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"One day that’s all we’ll be: A Photo" 

Bill Shapiro, Life Magazine



Patti Friday

Photo-based Artist | Author

Everyday Creative Reporting from the Art Dept. 

inside the International Embassy of Ideas


b. 1959
Made in Canada
(Ottawa, ON)


BIO

Capturing the essence of life, documenting as I go; the quiet, beautiful moments or the hurried, cinematic scenes of the 'everyday'. Candid sometimes poetic. In company with my photographic art and books, I also write and illustrate books for children and adults.

I currently reside and create near the blue shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario.
(Or wherever I may travel.) 





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It would be a privilege to
hear from you and your interest
in collecting my work.
E-Mail:  pattifriday@hotmail.com


Read the latest blog post HERE



Ashley Longshore made this video for me. Thank You! 





Hello! I'm Patti.

Welcome to my blog!

'Embassy of Ideas'

It's a lot like a buffet;

a bit of this, a bit of that.

Established in 2007.

(Thousands of posts and counting)

It's a place where I invite

others to discover varied editorial subjects.

I hope you enjoy it's randomness!




Embassy of Ideas Personal Assistant:  
(Goldendoodle / Living Teddy Bear)



Author
of these books: 

Books for Children:


Personal Development:

Poetry:
The Pirate Code
Society of Prophet Men


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Instagram: @pattifriday


You may find my ART website

HERE


Read my newsletter archive here.



I Adore These Quotes:




“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever.

We have to make room for other people.

It’s a wheel.

You get on, you have to go to the end.

And then somebody has the same opportunity

to go to the end and so on.”

– Vivian Maier, Photographer



 “The only way to assert the right to publish is to publish.” 

- Katharine Graham



"Never stop doing your work,

because that’s going to keep you grounded

and give your life purpose.

Spend as much time as you can with people that you love.

And walk a lot!"

- Maira Kalman


"I've been asked if I think there will ever come a time when all people come together. I would like to think there will. All we can do is hope and dream and work toward that end. And that's what I've tried to do all my life." 

- Gordon Parks


"The neuroscientist and author
David Eagleman has written
that we all die three deaths:
'The first is when the body ceases to function.
The second is when the body is consigned to the grave.
The third is that moment, sometime in the future,
when your name is spoken for the last time.'
I would say there’s a fourth:
the moment the last remaining picture of you
is seen for the final time.
Photographs not only remind me
of this delicate thing
we run both toward and away from
— time —
but they also hold something else.
The humbling, steadying truth that,
one day, that’s all we’ll be:
a photo."
- Bill Shapiro, Life Magazine



Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.

- Wendy Cope




I also pen a Substack here.


Since 2007
Copyright 2007 - 2024 Patti Friday




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