It’s a girl!

Written By Terrell Lamar Green

My project, Stolen Hours, is coming along very well, still I have so many more pictures to make. There will be around 45 pictures total for the master collection. The mid-collection will have 20 to 30, while the intimate collection will have 15 to 20. Of course, the differences in the amount of photographs in the collection are to accommodate any exhibit space size, whether a coffee shop or a museum. My point is I have made 20 pictures so far but then…

So yes I am burying the lead, lol. Without further ado: I have a beautiful baby girl who will be arriving from the Spirit realm by Autumn’s end. I will expound on my little mama in another entry at a later time. For now, I want to share the gospel (god-spell; good news) that has come forth from my manifestation practice.

I have experienced, in the past, some things that had me questioning my godhood, my god-being, my inherent power as a god. However, the gospel of my daughter’s pending arrival has proven and affirmed my knowledge of Self; and it has poured more pneumatic fuel on a fire that was already burning brightly.

Lesson learned: Be a tree. Let the dead leaves drop.

I’ve given a lot of energy to maternity concepts, newborn photo ideas, and documenting life during this time—all of which inspire me and provide an opportunity to practice techniques I want to deploy in making the remaining concept pictures for Stolen Hours.

I say that to say: Stolen Hours is being made in the spirit of the ancestors, my Bamileke heritage, love, light, and occult wisdom. Parenthetically, now it has the spirit of the sweetest surprise one could have ever imagined, a child.

I am excited to share the Stolen Hours collection with you. Until then, I am pacing myself because I am symbolically and, too, literally knocked off my feet by the gospel that said: “It’s a Girl!”

Terrell Lamar Green

What is a Terrell Lamar picture? A Terrell Lamar image is about storytelling, intent, also angles, composition and layers, lightscapes, the minutiae, but ultimately, a picture made by me carries the essence of the subjects. My pictures evoke, at least I hope they do, a visual conversation, something compelling enough and simple enough that one looks at it and without knowing is captivated, and there you have it—a Terrell Lamar piece.

I hope that my brand of photography is seen as a carrier of the essence of the true and living encounter with the work of art in which a picture I make depicts. Simply put: I want my work to be seen as more than a commodity, more than something that has reproducibility. I want my pieces to engender a curiosity about the possibilities of how to read a language of art, in this case - visual art.

The process I follow of making a picture is really a study of phenomenology. It's an effort to convey the true and living experience of the human from his or her own first-hand knowing. I harbor a great affinity for Black culture, its values, interests, and principles; its customs, folklore, and rituals. The richness and depth of Black life is, in and of itself, a phenomenon.

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