Tara Cuccia Photography: travel photography

Friday, November 16, 2012

What I'm Showing at E.A.S.T. 2012 ... and some Why.

Hello!

I hope everyone is happy, healthy, and enjoying the season. I recently spent some time in Cleveland with my mom and was able to experience a true fall, where the red, orange, yellow, and green leaves on massive trees glow vibrantly in the sunshine as the seasons turn. I also visited Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. Ohio, in its post-industrial and depressed middle American state, still has nuggets of beauty and prosperity set against an overall backdrop of a wonderfully photographic gritty existence.

I brought some of those images to exhibit in E.A.S.T., (East Austin Studio Tour) which started last weekend and will continue this weekend, Saturday and Sunday (November 17-18) from 11am-6pm. I hope you can stop by to say hello, drink cheap vino, grab some snacks and check out a nice mix of art photography at Juju Foto Factory. We are destination H45 on the E.A.S.T. map. 2235 E. Sixth Street, just past Robert T. Martinez if you are heading east on E. Sixth.

The collection I'm showing is a combination of organic landscapes and urban landscapes - always a magnetic juxtaposition in my daily life. Attached are some samples of what I have at the show. I have work priced from $5-$200, so there's something for every budget. I also have older work from my traveling adventures in Europe, including b+w archival images I custom printed in the darkroom. I really wanted to make artwork accessible to everyone so I have great deals (i.e. 1 for $50 or 2 for $80 and a wide variety of subjects.

If you would like to learn more about the group I'm showing my work with, Austin Art Photography, or need detailed directions click here.

Thank you to those of you who have already made it by the foto factory. I very much appreciate your support. I would love to see more of you! This will be the last weekend until next year. If you haven't yet experienced E.A.S.T., it's a great way to explore Austin, see what local talent is up to, get good eats & drinks on the east side, discover up & coming artists, and find affordable, unique treasures for yourself, your home, and as Christmas gifts.

Love and light,

Tara

And here's some stuff I thought about showing in the exhibition but, you know, editing ...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

New York, September 2011

I <3 New York. It makes me totally emotional. Because there is so much stimuli to keep me thinking and when I think a lot my senses are heightened. I get instinctive. The city inspires me and everything is an event ... walking down the sidewalk, even. Every corner offers something of interest where I think to myself, "that looks cute", "that could be a moment", or "i bet the food is wonderful", and on and on.

I've gone to New York twice in the past two months (I know) but it was a long time coming. I moved to Manhattan when I graduated from UT, with romanticized dreams of becoming a writer and an artist. I wrote for American PHOTO and Popular photography magazines - creating advertisements and marketing pieces ... not exactly the visions I had of an underground, seedy artist's life. But it was good. And on travel photography workshops hosted by the magazines, I began to hone my eye for documentary and travel photography. I lived in Gramercy Park, then the East Village for a little over two years then moved back to Texas and traveled. I intended on moving back to New York (to the more affordable Brooklyn) but instead, ended up settling back in Austin. It is good.

Last August was the first time I'd been back since 2000. I had a quick layover on my way to Milan, where I had time to grab lunch with my aunt but that was it. My job at Yodle is what finally brought me back to New York. Love my job! The marketing team I work with is amazing so I love being able to work with them in person. And, of course, I love running around in the evenings after work. I get so excited seeing places I used to go and it's thrilling to discover new ones.

#whirlwind

High Line

Doc Holiday's, East Village

Dukes, East Village

Gramercy Park Yum!

Pete's Tavern, Gramercy Park

Oldest surviving bar in New York & historical landmark.

321 2nd Ave. My old coop building.

They spruced it up.

Gramercy Park

Restaurant and BAR

I remember, years ago, saying this after deciding we were done drinking for a little bit, "I'm not done." And we walked into Odessa and sat down in a booth at the back of the restaurant across from the bar top.