Vivienne McMaster: the richness of this present moment.
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Meet Vivienne McMaster, blogger, photographer, passionate soul. I first stumbled upon Vivienne a few years ago when she was embarking upon the 365 Days project with Flickr, which is a year’s worth of self portraits. (How brave is that? Seriously.) After watching her year unfold, I was definitely in love — both with Vivienne’s vivacious spirit, and with her clear, colour-drenched photography.
Now playing with several projects including an on-going self portrait series, arty TTY shots, adorable Holga images, and quirky polariods, Viv is doing the world a service by giving us a a long cold swallow of beauty on a daily basis.
Vivienne had to skip Soulsisters in order to take her sweet ten-year-old traveling companion to Folkfest. While I missed having her at the cabin, I feel like we are all the better for having her take in that world through the viewfinder. How she gets such goregous, lively shots in such a crowded, crazy venue is beyond me — but I’m sure glad she does.
We here at Magpie Girl are lucky enough to preview a sample package of Vivienne’s most recent, color saturated shots. I feel like each one holds a myriad of stories. What captures your fancy in these long cool draughts of lovely? (Click on thumbnail to get their full-sized goodness.)
Vivienne was just robbed and lost her computer, among other treasures. So please support her work by commenting, raving, and purchasing prints. May your world be richer today because you saw it through Vivienne’s lens. Cheers, Viv!
Artist’s Statement:I’m Vivienne, a portrait and fine art photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. My photographic interests are very widespread and I let myself follow the muse to wherever and whatever I’m drawn to photograph. That sometimes makes it hard to pinpoint one specific style or content, but does allow me to be on an endlessly developing and interesting photographic journey.
In my portrait work I strive to help people feel seen, beautiful and playful. My fine art photography gets more whimsical as the months go by and explores both found and created scenarios. I have a great love for bokeh of all sorts, playing with depth of field and am drawn to bold colors, hands holding instruments, and seeing things from unique viewpoints. Presently I’m working on a self-portrait project based on movement, dance, and feeling authentic and centered in my own skin. This often involves lots of twirling, dancing, and being downright silly.
I work in both film and digital and with a variety of vintage and toy cameras. I delve into self-studying photographic history, technique, and work on developing my own style as well as studying photography at a local college in Vancouver. These images are some of my most recent work and more of my work can be found at www.viviennemcmaster.com
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August 10th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
What a wonderful introduction!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
These photos are so inspiring!!! I could drink such loveliness instead of coffee – they’re that electrifying. Thanks for adding some inspiration to my Monday morning in a soul-sucking cubicle :)
August 10th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I discovered Vivienne’s site a few weeks ago and have been loving her daily dose of beauty. The picture of the woman with the feather just draws me in and begs for a storyline. It’s like a sexy New Orleans mime wedding party!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
These photographs are beautiful, just drenched in succulent color!
Inspiring!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Gorgeous photographs, really inspiring. I think I like the first one best, the mysterious feet and hands, like a female pied piper.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
So, so, so beautiful.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Thank you for sharing. Beautiful pictures indeed!
August 10th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Oh yes. Those are lovely, indeed. Thanks for sharing your talent with us! What a treat….
August 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
What a delight to see these on a Monday morning, so sad to hear about the theft …. keep up the magnificent work, it’s truly beautiful!!
Jess
PS – My favorite is also the hands and feet only. LOVE IT!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
So beautiful! I love the feet in the black shoes…it makes you wonder, what is she doing? Dancing? Yoga pose? Thanks for introducing me to a truly fabulous artist!
August 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Lovley, I love photography and wish I could make my works turn out like this. How do you do it? I love them all… So inspiring…
August 11th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
ooh you lovely people! i feel really touched by all of your comments about my work! especially the ideas around the stories that photos tell….i love that about creating images. i may have a tale in mind but they have the potential to spark a whole different tale to someone else!
August 13th, 2009 at 12:40 am
beautiful….
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