Home Is Where the Art Is: palmea, cryingboy, and friends, aka, Pamela Bannos and her dog Buddy, and Dan Estabrook and his cat Bunny.

Pamela Bannos and Dan Estabrook are fine-art photographers as well as being Fotologgers. They’ve been friends and colleagues for more than a decade and have occasionally exhibited work in the same shows. So we thought it would be fun and instructive to get them to chat about the vagaries of the art process, and the ways in which their online experiences are affecting their professional work. And we also just wanted to show lots of pictures of Buddy and Bunny. Enjoy.

palmea: Hi Dan. Okay. I’ve always thought of my Fotolog pictures and “palmea” as my alter-ego. Fotolog fascinated me as I lurked about for a year before joining. I think I remember cryingboy, but didn’t know it was you for quite some time. Jenni Holder first told me about the site in May 2003, in reference to her sister Laura’s subway photographs. It was a pretty different place then. It appeared to be a really vital tight-knit international community. In May 2004, I did a presentation for the “American Urban Photography Symposium” and featured lauratitian and mashuga. Less than two weeks later, I gave in and opened an account. I’ve been posting goofy pictures of my dog Buddy and random snapshots

ever since. Up until very recently I have been careful to stay anonymous, not wanting to confuse these pictures with my “serious” work.

How is it that you landed on Fotolog?

cryingboy: I, too, got started by the Holders, whom I’ve known for ages! It seems a long time ago now that I started my cryingboy account, when Fotolog was in its infancy.
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Posted By along on February 13, 2007 in F/F Interview

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