Amanda van Scoyoc

It’s been a blissful couple of weeks of relaxing, getting some work done for my friend Rebecca Herman’s exhibit at Duke, and spending time with as many people as possible before I start full time work. I took a job with Dr. Mitch Prinstein at UNC investigating how adolescent peer relationships can affect depression longitudinally. I worked with him before three years ago and am excited to be a part of the research team once again. I’ve been spending a lot of time meeting with people working in public health, psychology, documentary studies, and feel as comfortable as ever with my decision to pursue a clinical psychology PhD. I’m getting ready for the brutal application process.

Eli and I are about to go on one last road trip before the inevitable full time job kicks in. We are off to Athens tomorrow, then Atlanta, then camping on the gulf coast, then to New Orleans where he can show me what his life used to be before Katrina and Amanda van Scoyoc ever existed to him. We are also going to make a special trip to Hale County Alabama to see where Walker Evans shot the photos for Let Us All Praise Famous Men. I’m quite excited.

Here is a quick photo rundown of some of the happenings of the past couple of weeks.

My all time favorite professor from Penn, Paul Hendrickson came down to Duke for the weekend and I was able to convince him and his wife Ceil to come see my exhibit. He will be a visiting professor at Duke this fall, and I have a good feeling that I might be able to collaborate with him on something amazing now that I have photography skills to compliment his incredible writing.

Erin made her annual caramel cake for Rusty's birthday. Silo eyed it as well as the beer.

 

Erin and the cake. Last year it was thick and crusty. This year it started to melt and weep as soon as it hit room temperature. A tradition of excellence.

 

Just for Rusty.

Our friend Matt convinced us to take photographs with him at night. I love the way Eli is so intense about photographing. The way he finds his element.

 

Matt's photo of us.

I just like this photograph.