Today got another gallery rejection for the "Forgotten Laughter: Families of the Dump" photographs. Their story it seems will never be told after yet another failure on my part to get that job done.
The little boy child below is "Chimiko" he is the young son of the bride and groom. This poor child lives in abject poverty, he has loving parents but not much else. He runs around half naked in the garbage and shits on the ground in front of his lean-too home. I watched one time as his mom used an old CD to pick up his waste and throw it into another part of the dump maybe 20 feet away from where the family slept.
I fucked up once again and yet again failed to tell this child's and the other children's story, the pictures were not good enough to be seen, their stories remains untold. No one gives a fuck and I did not make them care enough to show the work which is the job of all social documentary photographers. Some finacial-food-clothing-work equipment-education etc. help was given to the families through donations. but the project from a photographic level is a failure. As the person who made the pictures that failure falls on me. I let the children, the families and the people of the dump down.
Here is the newest generic rejection email:
Dear Gerry,
Thank you for sending your submission to the Art Gallery of Regina. The selection committee reviewed all submissions from the last deadline. We appreciated the opportunity to view your work. I regret that I can’t book your show at this time. This decision was in no way is a reflection on the quality of your work. We book our exhibition schedule two to three years in advance and have many factors to consider for our programming schedule.
We wish you the best of luck with your project.
----- ---
Director/Curator
Art Gallery of Regina
The little boy child below is "Chimiko" he is the young son of the bride and groom. This poor child lives in abject poverty, he has loving parents but not much else. He runs around half naked in the garbage and shits on the ground in front of his lean-too home. I watched one time as his mom used an old CD to pick up his waste and throw it into another part of the dump maybe 20 feet away from where the family slept.
I fucked up once again and yet again failed to tell this child's and the other children's story, the pictures were not good enough to be seen, their stories remains untold. No one gives a fuck and I did not make them care enough to show the work which is the job of all social documentary photographers. Some finacial-food-clothing-work equipment-education etc. help was given to the families through donations. but the project from a photographic level is a failure. As the person who made the pictures that failure falls on me. I let the children, the families and the people of the dump down.
 |
| Little Chimiko after his cry in the dump, Mae Sot Thailand April-May 2016 |
Dear Gerry,
Thank you for sending your submission to the Art Gallery of Regina. The selection committee reviewed all submissions from the last deadline. We appreciated the opportunity to view your work. I regret that I can’t book your show at this time. This decision was in no way is a reflection on the quality of your work. We book our exhibition schedule two to three years in advance and have many factors to consider for our programming schedule.
We wish you the best of luck with your project.
----- ---
Director/Curator
Art Gallery of Regina
