A selection of my work with the Rolls and Tubes Collective The Rolls and Tubes is a collective of four women photographers, Colleen Mullins, Nichole White, Jenny Sampson and Christy McDonald. The entire project with reference images can be seen over on Instagram at@rolls_and_tubes.
Rolls+Tubes Project Description With the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place plan going into full effect on March 19th, our planned critique group meeting shifted from in-person to online once we all wrangled our lives into some semblance of order. Thinking about the seriousness of the moment combined with the surreal quality of what was occurring around us, we thought that we should make images to occupy our time and give us something to work on while in our homes. Toilet paper became our muse because of its sudden shift to precious commodity and the history of photography was our theme since each one of us has a vested interest in that narrative. It's definitely not a serious project, however we all need a moment of play and humor, especially now. The notion of "making do" and working with what you have on hand is also really critical as well. The title of the project, Rolls and Tubes, references a canonical 1978 photography exhibition entitled, “Mirrors and Windows.”
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San Francisco, 2020 After Josef Koudelka, Prague, 1968
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Fiona, TP Rollers, May 2020 after [Photographer Unknown], Sara Thom, HairDo Magazine, September 1963
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Rolling Along, Berkeley 2020 after Gilbert Garcin, On the Road, Marseille, 2011
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Noir et Blanc, 2020 after Man Ray, Noir et Blanche, 1926
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Bouncing a Roll in Diminishing Arcs, 2020 after Bouncing a Ball in Diminishing Arcs, 1958
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Fiona McDonald, Berkeley, CA c.2020 after William Eggleston, Marcia Hare, Memphis, TN c.1975
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Hoarder, 2020 after Judy Dater, Juggler, 2012
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Maggie, 2020 after William Wegman, Pat, 1998
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Fiona McDonald, Berkeley, c.2020 after Helen Levitt, Walker Evans New York, c. 1940
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Fiona McDonald, Berkeley, CA 2020 after Dan Winters, Marvin Briggs, Somis, CA 1986
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TP Fashion, 2020 after Dora Franco, Nacha, 1984
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A Woman and Her Dog and TP, 2020 after Eliott Erwitt, A Woman and Her Dogs, 1974
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North Berkeley Area, Berkeley 2020 after Litizia Battaglia, The Cala District, Palermo, 1980
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Berkeley, California 2020 after Lee Friedlander, Tallahassee, Florida
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Chris-TP, King Park, Berkeley, 2020 after Annie Leibovitz, Christo, Central Park, New York City, 1981
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Side Show, Berkeley, California, 2020 after Robert Frank, Parade, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
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Still Standing, 2020 after Mona Kuhn, Stsndstill, 2009
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Berkeley, April 2020 after Mark Cohen, Liverpool, December 1974
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Pandemic Accident, Berkeley, 2020 after Irving Penn, Theater Accident, New York, 1947
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On the SF Bay, San Francisco, CA, 2020 after Guy Mendes, On Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA 1975
christy mcdonald, photographer
Christy McDonald is a travel documentary and street photographer from San Francisco, California.