2012 LENSCRATCH Hometown Exhibition

2012 LENSCRATCH Hometown Exhibition by Aline SmithsonAugust 27, 2012

This is a 4 part post, after the first two posts, click on “Older Post” to see the last two…

My Home is in my Head by Susan Barnett

Thank you for your wonderful submissions that show us where you came from or where you live now…these insights and interpretations connect us in a meaningful way and truly reflect our international community. Enjoy the last days of summer and thank you so much for reading LENSCRATCH.

Hollis Call, Foggy Morning, Santa Barbara, CA

Kristy Carpenter, Meth Watch, Bronson, MI

Loretta Ayeroff, Fairfax Ave and Third Street, Dedicated to Raymond Chandler, Los Angeles, CA

Bootsy Holler, Tumbleweeds, Richland, WA

Renate Aller, Elbe, Hamburg / Germany

Nancy Baron, Hollywood, #1, Los Angeles, CA

Laura Valenti Jelen, Jonathan, near Crater Lake, OR

I’ve moved around a lot in my life and have never felt that I’ve had a home town. But, this image was taken near my current home in Oregon. The wild spaces in this beautiful state are some of the places I feel most at home.

Garin Horner, 2012.2, Oakwood Cemetary, Adrian, MI

Francisco Arcaute, Loop AM, Chicago, IL

Lori Bell, Fall Vineyard, Santa Maria, CA

Patricia Bender, The House, Somerset, NJ

Robert Welsh, Jimmie and Robbie,

Fanuel Public Housing Projects, Boston MA

Julia Dean, Diner, Broken Bow, NE

Cristian Bassa, 149, Bucharest – Romania

Ellen Jantzen, Gateway to the West, St. Louis, MO

Sally DeFord, Grand Junction Steel, Grand Junction, CO

Valerie Patterson, Ted’s Donuts, Hawthorne, CA

Jamie House, Stranger, Plymouth, UK

Michael Bach. Looking West, Mt. Ida, Troy, NY September 2011

Mariana Bartolomeo, Mam Ethel Tysky, Mission, KS

Kristina Smith, Mt. Carmel Babydoll Dance, Youngstown, OH

Lori Pond, Alice in Wonderland, Inside the Alice in Wonderland ride at Disneyland, Anaheim, CA

Rusty J. Joerin, Ready to Start, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

Stan Raucher, Sevenscore Years Later, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

Laidric Stevenson, BANG! – Grassy Knoll, Dallas, Tx

Daniel Rozmiarek, Medic, Bel Air, MD

Bruce Martin, Rip Van Winkle watches over Catskill, Catskill, New York

Mark Peterman, Intersections, Lansing, MI

Diana Zlatanovski, Wicker Park at Night, Chicago, IL

Mary Economidy, Lonesome Whistle, Wichita Falls, TX

Carol S. Dass, It’s Nice Here!, Aunt Lucy’s Doll House, Columbia, MO

George E. Holroyd III, No. 2 from the series 33 Meters Squared, Paris, France

Maja Pilipovic, TransAmerica Building, San Francisco, CA

Yvette Meltzer, The Heart of Chicago, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois

Born and raised in Chicago, I returned after 21 years of living in other locales. In 45 years of living in the city I have always been within an easy walk of the lakefront. Lake Michigan and the lakefront parks are for me the heart of the city.