Moira McDonald Photography

hyacinth with amaryllis and meyer lemons

2010-05-28T21:08:00.000-07:00

california foothill

2010-05-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

it felt like summer though its raining again.

2010-05-25T17:29:00.001-07:00

your best revenge is to live well, take risks, save up money and chase your perfect happiness.

my bedroom gets the most amazing gold light

2010-04-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

bedroom polaroid, expired 669 film

new years beach walk

2010-01-01T16:35:00.000-08:00

Charlie at Mori Point

pier with gull

Hey Brooklyn, come see my work.

2009-09-06T16:46:00.000-07:00

I'd Like to Teach the World to Play...!

Dianne Bowen, Marcy Brafman, Jennifer Burbank, Amy Chaiklin
Vincent Ciniglio, Barrie Cline, Katherine Daniels, Linda Griggs
Moira McDonald, Mary Ann Strandell, Meggan Thompson

September 11 - October 31, 2009
Reception: Friday, Sept 11, 6-9 PM

BROOKLYN ARTILLERY
Castle Braid Apartments

114 Troutman Street
Brooklyn NY 11206

Sunset with golden grasses

2009-07-28T16:39:00.000-07:00

Summer in Mendocino.
Polaroid sx-70

I'm needing more long days on golden hills, this one was too fleeting.

pacifica summer

2009-07-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

this film made it from manhattan to turkmenistan to jersey to california is expired and made me happy.

new picture

2009-04-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

foothill with poppies
new work, April 2009

This is the first constructed photograph I have made in over a year... Since "Along the Dog Fence" was pronounced finished. There are other factors: lack of a 4x5 camera, lack of film, and probably the need of a break. Making this though, the process was comfortable, easy and satisfying. I used my slr680 to photograph the construction, rather than my usual bellow intense 4x5 methods...

2009-04-13T19:51:00.000-07:00

"When you see the best picture I took of you, for example, you will know a little bit more, not just about yourself, but also about me. The fact that I could see you the way I did should be a comforting thing to you, because you know that a nebulous feeling you have about yourself, something you like about yourself, is transferable to someone else."

-Edwin Land

website launch!

2009-02-25T11:24:00.000-08:00

moiramcdonald.com

picturing the desert

2009-02-11T22:51:00.000-08:00

Telephone Wires to Death Valley
Polaroid 2008

I took this photograph outside of death valley during the "Polaroid Farewell Tour" 2008. We had a pile of film and endless landscape. It was a beautiful trip, I miss the light. I want to get back to the desert and listen to the quiet. I don't know why my film acted so amazingly off during this trip. Probably because the light was so bright, and the cooler lost its cool half way through the first day. Not that I'm complaining. With all the control I muster for my image making, these were pleasant surprises and an exercise in letting go.

Salt Flats outside Death Valley
Polaroid 2008
(looking left of the previous image. you can see a tinge of telephone wire in the upper left of the image...)

In other news, Peter sent me a pile of film that arrived yesterday so I'm looking forward to not being afraid of wasting my film for a few weeks. exciting.

this afternoon i crept the coast for storm clouds and peeking sun

2009-02-05T21:29:00.001-08:00

Storm clouds leaving San Gregorio
Polaroid, feb 2009

Princeton by the sea pier/
thinking about my dad
polaroid, feb 2009

i hadnt shot polaroid film for months... i miss it already though i have boxes of film waiting for me. as i loaded my camera i told erik i didn't know what i would do without it. it just feels right. i have shot rolls and rolls of film, havent gotten them developed and am completely disinterested. my fingers are crossed for the impossible project. really, really, crossed. even if i get to work the assembly myself and am forced to get in touch with my inner lavernne...

winter, moving, living

2009-01-26T18:32:00.000-08:00

all i want to do is make things with my hands and stare out a big window into the trees, the clouds and the weather.
i'm tired and feeling displaced. it's cold, clear and dark with a slight chance of cumulus.

2009-01-03T12:36:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009
New Year/ Eviction Party

2008-12-16T01:22:00.000-08:00

The North Coast
Polaroid, 2007

Charlie Day

2008-12-07T16:07:00.000-08:00

When Charlie first arrived

new flash, news flash

2008-10-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Erik and Charlie at home
Potrero Hill, CA
October, 2008

i got a new flash system for my canon dslr- a big purchase but i need it for.... my first red carpet! i'm getting ready to shoot the MILK red carpet at the castro theater for The Onion Media Source. Really exciting and it's only a 5 minute walk from my house.

summer loving

2008-10-04T19:03:00.000-07:00

Peter at the Salton Sea
June 2008

I'm wishing it was the beginning of the summer again. I miss the days getting longer. Longer, more golden light , warm breezes, and roadtrips. It felt fresher, now things seem colder.

It's a Hometown Life.

2007-08-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

My house is quiet now. Everyone is gone. Its Thursday and I cleaned all the evidence out of the Sanch. Miriam and Nicole left around the same time. It was nice having some of the people I love the most around for a little while. But, the house is quiet now, and its not as comfortable this way as it was before their visit.

Jav Heinz! at the Parkside

Saturday afternoon after the beer garden.
A smile so genuine you almost forget hes insane.

Dave in Javier's Dad's car.
280North
somewhere between San Jose and San Francisco

Laura outside of Piedmont on the Haight.
Monday afternoon.
after a morning of Jack Daniels in bed.

Nicole in front of Javier's flat.
Saturday afternoon.
he just hit her in the leg.

My life will pick up its own sound in a few weeks, so I know I won't notice it as much soon.

but, i miss them.