AL Purdy ~ The A-Frame Foundation ~Silver Tongued Project

IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC SUMMER OF STORIES, INTERESTING PEOPLE AND A WHOLE LOT OF MOBILE DARKROOM ADVENTURES. MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR STORIES, TO ALL OF YOU A SINCERE THANK-YOU! THIS IS MY REMINDER TO ALL THE REST OF YOU, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE…

IT IS TIME.

COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME YOUR STORIES APPROXIMATELY 500 WORDS THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD COVER A STANDARD PAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY WONDERFUL AND COMPLEX STORIES TOLD TO HEATHER AND I THIS SUMMER, BUT IF YOU ARE STILL STRUGGLING HERE IS A GUIDE.

MAKE IT PERSONAL.

REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A BIO OF YOUR LIFE STORY OR YOUR FAMILIES GENEALOGY, BUT A SINGULAR EVENT OR MOMENT IN TIME, THAT STORY ONLY YOU CAN TELL, THE STORY YOU MIGHT TELL FAMILY OR FRIENDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN; THE TIME YOU FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, THE BIZARRE TWIST OF FATE THAT BROUGHT TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER, THE SINGULAR PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION THAT SET YOU ON YOUR PATH, THE COMEDIC AWKWARD INCIDENT THAT LEFT YOU SPEECHLESS, A LIFE CHANGING OR AWAKENING MOMENT. I THINK BACK ON ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD TOGETHER AND THE REMARKABLE AND SOMETIMES PERSONAL STORIES YOU SHARED - THOSE ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, THE FLEETING MOMENTS, THOSE BLIPS IN TIME THAT OFTEN DO NOT GET RECORDED.

THOSE ARE THE STORIES I WANT.

DEADLINE FOR STORIES: OCTOBER 31ST 2023

THATS RIGHT HALLOWEEN, AFTER WITCH, YOU WILL TURN INTO A PUMPKIN -BUT WHY WAIT, START NOW AND AVOID THE RUSH. AS ALWAYS IF YOU HAVE AN QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS SEND ME AN EMAIL:

PAUL@ELTER.CA

I AM HARD AT WORK DIGITIZING ALL THE 150 PLATES I MADE THIS SUMMER, THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING LABORIOUS JOB, BUT I PROMISE, AS SOON AS I HAVE YOUR PORTRAIT DONE I WILL SEND IT TO YOU ASAP AND POST IT TO MY EXACTLY, RIGHT HERE.

HAVE A GREAT FALL, TAKE CARE, TALK AGAIN SOON.

PEACE - ALL THE BEST.

From May 25th to June 26th 2023 you can find me at one of these locations and be part of the Silver Tongued Project to collect your stories and exchange them for a Tintype portrait to be compiled into a photobook publication. See you soon.