last night at Bruna Mori's gala *book launch* of Derive (accent over the e), I had a conversation with a photographer who had a long lag between beginning to make work and showing -- this was interesting because we were discussing how it makes one see one's own work -- his most recent show includes some photos he took in the 70s alongside current work -- in a way, there is this opportunity to put oneself on a critical context oneself, to find a narrative of "development" differently, or to avoid such a one