Dear Blog,

I'm sorry I've been absent lately. I've given most of my news attention to my facebook fan page. Please forgive me for neglecting you. 
Love, 
Margo 

A woman's silent history

Tanya Bello, a dancer who I photographed, received a grant to start her own dance company called Project B. Her dance company is performing at the Garage on Howard @ 6th on May 10 & 11. She asked me to collaborate and create artwork inspired by her concept of Moveable Feast that will hang in the lobby before the show. I created some images as my interpretation of her concept. The actual images are printed on a very delicate and transparent chinese crinkled chiffon. 

They dont know how beautiful they are

Haramara Yoga Retreat

Best thing I've ever done for myself. So fortunate to be able to have gone, and to have met an incredible group of people. Thank you! 

Betty Does

Bettydoes.com is a fantastic online magazine that features creative and interesting women we want to know about. I just shot my first interview with them, and they've officially deemed me a Betty! Check out the interview and website. 

Hope Mohr

The Hope Mohr dancers were beautiful to work with and Hope was a great director/collaborator. I found a happy moment sitting on the studio floor, legs sprawled out in second, camera in hand, throwing out ideas with innovative, open dancers. Thank you Hope for finding me. 

Retrofit Republic

Working with these girls was a blast - motivated, creative, and moving forward! It was inspirational and collaborative, and they were into me shooting it with the bessa. Enjoy the lookbook here! 

Costa Rica

First Exposures, beautiful mistakes

Great advice, thank you T.

Confidently follow your muse. It should serve you well.

SF Chronicle

Arts of Fashion runway images made it into SF Chronicle today! 

Chile with Bessa

What struck me most about Chile is the importance of family, friends, and going with the flow. Keep it simple, and don't stress about things that don't matter. Thank you beautiful people for such a warm welcome. 

Backstage of the runway show

I can't deny it.. I love my bessa and I shoot differently with it. 

Arts of Fashion Runway Show

Shooting the Arts of Fashion/Art Institute runway show at the Bently Reserve last night was great. Not always easy to keep up with those quick models, but there were some incredible designs on the runway! 

In a private home

Thank you Cynthia for displaying my work in your gorgeous home! I'm honored to be amongst your incredible pieces of art! 

Tanya Bello

Tanya was so great to work with - she has such a beautiful quality of movement that is at the same time lifted but rooted, stable but full of release. Very elegant. Thank you Tanya. 

For a Happy French Scorpion

"Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in 'sadness,' or 'joy,' or 'regret.' Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, 'the happiness that attends disaster.' Or: 'the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy.' I'd like to show how 'intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members' connects with 'the hatred of mirrors that begins with middle age.' I'd like to have a word for 'the sadness inspired by failing restaurants' as well as for 'the excitement of getting a room with a minibar.' "
- Jeffrey Eugenides from Middlesex


Great passage that hits the nail on the head. So true that these terse words hardly invoke the feelings they claim to. His more complex versions conjure up much more truth about feelings!  

I have a book!

Just released my exhibition book from the Exquisite Abandon series I showed at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach and 625 Gallery in San Francisco! You can own it for $45. Preview and order the book HERE. 

ODC Architecture of Light

This was a great performance where odc made the audience move through the great new building. It felt much more like a conversation rather than a static one-sided performance. 

DWELL

Tanya B. just told me she found my images on dwell.com! Check out the slideshow.