turned our tv room into a camera obscura and photographed along the way, to share with my students:

http://cooler.mpora.com/news/summer-place-show-susannah-ray.html

I also got a “f*** yeah” from Desillusion out of France. If only I was radical enough to live up to the endorsement.

http://www.dslmag.com/v4/post.php?inf=photo&id=349

Elisabeth Biondi of the New Yorker highlights Karine Laval’s work in her blog and in the print edition

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/07/summer-shows-part-ii-summer-place.html

the Daily Beast has put up a gallery of work from the show, which includes Karine Laval, me, Liz Lantz, Blair Seagram and others

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-07/summer-photos-by-bonni-benrubi/

other blog notices include

http://driftsurfing.com/blog/?p=6975

http://glenwoodnyc.com/roller/blog/entry/summer_place_at_bonni_benrubi

I really enjoy her work and am very excited we will be showing together at Bonni Benrubi Gallery this summer. Hopefully one day we’ll get to meet in person…

Liz’s project “Sirens” includes landscapes that feel like a living fantasy. Even if you aren’t a surfer you sense the allure of the dramatic cliffs and skies and the call of Thoreau-like isolation.

And when things get more real the fantasy sneaks into mundane objects.

Bonni Benrubi Gallery: Upcoming shows

and here

re-title.com – artist focus newsletter

Some are obscure: “The Return of the Coop,” could have just been called Tim and Rob. But here is where the personal nature of the project intervenes: the giant board, a 10 foot Cooperfish (the Coop), held by the man on the right (Rob, who would later become my husband) had been dry-docked for weeks, needing a serious and complex repair. The two men in the photograph had turned the repair into a Rube Goldberg science project, complete with syringes and laminating resin. Once the board was finally good to go, they took it out for a spin, even though there really were no waves. Right before I took this shot, Tim commanded me, “try not to show how flat it is…” At any rate, the Coop had returned!

Some titles are a real struggle. One of my newest images refuses to be pinned down. One possible title hints only vaguely at the wave’s location, but since I don’t want to get hollered at by the locals, that one is just out. I could call it “Secret Spot,” but the location isn’t that secret. “Double Kegger” could be fun, referring to the two barrel shaped waves peeling off in opposite directions. However, that also calls to mind a frat party so that title won’t stick either. Another option is “Surfed Out,” meaning everyone was surfed out and gone for the day, hence the unridden wave. Still not it though. Finally, there is just the name I’ve been using for the jpeg, “amazing wave,” which is dopey but accurate.

I’ll need to come up with something, but for now I throw my hands up in the air!