A little less than a year ago I was invited to participate in this extraordinary show about the life of one extraordinary woman Twinka Thiebaud. The Crocker Museum in Sacramento, California was putting together a retrospective on her role as an artists’ model and muse.
I first met Twinka in 2015 when we connected at a Photo Lucida event in the Portland Art Museum. We felt a real kinship with one another and she posed for me in The Deep In Between series. It’s interesting how some people you are immediately drawn to and Twinka has a charisma, gentleness and creative flair like no other. I’ve had her model one additional time and gotten to break bread and drink tea together over captivating story-telling. I loved hearing about modeling for her father Wayne Thiebaud, her years with Henry Miller (you can find her book here), and the many photographers and artists who have documented her over the years including Judy Dater (check out her infamous portrait of Imogen Cunningham and Twinka here),
I’m honored to be a part of this show that showcases different perspectives of the same subject by over 30 talented photographers. All of us had the the distinct pleasure to play in the sandbox with Twinka and I can’t wait to see the Museum exhibit this opening weekend and watch a woman evolve in pictures over the span over seven decades.
JUNE 19, 2022 — SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
CROCKER MUSEUM
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814