Sunday, November 28, 2010


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

toohardtokeep + sf camerawork


happy to announce sf camerawork as a new host site for a thtk archive drop box!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

HPAC + TooHardTokeep...it's on!

The Hyde Park Art Center is the first cultural institution to officially partner with TooHardToKeep, hosting a satellite drop box for the archive.  HPAC is where I took my first photography class so the partnership feels especially appropriate.  Thanks to Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions, for her enthusiasm and collaborationCheck out HPAC's ambitious upcoming exhibition schedule here.  More host sites nationwide are materializing, stay tuned.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

italy

expect submissions from italy, ...italian newspaper La Repubblica just posted the project on their blog:


Saturday, November 13, 2010

npr + toohardtokeep

npr just linked toohardtokeep on their national image blog called the picture show:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/11/09/131188172/snapshots

i listen to npr about 3 hours a day so the link means a lot...


opening up the mail this morning and getting these pix already has made my day...thank you for the submission...

Sunday, November 7, 2010

too hard to keep installation at ISU in February, 2011

Images are now being collected at ISU, info below:

Please submit photos to Jason Lazarus' "too hard to keep" photo archive! A dropbox is now located in the lobby of University Galleries of Illinois State University. 

"I have started an archive of photographs deemed 'too hard to keep.' Submissions may include photos of friends, family, pets, places/objects too hard to view again. The reason you can't live with the photo or photo album I do not need to know. I am creating a repository for these images so that they may exist without being destroyed. Please dictate whether the images you submit to the archive are 1) images not to be shown again, or 2) images that may be exhibited in the future with other submissions to the archive."
--Jason Lazarus

For more information on this project, please visit http://www.toohardtokeep.blogspot.com/.

Lazarus' solo exhibition, Your Time is Gonna Come, will be on view at University Galleries from February 22 through April 3, 2011. 

University Galleries is located on the south end of ISU's campus in 110 Center for the Visual Arts. Parking is available for $0.90 per hour on the first floor of the South University Street parking garage. For more information or to receive this announcement in an alternative format, please contact University Galleries at 309.438.5487 or gallery@ilstu.edu.

toohardtokeep is partnering with a number of cultural institutions across the country who will be hosting satellite archive drop-boxes...stay tuned for a few official announcements in the upcoming weeks! 

if you have old photos that are toohardtokeep, please consider submitting to the archive or passing along a blog link to those who may be interested...

postal entries can be sent to
jason lazarus
810 n wood, 3f
chicago IL 60622

if your submission is a larger package (like an entire photo album), please add c/o deitch pharmacy to the address under my name...

cheers, thtk