Two fluffy cats live under a bridge in the center of Florence. Arnie and Soot are real live cats! They spend their days resting in the sun on a thin ledge just above the lapping waters of the Arno River or you might see them peak their heads out of a large hole in the buttress of the Ponte alle Grazie.
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I Never Stop: A Memoir of Bedriska Schlesinger Mandl
Elfriede Bedriska mandl. I never stop tells the story of an heroine. Described by the writer Kate McBride, it is the biography of one of the few ones who survived to the Shoah when it was a paradox also just supposing the possibility. Bedriska, who was born in Brno (Czech Republic), really never stopped. Sister of many siblings, so loved by her parents, she will be mother of herself and her sons. They will be given birth, though, in USA, where the woman moves after a short break in Paris.
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An interactive engagement with the people of the Pinocoteca Brera Museum in Milan, Italy through the powerful on site portraits by James O’Mara. The employees of the museum chose a work or architectural detail to speak about and also told us about their birthplace, their role at and time commitment to the museum. myBrera expands as people join the institution. Continue reading
MALASPINA PRINTMAKERS Artist’s Cooperative Vancouver, BC
As a member of Malaspina Printmakers Artist’s Cooperative my work is available through the archive at the gallery and online. Continue reading
SELF-MADE by Gianfranco Villegas
Spring 2018 Campaign shot on location near Florence, Italy.
Photography by JAMES O’MARA.
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HERMON MEHARI Album Cover
O’MARA MCBRIDE design with photography by James O’Mara for jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari. Continue reading
COLIN JAMES Album Cover
O’MARA MCBRIDE design with photography by James O’Mara for recording artist Colin James.
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BathFace Stories
A small book of Polaroid images accompanied by short stories.
Excerpt from portman place . . .
“The telephone operator who answered the toll free enquiry mentioned that she had a friend who had a friend with a place in Marlybone that just might have a room over the upcoming busy weekend.“
ACCIDENTLY ON PURPOSE Exhibition Paris, France La Chambre Claire Librairie Galerie Photographie 01.24.15 – 03.01.15
La Chambre Claire Library and gallery of photography presents the Polaroid and poetic work of Kate McBride in her first Paris exhibition. Continue reading
MALASPINA MEMBERS SUMMER EXHIBITION 2015
A Group Show at Malaspina Printmakers, Granville Island through September 27. The selected image was shot on Polaroid Spectra film in Tuscany, Italy. The image accompanies a poem called ‘Forgotten Moments.’ Continue reading
BATH FACES Exhibitions Current & Past
I see Bath Faces in the wound up hoses of hotel room tubs. I take instant photos of them and give them names. They inhabit stories invented in this state of repose. A set of twelve Bath Faces was shown at La Chambre Claire in Paris in February of 2015 and four are now part of the 35th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain taking place June 27 to September 30th. The Polaroid Spectra images were scanned and then printed on very thin Japanese paper and chine colle on thick Italian cotton paper. The captions were typed on my Good Companion typewriter and then chine colle on top at the end. The frames were built in Florence, Italy. The edition is 10. A set of 12 archival print constructions, framed, is 1000 Euros.
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Maria Cassi Teatro Verdi
MUSEUM PORTFOLIO
Article on the work of the Palazzo Strozzi. Continue reading