Artists We're Loving (vol.3)
Spring has sprung!!
Despite the rainy April we’ve had, spring has been trying its hardest to shine through the clouds (and it’s been doing a great job lately). Similarly, over here at Stupid Idiot Press, we have been trying to do the same with our motivation and creative ruts. What always seems to help when experiencing a creative burnout is engaging with new artists and finding inspiration in their work. The artists included in this volume of Artists We’re Loving have definitely helped bring the sun out.
Creative rut or not, we hope they can do the same for you, too! And if they do, obviously go give them a follow! (Or just follow them anyways!)
Alina Fresquez Patrick
Alina Fresquez Patrick is a photographer, writer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Partial to the forced slowness of analog processes, Patrick uses her photography and art as a means of documenting stories of culture and displacement as well as her own family. Patrick seems to approach each story with the same amount of energy and respect. It does not matter if she is a returning tourist in a different country, like for El Color De, or in the home she grew up in, like for Shoot the Moon, Scatter the Stars, the work she creates is equally intimate, raw, refreshing, and hauntingly beautiful. Experiencing Patrick’s photographs is like listening to that one song you love so much you can’t help but tear up.
Also, Patrick’s first book of photography and poetry, How to grow una flor en el desierto, was recently published by the Penumbra Foundation in 2023. The book is available for purchase through inquiry and can be found in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography.
https://www.alinapatrick.com || Instagram: @alina.patrick
Jake Benzinger
Jake Benzinger is a photographer, book artist, and writer based in Rockland, Maine. Since graduating last year, Benzinger’s work has been widely recognized and celebrated, including the sold-out first printing of his book Like Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest) and his solo show at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Benzinger’s work explores the liminal, identity, memory, and the natural world. His photographs, especially those featured in the series ike Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest), exude feelings of nostalgia and mimic the feelings of déjà vu and/or remembering a dream you once forgot.
https://jakebenzinger.com || Instagram: @jake_benzinger
Benzinger is also the founder of Wych Elm Press! Go check them out!
https://wychelm.press || Instagram: @wychelm.press
Trent Davis Bailey
Trent Davis Bailey is an award-winning photographer from Denver, Colorado whose work has been widely exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad. Bailey’s work centers around long-term projects often highlighting the theme of memory. In fall 2023, his book and most recent project The North Fork, was published by Trespasser Books. The project, while unpacking scenes of western Colorado and a past of family disconnect, follows Bailey on his journey of rekindling relationships as well as creating new ones. Bailey’s work showcased in The North Fork is nothing short of breathtaking; the images are intimate, warm, reminiscent, and hopeful.
https://trentdavisbailey.com || Instagram: @trentdavisbailey
We hope you love these artists, too!
Let us know which artists you’ve been loving!
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** All the work that appears in this newsletter has been approved for usage by the featured artists.