Angela Fama is no stranger to Sad Mag. Her images have been featured in several issues, most notably the (unprecedented) 10-page fashion spread in the Suburbia issue launching this fall. We love her. This love and admiration is not limited to an affection for her work alone–we relish in sitting down with Fama on a semi-monthly basis to hear about her new fixations and the new projects+ideas she is sizzling over.
During our most recent brain-sizzle, she described a photography project that will take her across North America in a pop-up photo studio to capture micro-expressions elicited by subtle questioning about the nature of love. As Fama outlines, “What Is Love will reveal through comparative photography the strength and beauty of vulnerability that can be found within all adults, regardless of age, nationality, income, sexual orientation or gender.”
It’s about community. We’re into that.
With our Movement issue on the horizon for this winter, we want to throw the weight of our summer carb-intake behind a project we believe in, and encourage you to do the same. Want to help an extremely talented local photographer create a body of work that explores a universal human emotion? We thought so. Check out her kickstarter campaign here and stayed tuned for updates on her progress. If you’re independently wealthy and want to be featured in Fama’s book, you can pledge $1500 and receive a 2-hour “What is Love” session for your friends and family. Your face might just end up in a book. Just sayin’.
www.angelafama.com
http://www.wabisabibutterfly.com/
Taken shamelessly from Fama’s project page:
ANSWERS TO A FEW Q’S YOU MIGHT HAVE
Q: WHY SHOULD YOU FUND THIS PROJECT?
A: My Kickstarter goal is researched and set for how much is needed for the motorhome/pop-up studio itself and including funder’s rewards.
The rest of the costs and other expenses (gas, camera, equipment, food, emergency) are covered through hopefully some grant funding and definitely through personal savings I have been building this past year and will continue to build this coming year.
I have to ask YOU, my community, to help me build this project, it cannot happen any other way. The collaboration begins here!
Q: WHY SO LONG A WAIT?
A: I have to prepare. If the funding goal is met, I will purchase a Class-C “pre-loved” Motorhome and create the pop-up studio.
I have PR, marketing and conversations to continue creating with social media, radio stations, magazines, national and local newspapers, locations, events, festivals and volunteers.
Q: WHY MAY?
May is Sexual Assault Awareness month, the perfect date to officially begin this adventure. It is also the beginning of the two months both Joel and I have committed solely to this project.
Q: HOW CAN I LEARN ABOUT THE JOURNEY AS YOU GO?
A: I can be abundantly found on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and/or my blog. Once the project “officially” begins, I will update these daily with stories, thoughts and/or images.
Q: CAN I BE A PART OF IT?
A: Yes of course! Both here on Kickstarter and on www.wabisabibutterfly.com. I will have locations listed with corresponding dates, addresses and times.
??Q: DRIVE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA IN A MOTORHOME?!? EWWW! AREN’T YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECO-FOOTPRINT YOU’LL BE LEAVING BEHIND??
A: YES! ?I intend to DIY the motorhome to be as eco-friendly as a “pre-loved” motorhome can be. In addition to solar paneling for the interior electricity that will recharge my photo gear between locations, I will be looking into rain harvesting, wind energy and composting toilets.