Goodbye blog, Hello blog

I started this blog on January 1, 2007 and for 2013 I am making a change. This blog will stay archived here but all new posts can be found here: http://ellenwarfield.tumblr.com/ In the past year 2,372 people saw this blog from 75 countries. Thank you! Come with me over to Tumblr.

back in the publishing world

It's been ages, but I have a few new titles. If you haven't read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I suggest you do so now.

The Moon over Nauset Beach

Maeve, 11-23-12

This should be in the MOMA

Best holiday gifts for New Yorkers

CHEESE CLASSES. do you need to say more

Sud de la France

See a week in the south of France in only 2 minutes!

Sud de la France, October 2012 from Ellen Warfield on Vimeo.

Portrait: Clark Richard Nelson

 a few portraits of my dear old friend, the artist Clark Richard Nelson.  September 2012

Constantly in motion

London, Paris, Provence, San Francisco, New Jersey, Hamptons...all in a month.  So much fun and so much travel.  Remember summer, those lazy days, watching the surf roll in?  Yeah, me neither.  I think the next time I will get a lot of rest will be when Malia Obama is elected president.  I hope your fall has been happy and productive.

This is the beach from the north side of Montauk this past August.

Self-portrait, Gordes, France. October 6, 2012

Shelter Island, Labor Day

Montauk graffiti 8/13/12

Fortmakers: Montauk (outtakes)

Dancing Ties for Fortmakers

I love working with the folks at Fortmakers, because we do things like this.  These amazing ties, handpainted by Naomi Clark, have a life of their own.  We are headed to Montauk this weekend for something even more fun.  Hope your summer is going well.

You can find these ties by contacting Fortmakers or online at Grey Area or End of Century

Flag, South Portland, Maine 7/31/12

How to shuck oysters with Henry French

How to shuck oysters with Henry French from Ellen Warfield on Vimeo.

Dinner Date - July 16, 2012

Sloane

Maria and Sloane

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Do It Yourself July 4th

diy July 4 from Ellen Warfield on Vimeo.

Shelter Island, June 18, 2012

Working Life: Lara Kurtzman of Kelacala Q

Last month I photographed my friend Lara Kurtzman for my ongoing series: Working Life. Lara is the lovely lady behind the jewelry line Kelacala Q, which you may have heard about from just about every magazine in the world (Vogue, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, Fader, Lucky and on and on).

Olga Bell

Recently I had the good fortune to photograph the lovely and talented Olga Bell.  She is a singer/musician I think you are going to hear a lot about soon.  

Summer begins

Mama in the woods

My dear old friends Kara and Henry are having a baby in August. I got to spend a little time with them near the Russian River recently. Can't wait to meet the little peanut.

Fortress to Solitude

It's been quite a month.  I moved recently to a wonderful new space and now I have internet again!  I can get back to my study of cats in boxes, flying lawnmowers and share this exciting bit of news with you: I am a part of the inaugural print offering and show of a new online artists platform, Fortress to Solitude.

"Founded by an active New York-based curator, who is also an artist, Fortress to Solitude is constantly seeking involvement and intellectual contributions from a thriving community of young international art curators. We believe that in building meaningful relationships between curators and artists we can not only offer astounding artworks, but also promote an equitable environment within the art world."

The Bad & The Good

BAD:

- The angry line of women travelers outside the bathroom as it is being cleaned at the airport.
- The ever growing number of steps involved in almost everything. The credit card number itself used to be enough, now there is the additional code and expiration date. The human signature makes no difference.
- The wearing of pajamas in public without shame or fear of stoning.
- The intricacies of street parking in large American cities, with cars dancing like restless hungry squirrels from side to side for a few wasted hours each day, or hopefully, only twice a week.
- The seemingly eternal debate over abortion and a woman's right to choose when to have a baby. At least the right to own property is mine forever.
- Estrogen in the water from millions of women using birth control. It is making all the men write memoirs.
- The ever growing importance of pets.

GOOD:

- The expanding popularity of oysters, especially at happy hour. See also, lobster rolls.
- The inevitable and mercurial rise of the acceptance of same-sex marriage in the United States. I get visions of a world with no orphans.
- The feeling of a hand in yours, walking down a leafy, sleepy street on a spring night.
- The idea that maybe as we drift glumly away from our position as World Leader, maybe we can retire from the post of sherriff.
- The airline stewardess who offers easily to a passenger behind me, "Your eyes light up when you smile."
- The realization that I love my parents more now than I ever did when I really needed them.
- Getting a haircut
- Walking through a graveyard and having no fear of death.
- Dates, wrapped in bacon and stuffed with Manchego cheese

For true love call: 1-800-POP-SHUV

Tom and Gabrielle are getting married! Gonna be some sick nuptials.