Friends!!!!!! Here are some images from the opening reception. You have another chance to see this work, and I so hope you do.
The closing is March 7th
Inspirations Gallery—A program of San Diego Writers, Ink
2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Suite 204, San Diego, CA 92106
Artist Reception: March 7th 6:30-8:30pm
Dear Red, Tell Me Everything
This series of 24 photographs—printed on yard signs and displayed in a gallery that doubles as a writing workshop—captures the fleeting poetry of streets across continents. From Havana to Paris, Lisbon to San Diego, red emerges as the central thread: an anchor, a rhythm, a whisper asking us to pause and notice.
These images freeze moments mid-breath—a couple in a doorway, the bold outline of a motel sign, market stalls alive with color. They transform streets into stages for improvised lives, weaving a shared story across fairytale buildings, ferry boats, northern lights, and painted elephants. Red appears again and again—playful and persistent, a thread connecting distant cities.
The photographs, paired with green grass-like rugs, map the geography of red: in fleeting headlights, vibrant walls, rustling leaves, and familiar strangers. Like yard signs dotting a neighborhood, they blend home and wanderlust, turning the gallery into a space for storytelling and discovery.
Red symbolizes passion, love, courage, and vitality, but also conflict, revolution, and division. In the United States, it carries political weight, tied to ideologies that divide, yet remains a color many seek to reclaim—as a force of unity and humanity.
This work explores the connection between what we see and hear, linking photography, eavesdropping, gossip, and storytelling. It invites viewers to consider how visual and auditory fragments combine to shape narratives.
At its core, Dear Red, Tell Me Everything reflects a kinship between the photographer and the world—between you and these streets. Red begins the conversation. The rest is yours to write.
