ALL THE CLUTTER OF MY LIFE… (www.michelleford.ca)

March 16, 2010

Mexican Fever.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 4:45 pm

Spring fever is in the air and I am now in the midst of re-building my entire website. (A process that seems to be taking about 5 weeks longer than planned) This means I have been spending the last few days going through thousands of photos that I have taken over the last several years. It also means I have come across a lot of old photos I forgot about until now, often making me rather nostalgic in the process. Here are a bunch from my trip to Mexico with Fan Death last year that i forgot about.

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March 15, 2010

Heather Martin.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 5:11 pm
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A ways back in October Mish and I came together for our very first collaboration. Together, her writing and me photographing, we met up with Heather Martin of Mono to create a story for Hearty Magazine.
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you  can check out the story and pictures of the amazingly talented designer, Heather HERE.
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February 18, 2010

let the sun shine in.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 4:29 am

On Monday I photographed my dear friend Daniel McRorie’s moccassins.

with the amazing help of Mila’s styling and the lovely and talented Dasha (of Liz Bell) here are is a quick sneak peek (i’m hoping to get my new website up and going in a week. you can see the cream of the crop on there….)

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February 5, 2010

good morning 2010.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 4:03 am

lately:

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les ramsay.

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jacqueline lane came fora visit all the way from toronto.
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HERE is NOW show
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I got photograph brad phillips. he is a wonderful artist.
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such an amazing apartmen.
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full rainbow sighting on main st.
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jill invited us all to karaoke!
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meow.
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jody and i were reunited after 5 months of seperation. (i don’;t know the girl in the back)
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this week maya and graham left for mexico for forever, ok not forever

but several months. this was our final family pow wow till their return.

January 26, 2010

self portrait.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 5:01 pm

I don’t have to many photos of myself these days… nor really from the past, come to think about it. Even as a photographer I very rarely take the time to do any self portraits. As much as I love a nice photo of myself as the next person I hate being in front of the camera (also I had no idea how to work the self timer on my hasselblad till today) and get and overwhelming feeling of self indulgence when i part take in a photograph the centers me. (you know the same kind of guilt after you eat a delicious piece cheesecake)..bla bla bla… long jabber short, i had to submit a self portrait for the HERE is NOW zine they are printing so today got myself dolled up in my favourite blanket to find an adequate photo to submit.
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January 17, 2010

HERE is NOW

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 3:01 pm

A few weeks back my friend Derek asked me to be part of a show called HERE is NOW. Some of my close and very talented friends are also in it. You should probably come and hang out and have a drink. Its on Friday January 29th at The Chapel.

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January 15, 2010

My nearest and dearest.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 4:22 am

For the past week I have been blessed with the presence of one of my longest and dearest friends, Jacqueline Lane. Jacque is currently finishing her grad project at OCAD and asked me to photograph a part of her work. here are a few snaps I took of her while she was visiting.

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January 7, 2010

new additions.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 7:00 pm

cactus mobile.

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December 31, 2009

and that’s a wrap.

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 2:12 pm

Today is the very last day of the first decade of the new millennium. 2010. Imagine that. My dearest friend/upstairs neighbor/co-worker/everything in between, Mish, wrote an entertaining A-Z 2009 article for Hearty, and although my life is far from the glamours of 2009’s pop culture gossip, I decided to post a ‘best-of’ Michelle Ford’s 2009.

.I spent the better half of this morning sitting in front of iphoto (yes i use iphoto, religiously at that)  trying to narrow down a collection of photos that would sum up 2009. This past year was probably one of my most important years for my “self discovery”. Good times were had, mistakes were made,  overwhelming sadness and paralyzing amounts of joy, turning 25, falling out of love, falling into love with everything around me, death, life, home is where your heart is, the family, my family, the west and the east, bk, soul mates, moving days, make(made)overs and at last a place to call home.
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January: I shot my first feature for PIG with Fan Death.
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February:  was a very long month.
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March: I use to call this place home once upon a time (palmdale, California)
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April: I moved to the big apple. Jody had a birthday. And chad dressed up as Karl Lagerfeld.
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May: I turned 25 and spent most of my time on this roof top with Jody
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June: I got homesick and went back vancouver. we spent the longest days

of the year watching the sun set on pasely island.
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July: Leah came to visit. we drove to Chicago and camped in Ohio.
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August: Things finally started to come together, just in time for me to leave.
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September: I found home again.
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October: I found family again (tony x took this)

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November: When i wouldn’t leave my home, they came to me.

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                                                      December: These are the days. I probably replace this photo with

                                                                  christmas photo once i get them developed.

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December 16, 2009

“Home is home, be it ever so humble”

Filed under: blah blah blah blahg blog. — michelle. @ 4:32 pm
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Finally found my dream hudson bay point blanket courtesy of Mr Lee’s.

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(shot on polaroids)

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