Kind of Bleu

Over the past ten years, I have gathered these photographs into a personal image diary I call Kind of Bleu.

The title nods to Miles Davis’s 1959 jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue, celebrated for its improvisation, atmosphere, and emotional depth. By choosing the French spelling, Bleu, I wanted to evoke a sense of elegance and connect to the long tradition of French art, philosophy, and photography, where color carries symbolic and emotional weight. The phrase “kind of” suggests both a type of and a feeling of—reflecting how this diary is not only about the color blue itself, but also the moods, memories, and meanings it holds in my life. For me, blue signifies love, inspiration, fidelity, and new beginnings. It has been the color of creativity for artists from Picasso to Elvis, and it is also the color of my own world: the playground sky, the pool we swim in, the swallows and jays that visit, the camp chairs and puffy blankets, the morning glory by our pond. Most of all, it is the color of the art we make and share—and the color of my children’s eyes.

From dynamic street scenes to playful shenanigans and moments of quiet reflection, these images trace a decade of life—ordinary and extraordinary, fleeting yet unforgettable. Juried by FotoNostrum’s team of curators, a selection from Kind of Bleu was awarded Honorable Mention in the Open Theme Professional Series Category at the 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers.

This is my kind of bleu.