by Kathryn Van Aernum | Feb 16, 2018 | black and white, black and white friday, photography
A few weeks ago the world was buzzing about the supermoon–blue moon–red moon–-and some other amazing quality moon. Some of you know that I am a big fan of photographing the moon, starting out years ago with just a modest point-and-shoot digital camera I had my first... by Kathryn Van Aernum | Jul 8, 2015 | photography
I encountered this burial ground in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina this past weekend. It was an interesting experience in light of recent events. The marker was old and faded and the presence of the flag next to it didn’t offend me the way it has... 
by Kathryn Van Aernum | Sep 5, 2014 | beach, black and white, black and white friday, Charleston, photography
There is so much to say about my experience last weekend shooting in the low country. Yes, I loved it, but I really had to get out of my own way to align with what was my actual experience vs the dream I had held about it. In your fantasy, there are never things like... 
by Kathryn Van Aernum | May 23, 2014 | black and white, black and white friday, diner, Norfolk VA, photography
Do-Nut Dinette ©Kathryn Van Aernum In the process of cleaning out my studio, I came across this photograph that is probably 30 years old. I shot it in a neighborhood called Ghent in Norfolk, VA. There used to be a greasy spoon called the Do-nut Dinette. The restaurant... 
by Kathryn Van Aernum | Mar 7, 2014 | black and white, graffiti, Paris, photography
Leaving Gare L’est train station in Paris to Reims, the outer surroundings are plastered with graffiti, which I love. What is it about trains and their surroundings that turn them into canvases for graffiti artists worldwide? This could easily be the Bronx.... 
by Kathryn Van Aernum | Jan 11, 2013 | black and white, black and white friday, Henri Cartier-Bresson, i-phone, photography
The Vagabond ©Kathryn VanAernum “To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.” –Henri Cartier-Bresson in his... 
