Single Digits!

Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the point in my trip that there are only 9 days before my triumphant return to the States.

Sorry its been a few days since I've written, they keep me pretty busy over here.

What have I been up to, you ask?

Well, since the last blog, I've been to the Municipal Cemetery in Prague, which holds twice the amount of people than are actually living in the city. It was beautiful and very old and I'll post some photos for you. There was a section for World War I soldiers, a section for Russians (which was actually on Russian soil, we literally left the country for a few minutes), and plenty of very old, very interesting Czech and German grave sites.
We loitered outside the New Jewish Cemetery (because it was closing and they wouldn't let us in). We could still see Kafka's Grave through the fence, so we did get that experience. I would love to make it to the Old Jewish Cemetery, which is hundreds of years old and some of the graves are as many as 10 or 12 deep, so the stones are set in a spiral. It's very complicated and crowded and beautiful and historical, but I'm very quickly running out of time!

In my workshop, things are going well. I had a very productive conference with our workshop leader/mentor, Robert Eversz. It's rather crazy to have the successful author of multiple books telling you that you're doing well. Very nice, but still seems a bit crazy.

My photography class this week was very enjoyable. We've been working with Miro Svolik, another Czech photographer, who has a very interesting and very fun style. We took one day to go over his works, then yesterday we spent the afternoon doing our own photos in his style. You can see one of them up above, we made drawings on the ground in flour, then took pictures of people lying on the ground, from up on a bridge. He's also used wet and dry pavement in parking lots to show light and dark backgrounds, and the shadows of buildings as structures in these kinds of compositions. It was a great afternoon and we all had a blast. Hopefully I can get some copies of everyone's work so I can show you how they all turned out.

This weekend, we're headed to Brno and Lednice to meet up with the most famous photographer in Prague, and to visit some galleries and things. We leave first thing tomorrow and will be back on Saturday evening. Pardon me if I don't call or Skype you during that time! I can hardly believe that it will be my last weekend in Prague. The whole trip has gone so fast!

Be sure to check out all the new photos I've posted, I'll write as soon as I can, and I'll see you all soon!

-Emily