Comment by David Rubin   05.01.2008

A beautiful and profoundly moving introduction to the life and artistic development of photographer Joanne Leonard. Told entirely through images from her own work and in Joanne’s unpretentious yet confident narrative voice, this short film shows her discovering new realities that inform her ever-expanding vision. It also shows her struggling through difficult periods in her own development and transforming those struggles into powerful and evocative works of art. Her growth as a woman, a parent, a feminist, a distinguished academic, and, most important, as an artist in the media of photography and photo collage are just glimpsed in this short film, and should make every viewer want to learn much more about the life and work of Joanne Leonard, which you can do by reading and “seeing” her wonderful book, “Being in Pictures.”

Comment by Suzanne Hodes   01.05.2009

I found this short film quiet, powerful and evocative of the age-old struggle women have between family and home responsibilities and the inner need to create and transform our experience into words, photographs, drawings that will go out and resonate in the world at large. The image of Joanne’s daughter paired with the window of vulnerability and in that window we all inhabit is memorable.

Comment by Kathryn Ambrose   02.15.2009

Contemplative, sensitive, real. This emotional body of work comes to life.

Comment by Miriam Mirna Korolkovas   04.25.2009

Glad to know you ..I am lucky to contemplate your work rich in sensibility. We deserve poets nowadays and you could refresh our souls!

It was a great pleasure to know you and your work. And I am so sorry I couldn’t express myself so intensively as I would like to. As you know my mother language is not English. But I can feel deeply countless messages we can capture from your work.

Your daughter is very happy to have you as a mother and you ex husband lost a wonderful woman.

Your work is such a beautiful as you are as a person.

Comment by Maria Schriber   05.15.2009

Joanne,

I don’t know you personally, but have heard many wonderful stories about you from my mother’s friend Suzanne Hanson. I was very touched by this documentary showing the paths taken in your life to interweave your complex identities as a woman in American culture. Your progression as a photographer and artist and mother give me hope for my own as I venture into the world, trying to find my paths.

Thank you for sharing such a touching piece. And congratulations on all that you have accomplished and continue to accomplish.

Best,
Maria Schriber

Comment by Jens Zorn   06.10.2009

Joanne
This video is a rewarding introduction/complement to your books and exhibitions. The images with your narration gives a full ten-minute concentration on your life and work in a far stronger manner than one would get from a printed text as preface.
Congratulations!
Jens