Now that I got the scent of this place I plan on doing yearly submissions, maybe a couple a year till I get in. It has always been a dream of mine to be shown at the AGA. Other dreams have come true in the last few years so why not this, besides I have an advantage this is a Alberta artists only space, which cuts down on the competition. The real goal is to get into the main parts of the gallery and have a major show but lets do this one baby step at a time. It should be fun creating work with the goal of this gallery in mind.
This gallery is sponsored by the RBC (Royal Bank Of Canada), so not sure they will want to show anything as controversial as portraits of sex workers but I need to try. I plan on doing more work on the "Peoples Project" this year so hopefully I can make a submission of the work to the AGA in 2012, that might be more palatable for them. I also want to continue to photograph in the Klong Toey slum. I probably have enough photographs to do a submission for that series now but if I go back and continue to work the project will only improve.
Thinking lately of doing a series of heads called "The Children of Klong Toey". Next trip I will take the 4x5 and do head-shots of Klong Toey children (with limited depth of field). I think this project might make an excellent submission to this Gallery. I can still see in my minds eye the children on the tracks, see their smiles, their curiosity, and their hope. I want to go and make individual portraits of these same children.
