Studio News: My personal work and research has been rooted in exploring the visual cross sections of fashion and erotic photography by capturing the impact the sexual revolution of the 1960’s had on advertising and in particular magazine publishing, prior to the evolution of digital capture. In my first book of film photography, … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #29 . FAMILY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS . Maybe photography is in the genes. My father was an avid photographer, and my sister and I both got the bug. One of my great uncles, Hank Jewell, was pretty famous as a photographer in southwest Virginia in the late 1800s and early 20th … Read more
Photography and Text by Katie Kerl, Copyright 2018 . BACKLASH, 34 What’s Normal? . In today’s society the motto is “do what makes you happy”, until what makes you happy makes others uncomfortable. Growing up catholic in the suburbs it was ingrained that you cover up, go to college, get married, and you … Read more
. Night Fever: 1977 to 1979 . It was the end of the 1970’s. I was a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, when I discovered an electric atmosphere at a Rochester, New York discotheque called Club 747. The fun and excitement of this unique night club drew me back frequently to make … Read more