Imagined Worlds and Personal Narrative
May 4, 2014 from 2:00–3:30 PM

  • From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

    From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

  • From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

    From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

  • From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

    From the series Flying Henry by Rachel Hulin

  • Photo by Rachel Hulin

This talk will discuss the progression of Rachel Hulin’s project Flying Henry from the nugget of an idea to a gallery show and a children’s book. Early sketches, storyboards and outtakes will be shared, as well as the meaning the work took for the artist as it progressed from a fine art project to an internet meme, to narrative pictures of a pint-sized superhero and back again. Hulin’s own personal mythology and search for daily visual magic will be discussed, as she shares artists and projects whose work has inspired her— both in her background as an artist, but just as importantly as a photo editor and a writer.

Speakers

Rachel Hulin

Rachel Hulin is a photographer, author, and photo editor. Her “Flying Henry” series was recently shown in her first New York solo show and is also a children’s book, released by PowerHouse Books in 2013. Hulin’s work has been shown at Jen Bekman Gallery, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Wallspace Gallery, and The New York Photo Festival, among others. She is a founder of The Photography Post, a photography blog and aggregation site, and she worked as a photography blogger and editor in New York for many years; titles included Rolling Stone, RADAR Magazine, and Nerve.com. Hulin has lectured about her own work, professional practices, and about the role of social media in photography at ICP, SVA, Parsons, Brown University, RISD, and MIAD. Hulin has a BA from Brown University and holds a graduate degree from NYU. She is represented by ClampArt Gallery in New York. She lives with her husband and two children in Providence, Rhode Island.