Blockbuster by HHS! Hopeful Karen Williams

One for the regulars... Today aspiring Hot Shot Karen Williams submitted her above abandoned parking lot image dubbed Blockbuster. Karen, surprisingly, does not play a part in the Midwestern photography scene. A self-proclaimed army brat, Karen grew up all over the place, got her BFA in Texas, and now is working on the good ol' MFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

She sums her work up succinctly: "My images reflect the complexity of seemingly ordinary things found during my travels." I won't tell you who her influences are, instead I'll allow you the mental exercise of forming an assumed list on your own. What I will offer are some unfamiliar sentiments coming from the photographer that are not always found in the suburban decay fascination - a hope for the future, investment in the possibilities and potential that these buildings may still contain.

With or without the optimistic words, I am rather fond of the above image - it's familiar and, well, sometimes that's nice. It has red, it has white, it has blue, and it's an old blockbuster too. However, I do always like the opportunity to point hopefuls back to Eliot Shepard's words of wisdom from way back when.

Eliot also just launched an edition this week with 20x200 - check it out. And since our spotlight of the hour is without website, I point you there, to 20x200 where many a great artist can now be found and collected. Go there, but first enter now.