All images used on this site are © James Graham 2003, 2010. Unauthorized use is prohibited. They are low-resolution images, and are NOT indicative of the final print. * The particular difficulty in the present organization of images is that each essay is composed of photographs from disparate image-entities and it is up to the reader to make the connections across various contents and styles. In How It Gets Made, visits to four studios tell one story - which the reader must construct as he or she pleases. Whether there is one story in each essay, the evidence of many separate portraits or merely a Mulligan's Stew of images, I leave for you to decide. Ravers, Gods & Diligents Title Pictures - Portrait of a City: Guadalajara, Mexico, 1996. Cabbie's Blood - Brooklyn N.Y. 1999 Veronica in Mss., from New York in Bed, 2001 - present Singing Man from Bodega Blues, Spain 1994 Where God Goes When He Gets Hungry - from Portrait of a City: Guadalajara, 1996. How It Gets Made an ongoing series of photos taken from visits to artist's studios. Included in this survey are the artists Bob Dombrowski, Cari Gonzalez, Pierre Louaver, and Peggy Cyphers. Nobody You Know Corinne/Perpignan 2002; Guillaume, Haiti 1993; Beatriz, El Salvador 1996; Park Bench Man, Guadalajara 1994; Chris Andrews, Lower East Side 1990; Pentelleria, 1994; Above Sans Souci, 1993; Squid on Lower East Side, 1994. Faith & Solidarity - photos taken at the annual Giglio festival in Williamsburg Brooklyn. For more information, see the Where to Go When You Want to Get Lost section. Means of Escape Individual photos are all from separate photo essays. 1 - At Széchényi Baths Budapest, Hungary 2002 2 - Pillow Abstract New York, 1978 3 - Dream Creatures (short fiction) 2002 4 - Gypsy Woman Budapest 2002 5 - Time to Talk, Guadalajara: Portrait of a City 1994 6 - Cave Mouth Passage near Faro Colon Santo Domingo 1990 7 - Detail, Sagrada Familia Barcelona, 1996 8 - Cave Mouth (detail) 1990 9 - Guadalajara: Portrait of a City (detail) 1994 10 - They Stayed Up All Night and Danced at Dawn, Guadalajara, 1994 11 - Hardie St. Martin, translator New York, 1996 12 - Haiti Surprise: Hills above Petionville 1993 13 - Transparent Buildings New York, 1978, 1999 14 - Collage (LV) from NY Raves and Central Park Theater, NY, 1988, 2001 15 - Mermaid Parade Coney Island, 2000 16 - Fountain Magic (detail) 1977 Mutation Lab I used one print from the Fountain Magic series as a cover for a book of mine - a cover with no words, only the image. As soon as I got the book back from the printer I gave in to the temptation to draw on the cover, put other images of mine on top of the kid racing through the fountain, write out parts of the text, and finally to cut out images from magazines and collage them on to the cover. I've made about a hundred so far. Some images in the Mutation Lab are clipped from stock photography in many different magazines. If the photographers contact me I will be happy to supply credit where it is due. Night Walk All images in this section were taken with a digital camera during a night walk in Split, Croatia and Budapest, Hungary, Summer 2002. Snail A short movie for your mind, conceived and directed by Lenara Verle from photos by JG. Eleven images from the rooftop of Castel Sant' Elmo in Naples, Italy. September 2002. Coda Expect changes, as they are surely coming. And get in touch, sooner rather than later. The photographer encourages inquiries and can be reached at jmsgrhm22@gmail.com