Author Archives: Frances

Elements of R and V

Dan is showing some drawings at the Elf Parlor in North Adams on Thursday, October 14. Please come.

Hollis Brown Thornton

VHS permanent marker on paper 22 1/2 x 30 inches hbt10-p020 2010 Check out his website for more. via

Baby White Lion

via Flickr user floridapfe

Ten Years

What my website looked like ten years ago: 2001 2002 Obviously the year I was unemployed — there were more permutations, but I’ll spare you. 2003 More soon.

All the Food is Poison

I Love You New York

Shortly after this photo was taken I had to put on my sunglasses because I got so sad about not living in Brooklyn. My eyes were all red and weepy and my coffee was wobbling on my knees. It was pathetic.

I Haven’t Got a Stitch to Wear

There’s no photographic proof, but one year in college — it was either freshman or sophomore year — I dressed as Morrissey for Halloween. It was a sexually indeterminate time: I had a boyfriend back at home who visited on weekends, and a girlfriend whose dorm room was a strange and somehow comforting place. So [...]

Wet

Just when we thought winter was over.

Paws and Boots

North Pond

North Pond Trailer from Timothy Nazzaro on Vimeo. I came across the trailer for a film made here in North Adams by a fellow New York transplant. I don’t know him, but the trailer is lovely, and his photography is beautiful. There’s a screening of the film on Saturday at Images Cinema, if you’re local.