"...these are the things that define a person, place and time and tell a story. These are the nuances of life that fade and disappear with the passing of time. These are the things I want to remember with photographs."

"My work is confessional...My self portraits beg for viewers to examine them, and in turn me, as closely as I do myself."

"I love the sense of timelessness of fossil forms – how nature produces mathematically stunning forms. They are often imperfect - but they refer to pure math - symmetry with blips and crinkles."

"The most intriguing part of the idea is that Rawls used such a strong image to explain his concept. I thought that if I could capture that wonderful idea, I would have something special."

In each culture, I have experienced the feelings of an outsider... My need to communicate this point of view is what drives my art.

My recent work has been influenced considerably by the concept “ichi-go ichi-e” (一期一会), originally from the tea ceremony, meaning “one lifetime, one meeting” or “once in a lifetime.”

Blair Murphy interviews artist Chajana denHarder about her upcoming show at Washington Project for the Arts

"This is a live feed with glass artist Tim Tate who is also the founder of the Washington Glass School. Welcome, Tim and thanks for doing this interview."

My current figurative work features portraits of people that I know – friends and family. Thus I take images of models, people I don’t know, who don’t look like the people I see every day, and construct portraits of people that I recognize.

DC Artist Prudence Bonds discusses the good and bad of being a self taught artist.