
I'm writing to invite you to the opening of Motion, an exhibition of recent photographs I took during a time of many planned adventures (including moving from Brooklyn to the Pacific Coast of Mexico) plus a number of surprising plots twists.
Living in Mexico I often hear "asi es la vida" (that's life). I love hearing this because to me it honors the roller coaster aspect of our lives without making too big a deal of it.
Motion is an asi es la vida series of photographs. Rather than a tidy package, I invite you to see a more spontaneous grouping that honestly reflects my recent experiences.
I am pleased to donate 25% of sales to two nonprofits that provide life-changing programs to children and adults. Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY) provides drama therapy groups to traumatized and socially underserved individuals in NY. La Catalina Educational Foundation (LCEF) provides critical educational and economic opportunities in La Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico.
I am honored to have worked with CANY and LCEF and to have witnessed the impact of their work. Below are details about the specific programs that will benefit from sales of work included in Motion.
Bonus! Irina Adam, one of my friends & favorite photographers, is also having a show at the Open Center. The opening of "Community Gardens, NYC" is also June 14th, so with one trip to you can enjoy both shows. www.irinaadam.com
Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY) is beginning two new drama therapy groups to help children traumatized by war. The first provides drama therapy groups to refugee children recently arrived in New York from war torn countries, helping the children through the challenges of relocating and beginning new lives in New York City. The second program provides drama therapy groups to children of veterans returning from the Iraq and Afgan wars.
To learn more about these and other CANY programs, please visit www.cany.org or contact Jonathan Hilton, Executive Director, at jhilton at cany.org or 212.222.1969.
La Catalina Educational Foundation (LCEF), responding to the 40-50% drop out rate in La Manzanilla, provides an educational scholarship to an underpriviledged middle school student who excels in academics, but whose family does not have the financial means to pay for the student to continue on to high school.
In addition to tuition, the scholarship covers related expenses such as transportation (there is no local high school).
To learn more about this and other LCEF programs, please visit www.lacatalinafoundation.com or contact Dean Klompas, Program Director, at la_catalina.dean at hotmail.com.