graeme mitchell

When I first moved to NYC I lived on the couch of a wonderful friend’s apt for a month while looking for a place. After much searching and anxiety over something I’d never wish upon anyone (finding a place in NYC, that is), I found and moved to a work/live space in Bushwick, Brooklyn – corner loft, converted factory, very old, the most beautiful natural light I’d ever shot indoors (remember: corner light). The problem was that it would be a slight exaggeration to say the space wasn’t comfortable living wise, even by NYC standards, so I moved to a tiny apt on the Lower East Side. Reasoning being: I’m in NY, so I should at least live in the city once, right? And I did have a blast downtown, but living there, well, suffice to say I turned around and realized I was dizzy and old b/c I’d forgot to eat/sleep/stop-twitching for 6 months. You know what I mean? It was time for a change. So as many plot lines do, I came full circle, and as of yesterday I reside once again in Brooklyn, much to my excitement and sanity. There’s no reason behind me sharing this at all except I hope to have more clarity to consider work now.

I shot this diptych as a gift for the girl who was kind enough to let me overtake her couch for a month…she had to have color, and she’s a fellow brooder, so I thought these fitting, even if it’s not something I’d of usually shot.

photo: wayside motel, panel 1, ©Graeme Mitchell, 2005

photo: wayside motel, panel 2, ©Graeme Mitchell, 2005

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