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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Photo Show Sold Out!

Posted by Jenny

The Obscurae show appears to have been taking up all my time based on my most recent posts...what you can’t tell is that I was also hanging drywall, juggling plumbing/gas/heating, insulating the house, and all around working my ass off at the same time.

lottery Thankfully Jodi was a super hero and Ryan flew in from the west coast just in time to drag me away from the house. The last few days were madness, in an amazingly fun way. It was great to see all of the photos find homes in the unique frames and then transition to their places on the walls.

We had a great turnout on Friday night, and despite the snow on Saturday the lottery was a lot of fun. We postponed the start of the lottery after hearing about the bad driving conditions. When it started, there were around 50 tickets active in the lottery with even more picking out their pieces later that night.

After lottery ticket holders had chosen their pieces we opened up the remaining pieces for purchase that night—and the show sold out! Photos in the show, plus some new pieces, are available in the online gallery and frames will be coming soon.

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Braddock, PA

Braddock is an urban 'burb of Pittsburgh that has been drawing in DIY types willing to put their time and energy into making this a better place for everyone here. We heard about it in January 2008 from a friend of a friend whose brother had moved to Braddock in December. We made it here for a visit in February and were back for good in March. It's an almost empty town somehow full of energy.

This site is a story of our journey to and within Braddock ... "what follows is a story; one version only of the many possible narratives that could be told of these events." (Kolko & Reid, 1998)