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Sálongo Lee
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Limited Editions, How Many?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tony Walters Mar 7. 17 Replies

Recently I was asked about what size a limited edition should be, which brought back memories of some very lively discussion on a art photography forum. After much discussion and research I believe…Continue

Conversations With Sculptor Richmond Barthé

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 February 22, 1981 I had a rare opportunity to spend an about an hour with Richmond Barthé just before he was honored at the Peachtree Hotel in Atlanta Georgia. He was returning to America after…Continue

New blog Post: What Makes One A Professional Photographer?

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It's a rainy Sunday here on the bluffs above the Mississippi and I'm listening to "Music From The Coffee Lands". It's music from across the world and various culture with one thing in common. The…Continue

Do Photographs Lie? From My January 2nd Blog Post

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Happy New Year To You All,In a recent reply to a discussion I started on another artist forum ask "Photography Is It Art?", this statement was in a reply: "Photography does not lie! It is ‘recorded…Continue

 

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Willie Middlebrook , A Master Visionary Has Left Us.

Hello,My wife an I were away doing a this weekend doing an art festival when we learned that a good friend, mentor and master artist left us this weekend. Willie Middlebrook a photographer who had vision, the skills and the will to create art that was truly from his third eye. He was stranger at first whose work I was in awe of and then he became a friend and a mentor whose work I'm still in awe of but have been inspired by his vision.The last few years he and had become closer and talked quite…See More
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Thanks and I still need a few more cameras

Just wanted to say thanks to those who responded to my call for cameras for the kids. One camera has arrived and another is on the way. I'm planning this program to run for a total of 6 weeks and will be working hard to get kids from the Black community involved.I'll be offering some scholarships for the workshop fee and I can still use some more cameras.If any one has an old digital P&S with a zoom lens and you're going to send it to the thrift shop or Goodwill send it to me for my:Summer…See More
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Thanks and I still need a few more cameras

Just wanted to say thanks to those who responded to my call for cameras for the kids. One camera has arrived and another is on the way. I'm planning this program to run for a total of 6 weeks and will be working hard to get kids from the Black community involved.I'll be offering some scholarships for the workshop fee and I can still use some more cameras.If any one has an old digital P&S with a zoom lens and you're going to send it to the thrift shop or Goodwill send it to me for my:Summer…See More
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Edwin Boone commented on Sálongo Lee's blog post I Knew Purvis Young Before He Was Famous!
"Thank you Salongo, you are the voice of sanity in the loud river of ignorance which we are drowning in, and since no one can hear our cries as we are pulled under, the problem becomes generational. For each self taught artist success story there are…"
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Jesse Johnson commented on Sálongo Lee's blog post I need some cameras for some kids!1
"on ebay i purchased a new 16mb digital camera for $9.99 it is on its way let me know when it arrives "
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"kimmberly, Thank you and if you ever need help with a project please call me. Sálongo"
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Willie Middlebrook , A Master Visionary Has Left Us.

Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:00pm 4 Comments

Hello,

My wife an I were away doing a this weekend doing an art festival when we learned that a good friend, mentor and master artist left us this weekend. Willie Middlebrook a photographer who had vision, the skills and the will to create art that was truly from his third eye. He was stranger at first whose work I was in awe of and then he became a friend and a mentor whose work I'm still in awe of but have been inspired by his vision.

The last few years he and had become…

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Thanks and I still need a few more cameras

Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:29am 0 Comments

Just wanted to say thanks to those who responded to my call for cameras for the kids. One camera has arrived and another is on the way. I'm planning this program to run for a total of 6 weeks and will be working hard to get kids from the Black community involved.

I'll be offering some scholarships for the workshop fee and I can still use some more cameras.

If any one has an old digital P&S with a zoom lens and you're going to send it to the thrift shop or Goodwill send it…

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I need some cameras for some kids!1

Posted on April 19, 2012 at 2:07am 5 Comments

Hi Art Friends & Art Lovers,



I have an opportunity to put together a 9 week summer photography program for students 11-18 years of age. I know that there are many in my community that have kids they would love to see in the program and have limited funds/no camera, especially a digital camera.



I'm going to offer some scholarships for the truly needy and would like to provide cameras to those that have no camera to use during the program and to be used again if I can…

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Life Is Funny Art Is Serious

Posted on April 8, 2012 at 1:58am 1 Comment

Friends,



I got a call last night that a good friend, mentor and artist had a stroke on Friday. Now I just had a call that another good friend, former student and artist has just given birth to her second child a baby girl. The strange and wonderful thing is that my 2 good friends are also good friends and are in the same hospital. My two friends are younger than me, one has been a mentor to me and I have been a mentor to the other and we have all inspired each other as artists and…

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At 9:17am on September 19, 2010, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier said…
Somewhere around that time. I was taking painting from Amos Johnson.
At 3:15am on August 19, 2010, Hershell West said…
Hi Salongo, Thanks for the invite to check out this incredible site. Are you joining us for the 15th Anniversary TAOLB? We look to kick off the process next month and I'm hoping you'll grace us again with your stellar work. Hope all is well.
At 2:58pm on August 14, 2010, Michael Massenburg said…
Hey you invited me to this and you havn't posted anything. Whats Up? LOL.
 
 
 

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