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 he Potters: Documenting the Tradition of Women Potters in the
Interior of Bahia, Brazil.
Jeanmarie Theobalds is a powerful portrait photographer. Her
stoic subjects confront you from within their frames. Each
portrait is a multi-faceted story with the sitter at its
center—orbited by vignettes of activity. The spell cast by the
sitter's captured gaze penetrates and enchants, and their
surroundings become areas of infinite engrossment. The viewer
searches for further revelations about the arresting portrait in
the periphery.
While traveling in Brazil Jeanmarie began photographing and
documenting the stories of women potters in one of the most
rural areas of the country. Through interview and portraiture
she examined the generational traditions and rituals of these
women, and how their individual experiences were woven into the
larger social and economic story of the region.
The presentation we created is a teaser for her exhibition of
these portraits—a selection of 13 pieces from the series are
highlighted on a mini-CD. Each of the portraits is initially
presented on its own, the viewer is confronted by each new image
without embellishment. As each piece is introduced the user can
choose to zoom in and explore the detail in the individual
photographs. In addition, the viewer can opt to be provided with
more information about the sitter—bits of recorded interview and
an English translation from Portuguese is accessible.
The result is an intimate and textured experience. Jeanmarie's
photographs are proximate—the screen illuminates the detailed
portraits of each woman in such a way so as to make her
familiar. This sensation is coupled and contrasted with the
tinny sounds of home-life in lands far away. The potter's rich
laughter, their children crying in the background, the muffled
voices of their men are sounds you expect to hear, they somehow
exist in the photographs themselves anyway. This presentation
makes them tangible.
(See also the photographer's portfolio website we did for Jeanmarie Theobalds.)
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This is a Flash-based self-executable file on a business card
CD-ROM. The Flash file is divided up into smaller units for the
detail zoom-ins and informational panels. These individual swfs
are loaded on demand. This keeps the piece performing smoothly,
with out large amounts of data being constantly churned by the
computers processor.
It has an auto-start feature for PC users. 
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SeedyPumpkins is a New York City based multimedia design studio with expertise
in digital and print media, the graphic arts and information sciences. For more
information please write: info@seedypumpkins.com
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